Method for the manufacture of formwork, lost formwork and reinforcement for freeform concrete
OwnerChristoph Klemmt, Rajat Sodhiinventors
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Abstract
The present invention is a method for the manufacture of freeform parts of molds, especially suitable for the casting of concrete. The method digitally tessellates the freeform surfaces of the mold into flat faces; the faces are grouped into segments, the segments are unrolled, are adjusted to incorporate connection details, and are cut from flat sheet material. When assembled, the panels take on the original freeform geometry by cold-bending. Additional support can be provided by a frame, and the mold can be filled with the casting material.
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A method for constructing at least a part of a mold for casting, the part comprising a freeform geometry, the method comprising the steps of:
- a. digitally tessellating the freeform geometry of the mold into flat faces;
- b. assigning the faces to unrollable segments of one or more faces;
- c. digitally unrolling the segments;
- d. digitally adjusting the unrolled segments to accommodate means of attaching them to their adjacent mold components, so that adjacent panels overlap, and so that fasteners connect adjacent panels through their area of overlap;
- e. cutting the adjusted segments into panels out of flat sheet material;
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- f. connecting the panels to each other.
An article of manufacture, produced at least in part by casting, using a mold that comprises areas with a freeform geometry, the freeform areas of the mold constructed at least in part using a method comprising the steps of:
- a. digitally tessellating the freeform geometry of the mold into flat faces;
- b. assigning the faces to unrollable segments of one or more faces;
- c. digitally unrolling the segments;
- d. digitally adjusting the unrolled segments to accommodate means of attaching them to their adjacent mold components, so that adjacent panels overlap, and so that fasteners connect adjacent panels through their area of overlap;
- e. cutting the adjusted segments into panels out of flat sheet material;
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- f. connecting the panels to each other.
A mold for casting that comprises areas with a freeform geometry, the freeform areas of the mold constructed at least in part using a method comprising the steps of:
- a. digitally tessellating the freeform geometry of the mold into flat faces;
- b. assigning the faces to unrollable segments of one or more faces;
- c. digitally unrolling the segments;
- d. digitally adjusting the unrolled segments to accommodate means of attaching them to their adjacent mold components, so that adjacent panels overlap, and so that fasteners connect adjacent panels through their area of overlap;
- e. cutting the adjusted segments into panels out of flat sheet material;
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- f. connecting the panels to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.