In the world of electrical prefabrication, speed and accuracy are critical, yet not every shop is ready to fully automate. Allied BIM’s FabricationConnected platform bridges this gap, offering tools that empower both manual and semi-automated shops to streamline their operations while preparing for future growth into full automation. The financial benefits are clear: with FabricationConnected, companies can save up to $43.67 per conduit processed, significantly reducing labor and material waste. By automating tasks like spooling, measuring, cutting, and bend calculations, Allied BIM can deliver labor savings of up to $2.18 million per year based on 500,000 linear feet processed annually. These efficiencies reduce the time spent on each conduit by 41 minutes, generating significant savings and allowing shops to break even after processing 18,839 conduits.
Bender Settings InkJet Integration: Replace the Tape Measure and Sharpie
One of the most powerful features of FabricationConnected is its ability to store bender settings in the cloud. This allows for the seamless transfer of all the necessary bend measurements directly to the inkjet marking system, or to the screen for manual bending from on-screen instructions. Rather than manually measuring and marking each conduit with a tape measure and Sharpie, the bender’s settings are applied to the model, and the conduit is automatically marked with precise instructions. This not only saves time but also ensures accurate bends every time, eliminating the potential for human error during the measuring and marking process.
BIM PARAMETERS MAPPED TO MATERIAL WITH BEND ANGLE. 1/32″ MARK ACCURACY.Let’s take a closer look at how three core features of Allied BIM align with the key steps in your workflow, helping you optimize your processes today and scale for tomorrow.
1. Spool Tab: Organizing Your Fabrication with Precise Documentation
The Spool Tab simplifies project planning by generating spool drawings and cut sheets for your prefabrication. These documents are critical for accurate assembly in the shop and installation in the field. With FabricationConnected, spool sheets integrate directly with the model, ensuring that all dimensions, bend instructions, and assembly steps are clear and easy to follow.
- Bend Sheets with Accurate Instructions for Any Bender: Whether using a hand bender or semi-automated equipment, Allied BIM’s system generates bend sheets with precise instructions tailored to your specific tools. This ensures consistency and accuracy in every part you fabricate, even without full automation.
- Simplified Project Planning and Automated Assemblies: Detailed cut plans are generated from the model and converted into instructions for traditional tools, minimizing manual work and reducing errors.
BEND SHEET INSTRUCTIONS FOR MANUAL BENDING
2. Fabrication Tab: Streamlining Shop Floor Operations
The Fabrication Tab is where the magic happens, connecting your design data to the shop floor. With Allied BIM’s FabricationConnected, shops can enhance their production process with digital tools that support manual and semi-automated workflows, all without the need for expensive automation systems.
- InkJet Marking: Eliminate the Tape Measure: Allied BIM enables inkjet marking directly from the model, printing precise bend instructions onto the conduit. This removes the need for manual measuring, making the entire process faster and more accurate.
- Wire Pulling Instructions from the Model: Even without automated wire-pulling machinery, Allied BIM allows users to print wire-pulling instructions directly from the model. This ensures electricians follow precise guidelines for wire runs, reducing time and improving accuracy.
FABRICATION CUT PLAN AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR TRADITIONAL TABLE SAW
3. Build Tab: Organizing Fabrication for Maximum Efficiency
The Build Tab helps your team stay organized and on track by listing all fabrication tasks in the exact sequence they need to be completed. This feature is designed to reduce confusion and ensure that each piece is fabricated and assembled in the proper order, keeping your project running smoothly.
- Automated Assembly Sheet Creation with Allied Sheets: One of the standout features of FabricationConnected is its ability to automatically generate detailed assembly sheets, fully customized to your project’s specifications. This standardizes the fabrication process, ensuring consistent quality and accuracy.
- Direct Model Access at the Fabrication Table: Unlike traditional fabrication sheets, FabricationConnected links fabrication tables directly to the model. This eliminates the separation between the detailer and the assembler, giving real-time access to model information at the fabrication table for improved precision and communication.
CR Electric’s Assembly Workstation Instructions – Eliminating Paper Drawings
INSTRUCTIONAL BASED ASSEMBLY VIEWS TO FABRICATE ON ASSEMBLY STATION
UNISTRUT MARKS FOR CONDUIT LOCATIONS WITH CONDUIT IDS. UNISTRUT MARKS CAN BE READ FROM SCREEN AND APPLIED WITH TAPE MEASURE.
FASTER FABRICATION ASSEMBLY KITS FOR FIELD INSTALLS
Prepare for Automation with Allied BIM FabricationConnected
By aligning its core features—Spool, Fabrication, and Build—Allied BIM’s FabricationConnected empowers electrical prefabrication shops to optimize their workflows, whether they are fully manual or semi-automated. Each feature enhances a specific part of the fabrication process, helping your team save time, reduce errors, and improve coordination between the shop and the field.
FabricationConnected is not just about optimizing your current processes; it’s about preparing your shop for future growth. With tools like automated assembly sheets and real-time tracking, Allied BIM positions your shop to scale efficiently and smoothly into full automation when the time is right.
Future Integration with CNC Tube Benders
As your shop grows and you look to fully automate, FabricationConnected provides the foundation for seamless integration with CNC tube benders. By utilizing the cloud-based model-to-bender integration, contractors can quickly and efficiently apply all necessary measurements and instructions from the model directly to CNC tube benders. This eliminates the need for manual input, reduces human error, and accelerates the fabrication process. With Allied BIM, transitioning to advanced CNC tube bending becomes much faster and simpler, allowing shops to expand their capabilities while maintaining consistency and accuracy.
Scotchman Industries + RazorGage CPO 350 for InkJet Marking Conduit Instructions
MARK IT AND CUT IT
GRIPPER FOR HOLDING EMT, IMC, RIGID. SUPPORTS CUTTING UP TO 4″ MATERIALS
INKJET UNDERMOUNTED FOR MARKING PRIOR TO CUTS.
ACCURATE CUTS EVERYTIME WITHOUT A TAPE MEASURE.
CRIPPA 150CBE For CNC Tube Bending
CNC Precision Manufactured Tooling for Rotary Draw and Roll Bending
Precision Manufactured Tooling Close Up
CNC TUBE BENDING SCREEN. SCAN UPC BARCODE TO LOAD MACHINE WITH BEND DATA.
CAN YOU GET IT TO LAY THIS FLAT? ALL TUBES MARKED, CUT, AND BENT IN LESS THAN 3 MINUTES.Stay tuned for future articles as we continue to roll out enhancements and new features, empowering your shop with even greater tools and capabilities for success.
