We would all like to wish Wesley Young, Sales Director, AGM Services the very best luck as he prepares for the Hillsborough to Anfield Run, which is a gruelling 96 miles over a three day period. Starting on Sunday 13th April the run will see Wesley start from Anfield the home of Liverpool FC and end the run in Hillsborough the home of Sheffield Wednesday FC on Tuesday 15th April. That’s 32 miles each day for 3 days.
Wesley is running to raise money for Alder Hey Children’s Hospital and The Children’s Hospital Sheffield. Alder Hey Children’s Hospital sees over 270,000 young patients and their families every year. The Children’s Hospital Sheffield is one of only 4 stand-alone children’s hospitals in the UK. The charity’s role is to provide over and above the standard NHS provision, enhancing the hospital and matching world class equipment with existing world class expertise.
Wesley commented “This run is for a great cause. The two hospitals combined see nearly 400,000 children every year and do a fantastic job despite continued cut backs in funding. Running 32 miles a day for 3 days is going to be a tough test, I have done my best to prepare physically and mentally. Friends and family have been extremely supportive in the build up to the run both in terms of motivation and donations”.
Both teams at Junair Spraybooths and AGM Services wish Wesley the very best of luck.
AGM Services provide market leading spray booth services including spray booth maintenance carried out by highly skilled and qualified spray booth engineers. You can find out more about the spray booth maintenance and spray booth services we provide on our website. Just recently we have made it possible for our customers to order spray booth filters online thanks to our secure online ordering system. If you would like to speak to a member of the AGM team you can do so by phoning 01706 363 585.
As we’re soon to bid farewell to 2013, we think it’s only fair that we express our sincere gratitude and appreciation to all our customers for making 2013 a success.
We will close for business on Tuesday 24th December until Thursday 2nd January 2014.
The team at AGM Services wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
We have just taken delivery of another new VW Transporter van. We chose the VW Transporter due to their build quality, excellent reliability, loading capacity and more importantly their low carbon emissions.
Replacing our vans every three years allows our spray booth engineers to offer a prompt and reliable service to all our customers’ nationwide.
One of our key specification requirements for any new van is the loading capacity. This is because we understand that a spray booth is of paramount importance for many bodyshops, therefore to be able to fix a spray booth breakdown on first visit, it requires our spray booth engineers to carry a wide range of spare parts and equipment on their vans. All our vans are fully racked with the latest spray booth service and maintenance equipment and spray booth spare parts.
Here at AGM Service we pride ourselves on offering a premium, high quality, reliable service. This philosophy has seen us grow over the last 20 years to become the UK’s leading Spray booth Service and maintenance provider. Thanks to our service centres being strategically located throughout the United Kingdom, this allows our fleet of fully qualified spray booth engineers to respond quickly to emergency breakdown calls nationwide, all at competitive prices.
We have a purpose built warehouse in Lancashire where we stock a vast range of spray booth spare parts available for next day delivery. We don’t just stock Junair spare parts we also stock Dalby, USI, Spraybake, STL and Nova Verta spares, as well as many other spray booth manufactures.
If you are interested in finding out more about our first rate spray booth services you can do so by contacting us by telephone on 01706 363 585. Or alternatively email a member of our friendly team at sales@agm-services.co.uk
Replacing the extract filters on your spray booth between services is just as important as the regular maintenance checks. By doing this, you are ensuring your spray booth is working both to its optimum efficiency and productivity, as well as ensuring you remain compliant with EPA legislation.
Depending on the type of extraction in your Spray booth, and the scope of work it’s used for, extract filter change frequency can vary between 100 and 250 running hours. This could lead to needing changes as frequent as every fortnight, but as a minimum at least three times between main Spraybooth service intervals.
Delaying changing these spray booth filters results in a drop in extraction of paint overspray through the filters as they block, the end result causing defects in paintwork. The cost of having to redo one paint job is often more expensive than a set of filters, so in the long run having a schedule in place to replace your filters will prove more profitable.
Obviously while value for money is important in the current climate, ensuring you remain compliant is also critical. Good quality filters will hold more overspray / dust than a cheaply priced product, the weight (or Dust holding capacity) is important when comparing. There are a number of internet based companies who will sell a standard product that is bought in bulk, without considering the actual type of filter required for the design of Spraybooth you have installed. AGM Services staff have extensive knowledge of many different types of Spraybooth manufacturers, makes and models, as well as the different types of extraction available, to be able to provide you with a quote for the correct product. Often a 4” (100mm) filter will fit without suppressing airflow, easing the load on the synthetic secondary filter, as opposed to buying a 2” (50mmm) filter that while cheap to buy blocks quicker and requires more frequent and expensive labour and downtime costs changing. It goes without saying that all products supplied by AGM Services work in compliance with statuary obligations under the Environmental Protection Act (EPA) and the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) legislations.
AGM understands that spray booth filters are not high on everyone’s day to day agenda, which is why we can take the hassle away and set up a filter call-off. Customers who have a Spraybooth Service & Maintenance Contract also benefit from additional discounts, as well as paying no carriage for filter media. We can also arrange for one of our experienced and knowledgeable engineers to periodically visit you to change the filters for you, allowing you and your painters to get on with what your good at, repairing and preparing vehicles and components.
