Prefabricated Part Reinforcement Device Anchoring

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing prefabricated part reinforcement methods, such as reinforcing steel mesh, are cumbersome, expensive, and difficult to adapt to individual cases, leading to challenges in producing prefabricated parts with defined static stability and bond strength, especially in multi-shell configurations.

Innovation Solution

A prefabricated part design featuring elements made of hardenable casting compound connected by a multidimensional reinforcement device with a composite connecting device consisting of tension, compression, and shearing elements, which are anchored in the casting compound, forming a pressure- and shear-resistant composite, and can be designed with various materials and configurations for optimal strength and cost-effectiveness.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Strength

If reinforcing steel mesh is used to connect prefabricated part elements, then the elements can be connected together, but the reinforcement becomes cumbersome, expensive, and difficult to adapt to individual cases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebond strength between elementsVSAvoidcomplexity of reinforcement device
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The reinforcement device is segmented into multiple functional elements: connecting devices with anchoring portions for individual element connection, and composite components for multi-directional force resistance. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently while maintaining overall system effectiveness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The reinforcement device implements local quality by providing different structural characteristics at different locations: the connecting devices have anchoring portions embedded in casting compound for localized bonding, while the composite components provide distributed force resistance across multiple dimensions. This allows adaptation to local structural requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Reliability

If traditional reinforcement methods are used, then elements can be connected, but production costs increase and processing becomes more difficult

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestatic stability of prefabricated partVSAvoidease of processing reinforcement device
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The connecting devices are prepared in advance with anchoring portions designed for direct embedding in casting compound. This preliminary preparation eliminates the need for complex on-site adaptation of reinforcement mesh, simplifying the manufacturing process while ensuring reliable static stability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The reinforcement device utilizes parameter changes in the casting compound during its setting process. The anchoring portions are designed to be embedded when the compound is in its workable state, and the composite components are configured to develop full strength as the compound hardens, transforming the manufacturing process into a simpler single-step operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Strength

If more reinforcement material is used to increase bond strength, then static stability improves, but mass and production costs increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepressure and shear resistanceVSAvoidmass of reinforcement device
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSWeight of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The reinforcement device employs composite materials strategy by combining different structural elements: connecting devices made for anchoring in casting compound, and composite components designed to resist forces in multiple directions. This composite approach achieves superior pressure and shear resistance with minimized material usage, reducing both mass and production costs while maintaining enhanced static stability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

Data Source

PatentEP2140077B1Prefabricated part
Publication Date: 2019.10.23 KAPPEMA FERTIGTEILIND
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AI summary

The invention relates to a reinforcing device (6) for prefabricated parts (1), which comprise a plurality of elements (2, 3) that are arranged substantially parallel to each other, produced of a casting compound (G) that can be hardened, and are connected to each other by at least one connecting device (6). The connecting device (6) is implemented by tensile, pressure, and shearing elements (7) that are connected to each other by means of a composite component (8), wherein the ends of the tensile and pressure elements (8) and also the edges of the composite components (8) are anchored in the casting compound (G) of the elements (2, 3) that are arranged substantially parallel to each other.