This disclosure relates to roll formed steel members and in particular roll formed steel studs and steel systems for use as concrete formwork.
Concrete walls are commonly used in all types of building construction throughout the world. Concrete shear walls provide a cost effective means to provide fire protected lateral resistance systems for building structures. To make concrete walls, beams and columns formwork is used to retain poured concrete into its desired shape. Formwork is typically stripped away from the concrete after it sets and the formwork is reused.
In the past concrete walls were formed with planks or plywood fastened to vertical and horizontal spaced structural members that provide a form for the wet concrete. When the concrete is being poured and it is wet, for a typical 10 foot high wall 10″ thick, the pressures at the bottom inside faces of the form can be greater than 350 pounds per square inch. Formwork needs to be robust to take the inherently high pressures and abuse, so that a concrete pour does not experience blow-outs. Typically the two opposing sides or faces of the formwork wall are tied together with metal components such as threaded rods or wires. The ties pass from outside one wall to the outside of the opposite wall, after the ties are passed through the walls and through the vertical or horizontal structural members and fixed to restrain the form walls relative to each other while the concrete is wet. Sometimes the metal ties are left in place after the wall is poured.
While the conventional formwork for concrete walls has worked well for many years, they have some disadvantages. If the space between adjacent buildings is tight, the form work might be left in place after the construction is finished. While structurally this works it is not particularly aesthetically pleasing. As well, erecting the formwork on site can be time consuming and in a busy construction market it can be difficult to get the formwork trades. The availability of the formwork trades can significantly affect the flow of work on the job site.
Accordingly it would be advantageous to provide an alternative to the prior art formwork systems.
The present disclosure relates to a formwork stud system. The formwork stud system includes a plurality of studs, a top channel, a bottom channel and a plurality of horizontal and vertical rebars. At least one of the plurality of studs is a formwork stud. The formwork stud includes a web and a pair of flanges. The web has opposed side portions extending from the top of the formwork stud to the bottom of the formwork stud and a plurality of lateral spaced apart connectors extending between the opposed side portions. The opposed side portions and the lateral spaced apart connectors define a plurality of spaced apart holes. The holes are configured to allow concrete to flow therethrough. The pair of flanges extend generally orthogonally from the opposed side portions of the web.
The plurality of studs have opposed faces and the formwork stud system may further include sheathing attached to at least one face thereof. Alternatively sheathing may be attached to both of the opposed faces. The sheathing may be structural board, a foam filled panel with metal on either side thereof or a corrugated wall. The corrugated wall may include a profiled foam rubber strip.
The formwork stud system may be constructed off site.
The holes in the may be generally rectangular. The holes in web of each formwork stud may further include at least one divot each for receiving the rebars. Alternatively, the holes in web of each formwork stud may include a plurality of divots for receiving the rebars. The formwork stud may also include tie holes proximate to each of the divots for receiving a rebar tie.
The present disclosure also relates to a formwork stud. The formwork stud has a web and a pair of flanges. The web has opposed side portions extend from the top to the bottom of the formwork stud and a plurality of lateral spaced apart connectors extend therebetween. The opposed side portions and the lateral spaced apart connectors define a plurality of spaced apart holes. The holes are configured to allow concrete to flow therethrough. The pair of flanges extend generally orthogonally from the opposed side portions of the web.
Each of the plurality of spaced apart holes may include at least one divot formed therein configured to receive a rebar. Alternatively, each of the plurality of spaced apart holes may include a plurality of divots. Each divot may have a pair of rebar tie holes proximate thereto.
The web may have between 70 and 90% removed to form the plurality of spaced apart holes. More specifically, the web may have 85% removed to form the plurality of spaced apart holes.
The formwork stud may include a pair of opposed lips extending inwardly from the pair of flanges.
The present disclosure relates also relates to a method of producing a formwork stud having a predetermine shape which includes a web having at least one hole formed therein and configured to allow concrete to flow therethrough. The method includes the steps of:
punching at least a first hole in a piece of steel sheet material;
punching a second hole in the piece of steel sheet material such that the second hole connects with the first hole to form double punch hole;
shaping the sheet material into a predetermined shape.
