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Partners 4 Steel Partners for steel is an alliance between market leading French and German machine tool builders that manufacture a complimentary fleet of structural steel processing machinery. 45% of the costs of fabricating structural steel can be processed through machines supplied by the partners for steel. Rosler manufacturers shot blasting and preservation lines whilst Behringer supply s the latest innovation for bandsaw technology. Vernet Behringer has the full fleet of steel processing machines for all the steel profiles that include beam lines, angle and flat bar, coping robots and plasma cutting machines. Fabricators can now have a fully automated fabrication facility that will re-task man-hours from processing steel. Fabricators that are partners from steel benefit from increased capacity, improved schedules and competitive advantage from investing in a fleet of machines that is integrated from the one supplier. 2
Behringer Bandsaw & Coldsaw Behringer Bandsaw Steel service centres win work based on their price and delivery. Now the automation in the larger saws is available on the smaller bandsaws. By automating square and mitre cutting, margins for a price sensitive part can be improved. Workshops can re-task man-hours from cutting steel so there is additional labour available for picking and placing steel onto delivery trucks or steel racking. Behringer Coldsaw Every steel processor is asking how they can add value to a stocked steel. Stocking or deploying tradesman to cut steel to feed CNC lathes and machining centres increases costper-part for the machine shop. Therefore, the preference is to order steel cut from billet ready to be machined. Behringer have a coldsaw with the latest technology to ensure your business is adding value to a price sensitive product offering. 3
Zeman Steel Beam Assembly (SBA) Machine Fabricators in Australia and New Zealand that have commissioned a Zeman SBA machine are reporting: an increase in capacity without increasing labour costs and headcount or the workshop s footprint; improvements in scheduling to get more steel to site faster; the ability to re-task man-hours; and increased bid-to-win ratio and profit. Assembly of add-on parts greater than 1000% faster than manual fabrication Arc on welding efficiency at 80% The early adopters that have commissioned the Zeman SBA are receiving the competitive advantage when they have 50% less costs included in their successful bid for fabrication and welding that their peers can not come close to matching. Automating fabrication and welding is reducing the man-hours per ton to fabricate steel which is allowing the business with a Zeman SBA to win more and do more which is what you want isn t it? 4
Vernet Behringer Plasma Cutting, Punching and Drillingwith Automatic Material Handling & Part Marking The Vernet Behringer MAG B/C plasma cutting machine with extra machining and drilling or punching capacity is the fabricator s best choice for processing price-sensitive add-on assembly parts for the structural steel industry. The MAG B/C has closed the gaps in processing add-on parts to ensure the most competitive cost-per-part is available to Vernet Behringer users with the following competitive advantages: 1. Lower cost of scrap when saving up to 16% per nest. 2. Punch holes in plate up to 25mm greater than 600% faster than drilling. 3. Automate plate loading and unloading to maximise plasma cutting arc on time. 4. Use less floor space and staff to operate the machine, compared to alternative plasma cutting tables. 5. Stamp part numbers for identification instead of manually using a paint pen. 6. Automate material handling of small cut parts. Increase your capacity, improve your schedule and reduce costs when deploying a Vernet Behringer MAG B/C plasma cutting machine with drilling, punching, extra machining capacity and automatic material handling. 5
HGG coping robot HGG have lead the industry for pipe profile cutting machines from the Netherlands for decades and are now doing so with the coping robot. The HGG coping robot will add value to all your steel profiles. If the part can not be processed on a HGG the part won t be cut on any other machine. The HGG will automatically measure, layout mark and cut the most complex of profiles. Send us your drawings today so evidence based metrics and time studies can be returned for evaluation. The HGG coping robot is the ultimate fabricator that will increase capacity, improve schedule, quality and reduce costs. Fabricators will re-task man-hours when layout marking is deployed to ensure accurate steel is delivered to site to avoid costly reworks away from the workshop. 6
Vernet Behringer HDX - 3 Spindle Beam Line (Travelling X-axis 500mm option) with 100% Lights-out Automation A competitive advantage is achieved when several manual processes can be re-tasked on a beam line, allowing a fabricating business to process more using less-skilled labour and for a lower cost. Fabricators can V-score add-on part layout marking on all four sides of the beam on the Vernet Behringer HDX without sacrificing ton-per-hour output from the beam line. In automatic mode, it is possible to re-task manual labour previously used to do layout marking, machining bevels on the end of flanges for full penetration welding and machining holes or slots larger than 50mm in the flange or web. Would your business like to re-task 35 man-hours for every 15 ton of steel fabricated? Or re-task 25 man-hours for every 500 add-on parts fabricated? Contact us today! 7
