PREON box – The speedy tool for industrial hall constructions

摘要

The worldwide demand for wide-span industrial buildings is constantly growing, especially inrnterms of logistics centers and hangars, just to name a few.To meet this trend PREON box, a modular constructionrnsystem, has been developed. It is an in-house development including a patented steel roof frame system thatrnenables the economic realization of large spans up to 100 meters. PREON box allows combining standardizedrnmanufacturing with high flexibility to respond to customer’s needs. To make even the planning process morernefficient, a software tool has been developed specifically for the design of this system. The software is basedrnon a specification defining the entire load bearing structure (parameterized components, girder types, preferredrnsections, standardized joints, requirements/limitation given by Eurocode). After entering the system data, whichrnis mainly the dimension of the hall and a few boundary conditions for the loads, the structure is generatedrnautomatically. As a result of the subsequent iterative calculation, a complete design note and the bill of materialrnincluding cost estimation is received. By using the software it is possible to save material and cut process time.Thernfurther development of the software is planned until 2016 and includes the automated preparation of workshoprndrawings, as well as various options for individual adaption.