Method of erecting a building with wooden panels
View Patent ↗Method of building construction comprising the steps of: preparing a foundation for a building at a building site; providing an onsite mobile packaged production machine at the building site; providing part data relating to a building design to the onsite mobile packaged production machine; supplying wood to the onsite mobile packaged production machine; the onsite mobile packaged production machine providing building parts formed from the wood and based on the part data in the order of assembly; assembling the building parts on the foundation to form the building, wherein at least external walls including the said building parts include interior and exterior panels having a cavity therebetween; and providing foam insulation into the cavity between the interior and exterior panels. A building formed using the method of construction is also provided. Cutting apparatus and a liquid-laden foam filler for wall panels are also provided.
1. A method of erecting a building, the method comprising the steps of:
a) preparing a foundation for a building having external walls at a building site;
b) providing an onsite mobile packaged production machine at the building site, the onsite mobile packaged production machine having both an auto-feed magazine for wood and a collector magazine;
c) providing part data relating to a building design to the onsite mobile packaged production machine;
d) supplying wood to the auto-feed magazine of the onsite mobile packaged production machine;
e) the onsite mobile packaged production machine, based on the part data, automatically in a predetermined order of assembly providing building parts cut from the wood, and collecting the building parts via the collector magazine;
f) assembling the building parts on the foundation to form an entire building at the building site, wherein the external walls of the building include interior panels, exterior panels, and a cavity between the interior panels and the exterior panels; and
g) providing foam insulation into the cavity between the interior and exterior panels.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the onsite mobile packaged production machine is housed in and operated from within a transport container when at the building site.
3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a step h) subsequent to step g) of moving the onsite mobile packaged production machine from the building site on a bed of a transport lorry.
4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, in step f), ducts for accommodating pipework and cabling are introduced during the assembling of the building parts.
5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, in step g), a MEMS array is included in the cavity with the insulation for monitoring building integrity.
6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the onsite mobile packaged production machine includes an integrated printer for printing on the wood in step e).
7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising the step of providing a liquid-laden foam filler on at least one of said interior panels, the liquid-laden foam filler having a multiplicity of cells having a liquid trapped therein.
8. A method of erecting a building, the method comprising the steps of:
a) preparing a foundation for a building having external walls at a building site;
b) providing an onsite mobile packaged production machine at the building site, the onsite mobile packaged production machine having both an auto-feed magazine for wood and a collector magazine;
c) providing part data derived from computer-aided design relating to a building design to the onsite mobile packaged production machine;
d) supplying wood to the auto-feed magazine of the onsite mobile packaged production machine; e) the onsite mobile packaged production machine, based on the part data, in a predetermined order of assembly providing building parts cut from the wood, and collecting the building parts via the collector magazine;
f) assembling the building parts on the foundation to form the building, wherein the external walls of the building include interior panels, exterior panels, and a cavity between the interior panels and the exterior panels; and
g) providing foam insulation into the cavity between the interior and exterior panels.
9. A method of erecting a building, the method comprising the steps of:
a) preparing a foundation for a building having external walls at a building site;
b) providing an onsite mobile packaged production machine at the building site, the onsite mobile packaged production machine having both an auto-feed magazine for wood and a collector magazine;
c) providing part data relating to a building design to the onsite mobile packaged production machine;
d) supplying wood to the auto-feed magazine of the onsite mobile packaged production machine;
e) the onsite mobile packaged production machine, based on the part data, sequentially in a predetermined order of assembly providing a plurality of different building parts cut from the wood, and collecting the building parts via the collector magazine;
f) assembling the building parts on the foundation to form the building, wherein at least the external walls of the building include interior panels, exterior panels, and a cavity between the interior panels and the exterior panels; and
g) providing foam insulation into the cavity between the interior and exterior panels.