PAINT & POWDER
British designer and manufacturer of workplace storage Est . 1982 makes significant investment with Gema UK
As part of their on-going investment strategy , Metal Office Equipment have recently finalised the latest step in their production improvement programme , this included a stateof-the-art Gema Magic Compact horizontal powder coating plant .
Est . 1982 by Terry Hunt , Metal Office is an award winning British designer & manufacturer of workplace storage - supplying leading UK furniture dealers and manufacturers with projects at home and overseas .
Manufactured in Suffolk , England from locally sourced materials , where possible , the product range is designed to be 100 % recyclable , using the latest technology and energy efficient manufacturing equipment to make exceptional products with minimal impact on the environment .
We discuss this investment with Managing Director Sean Pomfret , who provided some insight into the services and continuous success of one of the UK ’ s leading furniture equipment business .
Sean explained “ Metal Office Equipment has been at the forefront of premium quality office furniture for many years , to remain top of our game we have a laser focus on process , technology , quality , and efficiency . With this in mind , we have an investment strategy and programme of asset management that is borne out by this major investment .”
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The recently installed powder booth is shown to the left .
Sean continued “ Powder coating has always been central to our operation and forms an extremely important part of our process . Over a 12 month period , we reviewed all the available options that met with the exacting business requirements . The top options were then reviewed via a matrix of possibilities based on specific criteria - quality , durability , longevity , ease of operation and after-sales service . We concluded that the right decision was to switch away from our supplier of many years to the Gema brand , replacing our existing dense phase powder application system and replacing it with the advanced Gema SIT offering , a choice that has proven to be the right decision ”
The Magic Compact fast colour change system features cutting edge technology from the industry leading Swiss supplier Gema . Packed with innovations including the SIT OptiSpray ( pictured on opposite page ).
The updated OptiSpray pump technology delivers new levels of constant and repeatable high quality coating results over extended production periods . Unlike a traditional four valve dense phase pump , the SIT uses Smart- Inline-Technology , two valves fitted inline , this provides an undisrupted powder path and delivers the perfect powder output . There is also far less to maintain than the older generation pumps , with half the number of valve maintenance requirements and costs are significantly reduced . The system also has integrated performance monitoring , as a result the operators are not required to manually inspect the pinch valve condition .
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