Third line installed
20th August 2019

TUFFX has invested £250,000  in a third cutting line to increase the company’s cutting capacity as well as keeping lead times to a minimum.

The Bottero Modulinea line can load, cut, grind, mark and break out glass sheets from 1.5metres square up to 6.1m X 3.3m and up to 25mm thick, and also features an automatic label function.

Managing director Graham Price said: “Our strength is not only in our unique offering of toughened, heat soaked, laminated and other specialist glasses – in sizes that few can match – but also in our turnaround times and customer support.

“As well as a 35% increase in our overall cutting capacity, the line will give us additional flexibility to build on all of those qualities as well as satisfying our growing customer base.”

The Bottero Modulinea 363EVO-J makes use of ‘open cut’ technology; it has features including  a tilting table for handling flat glass sheets, an automated air cushioned shape cutting table and a six-station double-sided loader.

The investment comes only months after TuffX spent over £300,000 on three new machines - a Bovone ELB 12 HD straight line edging machine, a Delta Radius corner grinding machine, and a Schiatti drilling machine.

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