Further investment leads to slimmer welds
21st August 2018

TruFrame has followed the £1.7million commissioning of four new BDM cutting and machining centres with the installation of a new Urban welding and cleaning line.

The new AKS 6910/8 VARIO has been specified with electrically driven servo motors on each of the welder’s eight heads, which replaces the traditional arrangement of pneumatic cylinders that have been used on this sort of machinery for decades.

These ‘smart heads’ communicate with each other in real-time, allowing them to drive together at the same rate and with the same degree of force. This not only ensures that all frame and transom/mullion elements are welded in perfectly square, but additional controlled pressure at the final squeeze point helps to improve overall joint strength.

The introduction of the new welder has also allowed TruFrame to further improve the visual appearance of all frame corner and transom joints by reducing the weld restriction from 2.5mm to just 0.2mm, says the company.

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