Patents Assigned to SWS Engineering S.p.A.
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Patent number: 12012712Abstract: A spillway water system comprising at least one adjustable barrier sluice gate of one watercourse and defining: one upstream stretch and one downstream stretch of the watercourse arranged upstream and downstream of the sluice gate respectively; one spillway point arranged at a spillway height and at which a spillway water flow rate skims which flows from the upstream stretch and flows into the downstream stretch; the sluice gate comprising adjustment device/unit adapted to raise or lower the spillway height; a first measurement device/unit for measuring the level of water flowing along the downstream stretch; a second measurement device/unit for measuring the level of water of the upstream stretch; and a command device/unit of the adjustment device/unit operatively connected to the first and to the second measurement device/unit and configured to raise or lower the spillway height depending on the level measured by the first and the second measurement device/unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2019Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: SWS ENGINEERING S.P.A.Inventor: Paolo Mazzalai
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Publication number: 20230035519Abstract: A system for the transportation of loads and/or persons at height comprises at least one car defining at least one cab for the transportation of loads and/or persons, and comprises a (tangible) cable transport component/unit/device/machine (or the like) of the car adapted to move the latter suspended at height; and a (tangible) movement component/unit/device/machine (or the like) of the car onto the ground.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2020Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: SWS ENGINEERING S.p.A.Inventors: Paolo MAZZALAI, Ezio FACCHIN
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Publication number: 20210372067Abstract: A spillway water system comprising at least one adjustable barrier sluice gate of one watercourse and defining: one upstream stretch and one downstream stretch of the watercourse arranged upstream and downstream of the sluice gate respectively; one spillway point arranged at a spillway height and at which a spillway water flow rate skims which flows from the upstream stretch and flows into the downstream stretch; the sluice gate comprising adjustment device/unit adapted to raise or lower the spillway height; a first measurement device/unit for measuring the level of water flowing along the downstream stretch; a second measurement device/unit for measuring the level of water of the upstream stretch; and a command device/unit of the adjustment device/unit operatively connected to the first and to the second measurement device/unit and configured to raise or lower the spillway height depending on the level measured by the first and the second measurement device/unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2019Publication date: December 2, 2021Applicant: SWS ENGINEERING S.p.A.Inventor: Paolo MAZZALAI
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Publication number: 20190244312Abstract: The system for the calculation of the level of risk in the proximity of the excavation front of an underground work comprises a determination and storage unit for the determination of a plurality of basic parameters needed for the calculation of the level of risk in the proximity of the excavation front of the underground work, starting from a plurality of documents in electronic format, and for the structured storage of the basic parameters inside a database; a definition unit of a plurality of scenarios which could occur in the proximity of an excavation front of the underground work, starting from the basic parameters stored on the database; an application unit, for each of the scenarios generated during the definition phase, of predefined geo-mechanical and hydro-geological models, for the calculation of a series of possible embodiments for each scenario; an aggregation unit for the aggregation of punctual evaluations of the level of risk for each possible embodiment, to obtain a synthesis of the risk calType: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2017Publication date: August 8, 2019Applicant: SWS ENGINEERING S.P.A.Inventors: Andrea Danzi, Gabriele Eccher
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Publication number: 20190228482Abstract: The system for the optimization of the excavation process of an underground work, for the minimization of the risks induced on interfered works comprises a determination and storage unit for the determination of a plurality of basic parameters needed for the assessment of the phenomena and induced risk scenario in interfered works, starting from a plurality of documents in electronic format, and for the structured storage of the basic parameters inside a database; a definition unit of a plurality of induced risk scenarios which could occur in interfered works, starting from the basic parameters stored on the database; an application unit, for each of the scenarios generated by the definition unit, of predefined geo-mechanical, hydro-geological and structural models, for the quantitative measurement of the factor of risk and/or damage in interfered works; an aggregation unit of each measurement of the factor of risk and/or damage in interfered works, obtained from the application unit for each of the scenariosType: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2017Publication date: July 25, 2019Applicant: SWS ENGINEERING S.P.A.Inventors: Andrea Danzi, Gabriele Eccher
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Patent number: 9890637Abstract: The procedure for the construction of underground transport infrastructures, comprises the steps of: excavating an underground transport tunnel comprising a first pipe and a second pipe substantially parallel to one another; making a bypass tunnel connecting the first pipe and the second pipe which comprises the sub-steps of: introducing a launching chamber along the first pipe up to a first predefined position chosen along the longitudinal direction of the first pipe, the launching chamber being able to launch a tunnel boring machine; introducing an arrival chamber along the second pipe up to a second predefined position chosen along the longitudinal direction of the second pipe, the arrival chamber being able to receive the tunnel boring machine; excavating the bypass tunnel making the tunnel boring machine move forward from the launching chamber to the arrival chamber along a direction transversal to the first pipe and to the second pipe.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2014Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignees: SWS Engineering S.p.A., Palmiere S.p.A.Inventor: Paolo Cucino