... moving made easy

Shifting his business didn’t make Marten Hielkema of Ezyscribe Products Ltd lose any sleep once he had contacted NZDUCT+FLEX.

The sales team at NZDUCT +FLEX, who had specified Marten’s extraction system just 3 years previously, had recommended not only a filter to suit his current extraction needs then, but also one big enough to cope with any future expansion: this is exactly what you would expect from an industry leader in dust and fume extraction. An added advantage for Marten was the 3 Bay Double Module filter with a screw exit to cope with a massive volume of shavings, was installed by NZDUCT+FLEX’s own install team, so dismantling it again was easy for the same install crew.

Just before the 2020 lock down, Marten contacted NZDUCT+FLEX to confirm he was moving to a bigger building as demand for more product, (cavity batten and scribers), meant he required extra machinery to cope with serving New Zealand’s construction industry.

All the modular ducting was moved across to the new building within a tight 3 day window available, before Marten needed to be set up and running again. The install team set to work organising a crane and truck to transport everything for Marten, and the entire extract system including filter and fan was relocated and up and running in time.

NZDUCT+FLEX is recognised as the largest stockist of modular ducting from Danish JKF Industri, with the economical LIPLOCK® duct system made from finely galvanised Swedish steel, and a range of modular filters that can easily be extended or moved due to their design. The filters can be enlarged by removing the end panel, adding another module and bolting the ends on again. Servicing these units is minimal and consists of oiling the fan shaft occasionally.

Although the filter and fan had to be repositioned into quite a tight space at Ezyscribe’s new premises, Nav Sharma, NZDUCT+FLEX’s Installation Manager said: “We made it work with one extra bend – we are doing this every week, all over NZ in many different industries and situations and we can immediately access extra stock from our 2 large warehouses if need be. Reusing the ducting is a huge cost saving for any business – proof that a modular system is always more economical than spiral in the longer term.

Marten will soon be ready for his annual Preventative Maintenance check which is a cost effective way of ensuring the pressures and flows are kept at maximum performance. Not regularly checking an extraction system can lead to poor filtration, and constant filter sock replacement, (this is costly). Nav continues “Dust left in the work area creates health issues, and dust settling in the duct work is a potential fire risk. If the system has been specified correctly with a large filter area in the first place, maintenance is minimal but more and more of our customers ask us to complete an annual inspection to ensure the system is as effective as it was on the day it was commissioned. Even larger companies with their own maintenance teams do not have the expertise in dust extraction that we can provide.”

Whether you are a family owned joinery company or large wood working processor like Marten at Ezyscribe, LIPLOCK® ducting which like a child’s train set, can be undone and reconfigured as often as necessary saving costs.

Marten Hielkema said “Among all the other issues I had with the move, trying to set up all the machines, deal with power shortages that often occur when relocating, I was very pleased with the way the extraction install went, and appreciated what the NZDUCT install team had achieved in that time frame : their experience meant it was one less thing for me to worry about.”

For more information for a dust extraction solution or a health check on your existing system, visit www.nzduct.co.nz or call 0508 69 38 28