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  • REPRECT – TOPSTEPS Starterpaket

    REPRECT – TOPSTEPS starter pack

    Get off to an efficient start with the REPRECT TOPSTEPS starter pack -
    Your solution for industrial staircase production


    In times of rising cos­ts and gro­wing demands for effi­ci­en­cy and fle­xi­bi­li­ty, solu­ti­ons are nee­ded that are not only tech­ni­cal­ly con­vin­cing, but also make eco­no­mic sen­se. With the new REPRECT TOPSTEPS star­ter pack we offer you exact­ly that:
    One Cost-effective ent­ry into indus­tri­al stair­ca­se pro­duc­tion from € 100,000depen­ding on the initi­al situa­ti­on, up to 25 – 50 % of manu­fac­tu­ring cos­ts can save – even from batch size 1.

    Why a starter pack?

    The ent­ry into indus­tri­al pro­duc­tion is often asso­cia­ted with high invest­ments. Our star­ter packa­ge is aimed at com­pa­nies, quick­ly, effi­ci­ent­ly and with mana­geable effort. want to enter indus­tri­al pro­duc­tion. It com­bi­nes a Intel­li­gent soft­ware solu­ti­on with tried and tes­ted equip­ment and thus enables a smooth start to pro­duc­tion.

    What is included in the package?

    • Access to our spe­cia­li­sed soft­ware (PCS)
      for the crea­ti­on of:
      • Plan­ning data (form­work plan, rein­force­ment plan)
      • Machi­nes and set­ting data
      • Plan for form­work con­s­truc­tion
    • The equip­ment requi­red for ent­ry into indus­tri­al pro­duc­tion
      • Form­work for stairs with and wit­hout landings
      • Step cores
      • Manu­al rein­force­ment tem­p­la­te
      • Wel­ding tem­p­la­te for head / base ele­ments
      • Par­king and tur­ning device
      • Tem­p­la­te for end form­work

    What can be produced with the starter pack?

    • Straight stair­ca­ses in a wide varie­ty of designs:
      • Straight stairs
      • Landing stairs
      • Stairs with landing abo­ve & below („Z” stairs)
      • Stairs with inter­me­dia­te landing
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    • The star­ter pack is inten­ded for the fol­lo­wing pro­duc­tion quan­ti­ties:
      • Dai­ly pro­duc­tion
        • Ø 1.5 Stairs
      • Annu­al pro­duc­tion
        • 300 pie­ces+
      • Dou­ble instal­la­ti­on
        • With the REPRECT-TOPSTEPS stair­ca­se pro­duc­tion sys­tem, it is pos­si­ble to pro­du­ce 2 stair­ca­ses with dif­fe­rent riser rati­os in one mould at the same time, thus incre­asing the effi­ci­en­cy of the equip­ment.
        • Depen­ding on the geo­me­try of the stairs to be manu­fac­tu­red, the dou­ble instal­la­ti­on makes it pos­si­ble to pro­du­ce an avera­ge of 1.5 stairs per working day.
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    REPRECT – TOPSTEPS special software

    PCS 01

    With our spe­cia­li­sed soft­ware (PCS), you can auto­ma­te the enti­re pro­duc­tion pro­cess for pre­fa­bri­ca­ted stair­ca­ses.
    The soft­ware gene­ra­tes all pro­duc­tion data ful­ly auto­ma­ti­cal­ly by sim­ply ente­ring the stair­ca­se para­me­ters – any­ti­me and any­whe­re.

    After ente­ring the stair­ca­se para­me­ters, you will recei­ve

    • Shut­te­ring plan
    • Rein­force­ment plan
    • 2D & 3D data of the stair­ca­se and form­work
    • Pro­duc­tion data (machi­ne data)

    The starter pack – equipment

    More details on the equip­ment included:

    • Form­work for stairs with and wit­hout landings
      • for landing lengths up to 165cm and sta­ir widths up to 145cm
        (Addi­tio­nal dimen­si­ons are pos­si­ble at an extra char­ge)
    • Step cores
      • 18 indi­vi­du­al step cores for inter­ch­an­geable risers
    • Manu­al rein­force­ment tem­p­la­te
      • Manu­al­ly adjus­ta­ble tem­p­la­te for the pro­duc­tion of pre­cise rein­force­ment cages accor­ding to the REPRECT – TOPSTEPS type sta­tics, as well as rein­force­ment cages in con­ven­tio­nal design
      • The tem­p­la­te is set using the data deter­mi­ned by the spe­cial soft­ware.
    • Wel­ding tem­p­la­te for head / base ele­ments
      • Tem­p­la­te for the pre­fa­bri­ca­ti­on of hea­der and foo­ter ele­ments for sub­se­quent pro­ces­sing in the manu­al rein­force­ment tem­p­la­te
    • Par­king and tur­ning device
      • Device for par­king, tur­ning, inter­me­dia­te sto­rage and as a work­sta­tion for rewor­king the finis­hed stairs
    • Tem­p­la­te for end form­work
      • Device for quick pro­duc­tion of the tim­ber end form­work with pre­de­fi­ned posi­ti­on points for the tim­ber boards – no mea­su­ring requi­red

    Expert knowledge included!

    Bene­fit from our exper­ti­se: in Expert inter­views our expe­ri­en­ced con­sul­tants and engi­neers share valuable tips, best prac­ti­ces and insights into indus­tri­al stair­ca­se manu­fac­tu­ring.

