Mass timber building factory system for producing prefabricated class-a fire-protected mass timber building components for use in constructing prefabricated class-a fire-protected mass timber buildings
AssigneeM-Fire Suppression, Inc.
InventorStephen Conboy
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Abstract
Class-A fire-protected mass timber building components, including cross-laminated timber (CLT), glue laminated timber (GLT) and nail-laminated timber (NLT), wherein multiple layers of Class-A fire-protection are provided to the multiple timber lamination layers so as to provided defend the CLT building components against fire, ground movement and high wind loads. Methods, systems and networks are provided for producing and managing the quality of such Class-A fire-protected mass timber building components.
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A prefabricated mass timber building factory system for prefabricating Class-A fire-protected mass timber buildings in response to customer orders, said prefabricated wood-framed building factory system comprising:
- one or more production lines for producing prefabricated Class-A fire-protected mass timber building components, for use in constructing a custom or specified prefabricated Class-A fire-protected mass timber building requested in an order from a customer;
- wherein said each said production line includes a conveyor mechanism for conveying mass timber building components along at least a portion of said production line and through a fire-protection treatment stage for applying a clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid to mass timber building components, and allowing the mass timber building components to dry and attain Class-A fire-protection properties so as to produce Class-A fire-protected mass timber building components for use during subsequent stages of the Class-A fire-protected mass timber building component fabrication process;
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- wherein said prefabricated Class-A fire-protected mass timber building components are transported to a destination property location where a prefabricated Class-A fire-protected mass timber building is to be constructed.
A prefabricated mass timber building factory system one or more production lines, for producing prefabricated Class-A fire-protected wood-framed components, as needed to construct ordered prefabricated Class-fire-protected mass timber buildings, using a method comprising the steps (a):
- (a) receiving an order at the factory system for a customized or specified prefabricated mass timber building, and the factory system creating a mass timber building project for the order placed by a customer using the mobile application installed and running on mobile computing system or through an equivalent website;
- (b) analyzing the customized or specified mass timber building into its wood-framed components, and creates bill of materials (BOM) for the mass timber building project;
- (c) determining the type and quantity of raw wood and/or engineered wood product (EWP) required to make each Class-A fire-protected mass timber component required by the mass timber building project;
- (d) determining the supply clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid required to treat wood and/or engineered wood product (EWP) for each wood-framed component required by the prefabricated Class-A fire-protected mass timber building;
- (e) automatically coating the wood and/or the EWPs along a production line, using a controlled supply of CFIC liquid so as to produce Class-A fire-protected wood required to prefabricate Class-A fire-protected mass timber building components for the prefabricated Class-A fire-protected mass timber building, specified by the order;
- (f) producing the prefabricated Class-A fire-protected mass timber building components required to construct the ordered Class-A fire-protected mass timber building;
- (g) applying an unique identifying tag to each produced Class-A fire-protected mass timber building component produced for the ordered Class-A fire-protected mass timber building;
- (h) loading each identifying-tagged Class-A fire-protected framed mass timber building component onto a vehicle;
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- (i) delivering the vehicle to the location where the prefabricated Class-A fire-protected mass timber building is to be constructed from an assembly of said prefabricated Class-A fire-protected mass timber building components.
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