AddisonMckee Cuts Costs Not Corners with New Machine |
AddisonMckee Inc.
1637 Kingsview Drive
Lebanon,, OH, 45036
USA
Press release date: November 9, 2011
Global leader in the design, manufacture and supply of the world's finest tube bending and endforming technologies, AddisonMckee of Bamber Bridge, Lancs., has manufactured a new eB 80 ES RB model machine for supply to Dinex in China. The new machine represents a significant alternative to the existing world renowned DB 75 machine: in everything, that is, but cost.
A major boost
A key to reducing the cost of the new machine lay in removing the ball screw providing the boost and allowing the gearbox and motor instead to provide the force required for boosting. Hence the new machine enables freeform bending for the full length of the bed!
A model of modular flexibility
Given the cost of floorspace at any facility, the new machine's modular design also has significant benefits if bed length flexibility is important. The standard machine itself is two metres long but offers the capability to increase in length by bolting two sections together to extend the bed when required, converting the machine easily and cheaply to a three/four metre model etc.
The Mark 7 (Amega) control system: a further mark of progress
AddisonMckee has always been at the forefront of innovation in the industry, especially when it comes to developing the most technologically-advanced control systems. Way back in 1984-5, for example, the company introduced its Mark 1 control system incorporating the very first touch screen.
And today the new Mark 7 system takes convenience and flexibility one step further than ever before by enabling a single control system to operate with both hydraulic and electric machines.
Forming better strategies for all its customers
The fortunes of AddisonMckee itself have certainly taken a turn for the better in recent months as the market climbs out of recession.
New ownership has galvanized the company by introducing a number of measures to ensure a smoother ride for all its customers, in, amongst others, the automotive, aviation, truck and shipbuilding industries.
First and foremost, while the company remains a truly global concern with partners all over the world, in response to overwhelming demand from its European customers, AddisonMckee has restored the manufacturing facility at its HQ at Bamber Bridge in the UK, a move which underscores the company's commitment to its European partners not least by significantly reducing costs.
Superior tube, more flexible chain
With two manufacturing facilities in the US and the UK, AddisonMckee can offer something its erstwhile competitors are unable to: namely, an eminently flexible supply chain to market.
The company now has no less than 55 engineers committed to research and development with service personnel on hand in every continent.
While the new owners themselves come with the benefit of a wealth of business and industry experience, not least in the key emerging markets of the Far East. A commitment to change. And continuity While it's true that many things have changed at AddisonMckee, many things have also remained the same.
For example, AddisonMckee's commitment to its core values of quality, durability, timeliness, price, integrity and flexibility has never wavered. Nor has its passion for providing its customers with unique solutions for highly complex tubeforming problems whether it be in muffler assembly and sub-assembly machinery, catalytic converter making solutions, hydraulic presses, inspection systems, cell automation solutions, production cell integration or lubricants.
Core values, core people
Many of the core people at the company's Bamber Bridge facility have been with AddisonMckee, not just throughout the recent twists and turns of the recession, but for many, many years.
As AddisonMckee CEO Alastair Tedford remarks: "The company has emerged stronger than ever with an extremely healthy order book. As a management team, we believe this is due both to the restoration of our manufacturing facility here in the UK but also to building on the company's core values to offer customers a better service than ever before. What this means in practical terms is continuing to pursue a programme of innovation in new product development but coupled with a major initiative to drive down costs for our customers".
For more information about AddisonMckee and its products and services, please contact:
Phillip Aspinall - General Manager - Europe
Tel: +44 (0) 1772 334511
Email: paspinall@addisonmckee.com
Website: www.addisonmckee.com
Jennifer Rankin - North America
Tel. +1 513.228.7000
Email: jrankin@addisonmckee.com
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