MACH 2014 - Bruderer to give world debut to new press and reveal additional agencies

The Luton-base company, which offers high-precision fully-automated stamping presses will showcase – for the first time anywhere in the world - the fully operational Bruderer BSTA 280-75 with newly-designed BPG planetary gearbox, together with Leicht Stanzautomation drum decoiler and rewinder. It will be making electronic components. In fact the machine has already been purchased by electronic component specialist Harwin Plc in a £500,000 deal and will be transported direct to the company's Portsmouth facility after the event. Visitors to Bruderer's stand will also be able to find out more about the firm's new partnerships with Zani Presses and Zehnder & Sommer, with the latter displaying high speed servo feed units that can operate up to 2,000 strokes per minute. Mark Crawford, sales and service manager, explains: "Our state-of-the-art Bruderer BSTA 280-75 B2 machine will be a fully operational production line making electronic components. "We'll also be showcasing our new relationship with Zani Presses, which gives our customers access to presses up to 1,000 tonnes, with their HIPRO Master, POWER Master, SERVO Master & MOTION Master press ranges…ideal for those clients looking for bigger pressing capacity. "With all these new additions, we are expecting 2014 to be a very big year and we're ideally looking to push turnover from £3 million to £4 million over the course of the next 12 months." On the stand there'll be: • A full range of servo, air and mechanical feeders • Coil handing suitable for any width strip size, including wire forms. • Latest technology in material welders, which are totally CNC controlled • A selection of the latest lubrication systems • FIBRO new range of gas springs Concludes Mr Crawford: "This is the most definitive range of presses and equipment we have ever put together, giving our clients anything they would ever need in a press shop environment. "With the recent upturn in UK manufacturing, we are expecting this year's MACH to be one of the best for decades."