EGEOMOL-AV

<body> <p>INTRODUCTION: ANTECEDENTS EARTHQUAKES are one of the greatest catastrophes affecting humankind; their destructive nature has caused thousands of victims, psychological impact and incalculable physical damage. As a consequence of all of the urban wastes caused by petroleum-based products, in the 20th century appears a new environmental problem. On our planet are generated annually over 600 million USED TIRES, and over 10 million tons of PLASTIC RESIDUES. Such is the breadth of the conflict represented by the used tires that the City Government of Valencia has designed an Action Plan to finish with the 7,700 tones of used pneumatics which pile up in illegal dumping grounds, as well as find an alternate use for the 40,000 tons of tires which become unusable each year- of which 55% end up in uncontrolled dumps. The Plan is regulated by a legal decree which makes their recuperation obligatory and prohibits their dumping. PRESENTATION: EGEOMOL-AV® SYSTEM It is an antiseismic (antivibratory in general) system which acts as a shock-absorbing mattress, impeding the seismic waves from penetrating and affecting a building. Its finality is to save human lives, avoid material damage and contribute to an improvement and equilibrium of the environment. A PREVENTION SYSTEM AGAINST EARTHQUAKES Current systems of prevention against earthquakes are, generally, of a seismic-resistant nature, their objective being to STRENGTHEN the building structure so it can RESIST the impacts of seismic movements. The seismic energy, once penetrated into the structure, does not disappear until it is completely transformed into MOVEMENT, DEFORMATION, BREAKAGE OR HEAT. (Principle of the Conservation of Energy.) Breakage absorbs the most amount of energy. Earthquake-resistant systems EGEOMOL-AV systems The EGEOMOL-AV® system anticipates the problem, canceling the seismic waves and absorbing a great quantity of its related energy before it penetrates into the building structure. "It is better to be safe than sorry." THE USE OF NEW MATERIALS The use of materials made of recycled plastics and used tires in the EGEOMOL-AV® system is an innovation within the field of construction, as well as having a low acquisition cost. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT Both the fabrication of the system and its application and installment in construction works supposes absolutely no environmental impact. Actually, it is to the contrary because the use of materials made of recycled plastics and used tires contributes to an improvement in health and environmental stability. DESCRIPTION OF THE SYSTEM The EGEOMOL-AV® system is composed of two plates made of recycled plastic, joined by a central silentblock. In the interior is a pneumatic which plays the role of an elastic brace, filled with a solid material of hydraulic properties. This granulated solid of hydraulic property transmits the tire pressure without losing its capacity as a reservoir, supporting a pressure up to 10 times greater than that of a conventional pneumatic. It also allows for the calibration of Factor Damping of the system in function of its size, shape, and elastic properties. OPTIMIZATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES Ninety percent of the prime materials used are composed of recycled plastics and used tires. This makes for an optimal use of natural resources, since in addition to NOT exploiting available resources, it contributes to a solution to environmental problems which other industries have generated. The pneumatic is a fundamental component of the system due to its adequate mechanical behavior. In the case of not having existed for the traffic of wheeled vehicles, we would have had to invent an element of similar characteristics, since its behavior is ideal for the required purpose. The fact that the tire is used and is no longer apt for rotation due to the wear on the traction design does not mean that it has lost the properties required for our system. ORIGINALITY AND REPERCUSSIONS ON BUSINESS The uniqueness of the invention founds its basis on: The anticipation of the problem: it acts before the seismic waves affect the building structure (users). The modeling of behavior: it performs as a condenser of energies which cancels the seismic waves and absorbs a large part of their related energy. The contribution to the environment: it uses recycled plastics and used tires. The originality of the invention is accredited in a report on the international search, supported by the Treaty for Cooperation related to Patents (PCT), emitted by the Spanish Office of Patents and Trademarks, given her nature as the international office designated for the realization of this comparative investigation. The objective is to search for similar antecedents in relation to the verification of the uniqueness of the invention. In this aforementioned report on the international search were found a total of six irrelevant antecedents, which gives the best rating possible to our System (rating A). The originality of the invention is recognized through the patent itself and the repercussion on business has a transcendence of global proportions. APPLICATION AND USE IN CONSTRUCTION The System is of easy application, requiring little and nonspecialized manual work. It is installed between the floor and foundations of the building; it can play a contributing role to the cleanliness and regularization of the base of the foundations. DURABILITY AND MAINTENANCE The placement of the system in the subsoil without oxygen, safeguarded from ultraviolet rays and of changes in humidity and temperature, makes for no necessary maintenance and a greater durability than that of the building itself. In addition, the materials used are very stable, a necessary quality for durability and maintenance. BEHAVIORAL MODEL: EGEOMOL-AV® SYSTEM The System acts as a CONDENSER of the energy intercalated between the wave train and the building itself, using the potential energy of the weight of the building to cancel the waves through the inversion of the phase. It exhibits the same behavior unto both vertical and horizontal waves. SAFETY OF THE SYSTEM: TECHNICAL TESTS Tests carried out in the laboratories of the Polytechnic University of Valencia, directed by Professors of the school of Construction and the Superior School of Roads, Channels and Ports, have verified and reflected through a technical report that the system can resist the pressures of 40 kg/cm2, equivalent to a housing building of over one hundred floors, having a security coefficient greater than 3, with deformations compatible with the structure and its function. ECONOMIC COSTS The application of the system supposes approximately 1.5% of the cost of construction in the case of a housing building of six to ten stories tall. Its use accounts for an effective saving in the maintenance of the building against the wear occasioned by all types of vibrations, traffic of wheeled vehicles, adjacent structures, etc., and an efficient prevention against possible physical damages, human deaths and psychological effects occasioned by seismic movements. CONCLUSIONS Given its contribution as an efficient means with which to prevent the effects of earthquakes, for its economy, its effect in improving the environment, and its repercussions on business globally, the project can be considered of interest and of economic, social, and environmental transcendence. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EGEOMOL-AV® is a registered trademark of Innovación y Diseño Orovay, S.L. Pol. Ind. Alcodar, parc. F-5 naves 2 y 3. 46700 Gandia (Valencia) Spain Tel: +34 962 868 985 Fax: +34 962 870 394 info@egeomol.com</p> </body>