摘要 |
THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO A METHOD AND THE ASSOCIATED MACHINE FOR THE AUTOMATIC PRODUCTION AND ASSEMBLY OF COMPLEX RETICULAR CAGES, FORMED BY SIMPLE CAGES PLACED SIDE BY SIDE AND/OR COUPLED TO EACH OTHER, EACH SIMPLE CAGE BEING FORMED BY ELECTRO-WELDED METAL NETS WITH ORTHOGONAL MESHES THAT ARE REGULAR (1) AND/OR IRREGULAR (1.1), CONTAINED AND ENCIRCLED BY AN ULTIMATE EXTERNAL ENCLOSURE CAGE OR NET. THESE COMPLEX THREE-DIMENSIONAL RETICULAR STRUCTURES CAN BE USED AS REINFORCEMENTS IN CONCRETE CASTINGS IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR, IN PARTICULAR IN ANTI-SEISMIC CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. THE AUTOMATIC MACHINE THAT CARRIES OUT THE AFOREMENTIONED METHOD IN REALITY CONSISTS OF A GROUP OF VARIOUS MACHINES AND MECHANICAL DEVICES WHICH ARE COORDINATED BY SUITABLE COMPUTERISED SYSTEMS, WHICH COMPRISE: A FOLDING ASSEMBLY (3) FOR ELECTRO-WELDED METAL NETS WHICH IS SERVED BY TWO AUTOMATIC MOVABLE TROLLEYS, ONE UPSTREAM (2) AND THE OTHER DOWNSTREAM (6), FOR POSITIONING THE NETS DURING THE PROGRAMMED FOLDING PHASES; A TEMPORARY PARKING ZONE (41) OR PRE-ASSEMBLY ZONE FOR THE SIMPLE CAGES, DOWNSTREAM, WITH A SUBSEQUENT FINAL EVACUATION PATH (42); OVERHEAD THERE IS A PLURALITY OF AUTOMATICALLY MOVABLE TROLLEYS (44) WHICH ARE EQUIPPED WITH SUITABLE AUTOMATIC GRIPPERS (5) FOR TRANSPORTING AND POSITIONING THE SIMPLE AND/OR COMPLEX CAGES. |