Publications / 1989 Proceedings of the 6th ISARC, San Francisco, USA
An "Automated Consolidation Subsystem" has been developed as part of an effort to establish an integrated structure for mechanization and automation of concrete work of Ohbayashi Corporation. This system consists of performing the necessary vibration consolidation by automatically detecting from outside forms the level of concrete that has been placed. The results of consolidation remain in the form of records and can be utilized as a data base. As a result of trial application at an actual construction site, it was succeeded in simplifying consolidation operations, and skilled workers became unnecessary. Unconsolidated parts and non-uniformity were eliminated, contributing to an improvement in the overall quality of concrete placed.