Profile Cutting Systems (PCS) CNC Plasma / Oxy Cutting Machines optional Drilling & Extra Machining Capacity Plasma and oxy cutting is one of the first and most important steps in the metal fabrication process. Profile Cutting Systems have a range of plasma cutting machines that will increase your capacity, improve schedule and quality whilst reducing your cost per part. The latest plasma cutting machine tools include additional functionality so that several tasks can be completed with the clamp once machine complete principle. Several tasks can now be automated such as drilling, counter boring, tapping, thread milling, countersinking, stud welding, pipe cutting, bevel cutting and percussion marking for plate identification. This one machine has effectively relegated manual machine operations like bevel cutting and magnetic based drilling to the history books. This style plasma cutting, combination drilling and machining centre is the ultimate fabricator for any operation. Ask us how these machines can transform your business today! 8
HGG 3D Profile Cutting Machines Innovative technologies, intelligent software, robust mechanical engineering and modern designs are the four cornerstones of these Netherlands made 3D profile cutting machines. The full complement of 3D profile cutting machines from semi-automatic to lights out operation pipe shops with automated processes and integrated logistics. HGG 3D Profile Cutting Machines has a variety of material handling solutions for 3D profile cutting for round pipes, square and rectangular pipes and beams to satisfy the most complex cutting and welding tasks - worldwide. You will find HGG wherever pipes, tanks, beams and other components for the metalworking industry have to be thermally three-dimensionally cut or welded. HGG 3D Profile Cutting Machines leading position in the 3D pipe profiling machine segment on all five continents are in the offshore plant construction platforms and topsides. Wind turbines, steel construction, shipbuilding, pipeline and process plant engineering and general engineering. 9
Plate Rolling, Section Rolling and Dish End Machines By investing in a Faccin machine, your fabrication workshop will immediately have a natural competitive advantage! This advantage makes available the full functionality and capability of these machines on demand. From initial operations users can deploy incorporated functionality after commissioning the machine to maximise utilisation. Extend your capability to meet market demands and to create opportunity for your business and your clients. 10
Vernet Behringer HD-S 3 Spindle Beam Line (Travelling X-axis 150mm option) The Vernet Behringer HD-S will relegate the magnetic based drills, hand held plasma/oxy torches and add-on part layout marking tools to the history books. Small to medium size workshops (up to 15 ton-per-day) can now automate the drilling, cutting, V-scoring and machining of all profiles up to 400UB. These fabricators can now process and fabricate steel faster with less skills and cost and win more work to achieve a ROI within 24 months. STRATEGY CONSIDERATION - A strategy considered by many fabricators and steel processors is to invest in the saw and automation infeed/outfeed conveyors and transfer stockyards first. They then commission the Vernet Behringer HD-S beam line at a future date. It s simply a matter of pulling the infeed conveyor back a few meters to plug-and-play the beam line so everything is compatible and future-proofed, avoiding the duplication and waste of purchasing a bandsaw twice. 11
Vernet Behringer Coping Robot Plasma or Oxy-Fuel Cutting Steel Profiles Fabricators and steel service centers can now replace several machines and labor-intensive manual operations with one coping robot from Vernet Behringer. A coping robot will provide flexibility and strong competitive advantage, with most businesses using this machine able to forecast a ROI within 12 months. The Vernet Behringer coping robot will allow your fabrication workshop to: Re-task man-hours by automating coping, bevel cutting, slots, cut-outs, layout marking and cut-to-length operations on the one machine. Increase work volume capacity and improve schedules by more than 30% (without increasing headcount on the workshop floor) by deploying layout plasma marking. Increase scope of supply by closing the gap in fabrication, and being able to win more and do more. By investing in Vernet Behringer, smaller workshops can now install a cost effective oxy-fuel cutting coping robot that uses a similar footprint to a mitre cutting bandsaw. 12
Vernet Behringer CNC Flat Bar Machine with part sorting automation option We invite you to refer to the following case studies and whitepapers on the Specialist Machinery Sales website that reflect good choices made by your peers when investing in the Vernet Behringer CNC flat bar machine. 1. Reduce process costs of structural steel add-on parts by up to 50% 2. Re-task labour to sort add-on parts for a fabricator or steel service centre 3. Improve the schedule to supply add-on parts to fabricators 4. Why punching holes & slots to add-on parts make sense 5. Why sampling part numbers on add-on parts is the superior strategy 13
