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What
are the benefits and features of the Scottsdale System? |
- Low Capital Cost Equipment - therefore
it's financially easy to get into production
- Only one section profile for each
profile width - so only one coil width is required. Even the truss coil
width is
the same as the 90mm coil width
- Our wall Panel machines are Single Phase, so only a normal clean power supply
is required. The truss rollformers are 3-phase.
- The rollformer is easily transportable, extrude on site
if required
- Single operator, no IT skills or steel
rolling experience required
- ScotSteel design software is powerful and leading
edge easy-to-use intuitive software, allowing freedom of design and
architectural style is virtually unlimited
- Very few tools required
- No manual measuring, cutting, drilling
or lay-out production jigs required
- All elements are extruded according to
the design, production mistakes are virtually eliminated
- Low cost semi-skilled production and
assembly labour - easy to train
- Very low wastage
- Flexibility - use the unique
Scottsdale panel ceiling & roof solution or the Scottsdale trusses,
whichever is better suited to the application and environment
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What
applications is the Scottsdale system suitable for? |
- Residential - from single to three
story
- Commercial and Self-storage buildings
- External wall in-fill framing for
commercial buildings
- Internal wall fill-in framing
- Lattice Beam Joist production
- Steel Truss production
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What are the
profile shapes and dimensions? |
- Refer to the Technical Page for the
profile and section dimensions
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Is the job
made easier for Sub-contractors, and why? |
- Service and plumbing holes are
automatically pre-punched
- No "nail pops" in plasterboard
cladding
- Steel framing is precise and square
making insertion of Door and Windows frames easier. Door & window frames
will not distort, eliminating jamming
- Packing of battens to obtain a flat
ceiling is not required (using our unique panel ceiling and roof solution)
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What tools
are typically required for fabrication? |
- Compressor - typically a 15 CFM single
phase compressor is sufficient
- Rivet gun/s
- Manual tin snips or electric/pneumatic
nibblers
- Lip flattener (supplied)
- Erecting frames is easy, only a
cordless screw gun/drill is required - frames are screwed together using
self drilling Tek screws
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What is the
speed of production? |
- Unlike many systems, the Scottsdale
system is not a "produce for stock" system. As the elements come out of
the rollformer they are immediately assembled and riveted together.
- Our rollformers can produce elements
faster than most fabrication teams can assemble them. The rollformer can
extrude in excess of 300 metres per hour, but typically a good team can
fabricate in excess of 240 metres per hour. This means the frames for a
typical 220 sq. metre house would take a 3 man team approximately 8 hours
to extrude and fabricate the steel for a house of this size. ( Fabricate
means riveting the elements together)
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What
is the speed of frame erection? |
- Typically, a 3-man team can erect all
the frames, including wall, ceiling and roof panels in approximately 3
days
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Why should I
build using steel? |
- Steel has the highest strength to
weight ratio
- 100% Termite, rodent, borer and
dry-rot proof
- No Splitting
- No Warping
- No Cracking
- No Rotting
- Dimensionally stable
- Stronger connection - no nails
- Straighter Walls, squarer corners
- Lighter than timber frames, less load
on foundations and concrete slab
- No calls backs
- Steel is the most recycled material in
the world
- Lower transport costs due to
lightweight frames
- No lifting equipment required to erect
ceiling and roof panels
- Completed panels are substantially
lighter than timber, 1 man can easily carry a 3m x 2.4m high wall panel
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Is Steel
Safe? |
- Steel frames will not burn
- Lightning will not affect a steel
framed house more than a timber one, as steel creates a positive earth.
Lightning energy is conducted straight to the ground
- No chemical treatments as is the case
with timber frames
- Each structure is a fully engineered
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Support |
- We provide comprehensive training &
support and backup from initial production set-up
- ScotSteel designs can easily be
emailed from your operation to our support personnel, checked, rectified
if necessary and
returned to you
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