A system must be scalable

Typ­ical pro­duc­tion steps of pipe man­u­fac­turing are sawing and bending as well as end pre­par­a­tion or cut­ting ring assembly. In order to achieve a high degree of flex­ib­ility in the piping pro­cess on site (on the con­struc­tion site, at the plant), a good coordin­a­tion of the pro­cesses without fixed inter­link-ing is optimal. The robust­ness of the pro­cesses and thus of the machine tech­no­logy is ensured by high-quality machine technology.

A sig­ni­ficant improve­ment in the tube man­u­fac­turing pro­cess is achieved by linking tech­no­lo­gical data from the pro­cess steps of sawing, bending and quality assurance.

High effi­ciency of man­u­fac­ture plan­ning and con­trolling of indi­vidual pipes or small series can be achieved if tech­no­lo­gical and admin­is­trative data are linked together. Numerous pro­duc­tion steps from storage to pipe pre­par­a­tion, machining and install­a­tion can be coordin­ated and managed.
Linking together tech­no­lo­gical and admin­is­trative data enables the cre­ation of pro­duc­tion batches. These pro­duc­tion batches can be optim­ised according to require­ments, costs, lead times or re-sources. The optimal value chain is selected for the defined boundary conditions.

The net­working of the tech­no­lo­gical and organ­iz­a­tional inform­a­tion of all pro­cess steps of tube pro­duc­tion allows an auto­ma­tion of the pro­cesses even for single piece or small series pro­duc­tion. All pro­cess steps can be linked from the ware­house to pipe pre­par­a­tion, pipe pro­cessing and assembly on site.
In the ware­house logistic pro­cesses like con­trol of trans­port, com­mis­sioning and storage can be affected. The pipe pre­par­a­tion may com­prise sep­ar­a­tion, deburring and cleaning. Machining can con­sist of pipe bend-ing, end pro­cessing, cut­ting ring assembly, joining (welding), flaring, and related quality assur­ance opera-tions. In the pro­duc­tion step of assem­bling the integ­ra­tion of logistic pro­cesses like com­mis­sioning and com­ponent tracking can sup­port the overall automation.