We got together with the steel framing fabrication crew from Urban Steel Frames & Trusses to test out the Scottsdale GEN II rollforming machine. These guys are a highly experienced crew, which allowed us to really push the GEN II machine as hard as any steel framing fabrication team could.
Man versus Machine: the key takeaways
The guys from Urban Steel are fast and don't make mistakes.
They fabricated an amazing 3,025 metres (9,925 feet) in a 7.5 hour shift. That's over 400 metres per hour (over 1,300 feet/hour). Impressive stuff. Yet even this crack team couldn't keep up with the GEN II machine from Scottsdale, which was cruising at about three quarters of the machine's top speed.
New steel framing fabricators often look at machine speed as one of the key selling points, but the critical factor in just how much a given framing factory can output is your team - how experienced they are and how well they work together.
How much speed do you need?
The best way to determine how much speed you need in a roll forming machine and which machine is right for you is to first have an understanding of your desired fabrication output and team skill level. Then to to our team and we'll walk you through our easy to use fabrication calculator. It quickly shows you how much steel you can produce in a given time - a day, a year - based on whatever parameters work for your business.
