JP2011184972A - Steel pipe for temporary scaffold strut and method for manufacturing the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a strut steel pipe to be used in a temporarily scaffold constructed by laying a handrail bar or the like between struts by a wedge type connecting method, which is configured so that a receiving fitting for receiving a wedge-shaped engagement fitting can be attached to the steel pipe so that its outer surface is flushed with the outer surface of the steel pipe. <P>SOLUTION: The steel pipe includes a depressed surface provided on an outer surface position opposed to the axis of the steel pipe at a required site of the steel pipe. The depressed surface has a curved surface parallel to the outer surface of the steel pipe at the center and two flat surfaces parallel to the axis of the steel pipe which connect both sides of the curved surface to the outer surface of the steel pipe, and the depth of the curved surface portion at the center of the depressed surface is matched to the plate thickness of a steel plate constituting the receiving fitting. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a steel pipe used as a support for a wedge-type temporary scaffold at a construction site and a manufacturing method thereof.

  As temporary scaffolds used as work floors and passages at construction sites, etc., arms and handrail bars are spanned in multiple stages between struts erected at predetermined intervals, and work floors, passages, etc. between the arms A scaffold having a structure on which a cloth board is mounted is generally known. Although aluminum alloy pipes are also used as support materials, braces, and handrail bars, steel pipes having excellent mechanical properties and durability are often used.

For example, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, as a method of bridging arms and handrail rods between the columns, receiving brackets 2 and 12 in which wedge holes penetrating vertically are formed on the sides. The wedge-shaped engagement metal fitting 4 is protruded in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the arm or the handrail bar 3 at the end of the arm or the handrail bar 3. A so-called wedge-type connection method is often used in which the metal fittings 2 and 12 are inserted into the wedge holes (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2).
And as a means to fix a receiving metal fitting to the side part of a support | pillar, the steel plate bent by the U shape is usually welded and joined to the side part of a support | pillar.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-2222839 JP 2002-276152 A

By the way, if it is going to use a steel pipe as a support | pillar material, a brace, and a handrail rod, generation | occurrence | production of rust is anxious from a viewpoint of durability. Therefore, the use of galvanized steel pipe is assumed.
However, if the above-described welding method is used as a means for fixing the support metal to the side of the column made of galvanized steel pipe, there is a concern about the occurrence of molten metal embrittlement cracks that are likely to occur during welding of steel. The

Therefore, it is assumed that a screw joining method using a screw is used instead of the welding joining method as a means for fixing the support metal to the side of the column. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, it is a method of fixing the receiving bracket to the side of the column with screws. As shown in FIG. 3 (a), a receiving metal fitting having a curved portion along the side wall of the steel pipe may be fixed to the side wall of the steel pipe with a screw, or a stepped portion is formed at the end of the steel pipe as shown in FIG. 3 (b). It is also possible to attach a metal fitting with a flat side surface to the stepped portion with a screw. Further, as shown in FIG. 3 (c), a flat pressing portion may be provided in the middle portion of the steel pipe, and a receiving metal having a flat side surface similar to that of FIG. 3 (b) may be fixed to the pressing portion with a screw.
With such a joining mode, the receiving metal fitting is firmly fixed to the support column.

Incidentally, in addition to the handrail bars, arms are bridged between the columns in a direction perpendicular to the handrail bars. For this reason, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the support column needs to have a receiving metal fitting in four directions on its side surface. In addition, in order to give the wedge-shaped engagement bracket the required strength, it is necessary to increase the size to some extent, but a large receiving bracket that can accept a large wedge-shaped engagement bracket is placed on the same horizontal line in all directions. It is difficult to form.
Therefore, the mounting form is adopted by shifting the two facing each other (see FIG. 2).

In order to shift the four receiving brackets two by two and adopt the mounting form, it is necessary to provide a stepped portion as shown in FIG. Then, after fixing the handrail bar bracket and the brace bracket with screws to the respective stepped portions, the wedge-shaped engagement brackets are inserted into these brackets.
When the metal fitting is fixed to the stepped portion with a screw, the screw head tends to protrude. Although it is assumed that a deep stepped portion is provided so that the screw head does not protrude, it is difficult to form a deep stepped portion over two steps.

