June/July 2010 - PAWPRINT PUBLISHING

NEWS
SCM supplies a range of panel machines
to F & D (Hull) Ltd
A NEW COMPANY located in Hull
that manufactures panel pro d-
ucts, including kitchen and bedroom
components and educational
furniture, has recently
been supplied with two machines
from SCM Group (UK) Ltd.
Supplying a number of kitchen
and bedroom retail outlets and studios
in and around Hull and Humberside,
F & D (Hull) Ltd is located in
a 30,000 ft 2 unit that has offices,
panel storage, a large machining
area and finished component
storage. It also has a separate company,
RGF Engineering, with powder
coating facilities for the
manufacture of frames for furniture
supplied to schools and universities.
Director, Kevin Saddington, and
Production Manager, Tony
Mossop, have many years’ experience
in the kitchen, bedroom and
educational supply industries and
when they decided to start F & D
(Hull) Ltd, they researched the machinery
market for suitable panel
machinery suppliers. In the end
they contacted SCM Group (UK)
and Ian McCarthy, SCM’s Area
Sales Manager, who arranged visits
and demonstrations of SCM
machines in a number of locations.
They finalised a deal for SCM
to supply a Sigma Prima 67 automatic
panel beam saw and an
S2000 automatic single-sided
edge bander. An SCM Pratix 48
NST CNC machining centre was inherited
from Humberdale.
Kevin Saddington comments,
“We were aware of SCM and its
wide range of woodworking and
panel processing machinery, and
after seeing a number of machines
operating, we decided to purchase
the two machines from Ian
McCarthy and SCM. Also, we
wanted the supplier to install,
commission, provide training and
give after sales back-up, critical for
a new start-up such as us, and we
have been very pleased with
SCM’s response.”
The Pratix 48NST is a flat table
CNC machining centre with SCM’s
aluminium multifunction work
table, which is described as being
perfect for nesting components
from a full-size sheet, or for machining
individual cut panels
using vacuum pods located on the
table. A heavy duty routing unit
with 7.5 kW and 1,500 to 24,000
rpm spindle speed can machine at
high speeds for maximum productivity.
As well as a high volume
vacuum system guaranteeing
hold down of the work, an eightstation
automatic tool changer
and a 12-spindle drilling unit with
independent horizontal and vertical
are included.
The Sigma Prima 67 beam saw
has a 3,800 x 3,800 mm cutting capacity
and includes a fixed and
mobile air flotation tables with independent
motors to each table to
provide operator assistance especially
when loading and moving a
full stack of large dimensioned
panels for cutting. Execution of
grooves on the lower surface of a
panel is possible for carcassing
panels and components that require
a number of grooves across
the panel surface. The Sigma’s PC is
easily programmable and can have
optimising of panels included.
The S2000 T-ERL is at the top end
of the SCM range of edge banders
and is capable of trimming panel
SCM Sigma Prima beam saw at F & D (Hull) Ltd
SCM Pratix 48 NST
CNC machining centre
at F & D (Hull) Ltd
SCM Olimpic S2000 edge bander at F & D (Hull) Ltd.
edges at the infeed using diamond
cutters to ensure an excellent edge
finish before the application of glue
and the subsequent edge banding,
which can be PVC or melamine
tape, 2 or 3 mm ABS, laminate or
solid wood lippings.
After application of the edging
material, an end trimming unit
that can be tilted for third and
fourth passes of a panel when
edged all round, trims the edging
exactly to length. An RSP top and
bottom trimming unit is located
before the Round SK trimming
unit that also corner rounds the
panel vertical edges when 2/3 mm
ABS is applied. It is fitted with a
two-position pneuamtic kit for fast
changeover when changing edge
thicknesses. Laminate edges applied
to the ends of post-formed
worktops can be easily trimmed.
A scraping unit that finishes the
top and bottom radiused edges is
located before an oscillating buffing
unit to provide perfect edge
banding no matter which material
has been applied to the panel
edge. The S2000 has the Orion 220
Plus Control System fitted that
provides the operator with a number
of advantages in the settingup
of the machine and moving of
the operational units and other
features on the machine, including
electronic positioning of the
top pressure unit, very useful if
changes in the panel thickness are
undertaken regularly.
F & D (Hull) Ltd supplies a number
of kitchen and bedroom retailers
including ‘Cash and Carry’
outlets, where stocking of a wide
range of carcasses, doors and
worktops is critical to supply a
kitchen or bedroom all in one go
to the end user. With the machines
F & D have installed and their
specifications, they provide maximum
flexibility to ensure fast delivery
times to their customers.
Production manager, Tony
Mossop, states: “We are very
happy with all of the machines installed
by SCM and the re-commissioning
of the Pratix CNC. The
edge bander, as well as edging all
of our carcass components, produces
our kitchen doors and the
quality of the finish, including the
corners, is superb. Our customers
are demanding high quality and
we want to ensure they keep coming
back to us with more orders for
our furniture and components.”
SCM Group (UK) Ltd
Tel 0115 977 0044
Email
scmgroupuk@scmgroup.com
www.scmgb.co.uk
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