ESAB Introduces Atom Arc 7018 Acclaim with Improved Out-Of-Position Characteristics
Florence, SC – ESAB Welding & Cutting Products introduces Atom Arc 7018 Acclaim. The newest addition to the Atom Arc line of stick electrodes, Atom Arc Acclaim offers the same drive and dig of ESAB’s popular Atom Arc stick electrode with improved weld puddle control resulting in easier out-of-position welding.
Atom Arc 7018 Acclaim provides the deep, penetrating arc and tough mechanical properties of the original Atom Arc 7018 with excellent control in out-of-position welding applications, greater weld puddle control and greater arc initiation. The new electrode also features excellent ease of use for both novice and experienced welders, a wide operating range and minimal clean up. It meets E7018H4R classification.
With more than 100 years of experience, ESAB Welding & Cutting Products is one of the world’s largest and most skilled manufacturers of welding and cutting equipment and welding filler metals. Ensuring customer satisfaction, a wide range of ESAB products carry the 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Recognized as the technological leader in the industry, ESAB is committed to providing customized solutions for their customers. For more information on the company, visit www.esabna.com or call 1-800-ESAB123.
StrucSoft Solutions’ Component Management Software addresses DSTV ‘missing link’ between structural steel detailing and fabrication
CNC software takes clean-up, guesswork out of producing accurate DSTV files used by steel fabrication machines
Montreal, Quebec, Canada – June 10, 2010 – StrucSoft Solutions today launched its Component Management Software (CMS v5.0), a 2D/3D graphical application for creating, viewing, editing and managing DSTV-CNC files commonly used by structural steel fabrication machines such as Peddinghaus, Ocean Machines, Controlled Automation, Burlington Automation and Ficep. CMS automatically clean up DSTV file inconsistencies, helping fabricators and steel detailing firms reduce labor costs, increase throughput, and meet compressed project schedules. CMS is available as a standalone or plug-in for Autodesk Inventor, Solidworks, and MBS.
The Problem of DSTV
DSTV is a widely-used public Numerical Control (NC) file format specifically for communicating design information with CNC machines used for structural steel component fabrication, including beam lines, drill lines, coping machines, single lines, plate-cutting tables, and plasma machines. Although DSTV is a well established format, there are variations in DSTV interpretations. Steel detailing software programs all produce slightly different variations of the DSTV NC file, and CNC machine vendors also have different interpretations of how the DSTV file should be written and organized. Therefore, either the fabricator or steel detailing firm must spend time cleaning up the DSTV files so that the CNC machines can read them properly.
CMS is a graphical application that makes it easy to immediately spot and fix DSTV file inconsistencies. For shops using 3D modeling programs that do not create DSTV files, such as Autodesk Inventor, Solidworks, and MBS, CMS will generate accurate DSTV files directly from these programs. CMS can also be used as a standalone tool, allowing users to define the steel part directly in CMS and produce the required DSTV file, as well as a DXF drawing file, which the detailer can then dimension and print.
“CMS fills the missing link between steel detailing and fabrication,” commented Spencer Murray, VP Operations at StrucSoft Solutions. “For large shops, it can save considerable time and labor by eliminating file inconsistencies. For smaller shops, the recent introduction of inexpensive CNC equipment, combined with the ability to create DSTV files with CMS, affords them an opportunity to compete for jobs without a huge investment.”
For pricing information contact info@strucsoftsolutions.com or call +1 514-731-0008
Metal-Wood-Framing Professional Software Now Available for Autodesk Revit Architecture and Structure 2011
StrucSoft Solutions’ light gauge metal and wood framing solution automates stud design and manufacturing in Revit BIM environment
Montreal, QC, Canada June 2, 2010 -- StrucSoft Solutions today announced that its MWF Professional software now supports Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011 and Revit Structure 2011. MWF is a template-driven extension to Revit that streamlines design, shop floor drawing production, and manufacture of light gauge metal and wood framing.
MWF Professional provides framing designers, engineers, builders, contractors and fabricators with the tools required take on serious metal or wood framing projects. The software is both a template as well as rules-based driven application that recognizes Revit walls, doors, windows and openings. It automatically generates stud arrangements, panel numbers, sheathing, shop drawings, Cut Lists and CNC output.
Other capabilities of MWF Professional include:
- Designing on-the-fly within Revit Structure
- Comprehensive library of Simpson Strong-Tie connectors
- Wall-frame-to-wall-frame joint creation interface
- Automated framing of floor and roof openings
- MEP clash detection with automatic opening and framing creation
- Ability to define framing conditions for any size and type of opening with User-defined rules that supplement wall templates
For more information on MWF Professional please see www.strucsoftsolutions.com/imageG/mwf/mwfpro.pdf.
