Publications / 1993 Proceedings of the 10th ISARC, Houston, USA

A System of Vertically Sliding and Installing Exterior Curtain Walls of a Building

Masaaki Iwamoto, Masayoshi Nakagawa, Hidetoshi Oda
Pages 77-84 (1993 Proceedings of the 10th ISARC, Houston, USA, ISBN 9780444815231, ISSN 2413-5844)
Abstract:

This system, referred to as a "shuttle system," has been developed to enable the vertical sliding and subsequent installation of panels on the exterior walls of a building, starting from its uppermost story, while repeating a series of such operations as (1) sliding a carrier stage down to the ground, (2) on the stage, assembling panels in to a panel unit of a size which entirely covers one story height, (3) sliding the panel unit, together with the carrier stage, up to the installation level, and (4) fixing the panel unit in place. Various sensors are provided to enable the panel unit to be installed accurately both in horizontal and vertical directions. The computer located in the field office is interlaced with these sensors. This paper provides a report of the case in which this system was successfully applied to the cladding of exterior walls of two mechanized parking towers.

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