Heavy duty choice
April 2018

CSI Aluminium has chosen a Tekna TKE 944-7 four axis heavy duty machining centre supplied and installed by EMMEGI (UK) for its Hull factory.

The glazing and cladding fabricator has developed its own unitised curtain walling system for installing on sites with limited access for installation. This system, which uses large 7m sections of Aluprof profile, has advantages for city centre sites because it can be installed from a tower crane.

Since CSI purchased its original Emmegi Phantomatic machining centre and Classic Star and Twin Ferro saws, the global Emmegi group has acquired both the Tekna and Keraglass machinery businesses. This means that Emmegi (UK) now has access to a broader range of machine options, so can advise customers on the best option for virtually any drilling, machining or threading requirement.

The team at Emmegi proposed the Tekna TKE 944 machine because it has the large machining capacity required and can link to the rest of the Emmegi machines in the factory.

CSI production manager Steve Bird said: “The machine is doing all that Emmegi (UK) promised and is already helping us to deliver on a new £3.5m contract for our unitised curtain walling system in central Manchester.

“As well as the purchasing advice we got from Emmegi (UK), we’re also benefiting from really good after sales service from their technical and installations team and the payback for us looks very positive.”

The Tekna 944 and a selection of Emmegi saws will be on display on the Emmegi (UK) stand at MACH at the NEC in April (stand H7-350).

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