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Opus CNC Sponsoring Ellington FC Under 11s Football Team

Ellington FC Under 11s Football Team

When we heard local team Ellington Juniors U11 football team were looking for a new sponsorship, we jumped at the opportunity.

As a local business, we believe we should help and support our local youngsters. Who knows, our small help may encourage the next Alan Shearer or Jordan Henderson.

Ellington Juniors were formed in 1988. They now have teams ranging from Under 7’s to Under 17’s, so every weekend over 180 boys and girls aged between 6 and 17 are playing football for Ellington Juniors FC. With our sponsorship, the Under 11 youths are all kitted out with their new strips. At Opus we all enjoy football and are looking forward to meeting the team and watching them play in this coming season.

Above & Beyond

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“The install was knowingly going to be tight! As well with thunderstorms ⛈ and limited access due to our premises being 400 years old!
We were lucky that we had wood, car jacks and an engineering approach but more importantly an excellent installer!
From start to finish, nothing phased Thomas and he never moaned! Not once!!
Opus went above and beyond and that’s why we chose them for our new machine.
💯 recommendation from us! 👍🛠”

The Story……

A potential customer was looking for a big enough and powerful enough laser cutter for his outside garden shed. We went through all of his options and both agreed the Oculus 1390 laser cutter would be perfect. It was a perfect size for his materials and powerful enough to cut through without issues. Once the installation date was set we then had a discussion regarding logistics. Usually our engineers position the Oculus laser cutters and then the install is carried out. This process is relatively straightforward. However, we were briefed with the dimensions and found this install was going to be extremely tight, but doable. Garden gates were removed and wood was used to travel the laser through a gravel pathway.

What we did not expect was the torrential rain showers and thunder storms as the machine was being moved into position. The engineer waited for hours whilst the rain eventually stopped. Eventually, at around 9pm our drenched engineer and customer managed to get the machine into the shed.

Our engineer Thomas worked effortlessly and in dreadful weather to ensure our customer could receive his Oculus laser machine. By taking an engineering approach, our customer now has the laser machine fitting snug in the bottom of his shed.

We are lucky to have such a fantastic team of dedicated engineers who appreciate exceptional customer service. JRS Custom Designs can now dry off and enjoy their new laser machine to take their business to another level.

We’re Hiring!

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Field Service Engineer

We are a fast-growing organisation and are looking to increase our engineering department with field service engineers. This is to ensure we continue to provide unbeatable customer service, whilst offering a fantastic career opportunity.

We have admiration for our engineers and offer them many benefits as we watch them on their journeys to becoming fully trained engineers.

We also value work / life balance and offer many rewards throughout the year, from annual bonuses to overseas Christmas parties.

Field Service Engineer

We have admiration for our engineers and offer them many benefits as we watch them on their journeys to becoming fully trained engineers.

We also value work / life balance and offer many rewards throughout the year, from annual bonuses to overseas Christmas parties.

Job Description

With a strong engineering background, we are looking for an experienced Field Service Engineer. The ideal candidate will have excellent standards and ensures high customer service is given at all times. The main role will be travelling throughout the UK and overseeing the full installation of our Olympus and Pegasus range of CNC routers.

Responsibilities

Installation of our full range of CNC routers.
Deliverying training on both the VCarve software and the machine itself.
Troubleshooting issues and carrying out repairs.
Servicing CNC routers.

Skills Required

Highly skilled in both electrical and mechanical engineering
Competent with the use of a multi-meter
Fully PC compliant
Understanding of Health and Safety regulations
Able to work as part of team and on their own
The ability to communicate with managers
Customer focused
Manage high levels of customer support
Have the ability to work away from home around 2 nights a week
Full clean UK driving licence
Engineering background and experience

Full training will be given to the right candidate who must be capable of problem solving and working with our customers to give them the best customer service. In return, you will be given a company vehicle, company pension and an attractive salary. To apply, please send your CV to Amanda at info@opuscnc.co.uk.

New & Upgraded CNC Routers

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New Carousel Station Pegasus ATC Range

When purchasing a large investment, we understand the need for superior parts. On standard CNC machines, the automatic tool change generally comes in a linear format. Having the linear design offers a much slower tool change. Therefore, we manufactured our Pegasus ATC CNC routers to have a much faster tool change station. This occurs due to the carousel system being located directly next to the spindle, rather than at the back. The machine, therefore, doesn’t need to travel as far.

All of the Pegasus ATC CNC routers come with 12 tools, rather than the industry standard of 8. We can also upgrade the tool allowance to twenty when required.

Upgraded Vacuum System Pegasus ATC Range

In April 2020 after much research and development, we made the decision to increase the power of vacuum suction on all of the Pegasus range of CNC routers. Throughout the industry, CNC routers are supplied with minimum vacuum suction. We have therefore increased the vacuum power on the following sizes:

1300×2500 to 7.5kw | 1500×3000 to 11kw | 2000×3000 to 15kw

We have also upgraded the vacuum bed with larger pipework to offer optimum suction. These upgrades will allow stronger retention of materials on the bed.

Upgraded Gantry Height Olympus CNC Range

Standard CNC routers come with either a 150mm or 200mm gantry clearance. After many discussions with our customers, we decided that this wasn’t enough. The Olympus and Pegasus range of CNC routers now have a 300mm gantry clearance. Having this extra gantry clearance will allow thicker materials to be processed. We also offer upgrades up to 900mm clearance. All you need to work out your required gantry height is the depth of your material, plus the length of the tool; this will give you the gantry height you require.

