A rebar-tying robotic lately helped to spice up productiveness and employee security on a bridge venture in Wisconsin.

TyBOT enabled the human crew from Waukesha, Wisconsin-based rebar subcontractor MKE Iron Erectors to finish work on the IH-39 Construction B-11-166 bridge in Columbia County. TyBOT achieved 17,823 ties in two shifts in late April throughout a 7,775-square-foot space. 

Launched in 2018 by Pittsburgh-based Superior Development Robotics, the machine ties reinforcing metal at a charge of over 1,100 ties per hour, per a launch. Development employees usually full between 150 and 250 ties per hour, based on one estimate.

“Having TyBOT on our jobsite was a significant asset to our crew as they completed the venture on time and on finances,” stated Barb Sheedy, president and proprietor of MKE, within the launch.

The usage of the robotic additionally introduced well being and security advantages for employees, she stated. 

“Much less tying means they may expertise much less bodily stress, probably extending their careers whereas avoiding pressure accidents,” Sheedy stated.

TyBOT self-navigates, self-ties and doesn’t require programming or BIM plan enter from the working crew, based on the agency. With the Wisconsin venture, it has now accomplished 3.5 million ties on greater than 40 jobs in 12 totally different states together with Pennsylvania and Florida.

The corporate’s different product, IronBOT, can carry, carry and set up a 5,000-pound bundle of rebar in a single hour. Its inaugural venture was accomplished in February on the Port St. Lucie West Boulevard Bridge in Florida with Reddick, Florida-based contractor Shelby Erectors. The work was accomplished in seven days, half the time initially estimated for conventional set up.

Working in tandem, the 2 bots can revolutionize the set up of reinforcing metal, based on ACR founder Stephen Muck.

“We’re assured the mix of TyBOT and IronBOT generates a disruptive expertise, that means the time and value financial savings are so vital on a job that it’ll disrupt the way in which our business installs reinforcing metal,” stated Muck in a press launch asserting the launch of the IronBOT at this 12 months’s ConEXPO occasion in Las Vegas.