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Scribing Technology
Realised in the UK - Another First
with StruCad
With the power of StruCad, Billington Structures are the first UK Structural
Steel Fabricator to incorporate scribing technology into routine production.
Billington Structures Ltd has been designing
fabricating and erecting structural steelwork for the construction industry
since 1947. Kevin Campbell, Production Director for Billington Structures Ltd.
states
‘the business has always been an innovator
and was an early adopter of CNC machinery and 3D modelling technology via
StruCad, which enables CAM data for our machines’. When
Billington Structures first learned of scribing technology at the end of 2005, the Company
was immediately interested in the technology. ‘We
believe that we may be able to accomplish the same kind of production efficiency
gains as was achieved a decade ago in the automation of our cutting and drilling
processes via CAM data from the StruCad 3D model’ said Mr
Campbell.
AceCad Software is the leading developer of software solutions for the
international structural steelwork industry with a range of products that have
been developed through specialist knowledge acquired as a result of
over twenty years of focus on exceeding industry expectations.
‘The involvement of AceCad Software
- our 3D steel
detailing vendor was critical from an early stage’, insists Mr
Campbell. He continues ‘whilst the approach of the
machine manufacturer was to focus on a specific link with a modelling system, to
facilitate the scribing process, we were amongst the first to consult with
AceCad to explore the possibility of an enhanced DSTV standard format’.
Billington Structure’s detailing function uses StruCad detailing stations and
accordingly their CNC machinery has been run successfully along DSTV standards
for some time. Mr Campbell comments
‘the output
from StruCad has always been fundamental to this automation and the experience
of our Drawing Office and AceCad Software’s development team resulted in the
provision of a quick solution through the DSTV organisation’.
StruCad V12 is the latest advanced version of AceCad’s world leading 3D
structural steel detailing system and includes all the very latest DSTV updates
including DSTV support for scribing.
Billington Structures now routinely scribes
projects. Mr Campbell states ‘early signs point to
substantial production benefits with the automated scribing process and it is
envisaged that productivity can be significantly improved.’
He concludes, ‘the scribing technology facilitated by this
machinery and the output from StruCad means that we have at last begun to
automate the fabrication process’.
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