Case Study - Seele Covertex - Gerber Technology

Guangzhou’s Largest Railway Station
The Guangzhou South Railway Station is the largest metro
station in Guangzhou and one of the four largest railway pas-
senger transportation hubs in China, serving 300,000 pas-
sengers per day. seele covertex was hired to manufacture and
install the membrane structure that covers the station. A total
of 20,000 square meters of single- and double-ply EFTE
material was used for the roof covering, the first time such
material was used in a China railway station. Daylight enters
the station through the rooflights – which are fitted with a
total of 13,000 square meters of PTFE.
The Guangzhou South Railway Station is
one of the four largest railway passenger
transportation hubs in China, serving
300,000 passengers per day.
seele covertex purchased a GERBERcutter ® DCS2500 in 2008
and has used it to accomplish several high-profile projects.
To meet the needs of seele covertex, Gerber customized a
DCS2500 cutter expanding the width of the cutting sur-
face to four meters and the length to 18 meters to provide
a surface big enough to carry out large cutting tasks.
According to both Bjoern Beckert, seele covertex’s general
manager and the company’s cutter operators, the cutter
delivers highly accurate cut parts by creating better patterns
and more efficient nests. The cutter also helped reduce mate-
rial costs and has increased daily output of cut materials from
300 square meters to 1,500 square meters. The cutter has
also been praised for its vacuum and air flotation systems
which are integral to the successful cutting of the materials
used by seele covertex.
A total of 20,000 square meters of single- and double-ply EFTE
material was used for the roof covering, the first time such material
was used in a China railway station.
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