Wall Structure with Horizontal Fixing Profiles for Industrial Halls

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing wall structures in industrial and storage halls require laborious construction and customized wall elements, making them time-consuming and costly to assemble, as they need to fit specific frame structures.

Innovation Solution

A wall structure using standard-sized wall plates and horizontal fixing profiles that are attached to load-bearing frame beams, allowing for easy assembly and alignment, with a foamed plastic insulation core for stiffness and insulation, and a fixing profile system that spans the entire horizontal direction to secure the plates without needing precise fitting to the frame beams.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If wall elements are customized to fit specific frame structures, then the wall structure can be securely attached to the frame beams, but the construction becomes laborious and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveattachment securityVSAvoidconstruction speed
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The wall structure is divided into standardized wall elements with uniform dimensions that can be independently manufactured and then assembled on-site. This segmentation allows for pre-fabrication of components with precise fitting features, ensuring reliable attachment while maintaining construction speed through modular assembly.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The invention changes the dimensional parameters of wall elements from customized sizes to standardized dimensions. By establishing fixed width and height parameters for wall elements, the system enables mass production and simplifies on-site assembly, resolving the contradiction between secure attachment and construction efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Reliability

If wall elements are customized to fit frame structures, then proper attachment is achieved, but manufacturing and assembly costs increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveattachment securityVSAvoidmanufacturing simplicity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The wall elements are designed with universal standardized dimensions that can be used across different wall positions and frame configurations. This universality allows a single wall element type to serve multiple functions and locations, simplifying manufacturing processes and reducing the need for custom fabrication while maintaining secure attachment capabilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The wall elements are pre-manufactured with standardized dimensions and integrated attachment features before delivery to the construction site. This preliminary action of pre-fabrication ensures proper fitting and secure attachment is achieved during manufacturing rather than on-site customization, thereby simplifying overall manufacturing processes and reducing assembly complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Strength

If lifting equipment is used to place wall elements, then heavy elements can be installed, but the requirement for specialized equipment increases complexity and cost

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvewall element capacityVSAvoidequipment requirement
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The wall structure is segmented into smaller, standardized wall elements that can be handled with simpler lifting equipment. By dividing the wall into modular units rather than using large custom elements, the system reduces the lifting capacity requirements and eliminates the need for specialized heavy-duty lifting equipment while maintaining overall wall strength through proper structural design.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

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

This solution enables quick and cost-effective construction of wall surfaces in industrial and storage halls by allowing standard-sized wall plates to be easily assembled and secured, reducing labor and material costs while providing adequate stiffness and insulation against wind loads and moisture.

Implementation Method 1

a heat insulating core layer between the surface layers, wherein the core layer is made of foamed plastic insulation material having compression strength of at least 10 kPa

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectThermal Insulation: Thermal Insulation

Data Source

PatentEP2639372B1Wall structure and method for manufacturing a wall structure
Publication Date: 2016.06.08 FINNFOAM
  • EP2639372B1 patent drawingFigure 1~2
  • EP2639372B1 patent drawingFigure 3A~3D
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AI summary

A wall structure and a method for manufacturing a wall structure, which wall structure comprises load bearing frame beams (1, 1`), fixing profiles (2, 2`) that are essentially horizontal with respect to the frame beams (1, 1`) and fixed to the frame beams (1, 1`), and wall plates (3, 3`, 4, 4`), said wall plates comprise a first planar surface layer, a second planar surface layer and a heat insulating core layer between the surface layers. The wall plates (3, 3`, 4, 4`) in the wall structure are arranged in the structure in such a manner that the fixing profile (2, 2`) is in the joint between two wall plates (3, 3`, 4, 4`) arranged against one another one on top of the other.