MACHINERY
QUADRUPLE CUTTING AND MACHINING CENTRE INVESTMENT
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TRUFRAME HAS RECENTLY commissioned its fourth and final BDM cutting and machining centre, marking a major milestone in the unprecedented £ 3.2 million investment programme, which has been carried out over the last 18 months.
The quartet of new cutting and machining centres provide a far greater level of accuracy, consistency and production throughput than the machines they replace, whilst also having been tailored to suit TruFrame’ s specific requirements.
The bespoke features include the ability to process profiles as short as 195mm, taking the requirement to separately process short profiles from thirteen per shift to just one every other shift, whilst diamond-tipped saw blades ensure that cut quality is as reliable as possible whilst dramatically reducing the frequency of blade changes.
The 8-axis machines also benefit from servodriven motors and a magnetic linear drive system, capable of moving at an astonishing 15 metres per second.
The additional capacity provided by the new cutting and machining centres puts TruFrame in the position of being able to comfortably
manufacture 4,000 frames on a standard 40-hour week. Further additional capacity is already planned via the future development of the night shift, with aspirations to produce as many as 5,000 frames from their current site.
www. truframe. co. uk
Dramatic rise in SMR-5 sales
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HAFFNER MURAT HAS REPORTED A dramatic rise in sales of its SMR-5 welder, with Managing Director Dave Thomas saying,“ it is the fastest and most accurate welder on the market today and has been designed to add value to every fabricator’ s set up.”
In a single operation the SMR-5 can weld four squares and is capable of welding two corner / transom / corner windows or one window and two sashes in a single operation.
Performing five H welds in less than four minutes, changing from corners to transoms in seconds, and guaranteeing 90 degrees welding every time thanks to automatic head
positioning and self centres for transoms; it all adds up to a machine that transforms speed, quality and efficiency on the fabrication floor.
ELUMATEC ENHANCES AWE- INSPIRING LOUVRE ABU DHABI
Despite the machine’ s many advantages it has been designed to be easy to use. There’ s touch screen control with memory positioning and all operations can be controlled automatically.
Like all Haffner Murat machines the SMR-5 comes with the reassurance of expert installation and full training so it can start to deliver return on investment from day one. Finance packages are available subject to status and part exchange is an option.
www. haffnermurat. com
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THE LOUVRE ABU DHABI WILL bring some of history’ s greatest artworks to the Middle East – but the jaw-dropping building, the work of Pritzker Prize-winning architect Jean Nouvel, is gaining as much attention as the pieces showcased within it.
The project- a striking 180m honeycomb dome of aluminium and stainless steel, that takes on the appearance of a canopy filled with 7,850 stars at night- was the work of Abu Dhabi-based elumatec customer White Aluminium, and given its sheer scale and complexity, elumatec itself was on-hand throughout to offer advice and support.
“ This amazing project is a fantastic demonstration of just what elumatec technology is capable of,” comments Phil Heavey, Managing Director of elumatec UK.
Mechanical engineers from the firm’ s Muhlacker headquarters were dispatched to set up two identical SBZ 151 Flexium + CNCs – state-of-the-art 5-axis profile machining centres, complete with onboard tool magazines to ensure tool changing times are kept to a minimum, thereby optimising machining cycles, while eluCad software allows for quick and intuitive programming.
On the Louvre, elumatec turned CSV files provided by the project’ s developers into 21 master files, from which production data for almost 500,000 profile parts were transferred into eluCad. After initial tests in Muhlacker, the main manufacturing phase was set into motion at White Aluminium.
www. elumatec. co. uk
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