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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