Modular Curtain Wall with Adjustable Mounts for Prefabricated Installation

Solution Overview

Problem

The installation of curtain walls on modular buildings, such as containerized structures, is time-consuming and costly due to the need for on-site assembly and scaffolding, which hinders the prefabrication process.

Innovation Solution

A modular curtain wall system comprising a steel structure module with adjustable mounts and hooks, and a curtain wall module with seals and waterproof members, allowing for pre-assembled components to be transported and installed using hoisting equipment, eliminating the need for on-site joint assembly and scaffolding.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If curtain wall panels are installed on building modules at the construction site, then the curtain wall can be assembled to the joints of building modules, but scaffolding and safety maintenance facilities must be built on site, extending construction period and increasing construction cost

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveprefabrication completion rateVSAvoidconstruction period

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The curtain wall system is pre-assembled on the building module in the factory before delivery to the construction site. The curtain wall modules are manufactured and integrated with the building module structure in advance, eliminating the need for on-site assembly operations that require scaffolding and safety facilities, thereby shortening the construction period.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The curtain wall is divided into modular units that can be pre-fabricated separately and then assembled together on the building module. This segmentation allows for factory production of individual modules which are then transported and installed as complete units, improving prefabrication completion rate while reducing on-site construction time.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Ease of manufacture

If curtain wall panels are installed on building modules at the construction site, then the curtain wall can be assembled to the joints of building modules, but scaffolding and safety maintenance facilities must be built on site, increasing construction cost

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveprefabrication completion rateVSAvoidsafety maintenance facilities

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The curtain wall system is pre-assembled on the building module in the factory before delivery to the construction site. The curtain wall modules are manufactured and integrated with the building module structure in advance, eliminating the need for on-site assembly operations that require scaffolding and safety facilities, thereby shortening the construction period.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The curtain wall assembly operation is extracted from the on-site construction process and relocated to the factory production environment. By taking out the assembly step from the construction site and performing it in the factory, the need for complex safety maintenance facilities and scaffolding at the construction site is eliminated.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Ease of manufacture

If curtain wall panels are installed on building modules at the construction site, then the curtain wall can be assembled to the joints of building modules, but the construction period is relatively long

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveprefabrication completion rateVSAvoidinstallation efficiency

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The curtain wall system is pre-assembled on the building module in the factory before delivery to the construction site. The curtain wall modules are manufactured and integrated with the building module structure in advance, eliminating the need for on-site assembly operations that require scaffolding and safety facilities, thereby shortening the construction period.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The curtain wall modules are combined with the building module structure as an integrated assembly in the factory. This merging of the curtain wall system with the building module allows for simultaneous production and integration, improving productivity by eliminating sequential on-site assembly operations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS11993929B2Modular curtain wall and installing method for the same

Publication Date: 2024.05.28 GUANGDONG CIMC BUILDING CONSTR CO LTD

AI summary

A modular curtain wall and an installing method for the same are provided. The modular curtain wall comprises a steel structure module, a curtain wall module, and a first waterproof member. The steel structure module includes a steel structure body and a mount, and the curtain wall module includes a curtain wall body, a hook, and a first seal. When the hook is hung on the mount, the relative position between the curtain wall body and the steel structure body is adjustable in a front-back direction, the left-right direction, and an up-down direction of the steel structure body.