OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The object of the present invention is to provide a new lightweight technical slab
component, as an industrial product oriented to its manufacturing at flexible production
lines, intended for application in the field of construction of buildings of all types.
[0002] The new lightweight technical slab component facilitates the realization of the floor
plants of such buildings, such as pieces or complete structural units, linked together
and dimensionally coordinated, maintaining the technical or registrable nature of
floors and ceilings simultaneously, independently and comprehensively within each
component or associated constructive unit and being able to be adjusted to each specific
project according to the requirements and benefits required by the rules applicable
in each case, without losing thereby its character of industrial product or component.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0003] The present invention falls within the construction industry, specifically in the
industrial construction by means of components, following the philosophy of open building
systems.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0004] Currently, slabs used in construction of buildings have a ratio between its own weight
and other vertical actions, such as use overloads, very close to the unit, which implies
that for their construction, a weight of material equivalent to that of those loads
that gravitate over the same is used. For this reason and due to the evolution of
a brick based construction, which requires a structural system displacing the bracing
mission, the geometry of the elements of the vertical system, the horizontal planes,
the cooperation of the slabs for the stability of the building is required. Such construction
process is based on the use of the different technologies of concrete and ceramic
elements, seeking to justify its thickness and mass, based on the various benefits
required in the design codes.
[0005] Thus, in the last 50 years the slabs have increased their weight of 150 kg/m
2 to more than 400 kg/m
2, which entails a cost problem and is the source of various pathologies related to
its deferred deformations, since virtually half of the armor is intended to withstand
its own weight.
[0006] Additionally, and mainly due to this increase of weight, the manufacturing and on
site installation technologies of the slabs are poorly industrialized compared with
other building elements, such as some types of frontages, interior partitions or prefabricated
structures of beams and columns. In most cases, its on site installation is based
on wet processes involving the laying of amorphous materials over a base structure
of joists and small vaults, caisson formwork, collaborating sheets or a final layer
of compression in hollow core slabs and precast slabs.
[0007] Thus, at none of the typologies usually used as slabs in conventional building, a
technical character is conferred to the material thickness occupied by the construction
of the slab, which technical character is understood as the possibility of passage
and accommodation of conduits and cables along with other typical elements of the
facility, without necessarily having to place an additional technical floor or ceiling.
[0008] Similarly, often this type of construction involves a high incidence of workplace
accidents due to their conditions of work on site, and a high rate of environmental
impact, given the amount of waste and water consumption occurring in the constructions
by being unable to develop construction-deconstruction processes, thereby increasing
the amount of debris in landfills.
[0009] For all the above, it would be desirable to develop a slab that would overcome the
weight problems of the slabs known in the state of the art and that would possess
all the advantages provided by the approach of industrialized construction and open-component
systems, which would allow increasing the ratios of safety, quality, productivity
and sustainability in the construction of buildings of all types.
DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0010] The present invention aims to a new lightweight technical slab component with certain
geometric configuration that does not raise the issues of weight of the slabs known
in the state of the art and provides many advantages for industrialized construction
and open-component systems, simultaneously increasing the safety, quality, productivity
and sustainability when used in the construction of all types of buildings.
[0011] The lightweight technical slab component of the invention is formed by two longitudinal
profiles as beams or crossbars with holes distributed along their whole length, both
to allow the passage of installations and for the union of components, connected by
a horizontal enclosure in the shape of a wavy or corrugated board, which provides
stability and rigidity to the slab assembly, cross topping the perimeter of the slab
component in its front sides, by means of some elements in the form of a plane head
plate or some kind of profile, as appropriate for each application.
[0012] The lightweight technical slab component of the invention enables its union with
other slab components according to the invention or with other structural elements,
thus facilitating the realization of various construction details of junction. In
this case, the lightweight technical slab of the invention can form a base unit to
create larger constructive groups that incorporate the rest of the performance standards
both structural and nonstructural (thermal, acoustic, fire resistance,...), by combining
them with layers of specialized materials in different functions.
[0013] Thus, the lightweight technical slab component of the invention allows solving the
specific benefits for each desired application and realizes a more advanced concept
of constructive unit, allowing the hidden passage of all kinds of installations, available
both currently and in the future, given its technical and registrable nature, which
in turns confer a degree of flexibility adapted to the evolution of the different
space-time uses of the plants in the buildings.
