Increase Productivity and Efficiency with Portable Rollforming Machines

By Lauren White, RCS Reporter.

5 reasons for roofers, gutter installers, and manufacturers to choose portable versus in-plant rollformers.

For nearly 30 years, New Tech Machinery has been helping roofers, gutter installers, and manufacturers improve business operations and understand the value of using portable rollforming machines.  Choosing the right machine for a business can help increase productivity and efficiency.  

According to New Tech Machinery, “For anyone rollforming roof panels or seamless gutters and installing them directly at the job site, having a portable rollforming machine might be the best and most cost-effective way to improve your work and business.”  New Tech Machinery strives to educate their customers and has shared five reasons to purchase a portable rollforming machine.

The first advantage is the fact that it’s portable.  This means it can easily be transported to job sites.  Depending on your needs and preferences, the machine can be powered by gas or electricity.  

Second, productivity will increase.  Since the machine is mobile, roofers and gutter installers can produce roof panels or seamless gutters on the job, making the exact amount of panels needed.  “Also, installers can keep putting panels onto the building without having to stop and wait for the next delivery to be made,” New Tech Machinery reveals. While in-plant rollforming machines are larger and faster, portable machines are still efficient and can produce panels for quick installations.

Easier machine accessibility is the third benefit.  The portable rollformer can be lifted to the height of the roof with the appropriate lifting mechanism.  The machine is easier to access this way and panels can be run directly onto the surface of the roof. These portable rollformers don’t need to be transported in a trailer, but can fit in certain vehicles.

Fourth, a portable rollforming machine can help reduce lead time.  Being able to make and install panels on the job site means you don’t have to wait for them to be manufactured and delivered.  There are fewer delays, no shipping costs, and no need to worry about panels getting damaged during delivery.

Finally, a portable rollforming machine reduces the amount of waste produced and can help ensure the panels are done correctly.  “By having your own machine and not relying on getting panels from a manufacturer, you decrease the risk of possibly getting the wrong size or colored panels, wrong panel profiles, or panels damaged...,” New Tech Machinery explains.  

Manufacturers can benefit from having a portable rollforming machine too.  Read the five reasons New Tech Machinery discloses:

First, portable rollforming machines give manufacturers a competitive advantage, allowing for business expansion.  You can, “expand your business into a ‘cut and drop’ operation,” as New Tech Machinery puts it. “This means you can produce the panels right at customers’ job sites, and supply several different customers daily in addition to your normal business operations.”

Portable rollforming machines have more profile options (roller sets) available.  “With so many options at your disposal, you can provide more versatility to your customers and take more bids on jobs knowing that you can easily add more profiles.”

Third, because of their smaller size, you can fit more portable rollforming machines in a building, thus producing more panels at a quicker rate.  The NTM SSQ II™ MultiPro Roof Panel Machine is approximately 15 feet long and five feet wide.

Faster changeovers, or tooling changes, are another benefit to portable machines.  They only require one person, a wrench, and approximately 45 minutes to one hour of time.  In-plant rollformer changeovers can take hours, require advanced machinery sometimes, and make contractors wait to get panels.  

The final advantage is that New Tech Machinery provides different financing options.  Benefits to financing include managing cash flow, potential tax write-off, building business credit, fixed interest rates, and no need for additional collateral.

New Tech Machinery knows there are a lot of factors that go into selecting the best machinery for a business.  That’s why their specialists are trained to answer all of your questions and help guide you through the process.  They can talk to you about price, how the machines run, and how owning a portable rollforming machine can improve business and make work easier.  These machines are small enough that they can go to any job site, they are efficient and can help improve productivity, in addition to helping expand business operations.   

Learn more about New Tech Machinery.  

Source: New Tech Machinery