Aluminium door manufacturer UK Doors Online has almost halved the time taken to produce a bi-fold door since investing in a FOM Industrie Adir C CNC Machining Centre from Haffner Murat.

The new machine was installed at the company’s factory in Ravensthorpe, Wakefield last month and managing director Andrew Glover reports a return on investment from day one.

“Our previous manufacturing processes were taking between 10-15 minutes per aluminium bifold door and this is something we needed to improve,” he said, “By using the new Adir C CNC machine we have reduced that to just 6.5 minutes per door.” 

Andrew also praised the machine’s intelligent software: “Programming was completed very quickly. The machine uses touch screen control and all operations are controlled automatically using FOMCAM software which is very straightforward to use.

“We are now in the process of programming additional aluminium products into the machine too.”

Features of the Adir C CNC machining centre include CNC controlled axis linear guides and four pneumatic vices with dual working pressure. There is an option of a 5 or 6 position tool holder for manual or automatic change operation and pneumatic rotation of the work table achieves angles of 0°, 90° and 180°.

Haffner Murat area sales manager Matt Thomas added: “Following our initial consultation with UK Doors Online, we recommended the Adir C. As Andrew is finding, the machine speeds up production and is extremely user-friendly.”

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