[0014] The lightweight technical slab component of the invention allows full industrialization
of the slab manufacturing, providing a type of construction by assembly based on dry
construction technologies, particularly with reference to functional joints and structural
joints.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0015] To complement the description being made and in order to help to better understand
the features of the invention, is attached to the present specification, as an integral
part thereof, a set of plans in which by way of illustration and without limitation,
the following has been represented:
Figure 1 .- Shows a perspective view of the parts, which constitute the lightweight
technical slab component of the invention according to a preferred embodiment of the
same.
The Figure 2 .- Shows a perspective view of the slab technical component with the
constitutive parts thereof assembled according to Figure 1.
Figure 3 .- Shows a slab assembly using the lightweight technical slab components
in Figure 2.
PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION
[0016] The lightweight technical slab component according to the invention is formed by
two side crossbars (1) formed in lightweight profile or profiles that can take different
resistant forms; one enclosure or horizontal panel (2) with a wavy or corrugated plate
shape, for achieving greater rigidity, located between the crossbars (1) and coupled
to the same assembling the whole set; some holes or perforations (3) arranged along
the entire length of the side crossbars (1), so that, if any, it is possible the passage
of any installations and the union, through various fixation or linking devices, including
slab components, resulting in a larger constructive unit; optionally, by means of
head plates or front profiles (4) is possible to realize different delivery and/or
attachment devices with the rest of the resistant elements of the construction.
[0017] With reference to Figure 1, the lightweight technical slab component according to
the invention is configured by joining two side crossbars (1) or lightweight profiles,
made of any formable material as lightweight profile, preferably in steel sheet. Such
side crossbars (1) have a resistant form, preferably "C", "Sigma", "Omega, "I", "L",
"T" or "U" form, or a simple platen or any combination of the previous forms.
[0018] Said union between the side crossbars (1) is implemented through one or more, as
necessary, enclosures or horizontal panels (2) with a wavy or corrugated plate shape
arranged transversely between the two crossbars, as a horizontal enclosure providing
stability and rigidity to the slab assembly.
[0019] Such enclosures or horizontal panels (2) with a wavy or corrugated plate shape may
have different shapes such as zig-zag, trapezoidal, corrugated, triangular, square
or mixed among the previously mentioned.
[0020] In the embodiment shown in Figure 1, a single corrugated plate or sheet with trapezoidal
shape is arranged. The horizontal panel or panels (2) with a wavy or corrugated plate
shape are attached to the side crossbars (1) by welding or any other compatible attaching
method or technology, assembling the whole set.
[0021] Along the entire length of the side crossbars (1) a series of perforations or holes
(3) of appropriate size are performed and intended for both the passage of possible
installations and the attaching and fixing to each other, or to other structural elements,
by means of various devices and techniques, of successive technical slab components
of the invention, with the object of covering the required surfaces in each case.
[0022] Optionally, for cross topping the perimeter of the lightweight technical slab component
of the invention in its front sides, it additionally has some elements in the shape
of head plates or front profiles (4), as appropriate in each application, on which
are located different fixation or delivery devices with the rest of the resistant
elements of the construction.
[0023] In use, the side crossbars (1) or lightweight profiles will be arranged with their
wings towards the interior of the slab, having an edge with a preferred length of
less than 400 mm and the distance between them being preferably comprised between
600 and 1,200 mm.
[0024] Preferably, the length of the lightweight technical slab component of the invention
does not exceed 12 meters.
1. Lightweight technical slab component characterized in that it is formed by two side crossbars (1) formed in lightweight profile, one enclosure
or horizontal panel (2) between the side crossbars (1) and attached thereto by welding
or any other compatible attaching method or technology, with a wavy or corrugated
plate shape, for achieving greater rigidity, and holes or perforations (3) arranged
along the entire length of the side crossbars (1).
2. Lightweight technical slab component according to claim 1, characterized in that further, in order to cross topping the perimeter of the lightweight technical slab
component it has, on its front sides, head plates or front profiles (4) on which it
is possible to place different delivery and/or attaching devices with the rest of
the resistant elements of the construction.
3. Lightweight technical slab component according to claim 1, characterized in that the previously mentioned two side crossbars (1) are realized in steel sheet or any
other material conformable as lightweight profile taking different resistant forms
as C, Sigma, Omega, I, L, T, or U type, or a simple platen or any combination of the
previous shapes.
4. Lightweight technical slab component according to claim 1, characterized in that the aforementioned enclosure or horizontal panel (2) with a wavy or corrugated plate
shape for achieving greater rigidity, adopts shapes such as zig-zag, trapezoidal,
corrugated, triangular, square or mixed among the previously mentioned.