Mixer, system for applying a building material and method for producing a structure from building material

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12064901-B2
Application number	US-201716075766-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 1, 2017
Priority date	Mar 1, 2016
Publication date	Aug 20, 2024
Grant date	Aug 20, 2024

Abstract

A mixer includes a drum having at least one inlet and one outlet. The mixer furthermore includes a drive and a stirring shaft, which is arranged in the drum and is coupled to the drive. Furthermore, the mixer includes a conveying device, which is arranged in the drum and which is arranged on one and the same axis as the stirring shaft.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system for applying a construction material, the system comprising:
a first source of a first component that is a pumpable building material;
a second source of a second component that is a pumpable substance which includes at least one of an accelerating admixture and a hardening accelerator; and
a moving device having at least a movable portion and a mixer that is arranged on the movable portion,
wherein the mixer comprises:
a drum having at least one inlet and at least one outlet, the system being configured so that the first source and the second source are in fluid communication with the at least one inlet so that the first component and the second component being are fed to the mixer via the at least one inlet,
a drive,
a stirring shaft configured to receive the first component and the second component from the at least one inlet and mix the first component and the second component to produce the construction material, the stirring shaft being arranged in the drum and being coupled to the drive, and
a conveying device arranged in the drum, the conveying device being arranged on an axis of the stirring shaft and configured to convey the construction material toward and through the at least one outlet,

wherein the moving device is configured to move the mixer of the moving device independently in three dimensions to apply the construction material and to construct a structure from the construction material.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the conveying device directly adjoins the stirring shaft such that the construction material mixed by the stirring shaft is configured to be collected directly by the conveying device and is configured to be conveyed out of the drum through the at least one outlet.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the conveying device and the stirring shaft are arranged on a driveshaft drivable by the drive.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the stirring shaft and the conveying device are arranged next to one another in the drum,
the stirring shaft is arranged in a first drum section and the conveying device is arranged in a second drum section, and
the at least one inlet is arranged in the first drum section and the at least one outlet is arranged in the second drum section.

5. The system as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the first drum section with the stirring shaft arranged therein forms between 50% and 90% of a volume of the drum.

6. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the conveying device is configured as a screw conveyor.

7. The system as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the screw conveyor has at least one turn.

8. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the drum comprises a first inlet and a second inlet, and
a feeding device is arranged at the first inlet.

9. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the moving device is configured to produce the structure layer by layer.

10. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the moving device comprises a multi-joint arm configured to move the mixer.

11. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the moving device is a 3D printer.

12. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the moving device is configured to move the mixer within a build space for forming the structure constructed from the construction material.

13. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second component is a liquid concrete admixture.

14. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the moving device is configured as a crane, a robot, a movable device on wheels or tracks, or a 3D printer.

15. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the construction material is a homogenous mixture that comprises the first component and the second component.

16. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the mixer is configured to mix the first component and the second component homogenously before the construction material produced from the components is conveyed through the at least one outlet of the drum.

17. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second component is a liquid building-material admixture.

18. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one inlet of the drum includes a first inlet and a second inlet, and the first component is fed to the mixer via the first inlet and the second component is fed to the mixer via the second inlet.

19. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pumpable building material is a pumpable concrete.

Assignees

• Sika Tech Ag

Inventors

• Kuhn Patrik
• Brühwiler Armin
• Bourquin Raphael
• Lootens Didier
• Oblak Luka

Classifications

• B28B1/001

  Rapid manufacturing of 3D objects by additive depositing, agglomerating or laminating of material (selective deposition modelling of metallic powder B22F10/00; rapid manufacturing of 3D objects in general and in particular of plastics B29C64/00) · CPC title

• B01F2101/28

  Mixing cement, mortar, clay, plaster or concrete ingredients · CPC title

• B01F35/754551

  using helical screws · CPC title

• B01F35/71731

  using a hopper · CPC title

• B01F27/2123

  Shafts with both stirring means and feeding or discharging means · CPC title