CN105421293B - The construction method of copper waterstop in CFRD seepage prevention system - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a kind of construction method of copper waterstop in CFRD seepage prevention system, comprise the following steps：Step one, copper waterstop calender is lifted on bracket；Step 2, by copper waterstop calender and bracket integral hoisting at the vertical lap seam position of CFRD dam crest；Step 3, the reel of copper sheet raw material will be wound with it is lifted on the roller stand of the bracket；Step 4, copper waterstop of continuously colding pressing；Step 5, filling flexible filler.The construction method can cold pressing a copper waterstop long for being made and dam bottom being extended to from CFRD dam crest, and then avoid multistage copper waterstop is welded into a copper waterstop long, reduce the field joint of copper waterstop, it is ensured that the quality of copper waterstop.
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Technical field
The invention belongs to CFRD seepage prevention system technical field of construction, a kind of concrete surface is specifically related to
The construction method of copper waterstop in sheetpile masonry dam seepage prevention system.
Background technology
CFRD develop in earth and rockfill dam it is very fast, one of rock seepage prevention system Copper water stop
Traditional construction technique is, by special equipment (jack calender), cold moudling 25m~30m or so, then one by one
Welding in place, time-consuming expense material of taking a lot of work.Conventional Copper water stop construction technology there is slow speed of application, high cost and welding point is more,
Quality control difficulty is big.Copper stops in how designing one kind and can fast and efficiently completing CFRD seepage prevention system
The method of water belt construction, is various equivalent modifications technical problem urgently to be resolved hurrily.
The content of the invention
It is an object of the invention to overcome above-mentioned deficiency of the prior art, there is provided a kind of CFRD antiseepage
The construction method of copper waterstop in system.The construction method can cold pressing to be made from CFRD dam crest and extend to dam
One copper waterstop long at bottom, and then avoid multistage copper waterstop is welded into a copper waterstop long, reduce copper and stop
The field joint of water band, it is ensured that the quality of copper waterstop.
To achieve the above object, the technical solution adopted by the present invention is：Copper stops in CFRD seepage prevention system
The construction method of water band, it is characterised in that comprise the following steps：
Step one, copper waterstop calender is lifted on bracket；
Step 2, by copper waterstop calender and bracket integral hoisting in the vertical lap seam position of CFRD dam crest
Put place；
Step 3, the reel of copper sheet raw material will be wound with it is lifted on the roller stand of the bracket；
Step 4, copper waterstop of continuously colding pressing：Copper waterstop calender is opened, by the copper sheet raw material feeding on the reel
Copper waterstop calender, copper waterstop, the Copper water stop are continuously cold-pressed into by the copper waterstop calender by copper sheet raw material
Band includes base plate, and the both sides of the base plate tilt to form side wing, and protuberance forms protrusion upwards at the middle part of the base plate, institute
The inside for stating protrusion has cavity；
Step 5, filling flexible filler：The copper waterstop is constantly exported from copper waterstop calender, and to output
Flexible filler is loaded in the cavity of copper waterstop, the copper waterstop of populated flexible filler is along the concrete surface sheetpile
The domatic of masonry dam keeps falling, when the copper waterstop is snapped down to the domatic bottom of slope of the CFRD,
Stop colding pressing for the copper waterstop.
The construction method of copper waterstop in above-mentioned CFRD seepage prevention system, it is characterised in that：It is described soft
Property filler include being arranged on rubber strip and foam strip in the copper waterstop cavity, the rubber strip is arranged on the foam
The inner side of bar.
The construction method of copper waterstop in above-mentioned CFRD seepage prevention system, it is characterised in that：In step
In five, during to loading flexible filler in the cavity of the copper waterstop of output, following steps are specifically included：
Step 501, filling rubber strip：Rubber strip is continuously guided to the copper by the guide wheel on bracket is stopped
In the cavity of water band, the guide wheel is arranged on the protrusion lower section of the copper waterstop, the guide wheel and the Copper water stop
The base plate of band is in contact, and the guide wheel is rotated under the drive of the copper waterstop；
Step 502, filling foam strip：Foam strip is loaded in the cavity for being filled with rubber strip, so that will be described
Cavity is filled up；
The cavity of step 503, closing copper waterstop：By adhesive tape bonding in the bottom surface of the copper waterstop base plate, so that will
It has been filled with the cavity closing of rubber strip and foam strip.
The construction method of copper waterstop in above-mentioned CFRD seepage prevention system, it is characterised in that：In step
When being closed to the cavity of copper waterstop using adhesive tape in 503, one end of adhesive tape is bonded under the copper waterstop first
End, then hand-held tape roll and the downslide with the copper waterstop continuously unreel adhesive tape, and then it is empty to complete whole copper waterstop
The closing in chamber.
