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Carpenter produces 3D parts for his 5 axis CNC without using a CA

workshop has discovered an affordable method – its ticket to success. Published in „DDS 3/2017“. Benjamin Löw works with two screens, on the small screen to the right he is running “woodWOP 7”, the p [...] large screen and shows what he and his partner Thorsten Breidenbach have already managed to do on their 5 axis CNC machine from HOMAG – even without a CAD-CAM system. The left, slightly larger screen shows [...] a curved staircase newel (see images on the right-hand page). It connects two side panels of different thicknesses with rising height. The side panels and the corner pieces are to be veneered with stripy

Industry 4.0: 4,000 furniture components leave Nowy Styl factory

program calculates the best possible cut. A modern saw can cut several panels lying on top of one another in seconds. The individual panels are ideally separated out in another machine, which op­erates with [...] almost clinical cleanness. The employees hardly ever get their hands dirty any more. Their most important job is to oversee the operation. Up to 4,000 furniture components leave the factory every shift. Usually [...] Manufacturers now offer panels, boards and shelves in countless shapes, colors and sizes. Before, joiners would have had to manufacture these different units laboriously by hand. Today the high-end systems

The wanderer between the worlds

Teixeira not only produces furniture, but also furnishes entire buildings at the customer’s request – from window frames to television tables. The company combines pure craftsmanship with industrial series [...] factory floor, which in total is as large as five football pitches. While there, the wiry man shakes hands with every employee and exchanges a few words with him or her. Not only is João Teixeira a polite [...] automated production line from the HOMAG Group, which saws, trims, drills and bands edges onto up to 4,000 single parts a day. The stations, which are spread out over 5,000 square meters, are networked with