Sixty years of sawing

“As the company that introduced a new breed of metal sawing machinery to the UK all those years ago,” comments managing director, Gary Knight, “it seemed only fitting that we should use MACH to both celebrate our 60 years in business – and showcase some of the very latest cutting innovations.”

Accordingly, visitors to Addison’s 170m² stand will be able to experience much more than join in the company’s anniversary celebrations. At the exhibition, Addison will be demonstrating a wide range of automated sawing solutions, a high-speed Mecal MC 307 Falcon 4-axis CNC machining centre, and a CSM all-electric hybrid push bender from sister company, Tubefab.

“The technologies we will be presenting have all been handpicked to inspire manufacturers and show the immense benefits that can be brought to their production strategies,” adds Mr Knight. “For example, alongside the Mecal CNC machining centre we will be demonstrating a new automatic saw from Tronzadoras. With Y-axis drilling capability on varying centre lines, it offers a wide range of exciting options for manufacturers of small components.”

Claimed to be the fastest aluminium machining centres of their kind, Mecal MC 307 Falcons have an X-axis traverse speed of 150m/minute. Other standard features include five automatic, individually motorised vices and an A-axis profile rotation from +135° to -135° for working three sides of each component. Fibre optic plc communication ensures rapid data transfer while absolute smart motor servo drives deliver ultra-precise performance.

The saws on display at Addison’s MACH 2016 stand will include: the all new Everising H460 HB NC fully automatic enclosed bandsaw; a large capacity Tronzadoras TL600 semi-automatic rising blade aluminium mitre saw; and the Tronzadoras GAA350 TR12 CNC aluminium vertical cut-off saw with Y-axis drilling capability.

A newly released Imet twin pillar semi-automatic bandsaw will also be on show, as will Imet’s revised Sirio 370 vertical action cold saw, and its new X Smart fully enclosed bandsaw – a heavy-duty machine purpose-built for cutting cast iron, steel and high strength steels.

“We are looking to include the widest range of innovative, new technologies,” says Mr Knight, “so one or two models may be switched in the run up to the show.”

Finally on the tubebending front, a CSM 50TBRE multi-stack, 4-axis all-electric hybrid tube bender from Tubefab will also be on display.

Tubefab’s CSM benders are rapidly gaining recognition for their repeatability and reliability – and linear/radial accuracy to 0.01mm/degree – all while providing highly affordable solutions to some of the most challenging tube forming applications. Tubefab offers the entire range of CSM tube bending machines from basic 3-axis hydraulic models to sophisticated, 11-axis, all-electric machines.

ADDISON SAWS www.addisonsaws.co.uk
Hall 4, Stand 4627