Pricing and Availability
Software is available now. For pricing information contact info@strucsoftsolutions.com or call +1 514-731-0008
iCAPTM, Pile Capacity by Signal Matching
Pile Dynamics, Inc has announced it will be enhancing its flagship instrument, the Pile Driving Analyzer® (PDA), with the iCAP software.
Up to now the Pile Driving Analyzer (PDA) has calculated capacity at the time of the test solely by the Case Method. A CAPWAP® analysis, performed after the conclusion of the test, yields the ultimate bearing capacity. iCAP represents an improvement - it is instant signal matching based on the widely accepted CAPWAP logic. “iCAP instant signal matching leverages 40 years of continued improvement and development of the globally-accepted CAPWAP logic”, declared Garland Likins, the president of Pile Dynamics. With no user interaction, iCAP will extract the soil behavior from dynamic measurements, compute capacity by signal matching, and produce a simulated static load test graph, all in real time during the pile test.
For more information visit www.pile.com
Simpson Strong-Tie Expands its Offering of Fasteners
Pleasanton, Calif. – Since fasteners are vital to the performance of connectors, it’s not surprising Simpson Strong-Tie has been a part of the fastener industry for many years. Today the company strengthens its fastener product offering with a new and extensive line of premium stainless-steel fasteners. Designed for outdoor applications, the new stainless-steel fastener line includes nails and screws for decking, siding, roofing, framing and finish work.
Simpson Strong-Tie has been able to deepen its fastener offering since acquiring Swan Secure Fasteners in 2007. The new line of stainless-steel fasteners provides superior corrosion resistance, strength and durability, and is now fully integrated under the Simpson Strong-Tie brand. Customers can expect to see newly packaged stainless-steel hand-drive nails and screws, stainless-steel staples, brads and collated nails, and other corrosion-resistant fasteners.
“Our new offering of premium fasteners is a natural line extension for us,” said Mike Bugbee, senior vice president – fasteners. “It complements our expanding line of structural fasteners as well as our Quik Drive fastening systems.”
Simpson Strong-Tie is well known for its innovations in structural fasteners, including a few most recent additions, the Strong-Drive® SD structural-connector screw, SDW screw for multi-ply trusses and SDS screw in stainless steel. The company also is recognized for bringing new technology to fastening systems with its offering of Quik Drive® auto-feed screw driving systems and collated screws. For more information about the entire line of Simpson Strong-Tie fasteners, visit www.strongtie.com/fasten.
GRACE CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS OFFERS GREATER VERSATILITY WITH NEW MIRA® 62 ADMIXTURE
Cambridge, Massachusetts—July 22, 2009—Grace Construction Products, an operating segment of W. R. Grace & Co. (NYSE: GRA), has introduced MIRA® 62, its next generation polycarboxylate-based linear dosing admixture, covering water-reduction needs from Water-Reducer to Mid-Range Water-Reducer.
The linear dose water reduction capability of MIRA® 62 facilitates meeting various water/cement requirements, thus contributing to the production of less permeable, more durable concrete. The MIRA® 62 technology is versatile and can be used to produce a wide range of concrete slumps for applications such as pumping and flatwork, where superior finishing characteristics are required.
In addition, the superior dispersion capability of MIRA® 62 produces concrete with significantly improved early and ultimate compressive strength, while maintaining near neutral set times even at lower temperatures.
This admixture offers significant advantages over conventional water reducers, including:
- Superior air control
- Versatility—linear water reduction
- Neutral set times through wide range of dosage rates
- Exceptional compressive strength performance, workability and finishability
- Improved performance with pozzolans and pumpability with harsh mix designs
MIRA 62 meets the requirements of ASTM C494 Type A and F admixtures.
For more information about Grace’s product line, customers can contact their local Grace representative or visit the web site www.graceconstruction.com.
Simpson Strong-Tie Introduces DeckTools™ Design Software for Deck Builders and Suppliers
Pleasanton, Calif. – Imagine showing a prospective customer a picture of their dream deck—and not just a drawing or sketch, but a full-color, 3-dimensional image they can look at from any angle. DeckTools™, a sales, design and estimating software program for decks, allows deck builders and suppliers to bring photo-realistic deck designs to customers right from their laptops.
With DeckTools, users can create one-of-a-kind deck designs for their clients, customizing nearly every detail from the deck shape to railings and material choices. The program provides 3-dimensional views of deck and railing designs as well as traditional plan views. Designs are rendered in real time, so clients can see what their deck will look like with their home and backyard. The program also makes it easy to suggest upgrades by instantly showing the visual and cost impact.
