How to cut it in Scotland [+vid]
The prospect of parting with large amounts of cash when buying new kit is a sobering moment in the life of any small sign industry business.
Monday, 30 Jun 2014 09:34 GMT
Polar power: the company needed a new guillotine
When DENA Screenprint in Aberdeen decided to buy a new guillotine the husband and wife owners Martin and Dena Nelson thought long and hard before signing a cheque. After all their last guillotine had lasted 30 years and so reliability was important. The Aberdeen company looked at several manufacturers before making its decision to purchase the Polar 78 ECO from Heidelberg.
Although the new model was almost three times the cost we could see its advantages and that it would last us the next 30 years”
Martin Nelson says: “We found a 1983 Polar model but it was £10,000 and we decided we should compare it with what we would get new. Although the new model was almost three times the cost we could see its advantages and that it would last us the next 30 years. We went to see a similar model in use at the Robert Gordon University in-plant and were impressed.”
It was the hydraulically driven back plate and gauge that attracted Nelson’s attention although the guillotine retained a simpler, mechanical operation for other elements of the guillotine. The guillotine will be used to cut self-adhesive vinyls and thin plastics for label work says Nelson. His main clients are in the oil industry, which is big business in the granite city.
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Below is a video on YouTube showing the guilloteen in use
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Cutting it: the guillotine in action
