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From the felled tree to the finished house

country. “We are convinced that wood is the building material of the future,” says Katharina Lehmann, who has been running the business for 24 years. When the boss talks about wood, she is completely in her [...] order to better refine the wood,” Lehmann says. The dried boards shoot through the planing machine on a conveyor belt. Watching over them are digital eyes, scanning the wood. Smart software detects errors [...] In a further processing step, several of the pieces of wood joined together in this way are glued together in layers at right angles to the wood grain or nailed together in an environmentally friendly

Eco house from native forests

Griffner are all about wood. Saws are buzzing on the factory floor, it smells like spruce chips. Beams support walls and roofs. The external walls of the company buildings are covered with wood. Bright floorboards [...] days to produce a house from raw wood. There is no comparison to traditional building methods, where bricklayers need months to put up walls of bricks and cement. Wood is the building material of the future [...] trees. One cubic meter of wood grows every second. That's enough for more than 2000 single-family homes per day! Even with regard to climate change, there is no alternative to wood for the boss at Griffner

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

weekend. This took almost a year. However, he now loads a workpiece into woodWOP that he designed with the 3D CAD module of woodWOP. It is a round corner element for a veneered bar which looks like a curved [...] we have done this, I move the part into woodWOP, where I can create the trimming program with just a few clicks.” Benjamin Löw shows how this is done. For woodWOP, a workpiece consists of plane or curved [...] far. The solution with woodWOP 7 on the work preparation screen as well as on the machine and Rhino costs perhaps a third of a standard CAD-CAM system. Benjamin Löw says: “With woodWOP and Rhino, we can

HOMAG Group further expands activities in solid wood sector

production of glued laminated timber elements. HOMAG has pooled all activities in the solid wood sector in the Solid Wood Processing business unit. A central role is played by its subsidiary WEINMANN, which offers [...] Schopfloch, April 29, 2021. HOMAG Group further expands its activities in the solid wood sector with the acquisition of a majority interest in the Danish mechanical engineering company Kallesoe Machinery [...] towards establishing itself as a leading technology partner for sustainable construction with solid wood. Kallesoe specializes in high-frequency presses for the production of board plywood – also known as

Customer Magazine performance – issue 20 | 2021

will also find insights into the new HOMAG business unit "Solid Wood Processing" and the resulting holistic solutions for the solid wood sector. Content: Interview: Spaces for life by Florian Hegar (HolzHaus [...] Building with wood represents the future. Timber construction not only shows the high ecological added value, but also the versatile applications. These advantages and growth can be seen in many countries [...] News: smartPrefab – A vision becomes reality Consulting & Academy Holistic solutions for the solid wood sector Read issue 20 | 2021 now!

Dr. Daniel Schmitt becomes a member of the HOMAG Group AG Board of Management

HOMAG’s solid wood business includes its subsidiary WEINMANN as well as the two recently acquired Danish companies System TM and Kallesoe. With the solid wood business unit HOMAG mainly supplies manufacturers [...] solid wood segment are expected to significantly exceed €100 million. CEO Ralf W. Dieter stresses: “We want to become the leading systems supplier for timber construction and develop the solid wood segment [...] HOMAG is well placed to enjoy vigorous growth in the solid wood sector. It is my goal to showcase the strength of the newly formed Solid Wood Processing business unit while maintaining the flexibility

woodWOP 8.1: Used every day. Inspired every day.

since 2017 a CAD system has been used that automatically creates many woodWOP programs. However, the CNC programming software woodWOP , currently the latest version 8.1, is still an elementary component [...] carpenters also program individual parts and small orders directly in woodWOP at the machine. Overall, the CNC programming software woodWOP is characterized by its clear operation, simple programming and [...] program creation using a CAD system," continues Production Manager Markus Schuster. New functions in woodWOP 8.1 that make work easier Opening tool selection lists directly from the variable table or the

The future of timber construction: Sustainability right from the start thanks to efficient production processes

Pfalzgrafenweiler. Wood construction is one of the fastest-growing industrial segments of the wood and furniture industry. Due to the high demand, entrepreneurs are required to automate and optimise their [...] production in order to be able to react flexibly to the requirements of the market. The responsible use of wood as a resource is not only relevant from an ecological point of view, but with rising material costs [...] woodworking and furniture industry for over 60 years. Rapid growth needs sustainable development "Wood construction is not a trend topic for us. We are innately familiar with the material and know its

woodWOP: New options with the CAM plugin

craftsmanship to your CNC. The add-on module for woodWOP provides you with additional processing macros that enable 3-axis processing of 3D surfaces in woodWOP. Tools such as roughing cutters, finishing cutters [...] like this: There's more to your 3-axis or 4-axis than many people think. With CAM Plugin Basic for woodWOP you can produce workpieces that would otherwise only be possible with time-consuming manual work [...] in a modern way. The joiner designed the 3D model of this handrail segment using the CAD plugin in woodWOP. The subsequent programming of the processing steps – roughing down and finishing the surfaces

Lignum Latin America

, energy, biomass, wood utilization and forestry. It is the main event of SIM – Semana Internacional da Madeira. Come and meet us at LIGNUM Latin America, the event where solid wood is in the spotlight [...] spotlight, and experience the power of wood. System TM will be present at the booth of our South American distributor Grupo Linares.