TPi October 2009

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Missing link for tubular profiles New concept positioner has not been an integral part of any

TEKLA and HGG have cooperated to define and develop an integrated solution for modelling and manufacturing tubular steel structures. This includes: • A range of components in Tekla Structures software to cover the needs for modelling tubular structures; the new component types are offshore saddle and offshore chamfer, saddle and hole, chamfer and slotted hole. • Integrated export of complete manufacturing information from the model directly to 3D tube profiling production. • XML format-based industry standard for transferring data that is open for any tube profiling machine company or design software supplier. • Visualisation module for 3D representations of cutting shapes. The new software solution covers all 3D tubular profiles, from design and detailing to automatic fabrication. This

main design program, and required separate manual data input and editing. Tekla’s Building Information Modeling (BIM) concept provides benefits to those involved in tubular steel construction. All information can be managed and kept up-to-date in the BIM model, so all data can be extracted from one source. No manual input or editing is needed. HGG’s Management Information System ProCAM adds to the concept industry-specific tools (for example, can rotation for the offshore industry), integral production management (such as return signals confirmingprocessing), and planning. The new solution is available with Tekla Structures 15.0, which was released to market in the spring.

ROTOLIFT, from Sideros Engineering, is a hydraulic positioner and handler used for welding and assembly operations. The ergonomic machine has the capability to perform workpiece lifting and lowering, in addition to inclination and rotation. The workpiece is securely fixed on the horizontal rotary table and handled according to the operator’s needs. The machine is designed to improve operator performance and efficiency, and to improve safety conditions. Two versions of themachine are available, onewitholeodynamicmovement,andone with oleodynamic lifting and inclination and electromechanical rotation. The machine can be supplied with a bronze 600 or 1,500W rotary mass.

HGG Profiling Equipment BV – The Netherlands

Sideros Engineering Srl – Italy estero@siderosonline.com www.siderosonline.com

info@hgg.nl www.hgg.nl

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