    Conclusion: The smart entry into staircase production

    The REPRECT TOPSTEPS star­ter pack is more than just a pro­duct – it is „the ent­ry into” a Inte­gra­ted pro­duc­tion con­ceptthat paves your way into indus­tri­al pro­duc­tion. Whe­ther as an entry-level solu­ti­on or to expand exis­ting capa­ci­ties: With REPRECT TOPSTEPS, you can rely on a future-proof solu­ti­on.

  • TOPSTEPS Treppenbewehrung am Puls der Zeit 

    TOPSTEPS staircase reinforcement at the cutting edge 

    In order to manu­fac­tu­re cus­to­mi­sed pre­fa­bri­ca­ted stair­ca­ses under indus­tri­al con­di­ti­ons in a par­ti­cu­lar­ly cost-effective man­ner, it was also neces­sa­ry to Rein­force­ment tech­no­lo­gy to chan­ge.

    • As part of the deve­lo­p­ment, the fol­lo­wing approa­ches were imple­men­ted on the basis of EUROCODES:
    • Reten­ti­on of the usu­al rib­bed steel rein­force­ment in the respec­ti­ve country-specific steel gra­des.
    • Rein­force­ment is only used whe­re ten­si­on occurs in the con­cre­te. The upper run­ning pla­te rein­force­ment is only rein­forced with mani­pu­la­ti­on or trans­port rein­force­ment.
    • No edging.
    • Use of type rein­force­ment ele­ments.
    • The TOPSTEPS rein­force­ment is based on test-supported sta­tic cal­cu­la­ti­ons by a renow­ned Aus­tri­an engi­nee­ring firm.
    • The tests were car­ri­ed out as part of a rese­arch pro­ject by the Vien­na Uni­ver­si­ty of Tech­no­lo­gy.
    • Crea­ti­on of a type sta­tics with nar­row dimen­sio­nal gra­da­ti­ons.
    • The type sta­tics are pro­ces­sed in a spe­ci­al­ly deve­lo­ped Pre­cast­Ser­ver soft­ware („PCS”).
    • Coor­di­na­ti­on and appr­oval of the new rein­force­ment sys­tem by the LGA .

    The Type sta­tics was reco­g­nis­ed in the fol­lo­wing count­ries authorised/validated:

    • Ger­ma­ny
    • Bel­gi­um
    • The Net­her­lands
    • Czech Repu­blic
    • Aus­tria
    • Switz­er­land
    • Ita­ly

    Start­ing in Aus­tria in 2013, the sys­tem was gra­du­al­ly rol­led out in the count­ries lis­ted abo­ve.


    The main advantages of TOPSTEPS staircase reinforcement

    Technical:

    • Pre­cise dimen­si­ons of the rein­force­ment cages thanks to indi­vi­du­al ele­ments that are assem­bled into rein­force­ment cages in a computer-controlled tem­p­la­te. This makes it pos­si­ble to pro­du­ce the cages with very low (a few mil­li­me­t­res) tole­ran­ces.
    • Ensu­ring the exact posi­ti­on of the main rein­force­ment with com­pres­si­ble spa­cer ele­ments and spot-welded stain­less steel spa­cers.
    • Ful­ly auto­ma­tic gene­ra­ti­on of the rein­force­ment plans incl. rein­force­ment sys­tem using Pre­cast Ser­ver Soft­ware (PCS).
    TOPSTEPS Bewehrungskorb mit Edelstahl-Abstandhalter in TOPSTEPS Schalung
    Figu­re 3: TOPSTEPS rein­force­ment cage with stain­less steel spa­cer in TOPSTEPS form­work
    Bewehrungsplan aus PCS Software
    Figu­re 4: Rein­force­ment plan from PCS soft­ware

    Further advantages of TOPSTEPS staircase reinforcement

    Economical:

    • Rein­force­ment requi­re­ment redu­ced by up to 50 %, on avera­ge approx. 50 kg per stair­ca­se.
    • Less time requi­red to pro­du­ce the rein­force­ment cages.
    • Low plan­ning effort in com­bi­na­ti­on with the most eco­no­mic­al design of the rein­force­ment.
    • No „over-reinforcement”.
    • Indi­vi­du­al struc­tu­ral ana­ly­ses and plan­ning only requi­red for approx. 20 % of the stairs.

    Ecological:

    • The type rein­force­ment results in an opti­mi­sed rein­force­ment design. Tog­e­ther with TOPSTEPS tech­no­lo­gy, the rein­force­ment requi­re­ment is signi­fi­cant­ly redu­ced, on avera­ge by up to 50 kg.
    • Depen­ding on the steel pro­duc­tion (new steel, recy­cled steel, etc.), this results in a CO2-equi­va­lent of approx. 2.00.
    • approx. 6 kWh ener­gy saving (incl. raw steel pro­duc­tion) per kg of redu­ced rein­force­ment = approx. 300 kWh per avera­ge TOPSTEPS stair­ca­se com­pared to con­ven­tio­nal­ly rein­forced stair­ca­ses (approx. 10 TOPSTEPS stair­ca­ses alre­a­dy save the annu­al elec­tri­ci­ty con­sump­ti­on of a nor­mal house­hold).
    • approx. 100 kg CO2 Savings per avera­ge TOPSTEPS stair­ca­se and per fuel used (coal, coke, gas, etc.).

    We and our spe­cia­lists will be hap­py to pro­vi­de you with detail­ed tech­ni­cal infor­ma­ti­on.