Coventry-based Burbidge, which manufactures and distributes kitchen frontals and accessories, has invested in a third Timesavers-Sandingmaster 3300 series sander.
The new four-headed sander is 1100mm wide and features an advanced centralised control panel and a panel cleaning brush.
Its versatility allows Burbidge to use any combination of heads depending on what solid wood units are being sanded.
Previously the panels were roughed out by hand before being put through a sander, but now everything can be done in one pass.
Burbidge’s two in-line 3300 Series sanders, both 1100mm wide, are part of a fully automated kitchen door production line. They are connectd by a conveyor belt and sand both sides of the doors in one pass after they have been assembled and profiled.
All three sanders have been supplied with digital display units, and they are fitted with modems enabling remote fault finding at Timesavers-Sandingmaster’s manufacturing plant in Holland.
They are all CNC controlled, after being pre-programmed with settings for the entire Burbidge product range.
