Rotational method for welding beam-mount structure to the side(s) of a column
AssigneeConXtech, Inc.
InventorRobert J. Simmons
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Abstract
A method and related apparatus for precision deploy-attaching beam-mount structure to the outside of an elongate column at plural, defined attachment sites that are distributed and spaced along the length of the column. The method involves (a) preparing an elongate column to act as a travel way for a carriage which is designed to transport and deploy beam-mount structure, shifting such a carriage progressively along the column from defined attachment site to defined attachment site, and at each such site, deploy-attaching from the carriage to the column the carriage-carried beam-mount structure.
Claims9
A method for deploy-attaching beam-mount structure to the outside of an elongate column at plural, defined attachment sites that are distributed and spaced along the length of the column comprising
- preparing an elongate column to act as a directly-supporting travel way for a carriage, which carriage is movable on the column, and which carriage is designed to transport and deploy beam-mount structure,
- mounting such a carriage for translation on and along the prepared column, the carriage being mounted directly on the column for movement therealong,
- shifting the carriage progressively along and on the column from defined attachment site to defined attachment site,
- arming the carriage with deployable beam-mount structure,
- at each such site, stabilizing the carriage positionally with respect to the column, and
- at that site, and from the thus stabilized carriage, deploy-attaching to the column the carriage-armed beam-mount structure.
A method for deploy-attaching beam mounts to a selected, outside face of an elongate column at plural defined attaching sites that are distributed and spaced along the length of that face, said method comprising
- supporting such a column with its long axis disposed in a generally horizontal condition,
- mounting a beam-mount-transporting carriage in a removably captured condition on the supported column for travel along the column,
- utilizing the column as a travel, way, shifting the carriage along the column to a position which is appropriately adjacent a selected one of such defined attachment sites,
- equipping the carriage with a least one carryable and deployable column-face-specific beam mount which is appropriately disposed in a condition of proximity relative to the mentioned, selected column face adjacent the location of the selected one attachment side, and
- with the carriage and the at least one beam mount so positioned, deploy-attaching the at least one beam mount to the mentioned, selected column face at the selected one attaching site.
A method for deploy-attaching plural, successive beam mounts to a selected, outside face of an elongate column at plural, defined attachment sites that are distributed and spaced along the length of that face, said method comprising
- supporting such a column with its long axis disposed in a generally horizontal condition, and defining one end of the column as an upstream end, and the other end as a downstream end,
- mounting a beam-mount transporting carnage in a removably captured condition on the supported column for low-resistance, progressive, guided travel along the column in an upstream toward downstream fashion, and from one defined attachment site to a next-adjacent defined attachment site along the selected column face, and
- with the carriage disposed operatively adjacent each such defined attachment site, and with respect to a beam mount which has previously been placed on the carriage, deploy-attaching that beam mount to the mentioned, selected column face at the then adjacent, associated, defined attachment site.
A method for deploy-attaching a cluster of plural beam mounts to a related cluster of selected attaching sites located at like longitudinal positions disposed on and along the outside faces of an elongate, plural-face structural column, with such positions being distributed angularly about the column's long axis, said method comprising
- preparing the column to act as a directly-supporting travel way for a carriage which is designed to support/transport and deploy such a cluster of beam mounts,
- mounting such a carriage for translation on and along the prepared column,
- shifting the carriage on and along the column to a defined position of operative adjacency relative to the mentioned selected attaching sites,
- providing the carriage with a cluster of appropriately angularly arrayed beam mounts to form a deployable, attachable cluster of such mounts,
- stabilizing the carriage positionally with respect to the column at the location therealong to which the column has been shifted in said shifting step, and
- at that location, and from the thus stabilized carriage, deploy-attaching the supported cluster of beam mounts to the column appropriately to the mentioned related cluster of selected column-face attaching sites.
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