Huge
amount of money is invested in the construction of buildings bridges and roads.
Economical
AUTOMATION IN
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
Digging
for Foundation :-
Mining,
Lifting, Transporting and Placing of Concrete :-
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Construction automation and Robotics |
Batching
and mixing plants :-
1.
Silos, containers and bins for storage of raw materials.
2.
Batching arrangement.
3.
Measuring and recording equipment.
4. Mixing equipment.
5.
Control system.
6.
Electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic drives.
7.
Conveying systems like belt/screw conveyors.
Cement
is generally stored in silos. The silos are loaded with cement with the help of
Transportation
and Placing :-
1. In
built weighing system for fine and coarse aggregates.
2.
Automated loading system for aggregates.
3.
Cement hopper with weighing system.
4.
Automatic admixture dozing system.
5. Print out system giving
details of batching and mixing.
Self
Compacting Concrete (SCC) :-
Prefabricated
Structural Elements :-
1. Precast concrete portions: Precast
concrete posts and panels of sizes 1000 × 400 × 40 mm
2. Precast
roofing units: In Pune, universal temple of Ramakrishna
was built with suitable
3. Lift
slab construction: In this constructions, slabs are cast at
ground level one over the
Form
Works :-
Application
of Robots for Building Automation :-
1. Large
loads.
2.
Components of variable sizes to be handled.
3.
Adverse weather conditions such as variable humidity and temperature.
4. Dust
and dirt.
5. Need
for three dimensional movement.
6. Each
site having different size and shape.
Some of
the robotic applications developed are
1. For
inspection of interiors of pipes and drainage conduits.
2. To
detects voids around sewers and offshore pipes.
3. For
excavation for slurry filled foundations.
4.
Human-machine inferface semi automated earth movers.
5.
Concrete cutters and crushers to dismantle concrete structures without creating
noise
6. For
plastering : An encouraging result has been achieved in this area. Robots that
can
AUTOMATION IN
DAM CONSTRUCTION
Dam
construction is highly mechanized. In earthen dam constructions heavy machinery are
AUTOMATION IN
BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION
Modern
trend in bridge construction is to use precast construction. Superstructure of
bridge is
AUTOMATION IN
ROAD CONSTRUCTION
A number
of machines are used to mix, transport, place, compact and level the asphalt on
super
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