CONSTRUCTION 4.0
University Engineering Department .
“ We ’ re using 3D printing throughout the KAFD project to show how 3D assemblies will fit together and provide a superior technical solution to deliver both ease of fabrication and construction , allied to long-term durability ,” reveals Watts . “ With 3D printing we ’ re able to combine up to 50 machines and processes into a single task or output , whereas with previous mock-ups it was just about simulating the production process by introducing all the steps – drilling , cutting , bending , coating . The speed of 3D printing allows you to iterate the design and improve it from a manufacturing point of view , and has seen us move away from the need for a big scale workshop and instead use a machine linked to the design itself .”
He believes it ’ s an interesting time in the industry , moving away from repeated approaches , while manufacturers in engineeringbased industries are implementing mass customisation with the dawn of machines able to respond to a complex string of commands to make
30 April 2018