Machine User Case
Interview: Wöhler’s New SBM 840 for Flex Trim A/S
Wöhler Sales Manager Jürgen Tabert presents Flex Trim Sales Manager Karsten Larsen (on the right) his new SBM 840 strip brush machine for the production of sanding brushes. After 2008, this is the second SBM for Flex Trim A/S in Denmark.
“You have to be able to make it easier — and better.” This thought came to carpenter Poul Erik Jespersen more than 25 years ago while he was bent over the hand sander at his workplace in a furniture company. The thought developed into an idea which, after a development period of eight years, became an internationally recognized and patented sanding system that is now sold worldwide. The sanding system can be fitted to virtually any machine as long as the machine has an axis and a frequency-controlled motor to enable precise adjustment of the sanding speed. This means that the customer can generally use existing machines and can therefore avoid investing in new machines.
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Flex Trim A/S from Denmark has been using an SBM 840 strip brush machine from Wöhler Brush Tech GmbH in Bad Wünnenberg, Germany, for the production of its exceptionally high-quality sanding brushes since 2008. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Flex Trim decided to expand its production — convinced by the first machine, it had to be an SBM 840 from Wöhler Brush Tech. Wöhler sales manager Jürgen Tabert had a conversation with Karsten Larsen, sales manager at Flex Trim, about the reasons for the expansion and the decision in favor of another machine from Wöhler Brush Tech. Karsten, how has Flex Trim developed over the past few years? There has been a particularly positive development since 2017 — and then came corona. Despite corona, sales have continued to develop positively and we really made a lot more sales during the corona period. The world has also become smaller. Companies have become accustomed to holding meetings online. This has eliminated travel costs and made sales processes much more effective.