The construction method of copper waterstop in above-mentioned CFRD seepage prevention system, it is characterised in that：The bubble
Foam bar is made up of polyurethane foam.
The construction method of copper waterstop in above-mentioned CFRD seepage prevention system, it is characterised in that：The support
Frame includes bracket main body, has the inclined-plane consistent with the CFRD dam facing gradient on the bracket main body, described
Copper waterstop calender is fixedly mounted on the inclined-plane, and the upper end of the bracket main body is provided with support cushion cap, the reel
Support is arranged on the support cushion cap.
The construction method of copper waterstop in above-mentioned CFRD seepage prevention system, it is characterised in that：The copper
Waterstop calender is using rolling type copper water stop band forming machine.
The present invention has advantages below compared with prior art：
1st, copper sheet raw material is continuously cold-pressed into copper waterstop by the present invention using copper waterstop calender such that it is able to cold compaction
Into extending to a copper waterstop long at dam bottom from CFRD dam crest, and then avoid multistage copper waterstop
A copper waterstop long is welded into, the field joint of copper waterstop is reduced, it is ensured that the quality of copper waterstop, because the copper stops
The cold moudling of water band, can rapidly, continuously extrusion forming, accelerating construction progress reduces the duration.
2nd, the present invention rubber strip is constantly guided to the cavity by setting guide wheel, and the guide wheel be
What copper waterstop drove in the presence of gliding, it is to avoid increase drive device, and the filling of rubber strip can be automatically performed, carry
The packing efficiency of rubber strip high.
3rd, copper waterstop calender of the present invention and bracket are once lifted, and flexibly, fast, and occupied ground is few.
4th, cost of implementation of the invention is low, and using effect is good, is easy to promote the use of.
Below by drawings and Examples, technical scheme is described in further detail.
Brief description of the drawings
Fig. 1 is flow chart of the method for the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the position relationship schematic diagram that copper waterstop calender of the present invention is arranged on CFRD dam crest.
Fig. 3 is the structural representation of the copper waterstop being made of being colded pressing using copper waterstop calender of the invention.
Fig. 4 is the A-A cutaway view Amplified images in Fig. 3.
Fig. 5 is that rubber strip is guided the use state schematic diagram to copper waterstop cavity using guide wheel for the present invention.
Description of reference numerals:
1-CFRD；2-copper waterstop calender；3-copper sheet raw material；
4-reel；5-bracket；5-1-roller stand；
5-2-bracket main body；5-3-inclined-plane；5-4-support cushion cap；
6-copper waterstop；6-1-base plate；6-2-side wing；
6-3-protrusion；6-4-cavity；7-rubber strip；
8-foam strip；9-adhesive tape；10-guide wheel.
Specific embodiment
The construction method of copper waterstop in a kind of CFRD seepage prevention system as shown in Figure 1 to 4, including
Following steps：
Step one, copper waterstop calender 2 is lifted on bracket 5；
Step 2, by copper waterstop calender 2 and the integral hoisting of bracket 5 in the vertical of the dam crest of CFRD 1
At seam position (as shown in Figure 2)；
Step 3, the reel 4 that will be wound with copper sheet raw material 3 are lifted on the roller stand 5-1 of the bracket 5；
Step 4, continuous copper waterstop 6 of colding pressing：Copper waterstop calender 2 is opened, by the copper sheet raw material 3 on the reel 4
Feeding copper waterstop calender 2, copper waterstop 6, institute are continuously cold-pressed into by the copper waterstop calender 2 by copper sheet raw material 3
Stating copper waterstop 6 includes base plate 6-1, and the both sides of the base plate 6-1 tilt to form side wing 6-2, the middle part of the base plate 6-1
The inside that upward protuberance forms protrusion 6-3, the protrusion 6-3 has cavity 6-4 (as shown in Figure 3 and Figure 4)；
Step 5, filling flexible filler：The copper waterstop 6 is constantly exported from copper waterstop calender 2, and to output
Copper waterstop 6 cavity 6-4 in load flexible filler, the copper waterstop 6 of populated flexible filler is along the coagulation
The domatic of native rock 1 keeps falling, when the copper waterstop 6 is snapped down to the slope of the CFRD 1
During the bottom of slope in face, stop colding pressing for the copper waterstop 6.
