01 / 07 · Model
From the model
One spool, straight from the BIM model: 6″ Sch 40 carbon steel, 150# weld-neck flanges, a long-radius elbow and a tee.
02 / 07 · Receive
Material arrives
The truck delivers a stick of pipe and a pallet of fittings. The crane unloads them onto the stands.
03 / 07 · Cut
Cut to length
The saw takes four pieces off the stick. The fittings come off the pallet for this spool.
04 / 07 · Fit-up
Fit-up
The pieces come together and get tacked at every joint, ready for the welder.
05 / 07 · Weld
Weld out
The bead runs around the riser-to-flange joint. The other joints finish behind it.
06 / 07 · QC
Quality check
A scan sweeps the spool top to bottom. Green means it passes.
07 / 07 · Ship
Load out
The crane sets the finished spool on the trailer with four others and it gets strapped down.
