Production with multi-tasking capability

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The plotter travels across the pallet and marks the positions of the embedded parts

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The multifunctional shuttering robot places the mold elements on the pallet. In the next step, the magnets are activated, and the mold elements are firmly fixed to the pallet

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The control panel of the multifunctional shuttering robot

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A complete pallet load of longitudinal and transverse bars on the handling beam. The beam is then turned by 180° about its axis …

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… and lowered to the “ground floor” of the building, where it places the load on the production pallet

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Lattice girders are
inserted manually on top of the reinforcing mesh

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The concrete spreader travels across the entire length of the pallet in a single pass and applies a strip of concrete in this process; in the next step, it runs parallel to the first strip of concrete and returns to its starting point, pouring concrete onto the second, previously empty half of the pallet

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The perforated plate enables exact positioning of the concrete spreader

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Each of the vibration units is supported on two air cushions. The compaction process generates only very minor noise
levels of up to 70 dB

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After concrete pouring, the storage and retrieval unit places the production pallet in one of the 53 slots of the enclosed curing chamber

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The turning station places the hardened reinforced concrete shell on top of the second shell on the production pallet

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The two shells of the double wall unit are already connected to each other on the production pallet

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Figure: Progress

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Precast construction is particularly suitable for countries with a high level of demand for residential and commercial buildings. During the bauma trade show, visitors from the BRIC countries had a close look at a carousel line for the production of double wall units at Innbau-Beton.

Andrey is the only member of the group who does not intend to participate in the last factory visit. His employer, a semi-public construction company that is currently erecting a whole series of high-rise buildings in the Moscow area, is already negotiating the purchase of a carousel line and thus need not be convinced of the benefits of this technology.

The other fifteen representatives of Indian, Chinese and Brazilian concrete businesses continue their guided tour to which they were invited by Sommer Anlagentechnik, SAA, the automation service provider, and Prilhofer, the engineering...