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West Midlands fabricator Central RPL, has recently invested in a heritage machinery package from Haffner Murat. Gary Morton, managing director of Central RPL, said: “The heritage market is one of the biggest growth areas at the moment. Haffner Murat’s heritage machinery package allows us to help our customers tap into this demand as well as deliver the quality we’re renowned...
When Clarke Facades in Ballymena opened a dedicated fabrication side to its business last year, it chose an Emmegi Satellite XT five-axis machining centre. The company wanted to be able to manufacture more of the curtain walling and bespoke architectural elements that they install on large scale building envelope projects across the UK and Ireland; and were doubling the fabrication...
Teesside Architectural Aluminium has installed and automated CNC production machinery to increase output, while maintaining high quality and precision in its aluminium window frames, entrances and curtain walling. Owner Paul McPherson embarked upon an exercise to evaluate the needs of the business, which, since its inception 11 years ago, had built a large portfolio of customers for its products. After...
Haffner Murat has commissioned a major expansion programme which will see its Staffordshire headquarters double in size. Fully operational by June 2019, the new facility will provide a quicker flow through for the company’s machines along with new areas for machinery testing, painting and quality control. The new factory will provide additional space for machine assembly and testing while providing...
Frame Fast UK is one of the first companies to offer sash windows manufactured using Jade Engineering’s new MechWeld system. Nigel Leivers, director at Frame Fast, said: “Over the last 12 months we have been testing the new machines in real factory conditions, and it’s been great. We had been looking for a solution for our popular Modus flush sash...
The new Emmegi website has been designed to make it easier for machinery buyers to access information about any of the machines in the company’s range. Simple to navigate and with more product videos and downloadable product information, it contains a library of content that users can search by category, product name, or application type. There are videos showing everything...
The Bifold Network has invested in software and machinery products from Elumatec. MD Allan Ensor, said: “When you’ve spent 20 painstaking years building a reputation for quality and excellence, you become very choosy about who you will and won’t buy machinery from. We’ve got a reputation to protect, and that means we’re not willing to settle for anything less than...
Machinery company Avantek is helping to address the skills shortage – both internally and for fabricators – with two very different focuses, the company said. Managing director Nigel Bishop said: “Our company and wider group has always had a history of apprentices – so when the Apprenticeship Levy was introduced earlier this year we saw it as a great opportunity...
Jade Engineering has developed a PVCU welding method that creates an external mechanical joint aesthetic, but with the strength and integrity of a welded finish. The company said it has listened to comments from its fabricator customers, who said mechanically jointed top and bottom rails on traditional window styles are continuing to grow in popularity. This demand can raise issues...
Emmegi has supplied a Tekna 944 four-axis machining centre to Devon-based Camel Glass. The Emmegi Group’s acquisition of Tekna in 2016 gave Emmegi customers in the UK access to a much broader range of machining centre options, the company said. The Tekna 944 machine was the main attraction on the Emmegi stand at the Mach manufacturing show at the NEC...
Camden is expanding to keep up with customer demand. The Camden door factory will see the addition of two NR242 high speed machining centres from Haffner, plus welding and assembly lines to speed up and ensure accuracy of the cut and prepped doors. The aim of the upgrade was to create a fully automated factory. Dave Thomas, managing director at...
Elumatec is offering its customers maintenance contracts. For an annual charge, the firm’s field service engineers visit customer premises up to three times a year, fully inspecting and servicing any Elumatec products to ensure they’re running as efficiently as possible. Sales director Neil Parton said: “Fabricators will regularly spend £tens-of-thousands on new machinery, but it’s much less common for them...
Following on from the commissioning of four new BDM cutting and machining centres at a combined cost of £1.7 million, TruFrame has now installed a new Urban welding and cleaning line that’s already offering outstanding levels of product quality, accuracy and consistency, the company said. The new AKS 6910/8 Vario has been specified with electrically driven servo motors on each...
Garrard Windows has added a sixth Emmegi machining centre to its aluminium fabrication set up, confirming the Coventry-based specialist as its first-choice machining centre supplier. Garrard now has three Emmegi T3A three axis machines in its Pitstone factory, alongside three Emmegi Phantomatic M3 four axis models and two Itaca Solution NC controlled crimpers. Steve Leek, Garrard’s joint managing director, said:...
Emmegi has seen sales of trollies and handling equipment grow dramatically this year as customers recognise that there is more to the company than just its range of cutting and machining centres and saws. Trolley sales are up by 90% against the same period in 2017 and sales of its most popular Acca XL assembly benches are up by more...
York-based Solinear, manufacturer of architectural louvres, shading and facade screening solutions, has purchased an SBZ 122 3-axis CNC from Elumatec. Solinear has also purchased eluCad, the machine programming software from Elusoft, Elumatec’s software development arm, which said eluCad simplifies the programming of machining centres. Rather than requiring users to input complex code, the product can be operated by quickly and...
Colour+ from Aluk allows aluminium fabricators working in the trade and residential market to simplify and speed up their colour offering, the company has announced. The new initiative, which replaces Aluk’s Colour Now, means that Aluk is now supplying a huge range of its standard window and door profiles in four standard colours and two dual colours on a five-day...
With six-figure investment in new machinery, Lancashire Trade Frames is among a growing number of fabricators expanding their aluminium offer. Lancashire Trade Frames earned its crust and reputation through the manufacture of PVCU windows and doors. It has also, however, been among an early wave of PVCU fabricators to set their sights on aluminium, bringing increasing automation and with it...
A new high-speed version of Emmegi (UK)’s Precision RS twin head saw is now available. First seen at Fensterbau in March, the new Precision HS has an X axis positioning speed of 35m/min, compared with the 25m/min available on the standard Precision RS. It can also be specified with a 50m/min axis positioning speed for even faster performance if required....
Safety, low sound levels, flexibility, and ease of use are among the key benefits of the new fully enclosed Comet R6 machining centre from Emmegi, the company said. Seen for the first time at Fensterbau, the Comet R6 (HP) is a five-axis machining centre with a 7.5m working range. The new guard enclosure, which comes as standard, optimises operator safety...