CLS Orders CNC Press Brakes From LVD
Leicester-based subcontractor Carlton Laser Services (CLS) has ordered three Easy-Form Series CNC press brakes from LVD. The company, which specialises in subcontract manufacturing for blue-chip original equipment manufacturers in the industries of food sorting machines, medical equipment, electronics and electrical cabinets and specialist vehicles components, selected LVD equipment as the best technology to solve current and future sheet metalworking challenges.
'We knew we needed to "de-skill" the bending process of very accurate and difficult components ranging from batch quantities of one- to 100-offs so we set out to find machinery that had the very best bending technology within the machine,' said Mohan Jassi, operation director for Carlton Laser. Headed up by Jassi and Carlton's founder Dennis Kent, the team at Carlton investigated potential suppliers, technology and machines, which consisted of supplier audits, the testing of equipment and technology using test parts developed by Carlton and visits to machinery users.
A final evaluation included bending trials in which assessments were made for ease of use, offline programming capability, pre-production setup time, production time and the accuracy of parts. Carlton's key consideration was the ability to efficiently process small and medium-sized batches. The three new machines and accompanying LVD Cadman offline software are due to be delivered and commissioned in the near future.
'We knew we needed to "de-skill" the bending process of very accurate and difficult components ranging from batch quantities of one- to 100-offs so we set out to find machinery that had the very best bending technology within the machine,' said Mohan Jassi, operation director for Carlton Laser. Headed up by Jassi and Carlton's founder Dennis Kent, the team at Carlton investigated potential suppliers, technology and machines, which consisted of supplier audits, the testing of equipment and technology using test parts developed by Carlton and visits to machinery users.
A final evaluation included bending trials in which assessments were made for ease of use, offline programming capability, pre-production setup time, production time and the accuracy of parts. Carlton's key consideration was the ability to efficiently process small and medium-sized batches. The three new machines and accompanying LVD Cadman offline software are due to be delivered and commissioned in the near future.
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