TOPS­TEPS

WELCOME TO THE FUTURE OF JUST-IN-TIME STAIRS MANUFACTURING

With our recently developed and patented TOPSTEPS system for precast concrete staircases we have enabled the transition to digitalised and automated industrial production of staircases. For straight stairs with or without a landing we have already licensed the system very successfully in many parts of Europe (figure 1). We are currently developing a manufacturing system for spiral staircases that is based on the same principles and ideas.

TOPSTEPS CONSISTS OF 5 MODULES

  1. REINFORCEMENT TECHNOLOGY
  2. REINFORCEMENT FABRICATION
  3. FORMWORK TECHNOLOGY
  4. PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT
  5. CENTRAL PRECAST SERVER

THE ADVANTAGES OF TOPSTEPS:

  • Shortened manufacturing times
  • Reduced use of reinforcement and formwork materials
  • Significant reduction in manufacturing costs
  • Increased dimensional accuracy
  • Own software for automated planning, production and machine data generation
  • => Just-in-time production

 

With TOPSTEPS the total production time is reduced between 30% and 70%. Combined with the material savings for reinforcement and formwork, the manufacturing costs are reduced by between 30% and 50%

For more information please refer to our First contact letter and here (video)

Übersicht TOPSTEPS Partner

Figure 1: Overview TOPSTEPS Partner