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Covid-19 Update

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As a UK based business we are closely monitoring the impact of Coronavirus (COVID – 19) and following the advice of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and local governments in order to protect our staff and ensure that we continue to support our customers.

The safeguarding of our staff is of paramount importance and we are providing regular updates to them on both the situation and the necessary precautions to take including hygiene, travel and agile working advice.

Our business continuity action plan

To minimise and mitigate the potential impact on our operations, our ongoing action plan comprises:

Regular management team meetings to continuously monitor the status of the virus and assess risks to our people, our customers and our business.
The safeguarding of our staff in relation to travel and hygiene.
Operational and IT planning to ensure everybody has the tools and ability to work remotely.
Resource planning including team rotas to enable social distancing so customer teams are appropriately split in terms of remote and office working, in order to reduce the risk of client teams being affected at the same time.
Business impact analysis to consider long-term solutions that protect our people and ensure that service to our customers remains unaffected.
Supplier chain management to ensure the impact of services provided to Opus CNC is minimised.

While the infrastructure we have in place puts us in a strong position to minimise our exposure to the potential impacts of the Coronavirus, we will continue to closely monitor the developments of the virus.

Meetings, installs and repairs – what changes we are making

We will be avoiding face-to-face meetings in favour of conference calls, supported by updates on our website, so that our customers and contacts continue to receive regular important industry updates. We are working remotely to carry out any troubleshooting and offer advice accordingly. Spare parts are being sent out when required as usual.

All of our engineers are available 7 days a week to support customers with machine or software issues. For all customers waiting for machine installations, we are still on track for installations to go ahead as planned unless you are told otherwise.

We would like to also ensure customers with on-going warranty are not caused any interruption and have automatically offered an additional 3 months warranty free of charge. You don’t need to do anything this will be added on as a matter of course.

Finally, we would like to take this opportunity to reassure all of our customers, new and old, we are working in the background and once we are told it is safe to do so, we will return and be ready to offer our usual standard of customer service.

Multiple Machines, Multiple Locations

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We are very proud of the machines we supply and have been lucky enough to have sent them to many exotic places outside of the UK.

Premier Ship Models in the UK purchased an Olympus CNC router machine for their unit in Mauritius recently to assist with the manufacture of their 3D model ships. Working on hard wood, the Olympus CNC machine will speed up production from traditional hand-held tools. It wasn’t long until Premier Ship Models purchased a second machine for this office, this time our Oculus laser cutter machine. Both the Olympus CNC router and the Oculus laser machines were shipped to Mauritius and the installation and training was carried out remotely and effortlessly. Both machines are running perfectly.

Based in Madrid, Spain our customer Jose Gonzales who owns Vector001 purchased the Oculus 6040 bench-top laser cutter to assist in his exhibition buiness. Capable of fast engraving, the Oculus laser is the perfect choice for most crafts, personalised gifts and hobbyists wanting to bring a new dimension to their product range.

A little closer to home, another personalised craft company from Southern Ireland chose the Oculus 6090 free-standing laser machine to replace an older non Opus laser machine. This machine has been running fluently without any issues after installation was carried out by one of head laser engineers. We also showed the customer how to replace their laser tube to allow this consumable item to be replaced conveniently and without interruption to the running of their business.

Another of the excellent engineering team had a visit to Albania to ensure our customer had his Oculus 1325 flatbed laser installed to our standards. The laser cutter was purchased to engrave onto granite and stone for our customer who dealt primarily in engraving onto gravestones.

In a beautiful part of the world known for its fantastic cheese, our engineering team installed the Olympus 1325 CNC router in Gruyere, Switzerland. The Olympus CNC machine is used on an industrial basis for our staircase building customer. The Opus team recommended Gruyere as being one of the most scenic places they have visited.

Our pledge to the NHS

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UPDATE 17.04.20

We have been approached by a guy who is currently furloughed and wanted to do his bit for the NHS in his spare time. He has been producing a small device to tie face masks to, rather than behind the ears. Key workers are finding the face masks uncomfortable to wear for long periods and the small device takes this away. We have stepped in and offered to produce 500 a day to start with so they can be distributed throughout hospitals and care homes. Should any hospitals or care homes require any, please drop us a line at info@opuscnc.co.uk or by calling 0800 0560404 and we can send them free of charge.

Frontline NHS Staff

UPDATE 04.02.20

Our fight against Covid-19

During the Coronavirus pandemic we have been approached by many industries wanting to assist the government in manufacturing personal protective equipment in helping the fight against this awful invisible disease.

Opus customers with Oculus laser cutting machines who are unable to carry out their normal business activity due to the lockdown are utilising their laser cutters to design and manufacture visors for the NHS front line staff made from PETG material.

One customer in particular, TJ Morgan an engineering company in Wales are working with The Royal Mint to mass produce up to 20,000 visors per day. They approached us to see if we had any Oculus laser machines to cut the designs belonging to The Royal Mint. Opus decided rather than sell them the machines we would loan them to ensure costs were minimised.

We have many customers with Oculus flatbed laser cutting machines who predominantly specialise in plastic fabrication or signage now putting their machines through their paces to also help in the fight against Covid-19. Due to the speed of the Oculus laser, customers are able to produce on a large-scale.

Any customers, who would like to join the fight against Covid-19 and would like to mass produce the medical visors, can find more information by emailing visors@royalmint.com.

We have also helped our customers by offering to extend their warranties by an additional 3 months. This is to help during the lockdown period so customers do not lose out for not being able to use their machines. We also have a vast range of consumable items such as CO² tubes, mirrors and lenses available for customers existing and new. Whilst our engineers are currently working remotely, we are able to allow them to carry out repairs on machinery currently being used to support the NHS.