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Felder
*@:?B<;B7C ?A76:=>">=%C0>=8 'B97B? ; 21AC. . ; As one of the UK’s leading architectural door and door set manufacturers Hanson & Beards provide unsurpassed quality and service to all of their customers. Combining their vast experience and a tradition of craftsmanship with the most efficient manufacturing techniques they ensure that projects can be handled successfully.
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anson & Beards manufacture everything in house from raw materials but with two tired, old 3-axis CNC machining centres that were a bit slow and not as accurate as they used to be, they identified that it was time to look at more modern 5-axis CNC machining centres to improve productivity as well as the quality of machining and gain a much higher accuracy. Owner, Adrian Hanson said “we attended the W16 woodworking show and had a look at all the machines that were available. We wanted two machines and we needed them to be relatively compact but we really needed a quality machine that could cope with 2 shifts as we normally are running 20 hours
a day here.” Going on to say “FELDER had a very attractive stand, we spoke with them, got on really well and liked the look of the product. From there we were invited to the showroom, which has a great step up with live demonstrations going on.” In December 2016 they purchased two profit H350 CNC machining centres from FELDER GROUP’s FORMAT-4 range, Adrian commented “not only did the product appeal to us so did the service, back up and the warranty, It was all exactly what we were looking for! The 5-axis machine added the flexibility that a 5-axis machine brings but it also reduced our production times and even though the H350 has a small footprint it is still a very
heavy duty machine. Since the machines have gone in CNC machining is no longer an issue for us and we have increased our productivity massively. CNC machining used to be the big bottle neck in our factory, issues on the old machines meant that pieces had to be re-machined, that has been eradicated now and we get the right product off the machine first time! See how a range of machines from Felder can benefit your workshop at www.felder-group.co.uk or call 01908 635 000 for more information and You can watch the full testimonial on YouTube at FELDER GROUP UK TV.
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