FlashCut Flex
FLEXIBILITY WITH HIGH PERFORMANCE
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PROFILE OF SUCCESS
‘game changer’
for gaskets
When you’re a leader in your field it
can be easier sometimes to rest
on your laurels rather than add
pressures to your business model to improve
efficiencies, services and production. But when
it comes to Shuk, laurels have been thrown out
the window.
“We needed to step things up,” says Shuk’s
general manager Scott Furness. “And we’ve
made considerable investment to do so.
The purchase of a new machine raises the
bar for Shuk and our business partners and
customers. This is a game changer for us.”
Shuk has definitely flexed its muscles and
added plenty of beef to what it can offer
through the purchase and soon installation
of its new Atom FlashCut Flex
3015 S knife cutting system. In
the production of gaskets,
he says they are now in
a whole new world in
terms of their South
Island operation.
Scott says
the new
machine will take pride of place in Shuk’s
Wigram facility in Christchurch in January, and
that it’s been a personal project of operation
manager Mike Bint. Mr Bint has some 30
years’ experience in the engineering and
gasket industry and this knowledge leaves him
in no doubt what it will do for the company.
“Shuk is New Zealand’s leading manufacturer
of gaskets and gasket materials, seals and
washers, and a distributor of a wide range of
plumbing, drainage and industrial supplies,”
says Mr Bint. “The FlashCut fills a void we’ve
had in our capabilities, and when it’s up and
running I can see great things for Shuk and
those we do business with.”
The Atom Flex series represents the evolution
of the previous FlashCut Series of machines.
Ideal for cutting semi-rigid and rigid materials,
the standard Flex tables can cut materials
up to 20 mm thick even the toughest ones,
thanks to a robust, precise and state-of-the-art
mechanics and electronics. The unit Shuk will
install has a cutting capability of 1550mm x
3050mm.
“It’s going to make a huge difference for our
South Island operation” explains Mr Bint. The
Atom CNC will now give Shuk a precision
gasket cutter in both the North and South
Island”, he is in no doubt that it will revolutionise
the gasket cutting process for Shuk.
“What was missing from the business
CONTACT:
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Auckland Scott Furness - 027 549 5885
New Plymouth Alan Mountain - 027 445 4863
Christchurch Mike Bint - 027 443 3170
was the future proofing,” he
adds. “We needed to keep
up and move forward with
technology. I recognised a hole some time ago
and was worried if we didn’t do something we
would continue to fall behind as technology
continued its rampage forward. We needed to
invest.”
So Shuk did just that. “The difference in the
industry now is that 20 years ago an engineer
would come in and want a gasket and didn’t
care how it looked. The key thing to them was
that it did the job. Today, there’s a whole new
generation of engineers and designers who
expect the gasket to not only function
and be accurate, they want it to look
perfect. With the new machine we can
deliver both worlds.”
By moving into new technology Shuk not
only delivers to the demands of its client, but
PERFORMANCE
RELIABILITY
quality and
considerable cutting
the result
accurate
engineering
state-of-the-art
OPTIMIZED
NESTING
Customized systems
for automatic nesting
and friendly interface
dramatically reduce the
overall time for placing
the shapes to be processed
and optimize the
material yields.
DOUBLE CUTTING
GANTRY
To increase productivity
some Flex models
can be supplied with
a second cutting gantry.
HIGHT BRIGHTNESS
PROJECTORS
High brightness overhead projectors
assure a clear visualization of any material
or color in any environment. Using LED
lamps they grant high brightness, stability
in power projection, low maintenance
and long life. Best performance when
necessary to take advantage of materials
with irregular contour.
ACQUISITION AND
FEEDING SYSTEMS
The Flex models can be combined with
a wide range of options: in-line
and off-line acquisition systems,
feeding systems, spreaders and
integrated or stand alone loading
and off-loading tables.
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