The cladding of a modern building is a critical, and expensive, specialist sub‐system of the total building. This paper … is concerned with modelling the supply chain processes within the building cladding sector of the UK construction … and industry that is seeking to move the cladding sector towards computer integrated design and manufacture. The goal was …

resistance. The research aimed to address the problem by laser-cladding. Cladding with SiC powder onto surface of AZ91D was … not improved, indicating that the laser-cladding technique can only be adopted for applications in noncorrosive …

robotic laser cladding with the main purpose of achieving maximum processing flexibility, predictably high quality, lower … maintenance and operating costs. This study aims to focus on online measurement and cladding path generation toward automatic … laser cladding. Design/methodology/approach – Based on the specific requirements of automatic laser cladding, an approach …

This paper lays out a road map for computer‐integrated design and manufacture of building‐specific cladding systems … sector will be pivotal. The development of appropriate cladding information standards is seen as an essential enabler and as …

through a study of the Pope (bicycle) Manufacturing Company which was innovative in its labour process, functional … nurturing of a specific corporate culture. Many continuities between 'Popeist' bicycle production and automobile production are …

bicycle as mode of daily transport between 2002 and 2008 in these cities. By analysing policy documents, web sources and … increased bicycle usage in this time period, where cycling promoting policies were adapted by the local government only in 2008 … government, are key factors for increasing bicycle use in cities. …