WO1997040969A1 - Apparatus to feed a constant flow of concrete containing additives - Google Patents
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- WO1997040969A1 WO1997040969A1 PCT/EP1997/002226 EP9702226W WO9740969A1 WO 1997040969 A1 WO1997040969 A1 WO 1997040969A1 EP 9702226 W EP9702226 W EP 9702226W WO 9740969 A1 WO9740969 A1 WO 9740969A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B28—WORKING CEMENT, CLAY, OR STONE
- B28C—PREPARING CLAY; PRODUCING MIXTURES CONTAINING CLAY OR CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL, e.g. PLASTER
- B28C7/00—Controlling the operation of apparatus for producing mixtures of clay or cement with other substances; Supplying or proportioning the ingredients for mixing clay or cement with other substances; Discharging the mixture
- B28C7/16—Discharge means, e.g. with intermediate storage of fresh concrete
- B28C7/162—Discharge means, e.g. with intermediate storage of fresh concrete by means of conveyors, other than those comprising skips or containers, e.g. endless belts, screws, air under pressure
- B28C7/163—Discharge means, e.g. with intermediate storage of fresh concrete by means of conveyors, other than those comprising skips or containers, e.g. endless belts, screws, air under pressure using a pump
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- the present invention concerns an apparatus to feed a constant flow of concrete, particularly suited to be applied on machines for concrete castings in tunnels (so-called "spritz" machines).
- the currently known concrete feeding systems generally comprise tv»o cylinder-piston units - alternately operated by corresponding hydraulic cylinder-piston units - which are filled with concrete and alternately emptied, to feed in a practically continuous manner the concrete delivery nozzle.
- the feeding of concrete to the single pipe with delivery nozzle is controlled by a commutating valve, commonly called S-valve due to its shape.
- S-valve due to its shape.
- the commutation of this valve requires times of the order of 0.2 seconds, during which the concrete flow is temporarily interrupted and continuity comes to fail.
- Another cause for interruption of the concrete flow is the presence of a high percentage of air (up to 40%), produced in the cylinders of the cylinder-piston units while the concrete is being sucked in, and leading to a substantially "idle" initial stroke during delivery.
- the object of the present invention is to thus supply a concrete feeding apparatus wherein the concrete flow is as uniform as possible and allowing to proportion the additives always exactly as required, even in the presence of the inevitable slight residual dishomogeneities.
- Said object is perfectly reached by the present invention thanks to the fact that, in an apparatus to feed a constant flow of concrete - of the type comprising two hydraulic cylinder-piston units, acting alterna ⁇ tely so as to operate two corresponding pistons feeding the concrete to a concrete delivery pipe through a cornmutating valve, and a proportioning device to feed the additives having to be added to the concrete - the device proportioning the additives consists of a pump, which is operated by a hydraulic motor driven by a hydraulic circuit derived from the main hydraulic circuit operating the two hydraulic cylinder-piston units.
- said derived hydraulic circuit consists of a circuit which connects said hydraulic motor to the exhaust chambers of the cylinders of said cylinder-piston units through a valve system apt to "rectify" the hydraulic flow.
- a pump 1 pumps oil into the main hydraulic circuit of the apparatus.
- the pump 1 is preferably of the double-powered type, as it comprises an electric motor and a diesel engine, this latter being used when operating in the absence of an electric supply mains.
- the pump 1 feeds oil alternately to two cylinder-piston units 2, 3> which operate the concrete delivery pistons 22, 23; furthermore, through a secondary circuit and the distributor 10, the pump 1 feeds oil alternately to tuo cylinder-piston units 6a, 6b, vvhich directly control the cornmutating valve 6.
- an auxiliary circuit contributes to feed the units 6a. 6b, controlling the cornmutating valve 6, said auxiliary circuit being fed by a pump 7 to ⁇ hich there is associated a known-type pressure accumulator 8; this latter is apt to keep in the auxiliary circuit a minimum prede ⁇ termined pressure (for instance 70 bar).
- Said auxiliary circuit and said accumulator 8 are meant to accelerate the movements of the cornmutating valve 6, as better specified hereinafter.
