Project Files LEED Gold Sheet Metal Facility Retrofit

摘要

In 2017, RenewAire moved into a 110,000-square-foot building and retrofitted it as one of the nation's few LEED Gold-certified industrial facilities.Now the manufacturer has completed an eight-month-long, multi-million dollar investment: automating its sheet metal fabrication process.The new equipment features a Salvagnini SL4 laser-punch, B3 press brake, and P4 panel bender.It reduces manufacturing critical-path time, saves space and energy, cuts production lead time up to 40%, and trims material waste.The towers' strategic positioning with the equipment sequential configuration combine for a time-saving fabrication production line.RenewAire's investment into an optional automated tool assistance add-on eliminates labor-intensive, hands-on B3 retooling setups.The towers' sheet metal inventory is conveyed 120 linear feet through the pre-programmed laser cutter, conveyance/part manipulation system,and panel bending equipment - all of which is automated.