Clearview National October 2016 - Issue 179 | Page 72

GLASS& SEALEDUNITS

Investment in automated technology
improves production capacity
»»MORLEY GLASS & GLAZING HAS
installed an automated 58-metre long sealed
unit production line as part of its £1m move
to new premises.
The company’s new 46,000 sq ft premises
in Leeds, West Yorkshire, is the world’s
largest dedicated factory for manufacturing
ScreenLine® integral blinds into insulating
glass units.
Ian Short, Managing Director of Morley
Glass & Glazing, said: “The new premises
give us the opportunity to design the space in
exactly the way that we need it to be. It will
be a bespoke integral blinds manufacturing
facility. We’re investing in the latest automated
technology with a new Best Makina fullyautomatic sealed unit assembly line, which is
less labour intensive, improves the efficiency
of our production line and enhances the
quality of the finished product. It’s capable
of producing 3m x 2.5m sealed units and the
automation means that there is less handling
of the glass – and therefore less potential for
damage.
Arriving in Leeds with a vehicle escort
from Turkey, the new machine was packaged
in three huge containers and installed by six
engineers in just one week. Ian added: “It is a

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very robust machine and the first of its kind to
be installed in the UK. It has an automated gas
press and robot gun that utilises three different
types of sealants: hot melt for traditional
sealed units, silicone sealed for structural
glazing and Kommerling GD115 polysulphide
for fire-glass as well as being used as our
primary sealant for sealed units. With using
Best Makina they have a philosophy that one
size doesn’t fit all, and have made the complete
line tailored to suit our needs. The machinery
also comes with a two-year warranty.
“The three tonne washing machine even
recycles its final rinse water, which is used to
clean the brushes in a pre-wash cycle, helping
to maintain the machine’s components,
keeping it clean and free of debris, and
ensuring the quality of the finished products.
“The new premises also give us the space
to increase our product range. We’ll soon
be launching fire-rated Uni-Blinds® as
well as a home automation interface that
enables window and door installers to easily
incorporate motorised integral blinds within
home automation systems.
“And to complement our exclusive S159
(equivalent to RAL7016) anthracite grey
colour we also have another exclusive product

coming out. The SL16C blind system (24mm
over all DGU) is available in three colours.
These new product developments show how
we are continually striving to satisfy the
market demands for integral blind systems.”
Morley Glass has achieved 30% yearon-year growth as demand continues to
increase for its Uni-Blind® sealed units with
ScreenLine® blinds inside, and this growth is
set to continue.
The Uni-Blinds® range provides the widest
choice of integral blinds in double and triple
glazed units, with all manual, solar and
motorised versions available in the industry’s
shortest lead-time of 10 days from 10am any
Friday.
Morley Glass & Glazing provides
unrivalled technical support for Uni-Blinds®
customers too, being the only UK supplier
of integral blinds to have dedicated customer
support engineers on the road. It also stocks
the largest range of ScreenLine® system spare
parts in Europe with the enlarged factory
enabling it to stock £750,000 of Screenline®
components with most parts supplied within
24 hours.
www.morleyglass.co.uk