Cuts and bends reinforcement bar to schedule, usually at a cutting-and-bending yard, so fixers receive bar ready to place.
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Gulf Orbit supplies steel benders to construction and infrastructure projects anywhere in Saudi Arabia. Benders cut and bend reinforcement bar to the bar bending schedule, at a cutting-and-bending yard or on site, check shapes and dimensions, and tag and stack each bundle by bar mark so the steel fixers receive bar ready to place.
Usually requested with steel fixers. State the size of the bar schedule.
Request a quoteSteel benders and steel fixers are often confused. The bender prepares bar: cutting it to length and bending it to the shapes on the schedule. The fixer places and ties that bar in the formwork. On most jobs the two work as one supply chain, and a shortage of benders shows up as fixers waiting for steel. Request both, with the balance set by your pour programme and whether bar arrives pre-bent from a supplier.
Everything a bender does comes from the bar bending schedule: bar mark, diameter, shape code, dimensions and quantity. Good benders read shape codes quickly, plan cutting to reduce offcuts, and check the first bar of every mark against the schedule before running the batch. Errors here are cheap to fix at the machine and expensive once the bar reaches the deck. Send a sample schedule with the RFQ if your detailing is complex.
Bent bar is only useful if the fixers can find it. Benders tag each bundle with bar mark and element, and stack bundles in the order they will be lifted to the deck. Mixed or untagged bundles cost the fixing crew hours of sorting at height. Agree your tagging and stacking system with the yard foreman on day one, and link it to the crane or delivery schedule so bar arrives in the sequence it is fixed.
Rebar shears and bending machines have pinch points and high forces, and most injuries in a bending yard happen at the machine. Benders keep guards in place, feed bar with the machine stopped, handle long bars in pairs, and wear gloves against sharp ends. Brief your yard rules before the first shift, and check the machines' condition and emergency stops, whoever supplies them.
Steel benders usually work at the yard with helpers who feed bar and move bundles, a storekeeper who controls bar stock by diameter, and a yard foreman who plans the schedules. On the deck, steel fixers place what the benders produce, under a civil foreman. Send the tonnage, bar sizes and pour dates, and the bender-to-fixer balance is proposed for your programme.
Trade, headcount, site location, start date, duration and shift pattern. Anything you can add about site access and permit requirements shortens the next step.
Complete RFQs get a priced quotation, or an acknowledgement with any questions needed to price them, within 24 hours (Sunday–Thursday).
CVs, iqama and trade documentation, with TUV or Aramco card copies where the trade holds one, are submitted for your review. Nobody mobilizes before you approve the profiles.
In-Kingdom personnel mobilize to sites anywhere in Saudi Arabia within 48–72 hours of the purchase order, subject to worker documents and site approvals. Every worker completes Gulf Orbit's safety induction before deployment, and is briefed on your site's permit-to-work and access requirements.
Iqama, identification and trade documentation are available for client review before mobilization. Where a client requires a specific certification or a trade test before a worker is accepted on site, say so in the requirement and it will be addressed during matching rather than after arrival.
A steel bender cuts and bends reinforcement to the schedule. A steel fixer places and ties it in position before the pour. They are separate trades on the register, and most jobs need both.
Yes. Reading bar marks, shape codes and dimensions from the schedule is the core of the trade. If your schedules follow a specific standard or format, mention it in the RFQ.
Name the machines your yard uses in the RFQ, whether manual benders, powered benders or automatic stirrup machines, so benders familiar with them are put forward.
It depends on whether bar arrives pre-bent, the bar sizes and the pour rate. Send the tonnage and pour programme, and the bender-to-fixer balance is proposed for your job.
Benders are supplied as manpower and work with the machines at your yard or site. State in the RFQ which machines are available.
Mobilization of in-Kingdom personnel to project sites anywhere in Saudi Arabia takes 48–72 hours from purchase order (PO), subject to worker documents and site approvals.
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