When the head of the screw protrudes, as shown in FIG. 4 (a), the wedge-shaped engagement metal fitting inserted into the reception metal fitting is not only obstructed when the wedge-type engagement metal fitting is inserted into the metal fitting. The fixation of becomes unstable. Even when the stepped portion is deepened so that the head of the screw does not protrude, the wedge-shaped engagement fitting inserted into the receiving fitting may become unstable, depending on the wedge shape of the engagement fitting.
Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4 (b), the outer surface of the bracket mounted in two stages, especially the upper bracket, should not be stepped from the surface of the column, including the screw heads. It is desirable to be attached.

It is desirable that the mounting form of the receiving bracket does not extend in two steps, and that the outer surface of the receiving bracket is attached so that there is no step difference from the surface of the support, including the screw heads, even if there is only one stage. It is also predicted that the clothes of an operator who works on the temporary scaffold will be caught by the screw heads that are screwed in.
The present invention has been devised to solve such a problem, as a steel pipe for a column used in a temporary scaffolding constructed by bridging a handrail rod or the like between columns using a wedge type connection method, It is an object of the present invention to provide a steel pipe for a column in which an outer surface of a receiving metal receiving an engaging metal can be attached to the surface of the steel pipe without a step.

In order to achieve the object of the steel pipe for a temporary scaffolding column of the present invention, a pair of pushing surfaces having a predetermined length for fixing a receiving metal fitting to an outer surface position opposite to the axis of the steel pipe at a required portion of the steel pipe. The pushing pipe has a curved surface parallel to the outer surface of the steel pipe at the center and connects both sides of the curved surface and the outer surface of the steel pipe, and is parallel to the axis of the steel pipe. The depth of the curved surface portion at the center of the pushing surface is a depth that matches the plate thickness of the steel plate that constitutes the receiving metal fitting.
It is preferable that the pushing surface is provided as a set of two pairs in two directions adjacent to each other in the longitudinal direction of the steel pipe in a direction orthogonal to each other.
Moreover, the steel pipe for temporary scaffolding columns of the present invention is preferably made of a zinc-based plated steel pipe, particularly a Zn-Al-Mg-based alloy plated steel pipe.

  The steel pipe for a temporary scaffolding column of the present invention has a cylindrical surface having the same inner diameter as the outer diameter of the steel pipe to be processed, and a middle portion thereof is a concave curved surface parallel to the cylindrical surface, and the cylindrical surfaces on both sides thereof. The upper and lower molds are each provided with a projection having a predetermined length having a plane parallel to the central axis of the steel plate and at a height corresponding to the thickness of the steel plate constituting the fixed bracket. A rear end processing holding portion having an outer diameter cylindrical portion matching the inner diameter of the steel pipe to be processed at one end of the outer mold and the support rod, and in front of the rear end processing holding portion, in parallel with the inner surface of the steel pipe to be processed. Consists of a convex curved surface with a depth that matches the thickness of the steel plate that constitutes the fixed bracket, and has flat surfaces on both sides of the convex curved surface, and the flat portion has an outer diameter that matches the inner diameter of the steel pipe to be processed. When the pushing surface forming part provided with two depressions at the top and bottom of a predetermined length connected to the two partial cylindrical parts is fixed In addition, in front of the pushing surface forming portion, there are two partial cylindrical portions having an outer diameter that matches the inner diameter of the steel pipe to be processed, and two flat portions connecting the partial cylindrical portions, the two flat surfaces An inner mold is prepared in which a tip processing holding portion whose portion matches the interval of the pressed surface to be processed is rotatably attached to the pressed surface forming portion by 90 °, and is spaced from the outer upper die. Place the steel pipe to be processed on the outer lower mold arranged and insert the inner mold into the steel pipe to be processed, or place the steel pipe to be processed with the inner mold inserted, After aligning the pushing surface forming portion position of the inner mold with the protruding portion position of the outer lower die, the orientation of the partial cylindrical portion of the tip processing holding portion of the inner die is the orientation of the partial cylindrical portion of the pushing surface forming portion. Set so as to be shifted by 90 °, and then press the outer upper die toward the outer lower die. Forming a pair of pushing surfaces on the steel pipe to be processed, and then releasing the pressing of the upper and lower molds and rotating only the tip processing holding portion by 90 ° to change the direction of the partial cylindrical portion to the pushing surface forming portion It is manufactured by taking out the entire inner mold from the tube to be processed in accordance with the direction of the partial cylindrical portion.

