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Digitalisation in the compressed air technology

company history and offers the "Sigma Air Manager 4.0" compressed air management system as a digital solution. This is a central control system that adjusts compressed air output to actual demand. The system [...] self-regulating system. The Chinese government is currently promoting companies that invest in digital solutions. Companies in Germany can also receive a subsidy for energy-efficient compressors - this is a subsidy [...] which are administered and optimized over the over ordered control "RENNERconnect". Similar to the solutions described above, "RENNERconnect" enables extended system pressure monitoring. This ensures the greatest

Pionier des industrialisierten Bauens in Brasilien

Currently, the company has around 350 employees among its offsite and onsite production teams, engineering, and other support areas. Building affordable homes Tecverde operates in three business areas. [...] also be seen. Ranging from low to high-income housing, in a combined housing and real estate credit solution for the end customer, in partnership with the FinTech Homeland. The third business division is focused [...] impressive proportions and, even so, with artisanal processes, inspired Tecverde to seek technological solutions in other countries that suited the needs of Brazilian society, as well as adaptable to building

Roof and house from the same production line

also be capable of manufacturing walls and floors. "We therefore worked together with the WEINMANN engineers to adapt the software and the settings accordingly," recalls Managing Director Nicky Wijlens. The [...] first line, with just one exception: Instead of 10 m tables the company selected a more compact solution with tables that are 8 m in length. The two production lines are otherwise identical, with both

Think bigger

the company, which has its own planning department and employs 27 engineers, looks initially for a cost-efficient wood work solution. Tillmann Schütt: "That's easier for us because with this department [...] are no longer necessary, which is then ultimately reflected in the overall situation." Wood work solutions absolutely preferred For Gebr. Schütt KG, skeleton constructions with suspended wood frame facades [...] the project development, we can then make suggestions for materials and develop optimal wood work solutions, whereby we always place a lot of value on cost-effectiveness." The target group for Gebr. Schütt

Flexibility was key

also produce free-formed pieces." After contacting WEINMANN and HOMAG, work began on a solution: "Service engineers from both companies solved the problem for me. We bought special trimmers and test timber [...] could not be processed on the beam processing system, which is why the carpenter had to find another solution. At the time, the master carpenter recalled his training at WEINMANN: "In the back of my mind, I

Tradition meets high tech: Joinery Koch produces “historic” windows for the Römer building in Frankfurt

search for an optimum solution for our company, the focus was primarily on flexible machine application and our high quality aspiration. We compared a number of machine engineering firms, but the one which

Customized and versatile

decreases, while the demand for wood work increases rapidly. For me, prefabrication was the obvious solution, so I set out to significantly increase the level of prefabrication and therefore reduce personnel [...] production facility. The entire building was made using cross-laminated timber construction and timber engineering, which can be seen in both the production area and the offices. The aim was to celebrate the s

Modular construction of temporary and permanent buildings

pioneers of modular timber construction. Today, even developers who are looking for a permanent solution are interested in its high-quality modular buildings, which are built using timber frame constructions [...] several years - because of a long-winded approval procedure, for example. Therefore a temporary solution can end up being used for many years. The advantage of modular buildings in such situations is that [...] have long since exceeded temporary status. Ultimately, they also offer contractors of permanent solutions a whole range of benefits, making them seem an attractive alternative to conventional forms of

Houses from the production line

from January 2019, the production of houses will be concentrated entirely in Austria,“ explains engineer Markus Schandl, production manager at the site in Schrems. From the new year, production at the [...] consisting of a turning table and a WALLTEQ M-340 multifunction bridge is ideal as a universal solution for small timber construction companies and-in large companies like Elk- as a production system

Demystifying the path towards Batch Size 1 Production

such solution may still be workable for small companies with high skill set but it will not be sufficient for industrial setups with hundreds or thousands of orders, said Neeser. POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS AND [...] are still catching up. “They are willing to implement online Point-of-Sale systems and software solutions to cater to the local consumer, as well as for customers with smaller budgets,” said Neeser. High [...] essentially every drawing has to change with each single order, creating a huge bottleneck in order engineering • No clear mapping or assessment of intra-company processes Having a clear map of processes within