No licence fees
23rd October 2018

Coventry-based JADE ENGINEERING has unveiled its own solution to produce PVC-U window frames with the external appearance of mechanical-style timber joints but with a welded finish without paying licence fees for such a process.

By using a combination of four milling machines – two for sash and two for frame joints - and a two head welder, together with tooling specially developed for the process, Jade says fabricators may now produce frames with the appearance of external mechanical timber joints without time consuming fixing and gluing operations, or the expense of fixing and jointing consumables.

Adam Jones, who heads the company’s engineering research and development said. “The project has been over 12 months in development before release to customers and we have extensively production-tested two installations, at Shepley Windows in Manchester and FrameFast in Derby.”

Fellow director Sean Mackey added: “The launch of the Jade MechWeld Joint solution heralds an important new phase in the development of the company. Jade has long enjoyed the status of being the UK’s leading producer of tooling for frame fabrication, with the vast majority of British fabricators using our products. Now we have combined our knowledge and experience of developing machinery to provide fabricators with practical, affordable answers to specialist production requirements. All of this is driven by conversations with our customers.”