Structural steel fabrication faces increasingly stringent requirements

One machine. One CNC program. One process. Plasma and oxy-fuel cutting, drilling, tapping, marking and countersinking. At Blech-Stal, we have commissioned the Titan DrillCut CNC plate processing machine - the second Eckert machine in the company's production facility.

Why Titan DrillCut?

Titan DrillCut was configured around the needs of production where speed and throughput matter, but so do accuracy, repeatability and the ability to perform multiple operations without moving the workpiece between separate workstations. These are exactly the kinds of requirements Blech-Stal faces every day in structural steel fabrication.

Watch Titan DrillCut in production 

Titan DrillCut operating at the Blech-Stal production facility.

26 years of experience and growing production requirements

Blech-Stal has been operating for 26 years and specializes in structural steel fabrication for industrial construction projects. The company works across different market segments where quality requirements are high and continue to increase.

As Krystian Blecharski, Vice President of Blech-Stal, points out, the company's development also requires continuous expansion of its manufacturing capabilities. This is where Titan DrillCut comes in.

Blech-Stal has 26 years of experience in structural steel fabrication for industrial construction.

Cutting is only the first step

In structural steel fabrication, cutting steel plate is increasingly just one stage in preparing a finished component.

Holes need to be produced with the required accuracy. Parts need to be marked. Tapping or countersinking may also be required. Every additional operation performed at a separate workstation means more material handling, another setup, additional operator work and another point at which dimensional variation can occur. Titan DrillCut combines these operations in a single CNC plate processing center.

The machine can perform:

• plasma cutting,
• oxy-fuel cutting,
• drilling,
• tapping,
• countersinking,
• marking.

The CNC plate processing machine combines plasma and oxy-fuel cutting with mechanical drilling, tapping and countersinking in one system.

All of these operations can be carried out within a single CNC program and one integrated production process.

This combination of thermal cutting and precise mechanical machining was one of the key reasons why Blech-Stal chose Titan DrillCut.

Accuracy and repeatability across the production process

Integrating multiple processes into one machine is not only a technological solution. It also changes the way material moves through production.

Fewer manual operations. Less handling of parts between workstations. Fewer setups. Greater control over the process and improved repeatability from one component to the next.

In practice, this can help increase production throughput, reduce unnecessary material handling and manual work, while maintaining consistent part quality.

For structural steel fabricators, where production volume and dimensional accuracy often need to go hand in hand, this type of integrated plate processing is becoming increasingly important.

The second Eckert machine at Blech-Stal

Titan DrillCut is already the second Eckert machine chosen by Blech-Stal.

This is an especially important milestone for us. A customer's decision to invest in another Eckert machine means more than simply adding another piece of equipment. It shows that solutions working in day-to-day production continue to address the company's real manufacturing needs.

In industry, everyday production is ultimately where technology is put to the test. Krystian Blecharski, Vice President of Blech-Stal, summed it up best:

“Because the best reference for technology is how it performs in practice.”

It is difficult to find a better summary of this project.

Titan DrillCut at the Blech-Stal production facility - the second Eckert machine in the company's technology park.

Titan DrillCut is now in production at Blech-Stal, combining plasma and oxy-fuel cutting with drilling and mechanical machining in one process and helping the company respond to the growing demands of structural steel fabrication.

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