Lean manufacturing and thermal enhancement of single-layer wall with an additive manufacturing (AM) structure

摘要

This study describes a large-scale AM process for fabricating the AM guardhouse and its benefits in terms of lean manufacturing practice and energy saving. However, it seems that at present the large-scale AM process is unlikely to replace existing technologies such as prefabricated construction. There will have to be considerable work on investigation and improvement in this field. The novel AM process of printing a single-layer wall panel instead of a double-layer wall panel will represent a further step in improving the process with respect to reducing the amount of material used and time spent. In the case of the AM guardhouse this procedure can save up to approximately 11 % of the total material used and 10 % of the total time required for the printing.