About Us

Operating from Hamm, Germany, 3R solutions started out as a software company specialized in custom automation solutions for pipe-shops. Among our customers were many German shipyards. Since then we have spent many successful decades extending our business to also offering turnkey pipe-shop solutions, with numerous customers located in countries around the globe, and have perfected the method of combining shops with equipment geared towards automation with intelligent software for maximized efficiency and control of the entire pipe spool fabrication process.

Customers & Partners

Our customers are located all around the globe. Many of them use a 3R pipe-shop for their pipe spool fabrication, while others have integrated our extensive software suite into their existing workflow. With over 40 successful projects worldwide and new ones being added each year, 3R solutions continues to improve the quality and efficiency of pipe spool production.

2022

Completion of pipe-shop solution in Thailand
Optimization of automation solution for co*ke oven in Germany

2021

Contract for major turnkey pipe-shop project (machines & software) in Saudi Arabia
Completion of turnkey pipe-shop project (machines & software) in UAE
Completion of pipe-shop solution in Oman
Software solution for pipe-shop in Brazil
Support of multi-axis freeform bending machine

2020

Software solution for pipe-shop in Germany
Next phase of major project in China
Next phase of major project in Singapore
Contract for software project in Lithuania

2019

Beginning of major project in China
Beginning of major project in Singapore
Consulting in Russia and the Netherlands
Extensive software project for a large German shipyard
Finalization of pipe shop project in Lithuania
Finalization of phase 1 of a pipe shop project in Singapore, confirmation of phase 2 and 3

2018

Consulting for shipyards in Singapore, Middle-East and China
Installation and consulting in South Korea
Completion of software project in Kuwait

2017

Cooperation agreement for Korean market
Software projects in USA, South East Asia and Middle-East
Pipe-shop concepts for customers in Russia, Singapore, Australia,Saudi Arabia and Iran
Installation of two pipe-shops in UAE
Software solution for major German chemical enterprise

2016

Largest pipe-shop project (as of 2016) in UAE
Software projects in Kuwait, Malaysia, Brazil and Philippines
Development of web-based software solution for management of welding joints
Installation and commissioning of a workshop for components for seawater desalination plants in Singapore
Cooperation with a bending machine manufacturer in the USA
Software concept for a major American steel company
Software for truck manufacturers

2015

Second installation stage of stainless steel pipe-shop project in Singapore
Consulting for major pipe-shop project in Dubai
Projects in Oman, Kuwait, south of Malaysia and Netherlands
Development of a spool positioner

2014

First installation stage of stainless steel pipe-shop project in Singapore
Software projects in Germany, South East Asia and Middle-East
Delivery of TIG/MAG automated welding machine to Singapore

2013

Largest pipe-shop project (as of 2013) in Romania
Software projects in Germany, Turkey, Singapore and Japan
Expansion of pipe-shop in Singapore: automatic slip-on flange welding machine added to existing 3R layout
Implementation of bending solutions already used in Germany for Daimler (Istanbul)
Conversion of the entire software framework for pipe prefabrication to 3R at P+S shipyards (Stralsund)

2012

Expansion of pipe-shop in Singapore: second pipe dispenser added to existing 3R layout
Software projects in Netherlands and Brazil
Development of flange welding machine in cooperation with leading German machine manufacturer
Successful extension of Freeform Manager with an innovative self-learning bend correction method to drastically minimize test bends and scrap (see case study for the Ithra project in KSA)

2011

Commissioning of fully automated pipe-shop in Singapore
Development of Freeform Manager: software for calculation and simulation of variable radius bends
Software project in Singapore

2010

2009

Consulting for pipe-shop project in Singapore
Re-design of RoniCAD and re-branding as IsoBuilder
Creation of a solution for tube bending processes for Evobus / Daimler
Development of co*ke oven monitoring software for German customer

2008

Consulting for pipe-shop project in Singapore
Development of data networking software in cooperation with bending machine manufacturer
Kolli is available in six additional languages

2007

Development of process tracking tool RonPro
Release of new version of our bending simulation software Kolli

2006

New sales partners in Sweden

2005

Release of P&ID solution RoniR2D
Simulation of double-headed bending machines with multiple tools

2004

Realtime 3D manufacturing control
Development of software for managing material and jobs
Simulation of induction bending machines

2003

Commissioning of paperless control system for German pipe-shop
Order for an additional paperless control system
Relocation of our office to local technology center

2002

Development of three customized workshop control units

2001

Export of 3D models to different formats
Statistical analysis of material consumption, calculation of workshop-usage in RAMP
Automatic separation of complex pipe systems into simple bendable elements
Bending simulation for double-headed bending machines and machines with rotating head or axes

2000

Bending simulation for multi radius bending machines operational
Import of external 3D structures from third-party systems

1999

Availability of RAMP for Windows

1998

Starting the new Windows version of RONICAD in a German shipyard
Usage of STORE in plant manufacturing

1997

Release of our bending simulation Kolli for Windows

1995

Re-development of our RONI software for WindowsNT

1992

RONICAD implemented for MS-DOS

1990

RONI Kolli as an independent system for MS-DOS

1985

Development of a bending collision validation software

1982

First RONI system starts in a shipyard on a workstation