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News Release from: LVD (UK) | Subject: LVD 2200kN, 4000mm PPEB press brake
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 15 August 2002
press brake purchase to save GBP
20,000/year
An agricultural equipment manufacturer is anticipating savings of GBP 20,000 a year following its purchase of a 2200kN, 4000mm press brake to improve working tolerances and capacity.
NC Agricultural Engineering of Armagh, Northern Ireland, is anticipating savings of GBP 20,000 a year following its purchase of an LVD 2200kN, 4000mm PPEB press brake from LVD (UK) of Marlow Says director Norman Nicholl: "After a thorough market investigation we decided that the eight-axis PPEB was the best quality machine to give value for money
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 25 Jun 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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We ordered the press brake from LVD (UK) to improve our quality by holding higher tolerances, increase capacity and give us higher efficiency in the production of heavy duty farm equipment and road construction vehicles.
We reckon it should give us a saving of some GBP 20,000 a year." Initially, the new PPEB will be programmed at the machine and later, using a mixture of on, and off-line programming, it will be put into main production with the existing press brake being set aside for other tasks.
Mostly components will be produced from mild steel with some stainless, aluminium and high tensile materials in batches that vary between 10 and 100 parts.
NC Agricultural Engineering produces specialised manure handling machines, road sweepers, diggers and trailers used by the road construction industry.
While some 70 per cent of its business is derived in the UK and Republic of Ireland, 20 per cent comes from North America and the rest from Belgium, Holland, Denmark and the Middle East.
With a workforce of 80 and a turnover rising above GBP 5 million, NC Agricultural Engineering has over 50 machines on its shopfloor which include, CNC welders, plasma machines, lathes and gas profile burners.
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