Insulating Moulded Article with Integrated Support for Façade
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing building systems fail to effectively prevent the development of linear thermal bridges in a cost-effective and universally applicable manner, while also ensuring moisture management and load transfer in various roofing configurations.
Innovation Solution
A thermally insulating moulded article with integrated supporting elements and a water-repellent layer, which hermetically seals the cavity and provides a universal coupling between façade and roof insulation, allowing load transfer from the exterior façade to a subjacent structure through steel façade carriers or supporting features.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If separate cavity insulation and sealing foil are used, then moisture management is achieved, but linear thermal bridges develop and installation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the cavity insulation, sealing foil, and supporting surface into a single integrated moulded article. The moulded article includes a rear side for abutting the inner wall, an elevation for the cavity, and a supporting surface for the outer wall, with the sealing foil integrated into the elevation structure. This integration eliminates gaps and joints between separate components, preventing linear thermal bridges while maintaining moisture management capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The moulded article performs multiple functions simultaneously: it provides thermal insulation, hermetic sealing, structural support for the outer wall, and moisture management. The integrated design allows a single component to replace multiple separate elements (cavity insulation, sealing foil, supporting structure), reducing installation complexity and eliminating thermal bridges at component interfaces.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If multiple separate components are used for insulation and sealing, then moisture management is achieved, but device complexity and installation effort increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates the cavity insulation, sealing foil, and supporting surface into a single moulded article manufactured as one piece. This eliminates the need for separate installation of multiple components and their associated joints and connections, significantly reducing device complexity and installation effort while maintaining effective moisture management.
Solution Approach 2:
The moulded article serves as a universal component that combines insulation, sealing, and support functions. This multi-functionality allows the same component to be used across different building configurations (sloping roofs, flat roofs, sun rooms) without requiring additional separate parts, simplifying both design and installation processes.
3Strength
If traditional façade support structures are used, then load transfer is achieved, but thermal bridges develop at connection points
Solution Approach 1:
The supporting surface for the outer wall is integrated into the thermally insulating moulded article itself, rather than being a separate structural element. This integration ensures that the load-bearing path is continuous through the insulation material, eliminating thermal bridges at connection points between separate support structures and the insulation layer.
Solution Approach 2:
The moulded article uses composite construction with a thermally insulating material body and an integrated supporting surface, creating a composite structure that simultaneously provides thermal insulation and structural support without creating thermal bridges at material interfaces.
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 solution effectively prevents linear thermal bridges, manages moisture by directing it to the exterior, and ensures load transfer, providing a cost-effective and universally applicable building system for different roofing types, including sloping and flat roofs.
Implementation Method 1
a thermally insulating moulded article (1) made from a thermally insulating material
Implementation Method 2
said moulded article (1) being provided with a water-repellent layer (8) which is provided at least on the supporting surface (3)
Data Source
Figure 1~2
Figure 3~4
Figure 5~6
AI summary
A description is given of a thermally insulating moulded article comprising a supporting surface for an outer wall or façade and an elevation for a cavity. The moulded article comprises a supporting element which may or may not be situated in the supporting surface and which may be integrated in the moulded article. In a possible embodiment, the supporting element forms part of a supporting structure extending, on the side of the supporting surface, through the moulded article, and being designed, on the lower side thereof, so as to be supported on a base. Such a moulded article can be used as a coupling element between façade insulation and roof insulation.