Clearview National June 2016 - Issue 175 | Page 84

MACHINERY

FIT Show proves positive
Stuga had a busy FIT Show
and the team enjoyed the general
buzz around the halls and the
industry in general - but in
particular is delighted to report
many enquiries for sawing &
machining centres. The company
says it feels positive that many
of the enquiries were serious,
demonstrating a general wish
within the industry to invest.
Stuga staff were only able to
demonstrate a tooling module
from one of its current ranges of
machines simply because they
were unable to obtain a larger
stand in Telford, but they have
pledged that will change in 2017
when this major industry event
moves to the NEC.
Stuga has enjoyed considerable
success with the flagship ZX4
sawing & machining centre
during the last three years and
the interest continued at the FIT
show with what Stuga describes
as “a significant number of
enquiries” for this high output
model which is capable of
producing between 800 and
1,000 windows per week. The

ZX4 is now up to the MK5
version and not surprisingly, is
proving very popular with many
large fabricators throughout the
UK, Scotland and the Republic
of Ireland. Recent installations
have included two machines at
Polyframe, Halifax and another at
Ford Windows in Sheffield.
EASY OPERATION,
SIMPLE MAINTENANCE
Fabricators enjoy working
with the Stuga Z X4 for many
reasons but in particular,
easy operation and simple
maintenance features are often
mentioned as well as speed and
accuracy. Stuga is frequently
chosen as the supplier because
they are both the manufacturer
and British-based meaning
the staff and technicians only
specialise in their own sawing
and machining centres. This
creates a real sense of top class
back-up knowledge and help
should things go wrong. Stuga
either builds or purchases almost
every single part in the UK so
everything is readily available and

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obsolescence is always engineered
out at the earliest opportunity.
In the unlikely event that a
customer was not satisfied with
their Stuga product they could
simply arrange to drive to the
company where they would find
friendly staff who speak the same
language. Stuga does, however,
say that they find a chat by
phone normally sorts out most
problems quickly and easily.
LEADING EDGE
CONTROL SYSTEMS
The Stuga sawing & machining
centres such as the ZX4, utilise
Microsoft Windows front end
software and the very latest
leading edge Beckhoff control
systems. This allows for features
such as tool breakage indication,
profile recognition, offcut/profile
measuring and more. Offcuts
are a nuisance to all fabricators
and Stuga goes to a lot of
trouble to ensure the absolute
minimum wastage and maximum
optimisation in order help reduce
profile useage. Each sawing &
machining centre is supplied

with internet enabled on-board
cameras for fast and easy fault
finding. These can also be set
to record events that may occur
when Stuga is closed and the
videos can then be viewed when
the service centre opens.
Stuga automatic sawing and
machining centres have been
in production now for more
than 16 years with each one
still fully operational as Stuga
firmly believes in taking good
care of its customers and their
Stuga machines. More than
160 of these machines are in
production at uPVC window
and door fabricators with many
adding second, third and fourth
installations over the years. That
says a lot.
Following its FIT Show
success, Stuga are now working
hard to convert as many leads
from the event as possible into
sales during the coming weeks
and months. And of course, the
company is also already planning
for the FIT Show 2017 at the
NEC, where it will have ample
space to demonstrate.