Modular Plasterboard Wall with Integrated Cable Housing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional plasterboard wall systems require significant effort and cost for initial installation and are inflexible, making future modifications, expansions, and cable/piping adjustments difficult without professional intervention, as they become inaccessible once completed.
Innovation Solution
A kit for mounting plasterboard walls with uprights and box-shaped bodies for housing cables and pipes, allowing for flexible placement and easy access, using common market materials and fixing means like screws and crosspieces, enabling modifications without builder intervention.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional plasterboard wall installation is used, then the wall structure is complete and stable, but future modifications and cable access require breaking the wall and professional intervention
Solution Approach 1:
The wall is divided into modular panels that can be independently removed and repositioned. Each panel contains integrated cable access channels, allowing cables to be routed without breaking the wall structure. This segmentation enables flexible modifications while maintaining overall wall integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The wall system transitions from a static, fixed structure to a dynamic, reconfigurable system. Panels can be moved, removed, and reinstalled at different positions, and cable channels can be adjusted to accommodate changing electrical and piping needs, making the wall adaptable to future modifications.
2Ease of manufacture
If chases are made in walls for cables and piping, then cable housing is achieved, but twice the effort is required (building wall then creating housing)
Solution Approach 1:
The cable housing function is merged into the wall panels themselves. The panels contain integrated channels and cavities for cable routing, eliminating the need for separate chase creation steps. This combination reduces both the number of construction steps and the total time required.
Solution Approach 2:
Cable access paths and housing structures are pre-formed within the panels during panel manufacturing, before installation. This preliminary preparation eliminates the need for on-site chasing and cable housing creation, significantly reducing construction time and effort.
3Ease of operation
If plasterboard walls are made with integrated cable housing, then cable access is improved, but the structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The panels serve multiple functions simultaneously: structural wall formation, cable routing, and cable access. The same panel components provide both structural integrity and integrated cable channels, eliminating the need for separate cable housing structures and reducing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
Cable channels and access pathways are nested within the panel structure itself. The cable routing paths are incorporated into the panel's internal geometry, allowing cables to be housed within the wall thickness without adding external complexity or requiring additional structural elements.
4Adaptability or versatility
If traditional wall construction is used, then structural integrity is maintained, but future expansions require builder intervention
Solution Approach 1:
The wall is constructed from discrete, standardized panels that can be independently added, removed, or repositioned. This modular segmentation allows for easy room expansion by simply adding more panels while maintaining the same connection and structural methods used in the original construction.
Solution Approach 2:
The wall system allows for parameter changes in terms of configuration and layout without changing the fundamental structural properties. Panels can be rearranged, added, or removed while maintaining consistent structural integrity through standardized connection methods, enabling flexibility without compromising reliability.
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AI summary
Described is a plasterboard wall (1, 101), particularly for housing electrical cables (8) and piping, comprising: - at least one pair of uprights (2, 102) resting on the ground (9); - each of the uprights (2, 102) has, on at least a first face (1a, 101a) of the wall (1), a first surface (21) for fixing at least a first panel (31) lying in the plane defined by the first face (1a, 101a); - at least one box-shaped body (5) for containing cables (8), wires, pipes and the like, which can be positioned on the first face (1a, 101a) and designed to be connected, by fixing means (6, 61, 62) to at least one between one upright (2, 102) of the pair of uprights (2, 102) and the first panel (31).