Leading German Truck Manufacturer Takes on Board Superior Tube Bending Technology


Global leader in the design, manufacture and supply of the world's finest tube bending and endforming technologies, AddisonMckee of Lebanon, Ohio, Brantford, Ontario and Bamber Bridge, UK has been appointed to install yet another of its innovative market-leading DB150 ESRB tube bending machines into the Munich plant of a major supplier to a prestigious German truck manufacturer.

The DB 150 ESRB model has established an enviable reputation as the world's most successful, sophisticated and efficient all-electric multi-stack 12-axis CNC bender incorporating boost to tangent. While AddisonMckee's unrivalled experience of CNC bending technology made the company's appointment a natural one.

QUICKER, GREENER, MORE EFFICIENT
One of the key benefits of the DB150 ESRB is its capability to be 30% quicker per manufacturing cycle than conventional bending machines along with the renowned component accuracy and repeatability that have come to be a given with AddisonMckee technology.

The model has also been specifically developed to significantly reduce tube scrap and improve process cycle time at larger tube diameters on tight multiradii. There are 'green' benefits too with the elimination of all hydraulic functions combined with retention of speed, power and flexibility, delivering a rigid, clean and quiet unit with automatic repeatable slide setting for tool change.

A tooling height of 450mm facilitates the use of multi-radius and compounded tooling. While the bender will alternatively accommodate tooling set-ups designed to minimize tooling changeovers, an absolute necessity in an environment such as a modern truck manufacturing facility where exhaust system components can differ significantly from truck to truck.

FORMING BETTER STRATEGIES FOR ALL ITS CUSTOMERS
The fortunes of AddisonMckee have certainly taken a turn for the better in recent months as the market climbs out of recession and the company displays increasing strength, confidence and industry-leading expertise.

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.

And, significantly, while the company remains a truly global concern with its major facilities in Lebanon, Ohio in the US and Brantford, Ontario in Canada, and partners all over the world, in response to overwhelming demand from its European customers AddisonMckee has restored the manufacturing facility at its UK HQ at Bamber Bridge, Lancashire, a move which underscores the company's commitment to its European partners not least by significantly reducing costs.

As AddisonMckee CEO Alastair Tedford remarks: "The company has emerged stronger than ever this year with an extremely healthy order book. As a management team, we believe this is due to building on the company's core values to offer customers a better service than ever before coupled with a significant investment in research and development".

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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