Introducing Steelform Core: the new entry point into steel framing
Steel framing technology proven at scale, now built for your first step
I am very excited to announce the launch of the FRAMECAD Steelform Core! The latest addition to the steel framing technology range. A steel framing machine designed for businesses starting their steel framing journey and looking to enter the FRAMECAD end-to-end ecosystem.
For more than 35 years, our technology has powered steel framing operations across the world, from single machine factories to high-production plants delivering thousands of frames a week. That expertise shapes every generation of our steel framing machines, software releases and the Steelform Core carries that same DNA.
As more of the construction industry moves to steel framing and offsite manufacturing, I talk to more builders looking for a practical way in. This machine is our answer. The Steelform Core brings proven FRAMECAD technology to businesses at the start of their steel framing journey. It is the entry point into the FRAMECAD Ecosystem: a starting point, not a ceiling.
A steel framing machine built for the work in front of you
We purpose-built the Steelform Core for trusses, wall frames and floor joists in structures up to three levels. From day one, you're manufacturing the steel frames your pipeline demands, in-house, all on the one machine and on your schedule.
Steel frame production output: finished frames, not just line speed
When I talk to people comparing steel framing machines, I try to make sure they don't fall into the trap of reading line speed alone. Real productivity is finished frames and trusses per day. Punching time and assembly all shape what comes off the line, and we optimized the Steelform Core across all of it. Machine learning continuously optimizes the hydraulic performance, which leads to increased output of finished frames from every minute of uptime and a 50% more energy efficient product, which maximizes the return on your investment.
Your entry into the FRAMECAD steel framing Ecosystem
What excites me most is what this machine unlocks. In the past, builders have wanted to join the FRAMECAD Ecosystem, but our higher production range was harder to justify smaller volumes or people looking to just get started. The Steelform Core is now the entry point that makes it possible. It includes FRAMECAD Nexa production management and works with FRAMECAD Steelwise™ design and engineering software and FRAMECAD fasteners and connectors, all developed and integrated in-house:
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Steelwise™: design and engineering software
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Nexa: production management for your end-to-end steel framing operation, included with every Steelform Core
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Steelform Core: the steel framing machine at the heart of your operation
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Components: fasteners and connectors to complete the build
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Customer Success: support to get you producing quicker and ensure success
One Ecosystem carries your data from design to manufacture to build and because our whole range runs the same Ecosystem, your designs, data and operator skills carry across as your volume grows. The businesses running high-production FRAMECAD plants today all started somewhere. From today, the Steelform Core is where that journey begins.
Start here. Scale with FRAMECAD as you grow
The FRAMECAD Steelform Core is available now, and I would love to show you what it can do. Explore the full details and talk to our team about bringing steel framing in-house.
