
THE PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW
Highlighting best practice
58 | MARTIN CAIRNCROSS ENGINEERING LTD
Our whole culture is to apply
innovative ideas in a pragmatic
approach, using our knowledge gained
over 40 years within the can-making
industry combined with our dedicated
workforce. This sends out a clear
message to our clients that nothing
is too much trouble and we are more
than willing to meet their demands at
short notice.
Future innovation for quality
conformity
Five years of research and
development and several thousand
pounds developing electronics
produced a “mist detection unit”
which allows the can maker to
improve the quality of their product
and reduce wastage. This system
helps the operator locate sheet
contamination the instant it occurs.
On detection, the unit stops the sheets
being fed into the machine, thus
saving thousands of sheets fromruin.
The device also has the ability to
send a message to the print office
showing the time and printing line and
number of sheets which have been
contaminated, or a text message to the
supervisor’s mobile phone.
Consistent export orders
repair and return
The range of our services includes
the servicing and refurbishment of
associated components working
with our equipment. Each year we
import/refurbish/export thousands of
components which are designed to
wear and be periodically resharpened.
Our revolutionary resharpening
technique extends the life of the
scraping edge. The finished components
are checked and certificated on our
quality control system, which replicates
the customer’s production line. This
ensures zero time-wasting when the
component is put into production. It
outperforms our competitors’ service in
many countries, culminating in weekly
batches of components arriving from a
radius of several thousand miles away.
Martin Cairncross Engineering Ltd is
taking a leading role in the development
of sheet preparation with aggressive
can coatings. Fortunately, the industry
supports us in our endeavours and is
very interested when our new products
become available. This reinforces the
ethos of our company that the value of
a business is the people who produce
consistently good products.
Demand for the
equipment
pushed sales up
70 per cent
over the
2016/17
financial year,
and initial
installations
took place in
the UK and
France followed
by the Czech
Republic, Israel,
Dubai, USA,
Netherlands,
Belgium and
Turkey
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Mobile sending mist
detection message
Extra-hard-duty scraper
cylinder and blade