Reinforcement technology with integrated logistics and software
Processing reinforcement highly efficiently and transport-ing it to the right position - Rekers Betonwerk achieves this fully automatically with modern machines, robots and customised software from Progress Group. Three robot-assisted EBA automatic stirrup benders, a state-of-the-art M-System mesh welding plant with bending system, innovative, fully automated transport logistics and software integration are in operation.
Overall concept for efficient production
Together with Progress Group, Rekers has implemented a unique overall concept for reinforcement automation. The required stirrups are automatically delivered to the process-ing stations for the bent reinforcement cages. This just-in-time delivery was required for the efficient completion of cage production - with the right stirrups, at the right time, in the right place. Not only were robots planned for this, which remove the stir-rups from the EBA automatic stirrup bender, but a completely new logistics solution was also designed.
Optimisation of stirrup production
At the start of the modernisation, Rekers and Progress Group compared the existing data from previous years and then installed three new automatic stirrup benders. One of these machines also has a bending device for the production of 3D stirrups. The stirrup production can cover the required quantity per shift in diameters from 6 to 16 mm from coil - and all fully automatically. In the past, employees had to remove the stirrups and set them down by hand. This activity was not only dangerous, but also more cumbersome and can now be avoided by using robots. The new sophisticated data-driven transport concept also avoids or optimises many transport routes.
When we started to rethink the topic of steel processing, Progress Group made a positive impression on us by immediately embracing this innovation. They were open to innovations.
Ulrich Rekers, Managing Director Rekers Betonwerk GmbH & Co. KG