In addition, DeckTools helps with practical design elements, such as identifying the key connections required by the building code and suggesting the appropriate Simpson Strong-Tie connectors and fasteners. Users can generate all of the drawings they need in minutes, including structural drawings for permit applications, working drawings for crews and detailed finished views for homeowner associations. They also can create material take-off lists, cost estimates and professional proposals which are fully-customizable Microsoft® Office documents. One-on-one training is provided with every license as well as ongoing online classes, self-paced instructional videos and customer support.
Simpson Strong-Tie acquired DeckTools in early 2009. For more information, visit www.strongtie.com/decktools
*Editors see a live demonstration of the program at PCBC in San Francisco on Thursday, June 18, booth 925 – south hall.
GRACE CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS INTRODUCES THE NEW ADVA® 400 ADMIXTURE SERIES, TAKING THE SCIENCE OF SCC PRODUCTION TO A NEW LEVEL
CAMBRIDGE, MA, April 27, 2009 - Grace Construction Products has introduced the ADVA® 400 Admixture Series, which provide unprecedented rheology control, materials management and moisture control to enable consistent manufacturing of Ready-Mix Self-Consolidating Concrete (SCC).
The state of the art time-releasing polycarboxylate technology included in the ADVA® 400 Series admixtures has been tailored to maintain constant dialed-in slump flow for over 2 hours without extended set, allowing for predictable transit and jobsite workability, minimizing the need for slump flow adjustment at the jobsite and subsequently reducing QC costs.
"The ADVA® 400 Series incorporates the latest technologies to maximize rheology control for conventional high flowing and SCC mixtures", noted Dr. Ara Jeknavorian, Grace Construction Products R&D Fellow. "The unparallel performance demonstrated by these admixtures results from using a statistically designed blend of selected polycarboxylates and other agents to mitigate the effect of materials variation on the stability of concrete mixtures, especially SCC", added Dr. Jeknavorian.
ADVA® 405 and ADVA® 408 are specifically designed to address the increased quality control costs associated with SCC versus that of conventional concrete. They are easy to use, single component advanced superplasticizing admixtures that can encompass water-reduction needs from conventional flowing concrete to SCC. These robust admixtures enable the concrete to tolerate daily material and water variation, leading to reduced QC cost and greater flexibility in mix design, in turn, leading to a substantial reduction in surface defects/repairs and in the number of rejected loads.
These new superplasticizers provide a number of benefits, including:
- 2+ hour slump flow retention with minimal to no retardation
- Consistent slump flow at the plant and in transit
- No slump flow increase or loss
- Exceptional robustness, controlling the effect of daily material and water variation
- Unprecedented rheology control for static and dynamic segregation resistance
- Highly fluid and stable mixtures and superior concrete surface finish
ADVA® 405 and ADVA® 408 meet the provisional requirements of ASTM C494 Type A and F, and ASTM C1017 Type I admixtures.
For more information about Grace’s product line, customers can contact their local Grace representative or visit the web site at www.graceconstruction.com.
Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Grace Construction Products, a business of W. R. Grace & Co. (NYSE: GRA), is a world-leading provider of technically superior concrete admixtures, fibers, surface treatments and liquid pigments that make concrete stronger, longer lasting, crack resistant, aesthetically pleasing and cost efficient. The company also manufactures additives for cement processing, fire protection, fire stops, waterproofing and masonry products, and has more than 125 plants and sales offices around the world. For more information about Grace Construction Products, customers can contact their local Grace Construction Products salesperson or visit www.graceconstruction.com.
Composite Beam
CSC is a major, international structural engineering software business with offices in the USA, Canada, UK, Australia, Malaysia and Singapore.
FASTRAK Building Designer - available from CSC Inc Chicago - saves time and money by equipping structural engineers with a tool to model and design buildings quickly and simply within a user interface suitable for any building geometry. As an introduction to this great software, CSC is offering the FASTRAK composite beam module to every US structural engineer - completely FREE and without obligation. Key benefits of the module include:
- No cost, unlimited licenses per company
- Tutorials, worked-examples and sample beam files included
- FREE access to training videos
Key capabilities of the software comprise:
- Composite/non-composite beam design
- Optimization of beam based on user-criteria
- 2005 Steel Specification (ASD / LRFD)
- Comprehensive and customizable output
FASTRAK is rapidly becoming a worldwide standard for steel building design, and this FREE module provides a neat introduction to the software.
For more information about FASTRAK - please contact:
Matthew Newton
CSC Inc Chicago
Tel: 877 710 2053
E-mail: sales@cscworld.com
www.cscworld.com