Optimal Design of a Reinforced Fixation and Enclosure System for transportation and handling of Skinned Curtain Walls

为了处理大型装配式幕墙，提出了一种通用的围护和升降夹具。幕墙只是安装在建筑物正面的由金属框架包围的玻璃片。幕墙有不同的尺寸和重量，所有的尺寸都很大，对操作它们的工人来说很危险。这里的处理是指将这些单层或双层板材装载到拖车上和从拖车上卸下来，在运输过程中将它们封装起来，从设施到建筑工地(用于保护)，使用现场起重机提升它们，在半空中将它们从水平方向旋转到垂直方向，最后支持它们安装到建筑物上。提出的挑战是开发一种能够同时处理不是一个而是两个面板的夹具，因为该行业的制造商不断被要求在更短的时间内安装更多的面板。温莎大学的艾哈迈德·阿扎布博士将与Contact Glazier Inc.合作开发这种夹具和封闭系统。一个成功实施的项目将允许该公司(Contact Glazier Inc.)更快地给建筑物上釉，同时降低成本，为工人提供更安全的环境。这项技术是史无前例的，将使这家加拿大公司的能力提高10倍；为当地建筑提供更快的服务，并在海外变得更具竞争力。这是一款简单的产品，具有一系列集成的解决方案，可以改进公司运营的每一步；从成品开始，一直到现场安装，并推动预制行业向前发展。

A universal enclosure and lifting fixture is proposed to handle large prefabricated curtain walls. Curtain walls are simply sheets of glass surrounded by a metallic frame that are installed on the facade of a building. The curtain walls come in an array of sizes and weights, all of them massive in size and dangerous to the worker handling them. Handling here means to load these single or double skinned panels onto and unload them off trailers, encapsulate them during transportation, from facility to construction site (for protection), raise them using on-site cranes, rotate them from the horizontal to the vertical orientation mid-air, and finally support their installation onto buildings. The challenge put forth is to develop a fixture that can handle, not one, but two panels at the same time because manufacturers in this industry are constantly required to install more panels in less time. Dr. Ahmed Azab at the University of Windsor will work with Contract Glaziers Inc. to develop this fixture and enclosure system. A successfully implemented project would allow the company (Contract Glaziers Inc.) to glaze buildings quicker all the while cutting costs and providing a safer environment for the workers. This technique is unprecedented and will raise the capability of this Canadian company 10 fold; providing faster services for local construction and becoming more competitive abroad. This is a simple product with an array of integrated solutions that improve every step of this company's operations; beginning with the finished good, all the way to on-site installation and pushes the prefabrication industry forward.