46 | Innovation, training major focus Designing and manufacturing wire fabricating machines for the global market forms the bulk of the company’s work. T T from page 44 MANUFACTURING South Fence Machinery Dunsmuire Engineering’s highly skilled staff have over 100 years of combined experience. We specialise in precision CNC Machining and Mechanical Repairs. With experience in repairing machinery of all types from the woodworking & dairy industires, you can trust Dunsmuire Engineering to deliver an exceptional job every time. We offer a wide variety of services including: • General and Manufacturing Engineers • CNC Machining • CNC 3 and 4 Axis Milling • Manual Turning and Milling • Machine Repairs 03 348 4992 65 Treffers Road Christchurch www.dunsmuireengineering.com Proud to be associated with South Fence Machinery T T Innovation the key - page 48 Ben says the real turning point came in 2015 when a couple of large corporate projects were taken on requiring a lot of investment and effort put into R&D, and over 12 months the development of that machinery changed the wire fencing industry. “We have brought about a lot of change, just as the people before us adapted and put their money back into the business, with innovation and staff training. One of the biggest changes which we have been part of is the ergonomics of how tasks are done when fabricating fencing wire. If you go back twenty-five years, the operator could be seriously injured, or worse, if they did something wrong. Because we’ve been working with large corporate customers, there has had to be the highest level of safety in the machine design. We’ve driven safety in the design of these machines, and the ergonomics in how they are operated to improve machine operation and prevent RSI injuries. So, we’ve been working to improve those things for the customer and end user, so that our customers machine operators can go home safe every night.” While South Fence Machinery does have a small domestic fence machine market, and services the original wire machines now owned by Summit Steel & Wire, along with some CNC machining for other engineering firms in Canterbury, designing and manufacturing wire fabricating machines for the global market forms the bulk of the company’s work. Those customers range from small one-man operations right up to a significant number of very large corporates. “Depending in what we’re building and the specifications required by the customer, these machines could be two to three million dollar plants, so you need a huge cash flow to build them. You need a big crew of really smart people, and you need a lot of equipment to do it. “The machinery we have here is very specialised and there’s only a few of them in the Southern Hemisphere. But the customer is not just buying the machine. They are buying the service and support that they get after the machine has been installed. “We build about five or six of these big machines each year, along with three or four of the smaller ones. “The machines are built here in their entirety, we set them up, commission them and test them. Then strip them apart and put them in five 20’ containers and ship them off. The knowledge our team have is immense and it 75% cooling unit series Up to energy savings with hybrid technology The Blue Discover more: www.rittal.co.nz Dana SAC New Zealand Ltd Sales Office - 41 Birmingham Drive, 8024 Middleton Christchurch. Office: +64 9 250 0050 | Mobile: +64 (0) 274 970035 | +64 (0) 274 834564 Dana SAC New Zealand Ltd, Proudly supporting New Zealand Industry and South Fence Machinery with quality gear-drive solutions for over 20 years. takes us about five years to train someone before we can send them on site. So you need a lot of really good people around you. “We also service the machines onsite, and in some cases we can assist our customers remotely on-line with the late model machines.”
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