Creating more flexible space for educational, training and rehabilitation outcomes.
Simply converting a design into prefabricated parts can add logistical complexity, transport costs, and supply chain fragmentation, while also forcing design compromises..The key to successful DfMA is embedding the mindset early on, rather than identifying small prefabrication opportunities late in the process.. For DfMA to deliver its full value, the right team must be in place from the start, including designers, specialist consultants, the client, the general contractor, and the supply chain.
Clients must understand the challenges and believe in the approach.The targeted benefits of DfMA should guide workflows, approvals, and decision-making from the outset.. DfMA Starts with Design.To maximise the benefits of DfMA, plants must first be designed rationally and efficiently.
Without a well-designed building, the DfMA approach will be applied to an inefficient design, diluting its benefits or even introducing costs and complexity..Battery plants typically have extremely large footprints to accommodate the linear assembly process.
However, requirements vary across different process stages.
• Early stages often involve vertical material transfer (e.g., wet chemicals).. • Later stages require significant ventilation, heat rejection, and cooling..Many technologies, such as 6-axis industrial robotic arms, have not yet been fully explored, due to:.
The complexity involved in construction processes.The requirement of specialist robotic programming skills.
Technical and financial risks that limit the possible uses of robotic arm technology.To address these issues and to connect robotic technology to Bryden Wood’s ‘Platform Approach’ to Design for Manufacture and Assembly (P-DfMA), our Creative Technologies team has developed F.R.A.C.