Contract furniture manufacturer Brave Design has invested in an Elcon Quadra from Daltons Wadkin to improve production at its workshop in St Helens, Lancashire.
The Elcon Quadra, which was the world’s first fully programmable vertical saw, can be operated in either manual, automatic or full Quadra beam saw mode via touchscreen controls with programming and memory settings.
The machine also incorporates the Elcon Advance clamping system and a side panel clamp/pusher when used in Quadra mode. The Quadra suits Brave Design perfectly, with its ability to cut three panels at one time, making job selection easy and invalidating the requirement for panel handling with its advanced clamping mechanism.
Saw movements are fully automatic, and incorporate head rotation and beam positioning via the programming module. The maximum depth of cut is 80mm and the machine will handle panels up to 5.3 x 2.15m.
Recognising a need to raise accuracy levels and speed of production, Brave Design MD Simon Hives made the decision to approach Andy Walsh, sales director at Daltons Wadkin.
Simon took the opportunity of visiting Daltons Wadkin’s Nottingham headquarters whilst the Elcon machine was being prepared for display at the company’s open days at the end of June.
The machine was put through its paces by Daltons Wadkin technical staff, making Simon’s decision simple. Brave Design purchased the Elcon Quadra Advance machine and a Woodwork MF3/180/CS dust collection unit with ducting.
Simon comments: “We are fortunate in that our enquiry was made at the very time that Daltons Wadkin had the appropriate machine in stock for demonstration and display. This made our decision much easier and we are delighted with the technical advances which the Elcon brings to our workshop capability.”
The machine was delivered, installed and commissioned by the Daltons Wadkin engineering team. Andy Walsh says: “The Elcon Quadra is a market leader in this type of machine which is a virtual beam saw in the vertical plane.
“We are confident that Brave Design’s investment will prove to be a wise one and the machine I am sure will impact positively on their manufacturing processes for many years to come.”