In the present embodiment, copper sheet raw material 3 is continuously cold-pressed into by copper waterstop 6 using copper waterstop calender 2 such that it is able to
Cold pressing a copper waterstop 6 long for being made and dam bottom being extended to from the dam crest of CFRD 1, and then avoid multistage
Copper waterstop 6 is welded into a copper waterstop 6 long, reduces the field joint of copper waterstop 6, it is ensured that the quality of copper waterstop 6,
Due to 6 cold moudling of the copper waterstop, can rapidly, continuously extrusion forming, accelerating construction progress reduces the duration.In addition,
By loading flexible filler in the cavity 6-4 (being commonly called as " nasal cavity ") in copper waterstop 6, the cavity 6-4 can effectively be filled out
Fill, it is to avoid the protrusion 6-3 of copper waterstop 6 is deformed after receiving external force, and be flexible filler due to what is loaded, work as Copper water stop
When receiving external force with 6 protrusion 6-3, the protrusion 6-3 can have certain deformation to adapt to external force.
In the present embodiment, the flexible filler includes the He of rubber strip 7 being arranged in the cavity 6-4 of the copper waterstop 6
Foam strip 8, the rubber strip 7 is arranged on the inner side of the foam strip 8.By using 8 pairs of cavitys of rubber strip 7 and foam strip
6-4 is loaded, and effectively can be filled up the cavity 6-4, and the rubber strip 7 and the convenient material drawing of foam strip 8, price
Cheaply, construction cost is saved.
In the present embodiment, in step 5, flexible filler is loaded in the cavity 6-4 to the copper waterstop 6 of output
When, specifically include following steps：
Step 501, filling rubber strip 7：As shown in figure 5, rubber strip 7 is connected by the guide wheel 10 on bracket 5
Continuous to guide to the cavity 6-4 of the copper waterstop 6, the guide wheel 10 is arranged under the protrusion 6-3 of the copper waterstop 6
Side, the guide wheel 10 is in contact with the base plate 6-1 of the copper waterstop 6, band of the guide wheel 10 in the copper waterstop 6
Dynamic lower rotation；
In the present embodiment, rubber strip 7 is constantly guided to the cavity 6-4 by setting guide wheel 10, and it is described
Guide wheel 10 is driven in the presence of the downslide of copper waterstop 6, it is to avoid increase drive device, and can be automatically performed rubber
The filling of adhesive tape 7.
Step 502, filling foam strip 8：Foam strip 8 is loaded in the cavity 6-4 for be filled with rubber strip 7, so that
The cavity 6-4 is filled up；Because the cavity 6-4 is deeper, individually foam strip 8 cannot then be filled up using rubber strip 7, and then
Use foam strip 8 to be engaged with the rubber strip 7 to be filled up with by cavity 6-4.In the present embodiment, the foam strip 8 is people's frock
Fill out.
The cavity 6-4 of step 503, closing copper waterstop 6：Adhesive tape 9 is bonded in the bottom of the base plate 6-1 of the copper waterstop 6
Face, so as to the cavity 6-4 closings of rubber strip 7 and foam strip 8 will be filled with.By using adhesive tape 9 by the cavity 6-4
Closing such that it is able to effectively rubber strip 7 and foam strip 8 are positioned in the cavity 6-4, it is to avoid rubber strip 7 and foam strip 8
Come off from the cavity 6-4.
In the present embodiment, when being closed to the cavity 6-4 of copper waterstop 6 using adhesive tape 9 in step 503, first will
One end of adhesive tape 9 is bonded in the lower end of the copper waterstop 6, then hand-held tape roll and with the copper waterstop 6 downslide connect
It is continuous to unreel adhesive tape 9, and then complete the closing of the whole cavity 6-4 of copper waterstop 6.Adopt and adhesive tape 9 is bonded in copper in this way stops
Water needs people's operation with to realize the closing to the cavity 6-4, operating very easy on 6, only.
In the present embodiment, the foam strip 8 is made up of polyurethane foam.The foam strip 8 being made of polyurethane foam, valency
Lattice are cheap, are easy to make.
As shown in Fig. 2 the bracket 5 includes bracket main body 5-2, the rectangular triangles of bracket main body 5-2, the support
There is the inclined-plane 5-3 consistent with the dam facing gradient of CFRD 1, the copper waterstop calender 2 on frame body 5-2
It is fixedly mounted on the inclined-plane 5-3, the upper end of the bracket main body 5-2 is provided with support cushion cap 5-4, the roller stand 5-
1 is arranged on the support cushion cap 5-4.
