Notched Framework Blades for Simplified Facade Cladding Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing building facade cladding frames are bulky, require complex assembly, and necessitate heavy tools and qualified personnel, leading to high material and carbon costs, and inefficient transport.
Innovation Solution
A frame blade with notches for nesting and a kit for facade cladding that allows simplified assembly, reducing the need for specialized tools and skills, and enabling compact transport and installation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If conventional frame structures with uprights and crosspieces are used, then the frame provides sufficient structural strength, but the frame becomes bulky and difficult to transport
Solution Approach 1:
The conventional frame structure composed of separate uprights and crosspieces is segmented into a single integrated blade element. This blade contains internal recesses that form the structural framework, eliminating the need for multiple separate components while maintaining structural integrity. The blade can be transported as a single compact unit, dramatically reducing transport volume while preserving the load-bearing capacity needed for facade cladding.
Solution Approach 2:
The frame structure is nested within the blade body itself. The recesses in the blade create internal cavities that form the uprights and crosspieces structure, with one structural element nested within another. This nested design allows the frame to be contained within the blade's external dimensions, minimizing transport volume while maintaining the multi-component structural strength of conventional frames.
2Stability of the object's composition
If conventional frame assembly methods are used, then the frame achieves proper structural configuration, but the assembly process becomes complex requiring heavy tools and qualified personnel
Solution Approach 1:
The frame structure is pre-formed during blade manufacturing. The recesses creating the uprights and crosspieces configuration are built into the blade design before installation. This preliminary action eliminates the need for complex on-site assembly operations, heavy tools, and specialized personnel, while ensuring the structural configuration is precisely formed during manufacturing under controlled conditions.
Solution Approach 2:
The blade structure is designed to be self-assembling through its integrated geometry. The recesses and protrusions automatically align and connect to form the correct frame configuration without requiring external assembly operations. The structure serves itself during installation, eliminating the need for complex assembly procedures, heavy tools, and qualified personnel while maintaining structural stability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If oversized frame sections are used for thermal rehabilitation, then the frame can accommodate insulation, but additional resources and material costs are required
Solution Approach 1:
The blade is designed with localized recesses only where structural support is needed for insulation accommodation. Rather than using oversized uniform sections throughout, the blade has precisely shaped cavities in specific locations to hold insulation panels. This local quality approach provides the necessary adaptability for insulation while minimizing the total quantity of material required, reducing both resource consumption and material costs.
Solution Approach 2:
The blade serves multiple functions simultaneously: it provides the external cladding surface, contains the internal frame structure through its recesses, and accommodates insulation panels within those recesses. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate frame members and insulation supports, reducing the total quantity of material required while maintaining full adaptability for insulation installation.
4Length of moving object
If conventional transport methods are used for assembled frames, then the frames can be delivered to site, but the transport efficiency is low with limited frames per truck
Solution Approach 1:
The frame structure is segmented into a single blade unit that can be transported in a compact form. This segmentation allows multiple blades to be stacked or arranged efficiently on a truck, dramatically increasing the number of frames that can be delivered per trip. The blade's compact geometry enables optimized loading arrangements that maximize transport efficiency while maintaining full delivery capability to site.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a frame blade (1) for cladding and insulating a facade of a building. Said blade (1) has a set of notches (14) arranged along a lateral edge (12), said notches (14) being configured to allow the nesting, in one of the notches (14) of said blade (1), of one of the notches (14') of another similar blade (1') placed perpendicular to said blade (1), the lateral edges provided with notches (14, 14') of the two blades (1, 1') being placed opposite one another, said nesting allowing the immobilization of said two blades (1, 1') in the plane formed by them and taking place along a trajectory (X) perpendicular to said plane, said blade (1) being configured both to form a crosspiece and an upright of said frame.