A vertical panel saw is being used to maintain the range of buildings that make up Oundle School, one of the UK’s top independent private schools.
The Striebig Compact 4164 has replaced a panel table saw and is providing the school’s maintenance team with efficiencies across its work.
It has been supplied with an optional scoring saw and a grooving tool.
“The Striebig saves us a great deal of time and effort as it’s now a one-man job to cut sheets, and although it’s twice as big as the panel saw it takes up far less floor space,” said Martin Crump, building and maintenance officer,
The vertical panel saw is part of a £50,000 investment in machinery at the school, including a mortiser, cross-cut saw, pillar drill and Al-Ko single bag extraction unit, and is used daily to size plywood, MDF, block board and other sheet materials for the school’s 100 properties. Their total value is in the region of £185m and includes historic buildings, some dating back more than four centuries.
“It has also improved our health and safety as it has halved the amount of manual handling needed while its extraction keeps the surrounding dust down to a minimum,” added foreman carpenter Lee Palmer.
