Last minute bandsaw appearance makes sale at MACH

Ernst Wagner, managing director of KASTO in the UK, said, "It was fortuitous that the machine made an appearance, as we sold one from the stand to Hanson Springs and received two further strong enquiries that look likely to result in additional sales." The KASTOverto is a straight cutting saw ideal for cutting metals in low to medium volumes. Its cutting range is 10 to 260 mm diameter, 320 by 260 mm flat or 260 mm square. The material input system can feed lengths of just a few millimetres up to 850 mm and, depending on the material and shape, the cutting feed can be varied between 12 and 120 mm/min. It also has a small 2,365 by 1,350 mm footprint that was one of the main reasons for the spring manufacturer placing the order for the bandsaw. The KASTO stand took 92 enquiries during MACH, with just over half of the enquiries for sawing machines, including 15 for high-performance saws. The remaining enquiries were for material storage and retrieval systems, 60 per cent of which were for large installations valued at more than £250,000. On the sawing side of KASTO's business, the outcome of recent consultancy meetings have shown that, using the latest KPC (KASTO Performance Cutting) technology, payback in under one year can be clearly demonstrated. Although the equipment is expensive, a short payback period is achieved due to the 50 to 70 per cent saving in operator-hours through increased output per machine and more efficient process management.