MARTF (Modular Automated Roof Tile Factory)

“英国建筑业正处于持续增长时期，这在很大程度上是由政府持续的政策刺激的，即在2025年之后每年再建造30万套房屋。建筑业比大多数行业更依赖于其人力的技能和数量，但劳动力老龄化加上不利于手工行业的文化转变导致屋顶行业出现7%的劳动力缺口，而这一缺口每年仍呈指数级增长。此外，FMB最近的报告显示，建筑材料严重短缺，导致屋顶瓦片的等待时间长达六个月。这在一定程度上可以归因于陈旧的生产设施和大型制造商不愿投资新的设备和基础设施，而这个行业通常被认为是历史上保守和反对变革的。为了解决这些问题，SunScape Systems Ltd（SSL）设计了一种受专利保护的Carapace Slate，生物复合材料搭扣式屋顶瓦片系统，旨在从根本上降低屋顶安装过程的技术含量，安装速度比目前最先进的技术快90%;鉴于英国屋顶市场的规模，如果要解决建筑产量和可用劳动力之间的赤字，就需要合适的制造基础设施来批量生产Carapace。该行业采用的传统和现已过时的生产方法导致了令人震惊的供应短缺，这对政府缓解住房危机的政策提出了挑战。作为制造技术的下一个合乎逻辑的步骤，SSL将与英国领先的机械加工机器人集成商之一CNC Robotics（CNCR）成立一家新的合资企业，开发符合工业4.0标准的系统，并开发革命性的商业基础设施，可以智能地随时响应不断变化的市场需求。利用CNCR的机器人集成专业知识，该合资企业将实施一个动态的、可重复的“智能”/工业4.0制造解决方案，在此命名为“MARTF”-模块化自动化屋顶瓦工厂。从本质上讲，生产设施将是一个字面上的即插即用的“盒子里的工厂”，专门在场外建造和校准，以制造Carapace Innovation，然后准备部署到任何/多个能够容纳其足迹的地点。通过先进的基于云的物联网技术进行部署和运营，MARTF将满足SSL的第一个客户订单，并提供能够应对不断苛刻的市场的分布式制造阵列。"

"UK construction is in the midst of a continued period of growth, which is largely stimulated by an ongoing government policy to build an additional 300,000 houses per year beyond 2025\. Construction relies on the skills and volume of its manpower more than most, but an ageing workforce plus cultural shifts that disfavour manual trades has led to a 7% labour deficit in the roofing industry, which irrespectively continues to grow exponentially each year. Furthermore, recent FMB reports have revealed severe building material shortages, resulting in waiting times for up to six months for roof tiles. This, in-part can be attributed to antiquated production facilities and the reluctance of large manufacturers to invest in new equipment and infrastructure in an industry which is commonly perceived to be historically conservative and averse to change.To address these issues, SunScape Systems Ltd (SSL) has designed Carapace Slate, a patent-protected, bio-composite snap-fit roof tile system designed to essentially deskill the roof installation process which is installed 90% quicker than the current state-of-the-art; increasing build speed and contributing to the growth of construction.Given the scale of the UK roofing market, a suitable manufacturing infrastructure is required to produce Carapace at volume if it is to address the deficit between construction output and available labour. Traditional and now antiquated methods of production employed by the industry has led to an alarming supply deficit which is challenging government policy to alleviate the housing crisis. As the next logical step in manufacturing technology, SSL will form a new Joint Venture with CNC Robotics (CNCR) - one of the UK's leading machining Robotics integrator to develop a system compliant with the industry 4.0 standard and develop a revolutionary commercial infrastructure that can intelligently and readily react to the demands of an ever-changing market.Using the robotic integration expertise of CNCR, the joint venture will implement a dynamic and repeatable 'SMART' /Industry 4.0 aligned manufacturing solution, hereby named as ""MARTF"" - the Modular Automated Roof Tile Factory. Essentially, the production facility will be a literal plug-and-play 'factory in a box', specifically built and calibrated offsite to manufacture the Carapace Innovation and then made ready to be deployed to any/multiple locations capable of housing its footprint. Monitored and operated through advanced cloud-based and IoT technology, MARTF will satisfy SSL's first customer order and provide a distributed manufacturing array capable of responding to an ever-demanding market."