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News Release from: Sandretto UK | Subject: Nove 400
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 20 June 2005
Injection moulding machine for building
products
Leading building products manufacturer Hambleside Danelaw has just purchased and installed its second Sandretto Nove 400 tonne injection moulding machine
Leading building products manufacturer Hambleside Danelaw has just purchased and installed its second Sandretto Nove 400 tonne injection moulding machine A major attraction was the strength of the energy-saving features in the Nove 400 Tonne machine, a feature that allowed the Hambleside Danelaw to attract interest and financial support from the Carbon Trust Foundation
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 23 Jan 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Price, of course, is always going to be among the top three considerations in our capital purchasing", says Martyn Marston, Supply Chain Manager, but the Nove 400 was also set to involve energy savings of 60% on our previous machine, together with scrap rate improvements, and also raised effectiveness and productivity.
We therefore approached the Carbon Trust to help us finance our investment.
Since our own product range has long been recognised in the construction industry as energy conserving and has also won several environmental awards and accolades, meaningful discussions took place and a successful case for financial support was made.
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"The new Sandretto 400 tonner now purchased is one of a pair that is dedicated to producing polypropylene and polyethylene fittings injection mouldings - roofing and flooring ventilation parts - of between 300 and 700gms in shot weight.
All told, Hambleside Danelaw injection moulds some fifty varied roofing and building fittings and also vacuum forms some of its product range.
Hambleside Danelaw's ongoing commercial relationship with Sandretto UK and its positive experiences of the first 400 tonne Nove moulding machine gave the Daventry-based company little hesitation when it came to making a second investment.
Martyn Marston notes that 'We are not a trade moulder, but an in-house operation supplying our proprietary products on a just-in-time basis to a range of builders merchants and construction outlets.
We therefore need partners with the same attitude to customer service and care.
This element is the key for us', says Managing Director Chris Avery, 'and we need the flexibility to organise our shop floor around it.
Running the two Sandretto 400 tonners with the consequent flexibility to mix and match production and standardise on fittings and methods is very advantageous.
The renowned Sandretto UK service and back-up to this operation is second to none and we rely on it for our overall effectiveness'.
Chris Avery confirms that this Sandretto back-up and service will be key and will be relied on when the company gears up to supply an expanded market and demand for insulated building products.
He says that 'the Sandretto moulded roofing fixtures and fittings will complement the production of one of our most innovative products, the Insulator wall and roof light.
Insulator is a new industrial rooflight that fully conforms to the latest Building Regulations for U values and impact performance.
These rooflights feature a patented translucent tessellating prism core insulant and in keeping with environmental considerations the core is made from fully recyclable materials.
With the forthcoming revisions to Part L of the Building Regulations, England and Wales, and Part J for Scotland, architects, specifiers and contractors will need all the help they can get to achieve thermally efficient buildings'.
Chris Avery says that 'in order to develop an efficient product, we decided to work with German institutes and testing facilities because of their considerable experience in energy and environmental conservation.
Consequently, our new range of rooflights has U-values of around half that of the latest statutory requirements, together with enhanced light transmission'.
The Glass Reinforced Polyester sheets which accompany the honeycomb structure are pultruded on a production line in the company's Inverness site - only one of three such in the UK - and a line responsible for over 600 pultruded products.
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