Five-axis investment
24th October 2017

ALLAN BROTHERS has invested around £200,000 in new machinery in support of its campaign to encourage more trade buyers to add timber windows and doors to their portfolio.

The showpiece of the investment is a twin bed SCM five-axis CNC router with associated tooling, which has been installed at its Berwick upon Tweed factory. This is being used to profile all the products in the company’s timber door range, as well as the arched heads which are an option on its windows and doors.

The router replaces a single bed 3 axis machine, offering faster throughput because the twin bed enables it to be tandem loaded, with one side being machined while the other side is being loaded or unloaded.

Group Sales Director Wolfgang Gorner said: “As a bespoke manufacturer, our priority was to choose a machine where the emphasis is on precision but also flexibility. With a five-axis router like this, we can continue to offer customers a huge product range and the opportunity to personalise their doors however they choose, but we can also guarantee consistent quality and faster turnaround times.”

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