Jason Ruddle was more than happy with the first day of W10.
“We took around £130,000 of enquiries for the latest version of our StairCon staircase design and production software,” said the Gang-Nail Systems sales and business development director. “Clearly that’s not orders and will require a lot of following up, but it is a very encouraging start.”
StairCon formed the core of the Gang-Nail stand and the company was highlighting its latest CAM developments to make the most of the capabilities of the newest generation of 5-axes CNC machining centres.
“These have been developed, tried and tested by our sister company in Sweden and enable the StairCon user to produce an even wider range of stair types and more complex designs,” said Mr Ruddle.
The system provides a graphical interface for the machine operator as well as the designer.
“This means they can use it as a simulator to do a virtual trial run on a new stair design,” said Mr Ruddle. “It can give them greater confidence and, given the cost of some more ‘designer’ stairs today, particularly in high value species like oak, it can help eradicate costly mistakes.”
