Sternfenster has invested in a new 4-head Ever Theta frame crimping machine from FOM.

Managing director Mike Parczuk says the new platform supports the company in not only increasing quality of manufacture of aluminium products but delivered new levels of consistency.

“It allows us to deliver a step change in product quality”, he said, “the precision that the new crimper brings to manufacture is incredible. It picks up out-of-tolerance profiles in a way that you simply cannot do manually – however good the individual operative.

“More importantly, it does it over and over again, bringing a far higher degree of consistency to manufacture compared to manual processes. That means we can guarantee product quality from the first to the two-hundredth frame. It’s about repeatability.”

Its benefits include flagging out of tolerance profiles of as little as 0.4mm out in length or 0.9mm on the diagonal, bringing a very high degree of accuracy to 45° mitre and 90° joints.

The Ever Theta also cuts full-cycle times to as little as 2 minutes and 31 seconds – roughly half the time it takes using a traditional single head crimper.

“We’re getting increased accuracy in manufacture but also alongside the other investments that we have made in our machining and cutting capabilities and our own powder coating lines, a far greater output”, Mike said.

“That’s important in supporting us in meeting high levels of demand now – but also as part of our long-term growth strategy”, he concluded.

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