Panel for making a building construction and method of making such panel

Abstract

A panel (10) for making a building construction includes a panel body (12) made from an insulating material manufactured from a plastic material preferably expanded polystyrene, which has projecting elements (26, 28, 30) which extend from a face (16) of the panel and which define elements for spacing the panel at a distance apart from a counteropposing panel.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention relates to a panel and to a composite panel for making a construction and in particular a building construction.BACKGROUND ART[0002]In the building industry a known type of construction method has load-bearing side walls comprising prefabricated panels of the type known as sandwich panels in which polystyrene panels are used and where concrete is inserted between these polystyrene panels and where, before the concrete is inserted, the panels are held spaced apart by multiple and separate perpendicular elements.[0003]The making of these separate means for spacing the panels involves considerable amounts of equipment and time and therefore entails unwanted costs for manufacturing companies.[0004]In the traditional sandwich panel, metallic mesh is also inserted between the expanded polystyrene panels and acts as the resistant reinforcement of the panel.[0005]The polystyrene panels also have an inner wall which is substantially smooth and an ou...

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Benefits of technology

[0009]In this way it is possible to obtain a panel which has, in a predefined manner, means suitable for keeping one surface of the panel spaced apart from a counteropposing element or surface, thus providing advantages in terms of time and costs in the subsequent stages of work.

[0010]The present invention also provides an advantageous procedure and a mould for making the panel.

[0011]Furthermore, a further advantageous aspect of the present invention is that it provides a composite panel employing, in particular, the present panel and a procedure for making the present composite panel.

Problems solved by technology

The making of these separate means for spacing the panels involves considerable amounts of equipment and time and therefore entails unwanted costs for manufacturing companies.

This type of production process in addition to be being expensive also generates a quantity of expanded polystyrene waste which although it can be recycled must be stored and later transported back to a production site; this is another factor creating unwanted expenditure of time for the personnel of the manufacturing companies.

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