Cooling tower formwork SK175

The self-climb­ing form­work for cool­ing tow­ers

For build­ing cool­ing tow­ers, per­for­mance is what counts

This cool­ing-tow­er form­work is a ful­ly mech­anised, self-climb­ing large-area form­work sys­tem. It max­imis­es ra­tio­n­al­i­sa­tion and min­imis­es man­u­al labour – af­ter a short fa­miliari­sa­tion pe­ri­od, the crew will soon be ac­com­plish­ing the cast­ing sec­tions in a 1-day cy­cle.

Max­i­mum safe­ty

for your site crew

Safe­ty in all phas­es of the work

  • even at great heights in strong winds, as the form­work is al­ways firm­ly at­tached to the struc­ture

  • by means of te­le­s­cop­ic work­ing plat­forms – th­ese are railed-in and ga­p­less even while climb­ing is in progress, and so pro­vide a safe work­ing en­vi­ron­ment at all times

  • thanks to op­ti­mal­ly adapt­ed plat­form widths and in­te­grat­ed lad­der sys­tems

Rapid work­ing

in a con­trolled se­quence

Op­ti­mised form­work con­cept for fast form­ing-times

  • large-area form­work gangs, mak­ing the sys­tem much sim­pler to op­er­ate and clean

  • in­cli­na­tion of whole scaf­fold can be ad­just­ed from one cen­tral spin­dle

  • built-in re­in­force­ment hold­ers in the scaf­fold, mak­ing it a quick and easy job to place the re­in­force­ment

Very high cost-ef­fi­cien­cy

for your cool­ing tow­er

A cost-ef­fec­tive so­lu­tion is en­sured by

  • all-round plat­forms that per­mit "de-link­age" of op­er­a­tio­n­al se­quences

  • very small num­ber of form-tie points per square me­tre

  • con­sis­tent­ly high con­crete qual­i­ty, thanks to the steel form-fac­ing

  • large-area form­work gangs for a cast­ing-sec­tion height of 1.5 m

  • the prac­tice-ori­ent­ed pro­ject plan­n­ing pro­vid­ed by Do­ka

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References

Lin­gen cool­ing tow­er

Kalinin cool­ing tow­ers

Du­al-car­ri­age­way bridge in Ni­tra

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Cool­ing-tow­er form­work SK175

This special cooling-tower formwork for hyperparaboloidal natural draught cooling towers was developed in the course of several years' work on the basis of the Automatic climber SK175, and has been repeatedly field-proven. This development embodies the "state of the art" of European technology in the field.

The plat­form sys­tem for a stream­lined work­flow

The permanently mounted telescopic platforms ensure that there is an uninterrupted circumferential walkway all the way around the cooling tower at all times, even during the entire climbing operation. This detail makes a crucial contribution towards safe – and thus troublefree – working.

Per­fect adapt­a­bil­i­ty

Working from the platform system, which can be tilted by turning just one central spindle, the crew can easily adjust the formwork up to a 22-degree angle of inclination, by turning the adjusting spindle. The formwork can negotiate vertical curves without difficulty, down to a minimum radius of 70 m.

Plac­ing the re­in­force­ment

Working from the top platform, the reinforcement can be placed a day in advance. The vertical reinforcement rods are for 2 casting steps at a time. The reinforcements are held in position during placement by reinforcement holders mounted on the scaffold.

A well thought-out system

The 4 platforms make it possible to "de-link" the operational sequences from one another, and are used for carrying out different tasks.

Electromechanical lifting systems are used to raise the formwork, making it completely independent of the crane.

Steel formwork elements with compensating elements on both sides ensure constant concreting results all the way through to the very last casting section.

To allow the formwork elements to be quickly cleaned, they are designed so that they can be rolled back approx. 60 cm from the concrete. The formwork is struck with the aid of a spindle, and rolled back by hand, on rollers.

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References

Lin­gen cool­ing tow­er

Kalinin cool­ing tow­ers

Du­al-car­ri­age­way bridge in Ni­tra

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