About the JBC2 Reverse Butt Welder Cleaner
Reverse butt welder cleaners for maintaining factories without breaking the bank
Even the most successful of businesses can be hesitant about making significant capital investments in such a challenging and unpredictable economic environment. Currently, the manufacturing industry is seemingly full of stagnant sales, meaning there is the ever-present risk of participating in the race to the bottom and a growing stress on profit margins. Quite simply, manufacturers can easily find themselves forever chasing the tail of the price-quality cycle.
This is why Jade Consulting – the problem-solving department for Jade Engineering – is proving to be the go-to resource for fabricators of the length and breadth of the UK.
The role of Jade Consulting
The company occupies a unique position between the systems houses and the fabricators. This gives it probably the most thorough knowledge and understanding of the fabrication landscape in the UK, meaning it can often come up with solutions that are so simple and low-cost that you wonder why it was never thought of before.
And therein lies the conundrum for many fabricators – how can you ask for something that you do not know even exists? There is a comfort in the familiarity of every day, which means that sometimes you do not see the wood for the trees. Maintaining existing systems when large-scale investment is not practical can narrow your vision and keep you focused on spinning plates rather than analysing those day-to-day operations.
Jade Engineering’s innovative corner cleaning machine
The goal to keep things running smoothly led Jade to bring out the simplest and lowest cost of time savers – one that is already seeing a growing list of fabricators adding their names to the waitlist for delivery.
And it goes by the incredibly inventive name of the Jade JBC2 reverse butt welder cleaner.
This small but perfectly formed piece of kit has a small footprint, which means it can sit in even the most restricted of factory spaces. It mechanises what has always been a manual technique carried out by a skilled operative with a moon knife. Consequently, this £7000 piece of kit can significantly improve the speed, efficiency and quality consistency, eradicating the potential for damaged frames and consequent remakes.
Speaking to the experts
“Sometimes the simplest of solutions is hiding in plain sight,” said Adam Jones, co-owner of Jade, alongside his co-founder Sean Mackey. “Creating efficiencies and improving quality – changes that often seem to be expensive and time-consuming – can often be achieved by taking a step back and gaining a new perspective. This is exactly the path we followed when we came up with the design for the JBC2.”
“This type of weld has always been carried out by hand, despite the popularity of this type of window,” continued Adam. “A number of our customers asked if we could do anything that could improve the process from the point of view of efficiency and quality, so we put the problem into the melting pot that drives Jade Consult. And whilst this division increasingly designs and fulfils full production lines, we love a challenge.”
Improving efficiency with corner cleaners for tidying up window welds
Adam and Sean both believe that the industry has evolved to such a degree that radical overhauls of production lines are increasingly unnecessary, particularly in view of increasing demands on profit margins. While investment for scalability remains important, often the simplest of tweaks in processes can yield the biggest of gains. Jade Consulting is shaping up to be a key resource for fabricators who want to explore more creative and intelligent ways to improve manufacturing efficiencies, over and above the more high-profile five- and six-figure investments in new machinery. The JBC2 is a prime illustration of this – small, affordable, and sits within an existing factory with minimal disruption to existing operations. Whether the JBC2 is the perfect solution for your factory or one of our other products would best suit your requirements, be sure to browse our cleaning machine range to boost your efficiency in the manufacturing space.
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