MACHINERY
Expanding into new segments
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GLASTON HAS CLOSED A significant deal with Glas Gasperlmair located in Austria. The deal includes Glaston’ s ProBend bending and tempering furnace with turnkey installation. The machine will be delivered to the customer in summer 2017. The order is booked in Glaston’ s Q4 / 2016 order book.
With its zero-tooling process and very short changeover time, Glaston ProBend offers a cost-effective and flexible production. ProBend has the capability of processing glass in a wide range of sizes for high-quality bent tempered, heat-strengthened and laminated products.
Glas Gasperlmair has relied on Glaston glass processing equipment for more than
20 years and already operates four Glaston FC furnaces. This deal completes the company’ s product range of glass, giving Glas Gasperlmair a unique position in Austria.
“ We are very happy to deliver the ProBend to our long term customer Glas Gasperlmair. With this addition to their equipment Glas Gasperlmair further strengthens their position as forerunner in the glass business in Austria”, says Pekka Hytti, SVP, Sales and Service, EMEA.
“ Highest precision is our motto for all our glass processing lines. With the inclusion of ProBend to our machinery we will be able to expand our business into new customer segments,” says Josef Gasperlmair, Managing Director and owner of Glas Gasperlmair.
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Beating out the Competition
Kombimatec continues to prove it’ s one of the best machinery manufacturers in the UK by im-pressing leading aluminium partitioning and door company, Planet Partitioning, the sister division of Planet Products Limited( PP).
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AFTER REVIEWING A NUMBER OF other manufacturers Kombimatec came out on top for the West Sus-sex-based company, choosing to purchase not only a DGS534 Electronic Double Mitre Saw but also an AMC602 Machining Centre.
“ Kombimatec came out as the preferred choice,” said Fraser Green, Director of PP, after shopping around looking for the best machinery available with good functionality, a solid support network at a reasonable cost.“ The ability to generate programmes for the
CNC router from the office at the order entry stage so that it can then be run on the CNC simply by scanning a barcode is very impressive,” he added.
Aside from being impressed by the machinery functionality offered, Fraser admitted to being a fan of the Luton-based company’ s customer service:“ The communication and willingness to provide further information on any queries raised was another reason we chose them over the competi-tion- their customer service has been very good.”
Kombimatec offers a wide range of electronic saws, of which Planet Partitioning selected the DGS534 Electronic Double Mitre Saw. The DGS534 supplied has a cutting length of four meters although, with the double stroke facility, the length of cut is extended to eight meters. It also has a short cut facility for cleat cutting and such. The heads swing inside and out to 45 degrees deliver-ing great flexibility while the complete optimised cutting lists are downloaded to the saw via an Ethernet connection from a computer.
The AMC602 Machining Centre has been designed to process extruded aluminium and utilises ad-vanced CNC control combined with CAD software to position the electro spindle and selected tool to work on the selected profile. It includes four controlled axes, four adjustable pneumatic clamps and comes with an industrial control unit for accurate positional control and a PC interface with CADCAM software. It also has an automatic tool changer to accommodate up to seven different tools. As a result, the machine can drill, rout, tap and mill without operator interference.
www. kombimatec. com
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