Spin-off from furniture industry to construction industry
| Reference number | |
| Coordinator | RISE Research Institutes of Sweden AB - RISE Byggteknik, Borås |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 500 000 |
| Project duration | November 2018 - November 2019 |
| Status | Completed |
Purpose and goal
Sweden has a housing shortage; too little is being built and it is considered expensive. The furniture and construction industry have a lot in common, however, the furniture industry is more industrialized which has given advantages. The goal was to develop prototypes for building connections inspired by the furniture and interior industry. Explore them with industry actors as an inspiration for developing future systems, which provide higher precision and are faster to perform than today´s systems. The pilot developed shows that the idea is ripe for a more full-scale investigation.
Expected results and effects
Within the project various types of connections were studied, the most promising of which have been 3D modeled and analyzed with the help of FEM. Prototypes of this solution have been used to assembly CLT. Assembly of the final prototype worked fine, it is stable, easy to reuse and the capacity for shear load can be increased. The results have inspired the continued application "Assembly connections at the construction site" together with industry actors with the goal of developing systems for assembly that provide higher precision and are faster to execute than todays.
Planned approach and implementation
The project has followed a traditional way of working with R&D via strategic analysis, processing as well as reporting and the next step. Collaborations have been deepened and partners have been added. However, no formal consortium has been formed, but more a cross-border think tank.