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US 2026/0243093 A1Published application
Quickly-deployable automated rapid-slip-form concrete placement system
OwnerMichael George BUTLERinventor
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Abstract
One aspect of the present invention pertains to systems for casting a concrete wall. Another aspect of the present invention pertains to methods of casting a concrete wall.
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A system for casting a concrete wall, the system comprising:
- a frame;
- a slip form;
- a placement carriage;
- the frame being connected with the slip form so as to accomplish vertical movement of the slip form;
- the slip form being connected with the placement carriage so as to accomplish horizontal movement of the placement carriage;
- the placement carriage having a nozzle for attachment to a source of a fluid concrete;
- wherein the casting the concrete wall is accomplished by the placement carriagemaking successive horizonal passes with vertical movements placing layers of the fluid concrete with the nozzle from a side of the wall, the layers of the fluid concrete being placed adjacent a backing plane;
- the fluid concrete having a composition allowing the fluid concrete to form a vertical surface after placement.
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A concrete placement system comprising:
- an analog concrete pump to pump a fluid concrete;
- a motion control system for controlling the motion for placement of the fluid concrete, the motions for placement of the fluid concrete being controlled at a concrete placement rate of travel by the motion control system, the motion control system being connected with the concrete pump to receive from the concrete pump a concrete volume flow rate to a point of concrete placement, the motion control system having a system to advance the concrete placement rate of travel proportionally to the concrete volume flow rate, so that the concrete pump can synchronize with the motion control system.
A method of fluid concrete placement for casting a concrete wall, the method comprising:
- pumping the fluid concrete having a volume flow rate into place from a side of the concrete wall and against a backing plane at another side of the wall;
- performing the fluid concrete placement in sequential horizontal layers, starting at the bottom of the concrete wall and building vertically to the top of the concrete wall;
- using a carriage to direct the fluid concrete placement along a horizontal path, the carriage being guided by a horizontal slip form member, the horizontal slip form member combined with the backing surface, providing temporary confinement of the concrete fluid pressure;
- guiding the horizontal slip form member vertically using a frame support, where the positioning of the frame support defines the vertical surface of the concrete wall;
- repositioning the frame to an adjacent position to define a continuation of a vertical surface of the concrete wall;
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- raising the horizonal slip form member vertically at a rate of at least 5 cm per minute, defining a surface of the wall at a vertical rate of at least 5 cm per minute.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.