TPT September 2014

Industry News

Successful MACH 2014

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VIBRATORY finishing machine supplier PDJ Vibro reported that MACH 2014 generated eight machine sales during the five days. Managing director David Hurley said: “It was the best exhibition that we have ever attended in terms of the quality of visitors and the number of orders taken. We welcomed over 200 visitors onto our stand during the week and confidently expect the level of business resulting from the show to rise during the coming months.” One customer on the middle day, Sheffield Machine Knife (SMK), is typical of companies that are currently buying new, low-cost vibratory finishing machines instead of opting for second-hand equipment. Used machines are becoming more and more difficult to find in the UK, owing to fewer firms going out of business now that recession is over. Sheffield-based SMK specialises in the manufacture of knives for food processing, packaging and converting, and also produces blades for use in the recycling, waste management and plastics industries. Works manager Steve Cupitt explained that the company’s M2 and M42 steel products are not finished in vibratory equipment, as they undergo further processes, but grade 420 stainless steel knives visit a vibratory bowl before being ground and prepared for despatch. A bowl that had done many decades of reliable service needed to be replaced, so Mr Cupitt reviewed three alternative suppliers. A PDJ Vibro machine with 300-litre useable volume was selected, as it was more than 30 per cent less expensive than others he benchmarked. The machine was delivered ex-stock the week after the show from the supplier’s Milton Keynes technical centre. On the last day of the show, David Hurley and his brother Paul, the technical director, were joined on the stand by David’s son, Thomas, who recently joined the company to gain work experience. Their father, John, the current chairman who founded the company in 1983, also attended (see photograph below). He was celebrating the 50 th anniversary of the start of his career in the sector. Between them, they have nearly a century of experience in the vibratory finishing business.

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