Clamping Composite Element Assembly for Secure Building Connections
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing building construction and civil engineering methods require complex and time-consuming processes for connecting industry-typical components, often involving welding or casting, which are labor-intensive and costly, and lack efficient solutions for secure, adjustable connections.
Innovation Solution
A composite element featuring a clamping element configured as a fastening element with a cylindrical assembly pin and axial clamping rings, allowing for force-fitting connections between components of different materials, such as polymer concrete and metal, providing a secure, adjustable, and cost-effective assembly method.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If welding or casting methods are used to connect components, then connection strength is improved, but manufacturing complexity and production time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The connection system is divided into separate modular components: a clamping element with clamping claws, an assembly pin, and a clamping disk. These segmented parts can be manufactured independently using simple processes and assembled through force-fitting, eliminating the need for complex welding or casting operations while maintaining connection strength.
Solution Approach 2:
The assembly pin serves as an intermediary element that mediates the connection between components. The clamping element force-fits onto the assembly pin, creating a secure connection without requiring direct welding or casting between the main components. This intermediary approach simplifies manufacturing while ensuring reliable connections.
2Reliability
If welding or casting methods are used to connect components, then connection reliability is improved, but production time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The clamping element is designed with pre-formed clamping claws and a geometry adapted to the assembly pin. The force-fitting connection is prepared in advance through precise geometric design, allowing for quick assembly without time-consuming welding or casting operations. The preliminary design ensures reliable connections are achieved rapidly during assembly.
3Manufacturing precision
If complex mold construction is used for production, then manufacturing precision is improved, but production cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the connection system into separate standardizable components (clamping element, assembly pin, clamping disk), each part can be manufactured using simple, cost-effective processes without requiring expensive complex molds. The segmented design maintains manufacturing precision through geometric adaptation while significantly reducing production costs.
4Stability of the object's composition
If traditional connection methods are used, then connection stability is improved, but ease of assembly deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The invention replaces complex traditional mechanical connection methods (welding, casting, bolting) with a simplified force-fitting system. The clamping element with its geometrically adapted claws force-fits onto the assembly pin, providing stable connections through friction and geometric interlocking. This mechanical substitution achieves connection stability while dramatically improving ease of assembly through a simple snap-fit action.
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
Enables easy, cost-effective, and secure connections between components, eliminating the need for complex mold construction and time-consuming production processes, with the clamping element providing a reliable, non-detachable anchoring effect while allowing flexible mounting and reducing the need for additional adhesives.
Implementation Method 1
The fastening element (11) is configured as a clamping element, such that it can be force-fittingly connected to the assembly pin (13)
Implementation Method 2
the clamping element produces a force-fitting connection that reliably prevents any undesired mobility or displacement of the components relative to one another
Implementation Method 3
Once it has been mounted, the clamping disk is advantageously non-detachably connected to the components, since the connection can be released only by deformation
Data Source
AI summary
A composite element (10) for use in construction, in particular building construction or civil engineering, which composite element comprises at least two components and at least one fastening element (11) for connecting the components. A first component has at least one assembly pin (13), which is cylindrical in particular. The fastening element (11) is configured as a clamping element such that it can be force-fittingly connected to the assembly pin (13). The invention further relates to a use of a fastening element (11) configured as a clamping element.