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modern vehicle accident repair workshop, including Category A
Structural
Aluminium Repair, with 23,000 sq ft and plenty of parking spaces for
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Holmewood
Industrial Estate
Hardwick View
Road
Chesterfield. S42
5SA
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Structural Aluminium Repairer - Category
A
HSS, High
Strength
Steels and UHSS, Ultra High Strength Steels are now commonplace in
modern
vehicle construction and help reduce vehicle weight, by using thinner
materials
without compromising strength. In most modern vehicle construction
these
materials are utilised in passenger protection structures and require
specialist equipment to repair where possible and weld when necessary -
welding
these specialist materials incorrectly actually results in them being
weakened
and significantly reduces the vehicle's safety and structural rigidity.
In addition many prestige
and
sports vehicles utilise composite and aluminium in their construction,
these
materials can further reduce weight, improve fuel economy and
performance. They
give the manufacturer the opportunity to better balance the car by
using
lighter materials in certain areas to improve weight
distribution.
Repairing
these
vehicles requires specialist skills, tools, equipment and facilities.
Contaminating exposed aluminium with any corrosive material can cause
the
material to oxidise and become brittle. When working on any exposed
aluminium
the vehicle needs to be isolated and a completely seperate set of hand
tools
used to prevent any cross contamination. In addition specialist joining
and
welding techniques and equipment are required. There are differing
specifications of aluminium depending on where it is to be utilised,
these
material specs need to be properly identified, this is particularly
important
where the materials is being used in a structural capacity.
At Advance we have made a
signifcant investment in both equipment and training to ensure that
your
vehicle, what ever make and how ever it may have been constructed, will
be
repaired to the original manufacturer specification, without
compromising
passenger or pedestrian protection or the vehicles structural
integrity. With
the original manufacturers investment in development comes a wealth of
expertise in how to dismantle a vehicle, determine the most appropriate
areas
to join any replacement panels and re-assemble, to ensure that if you
are
unfortunate enough to be involved in another accident your vehicle will
perform
exactly as it should and did first time around, protecting the
occupants and
any pedestrians alike. There is no such thing as 'better than factory',
vehicles are designed and assembled as they are for a reason, how they
react in
an accident is more than just building them a strong as they can. These
vehicles are designed to collapse progressively, absorbing all the
energy while
protecting the occupants, pedestrians and other vehicles.
Quality Accident Repair is more
than skin deep.
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