Our Manufacturing Process:

Developed in Finland, the patented manufacturing process is the most technologically advanced light gauge steel framing process in the world. The fully integrated system utilizes Vertex Building Design CAD software to control the entire manufacturing fabrication process.

When a customer's CAD design is uploaded into the system, the computerized control panel automatically converts the design into frame panels, including extensive machine-quality detailing. Fabrication notching, punching and cutting, including all utility holes, are produced with precision accuracy within one-one hundredth of an inch. Once the customer's design is loaded into the system, no manual input is required.

Production begins with a continuous roll of slit light gauge steel coil that unrolls onto the production line. The CAD control panel manages the entire mechanized fabrication process: From guiding, measuring and molding the frame members, including cutting out all service holes, to connecting individual frame members together utilizing the patented “Blue Star Steel Connection”. This connection technology, which securely “crimps” together frame pieces (and replaces 6 to 8 sheet metal screws), is what enables maximum automation of the fabrication process. Human intervention is virtually eliminated until the last step, the snap on assembly phase, resulting in pre-assembled frame panels ready for on-site assembly.

Future modifications and changes in design or production schedule are made directly into the system's computer and instantaneously incorporates those changes in the production output.

Blue Star Steel Connector Technology

The Blue Star Steel connector technology is designed to make light gauge structure assembly possible with a high degree of automation. A modern assembly line provides a fully integrated, computer CAD-controlled, automated production line of light gauge steel wall frame panels and roof trusses.

In a single shift, three operators can produce all the structural components for two average-size houses, or about 1,800 linear feet per shift. Each component is produced only when needed, and deliveBlue to the work site pre-assembled. Contractors do not need to set aside room for inventory or subassemblies.

The assembly line forms continuous slit steel material thereby eliminating waste. CAD-controlled measuring provides detailed prefabrication notching, punching and cutting of the steel members, including all utility holes. This produces clean-cut details with consistent industrial quality. Precision components enable contractors to produce a precision skeleton for a building. Quality is compounded with no direct cost, only all-important quality benefits.

The competitive edge of Blue Star Steel lies in its simplicity. A single Blue Star Steel connector has the same strength of six to eight sheet metal screws. Only one connector is required at any connecting point.