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SANDING & FINISHING Kündig for Taylor Made Joinery Interiors Ltd TAYLOR Made Joinery Interiors Ltd, based in Suffolk, is arguably one of the UK’s most prolific and specialist joinery and interior fit-out manufacturers. Established in 1981 by Gordon and James Taylor, TMJ started with just two joiners, with initial trade being dedicated to the local building companies who they serviced with made to measure joinery work including windows, doors, stairs, kitchens and general cabinetry. From those early days, TMJ has evolved into one of the largest joinery manufacturers with a workforce in excess of 130 personnel and a manufacturing facility consisting of some 36,000 ft 2 . The clients of today not only include Stephan Kündig & James Taylor in front of the Kündig Botop 1350. Abrasives for wood & metal KLINGSPOR Abrasives has made further advances in its Advanced Coating Technology, used with abrasives suitable for use in both the wood and metal industries, the company tells PW&SS. The ACT for Woodworking programme offers 40% higher performance and longer life compared to con ven tional abrasives, according to a company spokesman. Klingspor also reports that users are impressed with the finish that ACT products provide. The woodworking programme includes J-flex backings, paper backings and polyester backed products to suit all abrasive belt applications. In addition, Klingspor is making available its ‘Sanding of Wood’ handbook to those working with wood. The book is full of information about timber, abrasives and applications, and includes an easy to use cross reference table, ensuring the correct product is selected. There is also a trouble shooting guide with information concerning fault finding in an application. ACT metalworking materials are described as showing “aggression and excellent grain retention”, resulting in long product life. There are currently several new materials available for abrasive belts to suit aggressive grinding on non ferrous materials, cast iron, steel components and additional products for aggressive grinding on high alloy and stainless steel components. Klingspor fibre discs are claimed to offer 25% higher performance work from refurbishment to the private residential customer but also many of the ‘blue chip’ companies from the financial, investment and banking and software industries. Common to all is the stringent requirement for quality workmanship, actual completion timescales with project management and, of course, more bespoke designs. TMJ is a forward thinking company, which has excelled in all areas and has consequently been awarded such lucrative contracts as the refurbishment of Windsor Castle following the fire in 1992, and also refurbishment work to the Royal Festival Hall as well as, more recently, the specialist join- ▲ A graph supplied by Klingspor demonstrating the benefits of ACT. compared to conventional fibre discs. The SMT656 is an aggressive flap disc using abrasive material specifically designed to work at 80 m/s. It is suitable for all conventional angle grinders. “Typical improvement benefits are gained from extremely low vibration levels, low noise levels and reduced dust in the atmosphere, making this one of the best abrasive tools to fit onto an angle grinder,” Klingspor told PW&SS. “What does this mean for the user? Longer life from the abrasive pro duct and more aggression in application, resulting in improved process, more parts per hour and less fatigue on the operator.” Klingspor Abrasives Ltd Tel 01909 504400 Email sales@klingspor.co.uk ● www.klingspor.co.uk Page 16 Panel, Wood & Solid Surface April 2009
SANDING & FINISHING ▲ ery packages for Unilever, Henderson Global Investors and DTZ. The secret to this success is down to the ethos of the company, which is “To actively invest in employees and resources is to maximise quality and output.” In 2007, following much deliberation by management and production personnel, it was decided that one area which was in need of addressing to improve productivity and quality was on the calibration, pre sanding and finishing of both joinery and panel based products. The result of this was the key figures including Mr James Taylor and production director, Mr Pat Coll, visiting the international woodworking machinery exhibition in Hannover, Germany. The purpose of this visit was to view and assess the relevant machinery which would be most suited to the strict criteria as set out by TMJ and which would be able to perform within the company’s busy environment. One of the companies TMJ visited at the exhibition was Kündig, who had on display a number of wide belt sanding machines which were initially demonstrated by Mr Stephan Kündig. TMJ was already familiar with the Kündig machines, as the company had a twin belt sanding machine installed in 1996, which was used by any of the 35 members in the joinery workshop and which had proved both easy to use and exceptional in terms of reliability and accuracy. The machines demonstrated not only consisted of the traditional sanding heads for both calibration and for veneers, but also the Oblique sanding heads. Following these demonstrations, a meeting was arranged for the following morning with a view to a more in depth discussion regarding the actual requirements of TMJ. As specialist manufacturers and innovators of wide belt and edge sanding machinery, Kündig was able to assess what was required from a machine to fulfil the requirements of TMJ. Following this assessment, it was decided that the main machine requirement was for the veneer workshop, which needed o be able to calibrate raw MDF and door blanks prior to veneering and also to be able to pre sand the veneered panels prior to lacquering. In June 2007, key members from TMJ visited Kündig’s main manufacturing headquarters just outside Zurich in Switzerland, where further trials were carried out on actual samples which were sent from TMJ prior to the visit. These were then returned to TMJ for examination and test once lacquered. The initial assessment for a five head machine was wholly justified and would offer TMJ the flexibility and time saving which they were looking to achieve. The machine consisted of: 1st head: cross belt for the removal of veneer tape. 2nd head: calibration roller. 3rd head: segmental pad for veneer sanding. 4th head: oblique segmental pad for fine finishing. 5th head: bottom calibration roller. Following the trials and demonstrations of the machines with Oblique sanding, a meeting was set at TMJ’s head office in Bildeston, Ipswich, where not only an order was placed for the new five head Kündig Botop machine, but also for a further lacquer sanding machine for the spray shop. This second order was the result of the demonstrations and final finish achieved from the Oblique sanding heads, which offered a far flatter and fibre free surface without any oscillation marks or inherent flaws of the abrasive being transmitted to the finished surface. The second machine, known as the Kündig V-Max 1350, was equipped with two oblique sanding heads, one set at +10° and the other at –10° to the travel of the workpiece and both giving a shear sanding action from two different directions. Both machines were manufactured to exacting Swiss standards and incorporated a range of features. These include a static bed, whereby the sanding group raises and lowers accordingly and gives a fixed working height, so that the appropriate support can be offered to the infeed and outfeed of the machine, hence reducing the need for a second operator. Also included was the patented electronic Enormatic setting function, which measures the thickest part of the workpiece, then the machine sets itself to the desired finished size with the conveyor starting automatically, all without the need for the operator to return to the control panel. The new machines were delivered, off loaded, positioned and commissioned to the timescales set out by TMJ along with a large quantity of abrasives also manufactured by Kündig to ensure the utmost in surface finish. Kündig Ltd Tel 0845 833 0565 Email info@kundig.co.uk www.kundig.co.uk The reception at Eversheds: just one example of the high quality of Taylor Made Joinery’s work. Panel, Wood & Solid Surface April 2009 Page 17
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