JOINERY OR ASSEMBLY TECHNIQUES FOR FLAT PACK PROJECTS

1. Project 1:

a. Anti-Rust Galvanized Steel Frame – hot dip galvanized Q235 steel for all the beams, columns and
purlins. It is high performance and high rust. It will easily bend when you hold and transfer it.
b. Strong Hanging Head
c. Durable Iron Ceiling – 0.426 mm durable iron ceiling. Plastic hemming hides the electric cables
inside
d. Wave tiles for the roof – 0.426 mm wave tile. The tile is inserted into another tiles’ wave which
prevents the roof from leaking. The curved roof also makes drainage faster
e. High Performance Drain System – Four side inner drain system. The bending piece with a slot
and aqueduct, which are hidden in columns, work together to make water easily flow out. Even
rain won’t clog this drainage system. Other factories’ drainage channels are small and the drains
are easily blocked. All our containers use bolts for assemble. No welding is required. This means
easy assemble of the container house. There is no need for forklift or cranw. It is easy for asults
to move all materials and assemble it.

The material can be chosen

Wall panel
1.PU sandwich panel
2.Rock wool sandwich panel
3.Glass wool sandwich panel

Floor
1.Fiber cement floor
2.Plywood floor
3.Magnesium oxide board

Door and window

1.Top hung window
2.Fixed window
3.Single open door
4.Double open door
ASSEMBLING COMPONENTS (Assembling plastics - practical guide: Assembling components - national 5
design and manufacture revision - BBC Bitesize)

1. Assembling Wood
a. Butt Joints - They are a basic joint consisting of two flat surfaces linked with glue and pins. It
is often weaker and less cosmetically attractive than other joints.
b. Mitre - is a straightforward joint in which two pieces of wood are linked by angular cuts on
both parts. This commonly 45-degree cut conceals the end grain of the wood, resulting in a
more aesthetically pleasing wood joint.
 c. Corner Lap - is a joint in which material is taken from the ends of two components to be
connected so that they overlap and form a finished corner. A junction that is more appealing
than a butt joint, having a bigger gluing surface that makes it stronger.
d. Mortise & Tenon - s a more intricate junction that requires additional marking and cutting.
This joint is composed of two pieces. This is the mortise, which is a groove carved out of the
center of one component so that it may receive the other. The second component is the
tenon, which has two shoulders carved into the wood so that it can be inserted into the
mortise. This joint is quite sturdy.
e. Hunched Mortise & Tenon - is similar to a mortise and tenon, with the exception that the
mortise joint slot does not completely penetrate the wood.

2. Joining Wood
a. Glue - is a chemical compound that joins wood surfaces. PVA is the most prevalent form of
this material (Poly Vinyl Acetate). It is extremely simple to apply and to remove with water.
b. Pins - metal fasteners that are used to join two pieces of wood together. The pins may be
hammered or pushed below the wood's surface so that they are not visible.
c. Nails - pins with a greater thickness. Typically, they feature a wide striking surface to
facilitate material penetration.
d. Screws - Similar to nuts and bolts, screws are metal fasteners that join two pieces of
material. Screws do this by cutting a thread into the material that secures them. In contrast
to nails and pins, screws are readily removable.
e. Knock-down fittings - are mechanical fasteners often seen on flat-pack furniture that allow
for simple installation and removal. They are mass-produced, inexpensive, and available in a
variety of shapes. Knock-down fittings can simplify construction by eliminating the
requirement for specialized equipment or assembly expertise.

3. Assembling Metals
A. Permanent
a. Welding - Electric or gas torches are used to produce heat in order to weld metals
together. This procedure entails heating the metal components to be bonded and then
adding a filler material to the surface connection point. This filler material is often
injected to the joint to create the weld pool, a pool of molten material that cools to
produce a joint that is typically stronger than the base materials.
b. Soldering - is similar to welding in that it involves connecting two metals using a filler
substance. The substance applied to the junction in order to create a connection
between two components. It differs from welding in that just the filler material is
heated, not the two metals to be bonded.
c. Riveting - method for attaching two metals via aligned drill holes in both pieces of metal.
The rivet serves as the fastening component. Hammering or forcing the rivet into the
aligned holes. During this process, the material deforms and stretches to keep the two
metal parts together.
d. Contact Adhesives - are used to join materials. They may take several shapes. It might
be a single tube of glue capable of securing the bond between two distinct materials. It
may be two different tubes, one containing the active agent and the other containing
 the bonding agent, which will only function when combined or in touch. Contact
adhesives may be very strong and fast-acting.
B. Non-Permanent
a. Nuts and Bolts - are metal fasteners used to connect two pieces of material through
aligned drill holes in both pieces of material. The bolt fits through the holes and is held
in place by the nuts. Nuts and bolts have the advantage of being readily removable.
b. Screws - Similar to nuts and bolts, screws are metal fasteners that join two pieces of
material. Screws do this by cutting a thread into the material that secures them. Similar
to nuts and bolts, they may be removed easily.

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