By providing a pair of push-in surfaces on the outer surface of the steel pipe with a depth where the depth of the curved portion at the center matches the plate thickness of the receiving metal fitting to be attached, As a steel pipe for a pillar used for a temporary scaffold constructed by bridging, a steel pipe for a pillar capable of attaching a receiving metal fitting so that there is no step between the outer surface and the steel pipe surface can be provided. Therefore, there is no obstacle when inserting the wedge-shaped engagement fitting into the receiving fitting attached to the support column, and a smooth scaffold construction work can be performed.
In particular, by providing two pairs of pushing surfaces in two adjacent positions in the longitudinal direction of the steel pipe in a direction orthogonal to each other, the wedge-shaped engagement fittings for the arms are orthogonal to each other in addition to the handrail bars. It can be inserted into a receiving bracket attached to the support column in the direction to be performed, so that not only a smooth scaffold construction work can be performed, but also a temporary scaffold with excellent stability can be constructed.

The figure which introduces the conventional example of the wedge type connection method which crosses the handrail rod on the support pillar Figure introducing a conventional scaffolding strut with a fixed bracket The figure explaining the various aspect of the receiving metal fixture fixing method to the support | pillar for scaffolds A diagram that introduces the problems when fixing the bracket The perspective view explaining the metal fitting fixation form to the steel pipe for temporary scaffold columns of the present invention The perspective view explaining the shape of the inner mold for manufacturing the steel pipe for temporary scaffolding columns The perspective view explaining the arrangement | positioning condition of the metal mold | die for manufacturing the steel pipe for temporary scaffolding columns Front view for explaining the shape of an outer mold for manufacturing a steel pipe for a temporary scaffolding column The other perspective view explaining the metal fitting fixation form to the steel pipe for temporary scaffolding of the present invention

  As described above, when the bracket is attached to the column with a screw or the like, the head of the screw protrudes, which not only interferes with the insertion of the wedge-shaped engagement bracket into the bracket, but also the bracket. Fixing of the wedge-shaped engagement metal fitting inserted therein becomes unstable. Even when the stepped portion is deepened so that the head of the screw does not protrude, the wedge-shaped engagement fitting inserted into the receiving fitting may become unstable, depending on the wedge shape of the engagement fitting. Further, if the head of the screw protrudes, clothes or the like of an operator who works on the temporary scaffold may be caught. In particular, when mounting the receiving bracket in two stages, it is desirable that the outer surface of the upper receiving bracket is mounted so that there is no step difference from the surface of the support, including the screw head that is screwed in.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, the present inventors form a processed portion that is stepped down by an amount corresponding to the plate thickness of the receiving metal fitting in the middle portion of the steel pipe that becomes the support column, and attach the receiving metal fitting to the stepped down portion by the tapping screw. It was decided to fix with. If such a receiving metal attachment structure is adopted, there is no step between the outer surface of the steel pipe and the receiving metal and the head of the tapping screw, so that the above problem can be solved.
The present invention seeks to obtain a steel pipe for a column that can employ the above-described receiving metal fitting mounting structure. Details will be described below.

First, the metal mold | die which can manufacture the steel pipe for temporary scaffolding pillars of this invention is demonstrated. The most characteristic point of the mold is the structure and function of the inner mold.
That is, as shown in FIG. 6, the inner mold 20 includes a rear end processing holding portion 22 having a cylindrical portion having an outer diameter matching the inner diameter of the steel pipe to be processed at one end of the support bar 21. And it is formed in front of the rear end processing holding part 22 with a convex curved surface having a depth that is parallel to the inner surface of the steel pipe to be processed and that matches the plate thickness of the steel plate constituting the fixed bracket, and is flat on both sides of the convex curved surface. A pressing surface forming portion 23 having a surface and having two indentations 23b of a predetermined length connected to the two partial cylindrical portions 23a having an outer diameter matching the inner diameter of the steel pipe to be processed is fixed. . Furthermore, in front of the pushing surface forming portion 23, there are two partial cylindrical portions 24a and two flat portions 24b connecting the partial cylindrical portions, and the space between the two flat portions matches the interval of the working pushing surface. A tip processing holding portion 24 is attached. Although not shown in the drawings, the front end processing holding portion 24 is connected to a center bar penetrating the support rod 21 and is attached to the rear end processing holding portion 22 and the pushing surface forming portion 23 so as to be rotatable by 90 °. ing.

