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Lincoln Electric Automation, Cleveland, OH and JITECH Fabrication Technologies, Montreal, Quebec have announced a global product partnership agreement for the development of StruCIMT, a powerful 3D simulation software system.
StrucCIM is designed to allow fabricators to quickly simulate and
evaluate alternative methods for the automation of modern steel
fabrication operations.
According to the companies, he agility, mobility and flexibility of robotic operations, paired
with StruCIM technology, will seamlessly enable the coordination of
several currently discrete operations, including cutting, coping,
layout marking and welding. Using these systems, the fabrication of
each individual part can be fully programmed from start to finish.
These solutions will provide the structural steel fabrication industry
with unprecedented automated programming and fabrication capability.
The goal of the partners is to revolutionize the fabrication industry
with new levels of speed and effectiveness regarding weldment design
while reducing costs and project time to completion.
Under the partnership agreement, Lincoln Electric Automation will be
the master integrator of StruCIM and will sell licenses and/or build
custom robotic welding and cutting solutions. JITECH will develop the
optimized automatic programming features for each specific work cell
layout.
The four main tasks for the automated structural steel solution are: recognize features such as copes, holes and welds and automatically
generate tool paths 'on-the-fly' for scribing, cutting, welding and
drilling; recognize the sub materials associated with a member assembly and
generate the tool path necessary to note their position and piece mark
on the main member material; quickly simulate in 3-D and evaluate alternative methods for automation; and use proven simulation technologies to provide easy and accurate
preparation and verification of complex programming for robots and
automation.
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