- a supplementary hydraulic circuit is moreover provided downstream of the cylinder-piston units 2, 3, said circuit comprising a hydraulic motor 4, apt to operate a pump 5 for the additives and being fed with the oil expelled alternately from the chambers downstream of the cylinder-piston units 2, 3 (exhaust chambers), during the steps corresponding to the res ⁇ pective operations of the concrete delivery pistons 22, 23 ⁇
- the feeding of this supplementary circuit is carried out through a system of four check valves 20 positioned according to a two-way bridge diagram, or through a four-way valve system, such valves forming a kind of hydraulic flow "rectifier", as better illustrated hereinafter.
- the uorking of the apparatus is controlled by a processor 11 equip ⁇ ped, for example, with a control system 12 having a touch-sensitive screen.
- the processor 11 controls the pump 1 through line 1 ' and a pouered speed converter 13 through line 13'.
- the speed converter 13 - for example of the disk type - is interposed, on the motion trans ⁇ mission, between the hydraulic motor 4 and the pump 5 for the additives; it preferably has a reduction ratio from 1 to 5-
- Signals are sent to the processor 11, through lines 14' and 15'. by tv,o pressure transducers 14 and 15, each positioned in the hydraulic cir ⁇ cuit of the cylinder-piston units 2 and 3 respectively.
- a further signal reaches the processor 11 from a measurer 16, which measures the instant flow rate of the concrete fed in the pipe 17 towards the delivery nozzle (not shown).
- Said measurer l ⁇ preferably consists of a device to detect the concrete speed profile - according to Italian Patent application N. MI96A 000812, filed by the Applicant on April 24, 1996 - apt to supply the measurement of the concrete instant flow rate.
- the pump 1 When concrete feeding is started, the pump 1 is operated and sends oil first to one of the cylinder-piston units 2, 3. and immediately after - at the end of its stroke - to the other one of said units, through com ⁇ mutation of the distributor 9-
- the two sensors 18, 19. detect the end-of- stroke position of the piston, respectively of the unit 2 or 3• and send the relative signal to the processor 11; this latter then controls the operation of the cornmutating valve 6 which, in known manner, establishes each time which of said units is meant to perform the suction and uhich the ejection.
- the present invention provides for the auxiliary circuit with pump 7 and accumulator 8.
- the accumulator 8 is set at a minimum predetermined pressure - for example of 70 bar - guaranteed. required, by the auxiliary pump J . This arrangement allows to ensure preserving the wanted oil pressure both in the secondary circuit and in the main circuit also during the commutation step, the length of which is thus reduced to less than the 0.2 seconds of known technique.
- a first improvement is thereby obtained for what concerns a uniform flow rate in concrete feeding.
- the oil expelled from the respective unit 2 or 3 is fed, through the system of four valves 20, to the supplementary circuit driving the hydraulic motor 4-
- said valves act so as to "rectify" the oil flow delivered alternatively from the unit 2 or 3. so that the direction of said flow remains unvaried and the hydraulic motor 4 is fed in a uniform way.
- the oil expelled from its cylinder passes through the valve 20a and flows into the length 4a to be delivered to the motor 4; subsequently, the oil flows back into the length 4b to be recovered and, passing through the valve 20b, it flous into the cylinder of the unit 2 being in a recovery phase.
- the oil passes through the valve 20c, it again flows into the length 4a and then flows back into the length 4b and, passing through the valve 20d, it reaches the cylinder of the unit 3 which is now in a recovery phase.
- a more precise adjustment can however be obtained by presetting, in the processor 11, the desired percentage of concrete additive, and by using the signal sent by the concrete flow rate measurer 16.
- the processor 11 indicates to the pov,ered speed converter 13• time after time, the ratio between the speed of the motor 4 and the speed of the pump 5, so as to obtain the additive flow rate required to reach the preset percentage.
- One thereby obtains an even percentage of additive in the concrete, allowing to feed a concrete of uniform quality.
- the con ⁇ crete feeding apparatus allows, on one hand, to establish a uniform flow rate in concrete feeding, reducing to a minimum all the dishomogeneities present in the known feeding systems. and it enables, on the other hand, to exactly proportion the amount of additives according to the concrete flow rate, thereby notably reducing costs.
- any printing unit allowing to print on a special card the characteristics of the concrete being fed, in order to supply a quality certificate thereof.
