Jobsite apparatus for horizontal casting and vertical stacking of thick insulated concrete panels

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Apparatus for horizontally casting a panel preferably, a non-composite insulated panel of reinforced concrete of substantial area and thickness in a heated mold. The mold is part of a rotating mechanism and lift frame for rotating and vertically stacking the panel when the panel is partially cured. Reinforcing steel is put into a heated mold. A layer of concrete is poured into the mold, forced into close and intimate contact with the mold and through the reinforcing steel by means of a traveling auger, striker plate and vibrating screed; insulation board and shear connectors are placed in the mold, further reinforcing steel is then placed in the mold and, a second layer of concrete is …