Automated bending and installation of cooling and heating pipes
In the field of circulation technology, automation is advancing in a completely new range of application - pipe bending and installation for concrete core-activated precast concrete elements. The Tube Master pipe-laying robot from Progress Maschinen & Automation, a Progress Group company, was newly developed and installed for the Austrian market leader Mischek Systembau. It already exceeds the set output targets after only a short operation period.
The shortage of skilled workers is pushing the economy more and more towards automated processes and, as a result, automation shall facilitate more efficient production in the plant as well as on the building site, e.g. through shorter construction times or the separation of different trades. As the demand for concrete core-activated components in projects in Viennese building construction grew over time, Mischek began laying the heating and cooling hoses in the precast slabs with in-situ topping by hand some time ago. With manual installation, it was becoming impossible to achieve the quality and required production speed. This combination of growing demand and limited production capacity led the company to the investment decision.
Progress Group –the right partner for new development
As the existing circulation plant had already been supplied by Progress Group, those responsible at Mischek trusted Progress to meet the technical challenges of this prototype with their know-how in a very short time and within budget - and with the renowned quality and reliability.
It was important for us that the new robot could be integrated into an existing carrousel system for concrete precast elements - during ongoing production operations with minimal restrictions for the latter.
BM.DI.(FH). Mathias Tabor, technical division manager and managing director of Mischek Systembau