A process for making a wall of a building structure

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current building wall structures face challenges with poor resistance to static and dynamic loads, inadequate heat and acoustic insulation, difficult plant integration, and high heat conductivity, particularly in drywall systems, which require invasive modifications and compromise insulation when plant installations are needed.

Innovation Solution

A support framework comprising pultruded section bars made of polymer resin with reinforcing fibers, which are lightweight, mechanically robust, and provide excellent insulation and sound damping, allowing for easy installation and integration of electrical and hydraulic plants without damaging the casing or reducing insulation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Strength

If wet-wall structure with liquid concrete mixture is used, then structural strength and monolithic integrity are improved, but plant integration becomes problematic and requires invasive wall breaking

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestructural strengthVSAvoidplant integration
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The wall structure is segmented into modular panels that can be independently accessed and modified. The framework is divided into discrete components (vertical posts, horizontal beams, panels) that allow targeted access for plant installation without compromising the entire wall structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Chase blocks and chases are introduced as intermediary elements within the wall structure to accommodate plant conduits. These intermediaries provide dedicated pathways for electrical and hydraulic plants, eliminating the need for invasive wall breaking while maintaining structural integrity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Object-affected harmful factors

If wet-wall structure is used, then heat and acoustic insulation are improved, but any modification creates discontinuities in insulation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveheat and acoustic insulationVSAvoidmodifiability
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The wall is divided into modular panels with standardized dimensions and insulation configurations. This segmentation allows insulation to be pre-installed within each panel module, ensuring continuous thermal and acoustic performance while enabling easy replacement or modification of individual panels without affecting adjacent sections.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Insulation materials are pre-installed within the wall panels during the manufacturing or assembly phase, before the wall is finalized. This preliminary action ensures that insulation continuity is maintained and that future modifications can be performed without creating thermal or acoustic bridges, as the insulation pathway is already established.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Ease of operation

If drywall structure with multiple material layers is used, then plant integration is improved, but heat insulation becomes inadequate due to high heat conductivity

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveplant integrationVSAvoidheat insulation
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The wall panels utilize composite construction combining low-conductivity insulating materials (such as foam core or fiber insulation) with structural framing members. This composite approach provides both the plant access capabilities of drywall systems and the thermal insulation performance required, by integrating insulation layers within the panel assembly rather than relying on high-conductivity solid materials.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

4Ease of manufacture

If drywall structure is used, then ease of assembly is improved, but mechanical strength is insufficient for heavy loads

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of assemblyVSAvoidmechanical strength
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSStrength

Solution Approach 1:

The wall system is segmented into a load-bearing framework (vertical posts and horizontal beams) and non-structural panel infill. This segmentation allows the framework to handle heavy loads and structural requirements while the panels provide easy-to-assemble coverings that can be quickly installed and removed, combining the strength needs with assembly ease.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The structural framework and wall panels are merged into an integrated assembly system where the framework provides both structural support and mounting surfaces for panels. This merging allows the structure to bear heavy loads while maintaining the ease of assembly characteristic of drywall systems, as panels can be attached to and removed from the framework without complex operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The framework offers improved resistance to loads, enhanced heat and acoustic insulation, and facilitates easy plant integration, reducing the need for invasive modifications and minimizing thermal bridges, while supporting heavy loads and maintaining structural integrity.

Implementation Method 1

A support framework (101) comprising a plurality of uprights (110) made of a polymer resin with reinforcing fibers

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectComposite materials: Composite Materials

Implementation Method 2

enhanced heat and acoustic insulation... minimizing thermal bridges

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectThermal insulation: Thermal Insulation

Implementation Method 3

excellent insulation and sound damping

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectAcoustic damping: Damping

Data Source

PatentEP3330446B1A process for making a wall of a building structure
Publication Date: 2021.09.29 TOP GLASS EU
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AI summary

A support framework (101) for building casings (200) using pultruded uprights and a building casing (200) are described. The framework includes stirrups (119) engaged to uprights of the framework (101) in order to fix panels.