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CNC laser cutting and profiling machines
News Release from: Trumpf | Subject: Trumpf L2510 laser cutting/profiling system
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 03 April 2006
Laser profiler/handling system is
compact
With its policy set on future expansion, a multi-fuel stove maker has bought a laser profiling system - with automatic handling of sheet up to 2.5 x 1.25m - that fits in a compact space.
A J Wells and Sons has expanded from its original engineering business to become one of Britain's leading makers of wood burning and multi fuel stoves, which it sells under the Charnwood brand Following this success, the Isle of Wight-based company has also launched its own vitreous enamelling company - initially to provide enamelled panels for the stoves but with an eye to future growth
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 21 Jun 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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This has paid off and today A J Wells and Sons Vitreous Enamellers is a leading supplier to the architectural market, producing enamelled panels and signage for a multitude of customers including London Underground and Southern Railways.
Alistair Wells oversees production, and as he explained, "Like a lot of other companies we went through plasma, and then high definition plasma, and as specifications became tighter and the competition greater we just had to go into laser." Since buying its first laser around three years ago business has continued to grow - especially on the enamelling side.
"By last year we were sending work out for cutting because we could not cope with it ourselves - and looking for a new laser system," said Wells.
"We wanted an automated system - not so much because we needed it at the time but because of the options it would give us for the future if we had extra unmanned capacity we could use when we wanted.
The trouble was that all the automated systems we looked at were huge, and we really didn't have room for them." Wells continued: "When we saw the Trumpf L2510 though we were impressed.
What it offered was an automated system in a compact space that will cut sheet up to 2.5 by 1.25m." He was also impressed with Trumpf's compact TCF 1 diffusion-cooled laser, which consumes minimal amounts of gas from a single bottle and does not need an external cooling system. Request a free brochure from Trumpf ...
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