TPT September 2022

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A second Unison Breeze tube bender is chosen for Platinum’s Ultimate stairlift

of tooling, both Breeze machines can quickly shift production to Platinum’s twin tube ‘Curve’ stairlift whenever order numbers dictate. “The immense capabilities of our first Unison Breeze machine, combined with the high levels of service and support we receive from the company, gave us the confidence to choose Unison for our second all-electric tube bender,” added Mr Turton. “We are delighted that Platinum Stairlifts chose to invest in yet another Unison Breeze tube bending machine,” said Unison sales project manager, Steve Chambers. “It was especially rewarding to assist Platinum in further streamlining its production processes by incorporating roll forming capability into the new machine’s design.”

production engineer, Matthew Turton. “At that time, we were using a hydraulic tube bending machine which, although absolutely fine for forming the rails for our twin tube stairlifts, lacked the capability to bend the highly complex angles required for a premium single tube model. “Having considered the tube bending machines and levels of support offered by a number of manufacturers, we went ahead and ordered our first Unison Breeze machine,” he continued. “A 90mm multi-stack model, the all-electric Breeze quickly demonstrated its ability to accurately bend tube for even the most challenging of designs, such as complex spiral and multi-flight staircases.” Platinum’s second 90mm all-electric Unison Breeze machine will further enhance the company’s ability to produce its Ultimate single tube stairlift in greater volumes. While thanks to a simple switch

PLATINUM Stairlifts of Keighley, West Yorkshire, has taken delivery of a second, ultra-precise, all-electric 90mm (maximum tube diameter) Unison Breeze tube bending machine. The purchase of the machine corresponds with Platinum’s move to a new multi-million-pound purpose-built manufacturing facility in the town, and underpins its faith in the quality, reliability and repeatability of Unison’s tube manipulation technologies. Stairlift company Platinum invested in its first all-electric Breeze tube bender from Scarborough-based Unison in 2015 – the same year as it launched its flagship ‘Ultimate’ stairlift; an elegant, ‘single tube’ design capable of navigating steep and narrow curved staircases. “We fully appreciated that in order to create an industry leading single tube stairlift we would need to invest in advanced, all-electric tube bending machinery,” said Platinum Stairlifts’

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