Clearview National October 2018 - Issue 203 | Page 44

DOORS & WINDOWS
PROUD SPONSOR OF DOORS & WINDOWS

URBAN INVESTMENT

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FOLLOWING ON FROM the commissioning of four new BDM cutting and machining centres at a combined cost of £ 1.7million, TruFrame has now installed a new Urban welding and cleaning line that’ s already offering outstanding levels of product quality, accuracy and consistency and without any additional cost to their customers.
The new AKS 6910 / 8 VARIO has been specified with electrically driven servo motors on each of the welder’ s eight heads, which replaces the traditional arrangement of pneumatic cylinders that have been used on this sort of machinery for decades.
These‘ smart heads’ communicate with each other in real-time, allowing them to drive together at the same rate and with the same degree of force. This not only ensures that all frame and
transom / mullion elements are welded in perfectly square, but additional controlled pressure at the final‘ squeeze’ point helps to improve overall joint strength.
The introduction of the new welder, with its cutting-edge technology, has also allowed TruFrame to further improve the visual appearance of all frame corner and transom joints by reducing the weld restriction from 2.5mm to just 0.2mm. The resulting‘ pencil-thin’ weld line on foiled product is a striking visual enhancement, which extends around the entire frame rebate due to the unique profile specific tooling which formed a large part of the entire investment.
The corner cleaning section makes up the second half of the new line and provides an enormous amount of additional manufacturing capacity. The SV
800 / 4 automated CNC cleaning station is able to process four corner or transom joints in a single cycle time. The consistency of cleaning and final finish is improved with the use of Teflon-coated knives and bespoke cutter sets for processing odd-leg outer frames. Finally, the added automation through softwarecontrolled transfer tables reduces the potential for damage caused by manual handling.
TruFrame’ s two-year investment programme was
planned from the outset to provide ample capacity for future growth, whilst also challenging the industry’ s accepted quality standards. With the project’ s completion scheduled for early 2019, when the second welding and cleaning line is delivered and commissioned, the company has been pleased with the early response garnered from customers.
www. truframe. co. uk

“ Wake up to the benefits of timber”

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A RESPECTED MANCHESTER installer is thriving thanks to West Port’ s world-class window and doors.
Offering a huge range of quality home improvement products, and operating across the Manchester, Altrincham and Didsbury areas, Bayfield Bespoke is one of the region’ s leading window replacement specialists.
Now, the company is experiencing surging demand for the outstanding timber window and doors that it supplies and installs through Cumbrian fabricator West Port.
“ We’ re finding that more and more homeowners are waking up to the benefits of timber,” comments Bayfield Bespoke’ s Emma Green.“ There’ s always been an appreciation of its timeless aesthetics – but now there’ s a growing awareness of its sustainability, long life and low maintenance too.
“ What’ s more, it’ s hugely versatile. Thanks to West Port’ s state-of-the-art inhouse colouring facility, we’ re able to offer products in a vast range of different colours and finishes, allowing us to tailor them to a customer’ s exact specifications.”
Sean Parnaby, West Port Managing Director, comments:“ We’ re delighted to be working with an installer of Bayfield’ s calibre – and that they’ re having so much success selling our windows and doors.
“ We’ re extremely selective about who we work with. End-users experience our products through our installer customers – they determine how homeowners perceive us. And that’ s why we’ re only interested in collaborating with the best.
“ In return, our customers get outstanding products that can help them take their businesses to the next level. Across the country, we’ re hearing stories like Bayfield Bespoke’ s – quality-focused installers winning more sales and growing their businesses thanks to rising demand for premium timber windows and doors.
“ If you’ d like to do the same, contact West Port today.”
Over twenty years, West Port has risen to become one of the UK’ s biggest and most respected timber fabricators, but also a key part of VKR Holding, the fenestration powerhouse behind Velfac and Velux.
Today, the firm employs more than 180 craftsmen and technicians and operates from a 175,000-square foot factory kitted out with cutting-edge equipment, including a state-ofthe-art colouring plant.
www. west-port. co. uk
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