Browse the latest spraybooth filters.
There are many benefits to choosing AGM for you spray booth filter products, maintenance and servicing. Browse our website or give us a call on (01706) 363585 to find out the full extent of the services we offer.
Choose AGM to carry out spraybooth servicing and maintenance.
Your spray booth filter will perform best for the first 50-60 hours of spraying. During regular use, you should anticipate to change filters every two to four weeks. This will keep your spray booth in good operating order and guarantee that only clean air enters the booth.
It is not recommended that you re-use spray booth filters. They are brittle and can be fiddly if you were to try and clean them.
As well as keeping the floor clean to stop overspray and undesirable particles from entering your fresh paintwork, it is important to keep the walls clean, tidy and dust free. At AGM we ensure the burner head is cleaned and inspected regularly, safety devices are checked and air flow tested to COSHH requirements, among other regulations to keep our spray booths serviced.
There are many benefits to choosing AGM Services for your spray booth filter products, maintenance and servicing. Browse our website or give us a call on (01706) 363585 to find out the full extent of the services we offer.
In the unfortunate event that your spray booth should encounter a fault or breakdown altogether, it is of paramount importance to ensure you have a contingency plan to diagnose and repair in place. Our spray booth engineers are committed to doing just that. AGM know that a fault or breakdown to a spray booth can greatly affect revenue by creating a bottleneck in the bodyshop, at times bringing business to a standstill. Our in-house Technical Team are available to talk through problems over the phone, and with their wealth of experience in the spray booth industry it’s possible that problems can be resolved without the need for a visit to site. This saves not just the cost of the call-out but also gets you back in production as quickly as possible.
If the fault is not something our technical team can remedy over the phone, you’ll need one of our spray booth engineers to visit straight away. Our Operations Team will arrange to dispatch one of our spray booth repair engineers to you promptly. We have service centres strategically situated throughout the United Kingdom allowing us to quickly service every region in the country as quickly as possible. If the fault on your spray booth is caused by a faulty component, and needs a new part, more often than not our spray booth engineer will have it available from his van stock. Stocks of the most commonly replaced parts for the majority of booths are kept on the van. Most of our competitors run around in small vans or estate cars with minimal stocks to keep their overheads down, by using AGM as your breakdown response provider most visits are resolved in one visit meaning your costs are minimised both from us and from loss of production.
Even in the event that a part is not stocked on our spray booth engineers van then AGM can quickly procure the required part from our sister company Junair, the UK largest Spray booth manucturer.
At AGM our customer care is underlined by ISO9001:2008 accreditation and our spray both repair service is of the highest standard and efficiency. Our directly employed spray booth engineers adhere to mandatory health and safety legislation such as the Environmental Protection Act (EPA) AND Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH), as well as all being Gas Safe Registered so you can be assured if you need our engineers on your premises they are competent, qualified and experienced.
Visit our spray booth service website or give us a call on 01706 363585 to discuss how we may be able to put a plan in place should you have the misfortune of a spray booth breakdown.
At AGM Services, we are dedicated to meeting the highest possible standards for our customers. This goes for scheduled maintenance, breakdown or testing; and it’s no different with the materials we supply, especially when it comes to spray booth filters.
In this post, we take a look at our vast range of paint spray booth filters and how they can be of benefit to your business.
Our spray booth filters are all made to meet EN779:2012 criteria to ensure they are suitable for application and provide the best performance for effective filtration. After all, a high-quality filter is just as important as having regular schedules for changing your spray booth filters. Rest assured, at AGM Services our range of spray booth filters ensures maximum running efficiency.
Spray booth filters and supplies need to meet the European Standard for all air filters, which is the EN779:2012 criteria that came into effect in 2021. Simply put, this standard characterises the filtering performance of building ventilation filters.
We offer a varied range of filters to choose from, including spray booth ceiling filters (roof filters), pre-filters in cut pads and cartridges, sock filters for spray booth blower systems and various ranges of spray booth extract/floor filters. These range in grades from G (coarse), M (medium) to F (fine).
We can supply filters for any make or model of spray booth oven on the market, cut to size or supplied in bulk rolls. We also offer a monthly filter call-off facility so that you’re not overstocked with bulky rolls of filter on-site.
Our input filters are composed of thermally bonded 100% polyester fibres impregnated in-depth with a tackifier to stop the loss of dust caused by air vibration, increasing the dust holding capacity. Designed to remove all particles above 10 microns, the clean air side is reinforced with a polyester scrim to ensure any loose fibres are not dropped into the airstream and into any paintwork.
At AGM Services, we have a national network of directly employed engineers who are able to visit your site free of charge and discuss your spray booth filter supply requirements.
As well as changing your filters at the time of service, we can also provide a quote to supply and change your extract filters between services (instead of having to burden your own staff with the responsibility).
If you require more information about our spray booth filters or any other of the services, we encourage you to get in touch with our helpful team by calling 01706 363585 today. If you believe your spray booth needs a service and maintenance check, book one with us today.