The outer mold has a cylindrical surface having the same inner diameter as the outer diameter of the steel pipe to be processed, and a central portion is a concave curved surface parallel to the cylindrical surface at the middle position, and parallel to the central axis of the cylindrical surface on both sides thereof. The protrusion 33 having a predetermined length with a flat surface is composed of an outer upper mold 31 and an outer lower mold 32 provided at heights that match the plate thickness of the steel plate constituting the fixed bracket. (See FIGS. 7 and 8).
Then, a steel pipe to be processed (not shown) and the inner mold 20 are inserted into the outer dies 31 and 32, and a pushing portion is formed at a required portion of the steel pipe to be processed.
Next, the formation process will be described in order.

  A steel pipe to be processed is placed on an outer lower mold that is spaced apart from the outer upper mold, and the inner mold 20 is inserted into the placed steel pipe to be processed. Or the to-be-processed steel pipe which inserted the said inner metal mold | die 20 in another place is mounted on an outer lower metal mold | die. Then, the position of the pushing surface forming portion 23 of the inner mold is matched with the protruding portion position of the outer lower mold. And it sets so that the direction of the partial cylinder part 24a of the front-end | tip process holding | maintenance part 24 of the said inner metal mold | die will shift | deviate 90 degrees with the direction of the partial cylinder part 23a of the pushing surface formation part 23. Before the inner mold 20 is inserted into the steel pipe to be processed, the orientation of the partial cylindrical portion 24a of the tip working holding portion 24 of the inner mold is 90 ° with respect to the orientation of the partial cylindrical portion 23a of the pushing surface forming portion 23. It is preferable to adjust so as to shift.

  Thereafter, the outer upper mold is pressed in the direction of the outer lower mold to form a pair of pressing surfaces on the steel pipe to be processed. After the pressing surface is formed, the pressing of the outer upper mold is released. Thereafter, only the tip processing holding part 24 is rotated by 90 °, and the direction of the partial cylindrical part 24 a is matched with the direction of the partial cylindrical part 23 a of the pushing surface forming part 23. Thereafter, the entire inner mold is taken out from the work tube. By this series of steps, a pushing surface having two planes parallel to the axis of the steel pipe, which has a curved surface parallel to the outer surface of the steel pipe at the center portion and connects both sides of the curved surface and the outer surface of the steel pipe, is processed. A pair of outer surface positions are formed opposite to the axis of the steel pipe.

As described above, in order to attach the bracket for the handrail bar and the bracket for the arm to the support column while changing the horizontal position, it is preferable to form the pair of pushing surfaces at two adjacent positions so as to be orthogonal to each other. .
Therefore, a procedure for forming two pairs of pushing surfaces will be described next.
The formation of the first pushing surface is as described above. After forming the first pressing surface, the pressing of the outer upper mold is released and only the tip processing holding portion 24 is rotated by 90 ° so that the direction of the partial cylindrical portion 24a is changed to the partial cylindrical portion of the pressing surface forming portion 23. Align with the direction of 23b. In this state, the steel pipe to be machined is pushed and rotated by 90 ° in the circumferential direction by a length equal to or greater than the length of the formed pushing surface and the length of the tip machining holding portion 24. In this state, the front end working holding part 24 is rotated 90 ° with respect to the pushing surface forming part 23 and the rear end working holding part 22 together with the steel pipe to be processed. Press. By this step, a second pair of pushing surfaces are formed on the work pipe. Thereafter, the pressing of the outer upper mold is released and only the tip processing holding part 24 is rotated by 90 ° so that the direction of the partial cylindrical part 24a matches the direction of the partial cylindrical part 23a of the pushing surface forming part 23. By taking out the entire inner die from the work tube, a steel tube for a column in which two pairs of pushing surfaces are formed in two directions adjacent to each other in the longitudinal direction of the steel tube in a direction orthogonal to each other is obtained.

By the way, when it is going to use a steel pipe as a support | pillar material, a brace | limb, and a handrail bar | burr, what was excellent in corrosion resistance as these steel pipes from a durable viewpoint is preferable.
Therefore, the steel pipe for the temporary scaffold column of the present invention is preferably made of a steel pipe to which Zn-based plating is applied. In particular, Al: 4.0 to 10.0% by mass, Mg: 1.0 to 4.0% by mass, the balance being made of Zn, further containing a trace amount of Ti or B, or further containing Si What made the raw material the steel pipe in which the Zn-Al-Mg type alloy plating was given is preferable.

