Optimal Design of a Reinforced Fixation and Enclosure System for transportation and handling of Skinned Curtain Walls

用于蒙皮幕墙运输和搬运的加固固定和围护系统的优化设计

• 批准号: 538081-2019
• 负责人: AzabIsmail, Ahmed
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: University of Windsor
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Engage Grants Program
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2019-01-01 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=680984
• 关键词: Optimal; Design; Reinforced; Fixation; Enclosure

A universal enclosure and lifting fixture is proposed to handle large prefabricated curtain walls. Curtain walls are simply sheets of glass surrounded by a metallic frame that are installed on the facade of a building. The curtain walls come in an array of sizes and weights, all of them massive in size and dangerous to the worker handling them. Handling here means to load these single or double skinned panels onto and unload them off trailers, encapsulate them during transportation, from facility to construction site (for protection), raise them using on-site cranes, rotate them from the horizontal to the vertical orientation mid-air, and finally support their installation onto buildings. The challenge put forth is to develop a fixture that can handle, not one, but two panels at the same time because manufacturers in this industry are constantly required to install more panels in less time. Dr. Ahmed Azab at the University of Windsor will work with Contract Glaziers Inc. to develop this fixture and enclosure system. A successfully implemented project would allow the company (Contract Glaziers Inc.) to glaze buildings quicker all the while cutting costs and providing a safer environment for the workers. This technique is unprecedented and will raise the capability of this Canadian company 10 fold; providing faster services for local construction and becoming more competitive abroad. This is a simple product with an array of integrated solutions that improve every step of this company's operations; beginning with the finished good, all the way to on-site installation and pushes the prefabrication industry forward.

提出了一个通用外壳和举起灯具来处理大型预制窗帘壁。窗帘墙只是玻璃板，周围是安装在建筑物外墙上的金属框架。窗帘墙有一系列尺寸和重量的阵列，它们的大小巨大，对处理它们的工人危险。在此处处理意味着将这些单皮或双皮面板装载到并从拖车上卸载，并在运输过程中封装它们，从设施到建筑工地（以保护），使用现场起重机将它们抬高，将它们从水平方向旋转到垂直方向，并最终支撑它们的安装到建筑物上。提出的挑战是开发一个可以处理的固定装置，而不是一个可以处理的固定装置，而是同时两个面板，因为该行业中的制造商不断要求在更少的时间内安装更多面板。温莎大学的艾哈迈德·阿扎布（Ahmed Azab）博士将与Contract Glaziers Inc.合作开发此固定装置和外壳系统。成功实施的项目将使公司（合同Glaziers Inc.）在降低成本并为工人提供更安全的环境时，可以更快地釉建筑物。这项技术是前所未有的，将提高加拿大公司10倍的能力；为当地建设提供更快的服务，并在国外竞争激烈。这是一个简单的产品，具有一系列集成解决方案，可改善公司运营的每一步；从完成的良好开始，一直到现场安装，并推动预制行业的前进。