Trading under the name Banana-Art, the company provides a range of art products, including the distinctive curved pictures that inspired its name.
As Steve Morris, Managing Director, explained, it was a desire to make better use of resources, cutting costs and wastage, that led him to invest in the Koolkut. "Creating the curved pictures involves removing large sections from the centres of sheets of MDF – these centre sections were essentially waste," he said. "In order to make use of them, we needed a panel saw to trim them down, so that we could create smaller pictures out of them."
Banana-Art took delivery of its Koolkut KK12 late in 2006. "Delivery and setup went very smoothly," Steve recalled. "The saw was here a couple of days after we ordered it, which I found very impressive, and Sagetech had a technician in a couple of days later to set the machine up."
With a design engineering background, Steve is quick to praise the design and build quality of the Koolkut. "It's obviously been thought through properly," he enthused. "The machine is bristling with clever engineering solutions, such as the sealed linear bearings running on ground, hardened shafts. It's also immensely strong, but remarkably compact."
With the Koolkut in place, Banana-Art can make much better use of its raw materials, by using the centre pieces from larger pictures as material for smaller ones. Steve expects this to make a significant difference to the company's bottom-line performance.
"I'm very pleased with the Koolkut," Steve summed up. "It's a remarkable machine, very nicely engineered and very reasonably priced, which is why we have become agents for the range. I'd definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a vertical panel saw."
For further information on the Koolkut range, please visit www.sagetech.co.uk or www.banana-art.co.uk. Sagetech can be contacted on:
Tel: 0118 970 1950
Banana-Art on 01452 751199