In the present embodiment, the simple structure of the bracket 5 can realize the effective support to copper waterstop calender 2, and
And before copper waterstop 6 of colding pressing, the bracket main body 5-2 is adjusted so that inclined-plane 5-3 on bracket main body 5-2 with
The dam facing gradient of CFRD 1 is consistent, so that it is guaranteed that the copper waterstop calender on the inclined-plane 5-3
2 angle of inclination is consistent with the dam facing gradient of the CFRD 1, is so able to ensure that the copper of cold moudling stops
Avoid producing arc on water band 6.
In the present embodiment, the copper waterstop calender 2 is using rolling type copper water stop band forming machine.
The above, is only presently preferred embodiments of the present invention, and not the present invention is imposed any restrictions, every according to the present invention
Any simple modification, change and equivalent structure transformation that technical spirit is made to above example, still fall within skill of the present invention
In the protection domain of art scheme.
Claims (5)
1. in CFRD seepage prevention system copper waterstop construction method, it is characterised in that comprise the following steps：
Step one, copper waterstop calender (2) is lifted on bracket (5)；
Step 2, the hanging down in CFRD (1) dam crest by copper waterstop calender (2) and bracket (5) integral hoisting
At vertical masonry joint position；
Step 3, the reel of copper sheet raw material (3) (4) will be wound with it is lifted on the roller stand of the bracket (5) (5-1)；
Step 4, copper waterstop (6) of continuously colding pressing：Copper waterstop calender (2) is opened, the copper sheet on the reel (4) is former
Material (3) sends into copper waterstop calender (2), and copper sheet raw material (3) is continuously cold-pressed into copper by the copper waterstop calender (2)
Waterstop (6), the copper waterstop (6) includes base plate (6-1), and the both sides of the base plate (6-1) tilt to form side wing (6-
2), the middle part of the base plate (6-1) is swelled form protrusion (6-3) upwards, and the inside of the protrusion (6-3) has cavity
(6-4)；
Step 5, filling flexible filler：The copper waterstop (6) constantly exports from copper waterstop calender (2), and to output
Copper waterstop (6) cavity (6-4) in load flexible filler, the copper waterstop (6) of populated flexible filler is along institute
Domatic the keeping falling of CFRD (1) is stated, when the copper waterstop (6) is snapped down to the concrete slab enrockment
During the domatic bottom of slope in dam (1), stop colding pressing for copper waterstop (6)；
The flexible filler includes the rubber strip (7) and foam strip (8) that are arranged in the copper waterstop (6) cavity (6-4),
The rubber strip (7) is arranged on the inner side of the foam strip (8)；
In step 5, during to loading flexible filler in the cavity (6-4) of the copper waterstop (6) of output, specifically include
Following steps：
Step 501, filling rubber strip (7)：Rubber strip (7) is continuously guided by the guide wheel (10) on bracket (5)
To the cavity (6-4) of the copper waterstop (6), the guide wheel (10) is arranged on the protrusion (6- of the copper waterstop (6)
3) lower section, the guide wheel (10) is in contact with the base plate (6-1) of the copper waterstop (6), and the guide wheel (10) is described
Rotated under the drive of copper waterstop (6)；
Step 502, filling foam strip (8)：Foam strip (8) is loaded in the cavity (6-4) for being filled with rubber strip (7),
So as to the cavity (6-4) be filled up；
Step 503, the cavity (6-4) of closing copper waterstop (6)：Adhesive tape (9) is bonded in the copper waterstop (6) base plate (6-
1) bottom surface, so as to the cavity (6-4) closing of rubber strip (7) and foam strip (8) will be filled with.
2. in CFRD seepage prevention system according to claim 1 copper waterstop construction method, its feature
It is：When being closed to the cavity (6-4) of copper waterstop (6) using adhesive tape (9) in step 503, first by adhesive tape (9)
One end is bonded in the copper waterstop (6) lower end, then the hand-held tape roll and downslide with the copper waterstop (6) is continuously put
Volume adhesive tape (9), and then complete the closing of whole copper waterstop (6) cavity (6-4).
3. in CFRD seepage prevention system according to claim 1 copper waterstop construction method, its feature
It is：The foam strip (8) is made up of polyurethane foam.
4. in CFRD seepage prevention system according to claim 1 copper waterstop construction method, its feature
It is：The bracket (5) includes bracket main body (5-2), has and CFRD on the bracket main body (5-2)
(1) the consistent inclined-plane of the dam facing gradient (5-3), the copper waterstop calender (2) is fixedly mounted on the inclined-plane (5-3),
The upper end of the bracket main body (5-2) is provided with support cushion cap (5-4), and the roller stand (5-1) is held installed in the support
On platform (5-4).
5. in CFRD seepage prevention system according to claim 1 copper waterstop construction method, its feature
It is：The copper waterstop calender (2) is using rolling type copper water stop band forming machine.
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