Finally, the preferable usage form of the steel pipe for temporary scaffolding supports provided by this invention is demonstrated.
As shown in FIG. 4B and FIG. 5, it is desirable that the outer surface of the attached metal fittings including the head of the screw that is screwed in is attached so that there is no step difference from the surface of the column. Therefore, in the steel pipe for a temporary scaffolding column of the present invention, the depth of the curved surface portion at the center of the formed pushing surface is set to a depth that matches the plate thickness of the steel plate constituting the receiving metal fitting. ing.
Therefore, as shown in FIG. 9, the outer surface of the attached metal fitting is attached to the column by overlapping the side end portion of the metal fitting on the pushing surface formed on the steel pipe for the column and screwing in and fixing the tapping screw. The surface is continuous with the surface of the steel pipe. Instead of screwing in the tapping screw, a connection form of a receiving metal fitting using a self-piercing rivet method or the like may be used.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, it is preferable that the receiving metal has a cross-sectional shape that can receive a wedge-shaped engaging metal. For example, as shown in FIG. 9, a metal fitting that is made of a plate material having a predetermined width that is cut so that an end cutting line thereof is slanted and that is simply bent at a predetermined size is cut into the slanted cut. If the wire is attached and fixed so as to coincide with the axis of the steel pipe for the column, the receiving metal fitting into which the hook-shaped engagement metal fitting can be easily attached is attached.

Claims (4)

  A steel pipe for a temporary scaffolding strut provided with a pair of pushing surfaces of a predetermined length for fixing a receiving metal fitting to an outer surface position of the required portion of the steel pipe facing the axis of the steel pipe, wherein the pushing surface is The central portion has a curved surface parallel to the outer surface of the steel pipe, and has two planes parallel to the axis of the steel pipe that connect both sides of the curved surface and the outer surface of the steel pipe. A steel pipe for a temporary scaffolding column, characterized in that the depth of the curved surface part is a depth that matches the thickness of the steel plate constituting the receiving metal fitting.   The steel pipe for temporary scaffolding columns according to claim 1, wherein the pushing surface is provided in two pairs as one set in accordance with directions orthogonal to each other at two adjacent positions in the longitudinal direction of the steel pipe.   The steel pipe for temporary scaffolding columns according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the steel pipe is a zinc-based plated steel pipe.   It has a cylindrical surface with the same inner diameter as the outer diameter of the steel pipe to be processed, and has a concave surface that is parallel to the cylindrical surface at the middle position and a plane that is parallel to the central axis of the cylindrical surface on both sides. At one end of an outer mold and a support bar each consisting of an outer upper mold and an outer lower mold provided with a height corresponding to the thickness of the steel plate that constitutes the fixed bracket, the protruding portion of a predetermined length, A rear end processing holding portion having a cylindrical portion having an outer diameter that matches the inner diameter of the steel pipe to be processed, and a plate of a steel plate that forms a fixed bracket in front of the rear end processing holding portion and parallel to the inner surface of the processing steel pipe A predetermined length composed of a convex curved surface with a depth matching the thickness and provided with flat surfaces on both sides of the convex curved surface, and the flat portion is connected to two partial cylindrical portions having an outer diameter that matches the inner diameter of the steel pipe to be processed The pressing surface forming part provided with two depressions at the top and bottom is fixed and the pressing surface forming part is The two partial cylindrical portions having an outer diameter that matches the inner diameter of the steel pipe to be processed, and two flat portions connecting the partial cylindrical portions, and the distance between the two pressing portions between the two flat portions. An inner mold in which a tip processing holding portion that matches with the pressing surface forming portion is rotatably attached to the pushing surface forming portion is prepared, and the inner die is arranged on the outer lower die that is spaced from the outer upper die. The steel pipe is placed and the inner die is inserted into the steel pipe to be processed, or the steel pipe into which the inner die is inserted is placed, and the pushing surface forming portion position of the inner die is placed. Is set so that the direction of the partial cylindrical part of the tip processing holding part of the inner mold is shifted by 90 ° from the direction of the partial cylindrical part of the pushing surface forming part, By pressing the outer upper mold in the direction of the outer lower mold, After that, the pressing of the outer upper mold is released and only the tip processing holding part is rotated by 90 ° so that the direction of the partial cylindrical part matches the direction of the partial cylindrical part of the pushing surface forming part. A method for producing a steel pipe for a temporary scaffolding column, wherein the entire inner mold is taken out from the work pipe.

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