Vernet Behringer Angle Machine (Travelling X axis 500mm option) Imagine fighting a battle with spears when your opponent is using machine guns. The gap in the different technologies would make it an unfair advantage to the side with the machine guns. The same advantage is now available to your business when automating tasks that currently are completed manually on the workshop floor. V-scoring of add-on part layout marking using the 500mm travelling X-axis is a technology breakthrough in this class of machine that is only available with Vernet Behringer. The Vernet Behringer Angle Machine allows fabricators to re-task 25 man-hours from their workshop for every 500 add-on parts fabricated and assembled. The resulting competitive advantage is increased capacity, improved schedule and a 30% reduction in costs. 14
Rosler Shot Blasting Machines Tier 1 fabricators have automated the steel processing that accounts for 25% of the cost of fabrication. These fabricators have benefited from having a fleet of steel processing machines in their factory where they can control cost and schedule. These businesses are now looking deploy in house shot blasting / preservation lines so 20% of the cost for shot blasting is now managed in house. Saving on freighting thousands of tons of fabricated steel to the shot blasting / painting contractor will lower the cost per ton to the end user and improve a schedule. The fabricator can also control the blasting to painting time so parts don t require re-blasting. This is often the case for the 2.5 blast specification that requires painting with in four hours before the fabricated parts require re-blasting or fail QA/QC. Would your business prefer to blast before fabrication or after? Can your workshop have pre blasted steel and fittings fabricated and painted with in 4 hours of blasting like SMS has helped your peers achieve? This saves post blasting fabricated steel so your cost and schedule has competitive advantage. 15
Rosler Preservation Paint Lines Every steel processor is asking how they can add value to a stocked steel. Stocking or deploying tradesman to cut steel to feed CNC lathes and machining centres increases cost-per-part for the machine shop. Therefore, the preference is to order steel cut from billet ready to be machined. Behringer have a coldsaw with the latest technology to ensure your business is adding value to a price sensitive product offering. Every steel processor is asking how they can add value to a stocked steel. Stocking or deploying tradesman to cut steel to feed CNC lathes and machining centres increases cost-per-part for the machine shop. 16
CMM Beam Welding Automation Fabricators can increase the commercial value in projects when automating beam welding to supply markets that are currently not served. The capability gap between where the fabricator currently is positioned and where the business needs to be to server aspirational markets requires innovation and automation that is possible from a CMM beam welding machine. The fabricator can receive competitive advantage when automating beam welding that compliments a fleet of existing structural steel processing machinery. 17
Steel Beam Laser Layout Printing Machine Structural steel fabricators understand the cost to assemble add-on parts to steel beams. Many agree layout marking costs 30% of assembly and fit out for add-on parts. This is often done on the workshop floor by skilled fitters. In fact, fabricators in the USA have reported that 25% of the cost per tonne are associated with assembling add-on parts. Automating layout marking will reduce the man-hours to fabricate which will position the business to win more and do more which is what you want isn t it? Clients of Specialist Machinery Sales can now automate steel beam layout marking with a laser printer that can layout mark all four sides of all the steel profiles, including the inside of the flange. By doing this, fabricators can increase capacity and improve their schedule by 30% because man-hours that were previously dedicated to layout marking can be re-tasked. Clients that are using the steel beam laser layout printers are also improving their bid-to-win ratio by increasing capacity and improving schedule - without increasing headcount or footprint. In addition, it is not uncommon for fabricators to question whether their workforce is competent to cope with changing technology. Automation will provide you, your client and your workforce with confidence that the most complex sequence can be produced consistently on schedule. ROI schedules are forecasted at between 15 and 41 weeks, depending on the headcount of the workshop. 18
Zeman SIN Beam Machine The corrugated web allows the steel beam to be 30% lighter and as strong as hot-rolled or welded beams. The builder can now have longer and lighter spans with less columns for less cost. The fabricator can process SIN beams through their existing fleet of steel processing machinery or fabricate add-on parts with the Zeman SBA machine. 19
BALLIU Machine Tool Company (MTC) BALLIU Machine Tool Company (MTC) in Belgium incorporates users fabrication experience into every element of all machines that are built. From the repetitious to the complex requests from fabricators and steel processing business, BALLIU MTC machines confidently deliver. The machines are employed in all segments of laser cutting and welding that represent the first and the most important stage in a modern production process. Custom M/c s Coil laser Fibre Mega flat Laser Material handling Cladding 20
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