Machines and the science behind them have evolved over centuries. Each era is distinctly defined by the invention of its machines and tools. Be it the crude hammerstone of the palaeolithic age or the modern-day robotics; machines and tools used have only advanced over centauries for enabling structures that can be delivered faster, better and with utmost precision.
Customer Demands
Construction industry has witnessed a paradigm shift. Especially the roofing industry. With research, technical ability and creative thinking; architects today defy convention while designing structures. They are willing to experiment. Modern machinery for manufacturing innovative roofing solutions and their installation using hi-tech tools have made it possible to revolutionize design thinking. There is substantial pull for advanced technologies mainly due to dissatisfaction experienced in the existing traditional solutions. Customers today seek complete value for money with maximum returns. Product superiority can be achieved through world class manufacturing set-up, quality tools and well-trained manpower that promise both finish and safety. Hence, there has been a tectonic shift in the manufacturing processes with in the roofing industry, primarily to cope up with the latest trends, consumer demands for quality standards, higher aesthetics, faster deliveries to name a few.
Modern Machines & Roof Manufacturing
For supplying high quality products and solutions with innovative designs and a strong customer focus; Tata BlueScope Steel has always been at the forefront of introducing advanced technologies through state-of-art manufacturing processes and installation practices through LYSAGHT® Solutions. The brand’s product superiority is well complemented by Tata BlueScope Steel’s advanced multi-locational manufacturing facilities located strategically in Chennai, Pune, Bhiwadi, and Jamshedpur ensuring easy product availability and an on-time delivery with consistency in quality of the products supplied. The plants are equipped with high end manufacturing machinery supplied by internationally acclaimed brands like Hayes and Bradbury. Due to precision in manufacturing; wastage is eliminated; optimising benefits for the customer. Our plants are fully equipped with Automation systems that helps maintain consistency in roofing profiles and ensures no dimensional variations.
Such high-class machines maintain appropriateness in shapes and sizes of roofing sheets with minimum wastage and proper fitting at the time of installation. The rollers used in these machines are made of high-grade steel to ensure the output is of superior quality roll formed sheets. Higher number of stages in our rolling machines ensures gradual forming for better formability and product quality. Accordingly, such features make LYSAGHT® roofing sheets the most preferred choice in the market due to its better life, no corrosion and less maintenance thereby benefitting our customers in terms of cost savings with peace of mind. For any roll forming machine, tools are the most critical part. We specifically focus on using best quality tools, supplied by renowned international manufacturers, to ensure defect free surfaces of roofing sheets. This is doubly assured by minimum human interaction with very little or no room for deviation.
The counting of the sheets before despatch too is done automatically through latest PLC system for accurate quantity of supply to the customers. Daily operations, quality, order flow and inventory management is done through latest SAP system to ensure minimum manual intervention, minimising errors and timely delivery of the material to the customer.
Some of our roofing profiles can be manufactured on site using world-class mobile roll-forming technology, which not only gives single length from the ridge to the eave, but also helps in making a high performing leak-proof structure with better control over quality installation. Crimp curve and tooth curve machines enable us to provide curved profiles which are in demand for modern architecture creating design flexibility for our customers.
We follow world class safety practices to give expert installation services by using equipment like boom lift, mast climber, screw gun to name a few. This enables quality installation and erection ensuring long life and leak proof performance of our roofing system. Our seaming machines used for standing seam profiles seams the lap joints by 360o assuring complete weather tightness even in unforgiving conditions. The manufacturing expertise, machines and equipment used in our construction services have unmatched capabilities which enable us to build high performing roofing systems. The state-of-art of equipments also help us working under formidable conditions such as cyclonic regions, daunting heights, intense summers to name a few.
With a will to offer best in class products driven by Quality and Innovation, Tata BlueScope Steel continuously focuses on investing in modern machineries to leverage superior technology and build our organisational capabilities to deliver projects on-time.
Do get in touch with our experts to know more how about safe construction practices with best-in-class products can help deliver safer and long-lasting structures. Visit our website for more details: www.tatabluescopesteel.com