CASE STUDIES
Quick Block
Design for Manufacture
User Centered Design
3D Printing
Quick Block is a sustainable modular building solution designed to solve a variety of problems in the rapid deployment of infrastructure whilst reducing waste and contributing to the circular economy.
Headquarters
Dundee, Scotland, UK
Founded
2013
Services
Design, Innovation, Prototyping
Sector
Defense, Security, Disaster Relief, Trade & Retail
The Challenge
Quick Block secured funding through the Take Cover! Challenge funded by Defence Science Technology Laboratory (DSTL) to progress towards an anti-ballistic version of the Quick Block system to enable light, flexible, rapidly deployed shelter for personnel in hostile environments.
The Process
As a subcontractor on the project, Crucible worked closely with the Quick Block team to help design, model, prototype, and test enhancements to the existing system to meet the brief.
This included intellectual input and innovation around assembly/disassembly mechanisms, CAD, fabrication of prototypes from existing components, additive manufacturing at reduced and full-scale to test/demonstrate concepts, identification, and use of specialist technologies new to the project e.g., surface activation of non-reactive plastics to enable the use of adhesives to join dissimilar materials. Fabrication of test-bed assets for ballistic testing. Reporting to DSTL monitoring staff and regular project update meetings.
The Outcome
The project achieved its objectives and Quick Block has since further developed the project outputs into the Quick Block Defence product range.
Pathway
“The Crucible team were very knowledgeable and brought considerable expertise to helping us achieve a successful project outcome”