The method may further include the step of punching a third hole in the sheet material such that the third hole connects with the double punch hole to form a triple punch hole.
The method may further including the step of punching a hole to form a one punch hole that is spaced from the first hole.
The steps may be repeated to create a plurality of spaced apart holes.
The predetermined shape may be a C-shaped member having a web and opposed flanges. The C-shaped member may further include opposed lips extending inwardly from the flanges.
Further features will be described or will become apparent in the course of the following detailed description.
The embodiments will now be described by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
A typical prior art formwork system is shown in
The studs shown in
Formwork stud 20 shown in
Web 22 has opposed side portions 32 extending from the top of the formwork stud to the bottom of the formwork stud and a plurality of lateral spaced apart connectors 34 extending between the opposed side portions. The opposed side portions 32 and the lateral spaced apart connectors 34 define a plurality of spaced apart holes 28 and the holes are configured to allow concrete to flow therethrough.
An alternate formwork stud 30 is shown in
A short formwork stud 50 is shown in
Referring to
An example of a formwork stud system is shown generally at 100 in
The formwork stud system 100 shown in
It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that different types of sheeting may be attached to the formwork stud system 100. As described above the sheathing may be structural board 82, a foam filled panel with metal on either side thereof 84, a corrugated wall 86 with a profiled foam rubber strip 88 in registration therewith or other wall systems. All of the possible sheathings are similar in that they all have sufficient strength to retain concrete.
Formwork stud system 100 may be used to construct a wall and it may be used in conjunction with steel joists 94 and a dovetail steel deck 96 as shown in
The divots 62 have been developed in particular to help with construction of the wall, to create beams and columns provisions have been made to fix the rebar to the divots 62 with wire ties or bendable tabs. This formwork technology secures the rebar 66 in precise location and provides an ideal method to install rebar in the forming system off site. The sheathing described above may also be attached to the formwork stud system 100 off site. The sheathing may be attached on one or both sides or faces of the form work stud system. As well either full or partial sheathing may be attached to the formwork stud system 100. It will be appreciated that by assembling the form work system 100 off site this will reduce or eliminate the need for formwork trade on site. Further by attaching some or all of the sheathing off site, the need for those trades on site will also be reduced.
This formwork stud system 100 inherently provides the benefit of being able to set a floor framing on the forms prior to be poured to serve as winter protection. When using a metal deck profile 86, a profiled foam strip 88 can be placed under the deck at the stud locations, so that drywall and other attachments are easily made without having to drill into the concrete.
It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the system described herein allows for mass customization. With the system described herein an architect, engineer or other designer can design a concrete wall and with the formwork stud system 100, they can then design the specific studs that are needed to construct the wall. Once the specific studs have been designed they can then be manufactured.
Referring to
The hole punching die geometry has been developed to provide customization to suit features such as windows doors, beams and columns. The stud is mass customized so that one die can produce different sizes of hole as need to suit inherent wall features such as windows doors and structural elements such as beams.
By way of example, the different formwork studs described may be made in a roll forming process shown generally at 130. In the roll formed process the sheet material is passed through a series of roll forming stations 132. In one of the stations the opposed lips 26 are formed. In another station the opposed flanges 24 are formed therein. In another station the holes 28 are punched. The hole punching station is shown generally at 134 in
Generally speaking, the systems described herein are directed to metal studs and metal stud systems. Various embodiments and aspects of the disclosure will be described with reference to details discussed below. The following description and drawings are illustrative of the disclosure and are not to be construed as limiting the disclosure. Numerous specific details are described to provide a thorough understanding of various embodiments of the present disclosure. However, in certain instances, well-known or conventional details are not described in order to provide a concise discussion of embodiments of the present disclosure.
As used herein, the terms, “comprises” and “comprising” are to be construed as being inclusive and open ended, and not exclusive. Specifically, when used in the specification and claims, the terms, “comprises” and “comprising” and variations thereof mean the specified features, steps or components are included. These terms are not to be interpreted to exclude the presence of other features, steps or components.
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