Method for manufacturing concrete construction blocks for a wind-turbine tower and associated system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10494830-B2
Application number	US-201415522579-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 31, 2014
Priority date	Oct 31, 2014
Publication date	Dec 3, 2019
Grant date	Dec 3, 2019

Abstract

The invention has for object a method for manufacturing concrete construction blocks ( 6 ) for a wind-generator tower made up of at least two consecutive blocks secured to one another by a contact surface of each of the two blocks, the manufacturing method comprising the following steps:
pouring concrete into a first cage of reinforcements ( 10 - 1 ) so as to obtain the first concrete construction block comprising a first contact surface ( 9 ), and pouring concrete into a second cage of reinforcements ( 10 - 2 ) so as to obtain the second concrete construction block, the second cage of reinforcements being provided in a form ( 21 ) arranged such that the first contact surface ( 9 ) of the first block ( 6 - 1 ) makes up a wall for delimiting ( 26 ) the pouring of the concrete such as to form a contact surface ( 9 ) of the second block ( 6 - 2 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of manufacturing concrete construction blocks for a wind-generator tower comprised of at least a first block, a second block and a third block, the first block, second block, and third block being secured to one another by a contact surface of each of the first block, second block and third block, the method comprising the following consecutive steps:
pouring concrete into a first cage of reinforcements so as to obtain the first block comprising a first contact surface;
pouring concrete into a second cage of reinforcements so as to obtain the second block, the second cage of reinforcements being provided in a form, the first contact surface of the first block making up a wall for delimiting the pouring of the concrete to form a first contact surface of the second block,
wherein a bottom surface of said form is spaced from a base of a system for manufacturing at a distance about a height of the first block in a direction orthogonal to the first contact surface;
detaching the first block and the second block after moulding of the second block due to a releasing product coated on the first contact surface of the first block prior to the step of pouring of the concrete to form the second block;
extracting the first block from said system for manufacturing;
transporting the second block under said form; and
pouring concrete into a third cage of reinforcements so as to obtain the third block, the third cage of reinforcements being provided in said form, a second contact surface of the second block making up a wall for delimiting the pouring of the concrete such as to form a first contact surface of the third block, the bottom surface of said form being spaced from the base of said system for manufacturing at a distance about a height of the second block in a direction orthogonal to the first contact surface,
wherein each of the first block, second block and third block is hollow and comprises a lateral wall limited by a lower end and an upper end, said lower end forming the first contact surface of the block.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein, during the step for pouring concrete in such a way as to obtain the second block, the first block is arranged facing the form such that the first block and the second cage of reinforcements are extensions of one another.

3. A method for assembling a wind-generator tower, comprising:
a step of manufacturing at least a first block, a second block, and a third block obtained by the method of manufacturing according to claim 1 , and
a step of transporting said first block, second block, and third block.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
a step of lifting said first block, second block, and third block.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
a step of geometric controlling of the form before the moulding of the first block, second block, third block and/or a step of controlling dimensions of each of the first block, second block, and third block.

Assignees

• Soletanche Freyssinet

Inventors

• Fabry Nicolas
• Melen Benoit
• Mellier Erik

Classifications

• E04H12/185

  with identical elements · CPC title

• Y02E10/728

  Onshore wind turbines · CPC title

• F05B2230/60

  Assembly methods · CPC title

• F05B2240/912

  on a tower · CPC title

• F03D13/20

  Arrangements for mounting or supporting wind motors; Masts or towers for wind motors · CPC title