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Priority Applications (4)
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NZ332534A NZ332534A (en) | 1996-04-30 | 1997-04-30 | Apparatus to feed a constant flow of concrete containing additives |
EP97921840A EP0904182A1 (en) | 1996-04-30 | 1997-04-30 | Apparatus to feed a constant flow of concrete containing additives |
AU27756/97A AU2775697A (en) | 1996-04-30 | 1997-04-30 | Apparatus to feed a constant flow of concrete containing additives |
NO985045A NO985045L (en) | 1996-04-30 | 1998-10-29 | Device for feeding a constant stream of concrete containing additives |
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ITMI96A000840 | 1996-04-30 | ||
IT96MI000840A IT1282148B1 (en) | 1996-04-30 | 1996-04-30 | SYSTEM FOR THE DELIVERY OF ADDITIVATED CONCRETE, WITH CONSTANT FLOW |
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AU (1) | AU2775697A (en) |
CA (1) | CA2253247A1 (en) |
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WO (1) | WO1997040969A1 (en) |
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US3994627A (en) * | 1973-11-16 | 1976-11-30 | Fogt Industriemaschinenvertretung A.G. | Pumping apparatus for wet concrete |
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EP0556785A1 (en) * | 1992-02-20 | 1993-08-25 | Friedrich Wilh. Schwing GmbH | Device for pneumatically discharging of hydromechanically in compact flow transported concrete |
EP0562398A1 (en) * | 1992-03-21 | 1993-09-29 | Schwing GmbH | Pump for viscous material |
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- 1996-04-30 IT IT96MI000840A patent/IT1282148B1/en active IP Right Grant
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- 1997-04-30 EP EP97921840A patent/EP0904182A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1997-04-30 CA CA002253247A patent/CA2253247A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 1997-04-30 CN CN97194283.8A patent/CN1216946A/en active Pending
- 1997-04-30 WO PCT/EP1997/002226 patent/WO1997040969A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1997-04-30 NZ NZ332534A patent/NZ332534A/en unknown
- 1997-04-30 AU AU27756/97A patent/AU2775697A/en not_active Abandoned
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US3994627A (en) * | 1973-11-16 | 1976-11-30 | Fogt Industriemaschinenvertretung A.G. | Pumping apparatus for wet concrete |
US4277690A (en) * | 1978-08-16 | 1981-07-07 | Noren Sven Anders | Plant for utilizing kinetic energy |
US5127806A (en) * | 1988-10-05 | 1992-07-07 | Putzmeister-Werk Maschinenfabrik Gmbh | Thick matter pump with downstream shutoff device |
WO1990004104A1 (en) * | 1988-10-12 | 1990-04-19 | Putzmeister-Werk Maschinenfabrik Gmbh | Process and device for correcting the piston stroke in the cylinders of a two-cylinder pump for thick matter |
EP0364823A1 (en) * | 1988-10-18 | 1990-04-25 | Friedrich Wilh. Schwing GmbH | Device for pneumatically dispensing concrete hydromechanically transported in a dense flow |
US5238371A (en) * | 1989-03-29 | 1993-08-24 | Putzmeister-Werk Maschinenfabrik Gmbh | Control arrangement for a two-cylinder pump for thick materials |
DE4035518A1 (en) * | 1990-11-08 | 1992-05-14 | Putzmeister Maschf | Vol flow measuring method for pumped feed - using detected pressure character along feed line to determine feed pump parameters |
EP0556785A1 (en) * | 1992-02-20 | 1993-08-25 | Friedrich Wilh. Schwing GmbH | Device for pneumatically discharging of hydromechanically in compact flow transported concrete |
EP0562398A1 (en) * | 1992-03-21 | 1993-09-29 | Schwing GmbH | Pump for viscous material |
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DE102009008517B4 (en) * | 2009-02-11 | 2018-01-04 | Götz Hudelmaier | Hydraulic drive of a slurry pump with boost pressure device |
DE102018120582A1 (en) * | 2018-08-23 | 2020-02-27 | Schwing Gmbh | Piston pump for thick matter with water tank |
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IT1282148B1 (en) | 1998-03-12 |
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NO985045L (en) | 1998-12-29 |
CA2253247A1 (en) | 1997-11-06 |
ITMI960840A0 (en) | 1996-04-30 |
ITMI960840A1 (en) | 1997-10-30 |
NO985045D0 (en) | 1998-10-29 |
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