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AGM Services Sales Director, Wesley Young, met staff from The Children’s Hospital Sheffield on Saturday morning outside Hillsborough Stadium, home of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club in preparation for a 96 mile run over 3 days that will see them start on the pitch in Sheffield on 4th April, cross the Pennines and finish on Saturday 6th April on the pitch in Liverpool at Anfield Stadium.
The run is in memory of the 96 people who lost their lives in the Hillsborough Disaster, raising funds for The Children’s Hospital Sheffield and Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool. Fundraising is already over £1,000 and growing daily.
Commenting on the preparation Wesley said “It’s hard work getting up early to get runs or gym work in, then get a full day in the office before most nights having to put more miles in again but the charities are worth it! Currently we are very busy putting the final touches to a new website that will allow customers to buy filters for spray booths online, as well as a range of spare parts for any make or model of spray booth oven, so juggling the responsibilities is tough but the end results will both be rewarding!
AGM Services are a truly national spray booth oven service company, able to provide service and maintenance including input filters and extract filters, as well as many special order spray booth filters for all spray booths in the automotive, aerospace and industrial finishing industries. Enquiries can be made with the spray booth service department on (01706) 363585.
Anyone wanting more information on the run or would like to donate, can do so by visiting www.hillsborough-anfieldrun.com. All training progress and updates during the run will be tweeted via @hillsboroughanf.
AGM Services are pleased to announce the appointment of Ian Aldred in the role of Service Contracts Manager.
Transferring industry experience gained within Junair Spray booths over the last 7 months, we are confident Ian will have an immediate positive impact to the business.
This new appointment strengthens our existing Operations Department team, enabling us to maintain and improve our high levels of customer care, which is the foundation for any successful business.
AGM’s Operations Department are the first call for any customers spray booth breakdown issues. In the first instance they use our in-house Technical Department to attempt to diagnose and resolve any faults over the phone, cutting out breakdown call-out costs and also minimising spray booth downtime. In the event a site visit is needed they utilise our national network of directly employed spray booth engineers, who have an extensive stock of parts inlcuding spray booth filters not just for Junair equipment but all makes of spray booths such as Nova Verta, USI Italia, Spraybake, STL, Dalby & Burntwood to name just a few. Any larger parts that may be required are usually stocked or can be made quickly at the group head office manufacturing facility ensuring spray booth downtime is kept to a minimum.
Commenting on the appointment AGM Sales Director Wesley Young said “Ian is a welcome addition to our team, as our customers face tough economic conditions when a Spray booth breakdown occurs they rely on us to get them up and running as quickly as possible. The extra resource internally helps us provide this service”
AGM Services enjoyed an afternoon raising funds for Macmillan Cancer Support on their customer Just Car Clinic’s fundraising golf day and managed to finish the day as winners!
AGM Services are proud to be responsible for the service and spraybooth maintenance and filter supply to the Just Car Clinic Group, the UK’s second largest accident repair company, with sites across the country from Wiltshire right up to the North East. The filters supplied by AGM Services are compliant to HSE standards filtering all particles to under 10 microns and are available on next day delivery with no carriage charges.
The winning AGM team members were Wesley Young, Graham Hunt, James Kingwood and Matt Wheatcroft. Commenting on the event AGM Sales Director, Wesley Young, said “It’s nice to be able to get an afternoon out of the office and Dawn, Sharon and the Macmillan girls put on a thoroughly enjoyable event, winning was a bonus as I’m normally never close to the prizes but the real achievement was the money raised for such an excellent cause”
Service and maintenance from AGM helps reduce the risk of downtime and lost revenue, while we also tailor plans to suit customer’s needs to make sure the spraybooth oven always operates at peak efficiency. As Just Car Clinic Group have experienced, consistent spraybooth performance has huge benefits as well as great dependability.
Consistent maintenance by AGM’s experienced engineers also align with your legal obligations under the Environmental Protection Act (EPA) and Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) legislation, which can only be positive for businesses.
The various benefits of an AGM spraybooth maintenance contract include free calibrations to NPL standards, free technical support, a reduced hourly rate for the work that’s carried out, priority on call-outs for emergency repairs and a fixed price on labour and materials. These benefits combine to offer customers a comprehensive maintenance package.
To find out more about AGM spraybooth maintenance, feel free to read the other blogs and browse through the website.
AGM Services are pleased to announce that Sam Martin has joined the company as Sales Manager.
The appointment strengthens AGM’s offer for service and maintenance of spray booth ovens, paint mixing rooms, dust extraction systems, spray booth filters and other associated products. Sam returns to the automotive refinish industry after a year in another role, but previously spent over 12 years with Bristol & London.
Commenting on the appointment, AGM’s Sales Director, Wesley Young said, “Sam has a great understanding of the needs of our customers from her previous employment in the accident repair industry. I’m certain with her experience and knowledge she will be successful in bolstering AGM’s position as the leading national Spray booth service and maintenance company”
Contact a member of our team for more information about our services and accreditations, or for more information on how AGM Services can help you and your business.
01706 363 585 sales@agm-services.co.uk