Wind tower printing device and method
AssigneeMassivit 3D Printing Technologies Ltd
InventorYehoshua Sheinman
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Abstract
A printing system for printing the lower base of a wind tower or the entire wind tower. The system includes a printing device configured to print the coaxial polymeric shells with an empty volume between the shells. The printing device uses the coaxial polymeric shells as driving rails. A concrete material deposition device configured to deposit the concrete material into the empty volume between the polymeric shells, and a rebar handling device is configured to deliver rebars into the volume between the polymeric shells to reinforce the deposited concrete material.
Claims22
A printing system for printing the lower base of a wind tower, or the entire wind tower, comprising:
- a printing device configured to print first and second polymeric shells and wherein the polymeric shells are coaxial with an empty volume between them;
- a concrete material deposition device configured to deposit the concrete material into the empty volume between the first and second polymeric shells;
- a rebar handling device configured to deliver rebars into the volume between the first and second polymeric shells to reinforce the deposited concrete material;
- a rebar connection and tying device allowing to connect the different rebar elements into a unified construction;
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- a wheel system constructed of an outer plate and the inner plate disposed in spaced relation, carried on rails associated with one of the polymeric shells by two lines of motorized high friction wheels configured to ensure that a line of side wheels disposed on each of the outer and inner plates are engaged with respective side surfaces of the wind tower.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.