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Bridmet Invests in New Machinery
Bridmet has recently invested in the latest Amada technology to bolster their folding department. The Amada HFP offers 100 tonnes of folding force across a 3mtr bed. In addition this machine has two special features:
- Long stroke. This enables the folding of deep profiles by doubling up the clamps, so instead of having to fabricate these jobs, Bridmet can now fold them and deliver a more cost effective engineered solution.
- Built in hemming pneumatic hemming die. This enables Bridmet to dutch fold or crush fold without a tool change, which means expensive tool changes have been eliminated.
With the above cost benefits alongside the improved accuracy, customers can be assured that Bridmet are fully equipped to meet their sheet-metal requirements.
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New Director Joins Bridmet
Hylton Jackson, to date a silent partner in the business, has now joined Bridmet Ltd full time. Hylton has over 25 years experience in the engineering industry and joins Gary Hedges (Managing Director) in taking the business forward. You can contact him on 01308 426444.
Bridmet's Finishing Service
Bridmet delivers high specification finishes that meet the most demanding requirements. We serve a wide range of customers and offer an exhaustive range of colours and finishes.
Pretreatment - All metal is prepared thoroughly before painting to give the highest possible quality finish, this includes shotblasting where required.
Powder-coating - Our powder-coating facility can accommodate applications up to 2.8mtrs wide and 5.5mtrs long.
Wet spray - From a single coat finish to a 2 pac four coat system, our skilled painters can handle all wet spray requirements. Our wet spray oven/booth offers premium levels of quality for spray painting and low-bake curing and can accommodate applications up to 8mtrs long.
Inspection & packing - Before items are dispatched they undergo thorough inspection by our paint shop manager who personally addresses any quality issues without delay before items are signed off and carefully packaged.
Delivery - We have our own transport offering a local delivery and collection service and for items going further afield we use a trusted delivery company. This way we can keep costs down whilst providing a fast and efficient service.
For a competitive quotation, please contact Gary on 01308 426444.
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Paint Shop Opening 1st June 2009
Further to our last news entry we can now confirm that our paint shop will be opening on the 1st June 2009.
We have installed powder coating and wet spraying facilities capable of handling items up to 5.5mtrs long for powder coating and 8mtrs for wet spraying (cured in low bake oven).
We are also pleased to announce that we have recruited a paint shop manager who has over 20 years experience in metal finishing and who we believe will be a great addition to our team.
For free paint quotations and advice, please call Gary on 01308 426444.
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New Finishing Service
At Bridmet we are constantly investing in new ways to offer a more cost effective and efficient service to our customers. We are therefore proud to announce that we will be adding paint facilities to our already comprehensive list of metal fabrication services, including both wet spraying and powder coating.
We will be installing a spray bake oven capable of handling large steel items up to 8 x 4 meters wide and 3 meters in height. The powder coating oven also has large internal measurements of 5.5 x 2.8 meters.
The new paint facilities are expected to be fully operational shortly and will offer cost savings to in-house fabrication jobs aswell as a standalone sub contract finishing service. Call us on 01308 426444 to discuss your painting needs and receive a competitive quotation.
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New premises
Due to our continued growth over the last year, we have taken on another unit in Bridport to increase our capacity and meet the demands of our larger contracts. The unit provides an additional 12,000 sq ft of production and assembly space and gives us that extra room we need to grow. Gary Hedges, Managing Director says "with the additional capacity, we can now offer a larger range of services and for many of our customers we are now manufacturing complete assembled items including electrical assemblies, which we are packaging and delivering direct to our customer's customer".
Smaller welding and fabrication jobs will continue to be undertaken at our unit on Dreadnought Trading Estate, where our main office is based
Bridmet wins USA contract
BridMet is proud to announce that they have won a contract to manufacture and install a recycling plant in Pennsylvania, USA. This will involve them building a series of large steel structures linked together with conveyors and elevators which, once constructed will be equivalent to the size of a football pitch.
BridMet won the contract from a UK based company whose patented design is fast gaining a reputation internationally as one of the world's leading authorities in recycling equipment. Gary Hedges, BridMets managing director says 'it is a testament to our skilled workforce and our ongoing commitment to producing quality products which has enabled us to expand our business'.
All of the steelwork will be manufactured over the next couple of months in house by BridMe'ts team of engineers and will be installed later this year.