BAUSTELLE 4.0 - Digitale Armierung

On behalf of the SPAETER Group, SCAUT and its partner Amberg Engineering have developed an innovative concept and process for extracting production-relevant data from BIM models and transferring it directly to the bending machine.

In a first step, the current workflow was analyzed. The transmission of production-relevant information is predominantly in the form of a PDF list. In addition to time-consuming manual work preparation, this leads to the loss of any information regarding the design and position of the reinforcement.

Subsequently, different software tools for the creation of 3D reinforcement were evaluated and common standard exchange formats were compared. Based on a 3D reinforcement model, relevant data for the development of the new production process could be derived. A checklist of attributes that must be defined in the model and exported was developed. The core of this is the transfer of an additional attribute that clearly defines the position of the reinforcement in the model and thus makes this information usable for all subsequent production steps.

Together with the SPAETER Group, the developed process was optimized in several workshops and the interface to the subsequent production steps and internal software packages was defined. Using the business canvas approach, SPEATER's current offering was finally compared with the customer's requirements and needs, and from this a number of future business models were developed and outlined.

Testimonial of Philipp Dohmen, Project Manager Amberg Engineering: "The SCAUT project was a wonderful example of how we will work together in the near future: in eco-systems. Companies join forces for a purpose-optimized topic or project, bundle their competencies and cooperate even if they come from completely different parts of the value chain. Why? Because together they can achieve their goals faster and better than they ever could on their own. In this sense, 1+1 is not 2 here, but a multiple."

Learn more about this project and the role of SCAUT in the following interview 'Three questions to Thomas Freuler, CEO of SPAETER Group'.

Construction 4.0 - Rebar modelling