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Bottlenecks in element production

new line. Tilt table and overhead crane "I chose this multifunction bridge because of the tool changer. The tool changer allows you to change saw blades, causing fewer chips when cutting fiberboards." The [...] builds confidence." The future is equally bright in Schuttertal, where Stefan Göppert expects the number of orders to rise in the future, despite difficulties in procuring timber. Text: Dr. Joachim Mohr

2 birds with one stone — cutting and element production in one machine

up to the finished timber construction element." Less is more In order to achieve this goal, the number of processing stations is consistently reduced and rapid data flow along the production chain is [...] with it." The WBZ 160 carpentry machine is fitted with a sawing unit, a main spindle, and a 12-slot tool changer. This optimizes previous applications and offers a diverse range of applications for beam [...] projects in the future. The market will take us in the right direction We're ready." Source: Innovation (HOMAG Schweiz) and holzbaumarktSchweiz Image rights: Josef Lehmann Holzbau AG, CH-5425 Schnelsingen

Tech seminar on Digital Manufacturing

the tools and software. This series of seminars will happen in 4 cities and registration are upon invitation only. Look out for more details on our LinkedIn and Facebook or reach out to your HOMAG contacts [...] are here and ready to help. HOMAG is partnering with Coohom in a series of tech seminars where we share actual customer cases and in-depth presentation of the processes and tools in digital manufacturing [...] Learn from the customers themselves and immerse in back-to-back presentations on the processes and tools used in digital manufacturing and mass customization. Experts who have practical experience in im

An extensive cultural change

made construction continuously more expensive in recent years—to the extent that, despite a healthy number of orders, it is becoming more difficult to pass the increased costs on to developers. For timber [...] economic slowdown. Xaver A. Haas, managing director of Haas Fertigbau GmbH in Falkenberg, has a good number of orders but is also confronted with price increases in the construction sector. Project cycles [...] enough people of the right quality." The aim of the investment was never therefore to reduce the number of personnel and produce more cost-effectively. Instead, the aim was much more to increase the efficiency

The Raumwunder - The new DRILLTEQ V-310 from HOMAG

ensure process reliability is the tool- changing concept on the DRILLTEQ V-310. On the software system side, tools can be transferred from the tool management system "toolManager" to the picker simply with [...] application possibilities with the DRILLTEQ V-310. The units can be easily combined with an 8-position tool changer and adapted to the application situation. Because of this, extensive tasks for sawing, milling [...] processing is possible. Comparable to the process with other machines in the DRILLTEQ series from HOMAG, on the DRILLTEQ V-310 the workpieces are optimally held with two collets, without vacuum, while they

Hammonds Furniture invests in HOMAG

the opportunity to see HOMAG’s CNC routers in action at the HOMAG UK showroom and the Treff open day in Germany. We found this very beneficial as not only were we able to see HOMAG’s routers operating in [...] about their capabilities. Seeing the HOMAG machinery in action sold it to us and we decided to invest in a HOMAG Vantage 100 CNC gantry processing centre.” The HOMAG Vantage 100 CNC – combined nesting and [...] increasing workload, HOMAG’s specialists also recommended that we invest in a staggered edge bander line. This includes a HOMAG KAR 370 right handed machine which feeds directly into an HOMAG KAL 370 left handed

Mumford & Wood transforms window production with HOMAG CNC

demonstration or further information on HOMAG’s CNC windows machining centres or woodWOP software, please contact HOMAG UK on 01332 856424 or email: info-uk@homag.com [...] Wood recently invested in the state-of-the-art HOMAG CENTATEQ S-800 CNC machining centre. This windows CNC is the latest addition to the plant list of HOMAG machinery operated by the company. This advanced [...] centres HOMAG has led the way in advanced CNC window machinery for many years and the company’s latest iterations, the CENTATEQ S- 800 and S-900 have raised the bar even higher. Phil Pitchford, HOMAG UK’s

On the offensive in data evaluation

Office. All HOMAG machines at one glance By linking SCHULER MDE to MMR Office, it is now possible to also evaluate production data of older HOMAG machines from the office. Between 2002 and 2011, HOMAG machines [...] Machine Monitoring and Reporting – machine data and conditions are automatically recorded on every HOMAG machine, and standardised key figures are generated. Using MMR Professional, it is also possible to [...] performance. The entry package for data evaluation in production: MMR Office Lite One innovation at the HOMAG Treff is the entry package, MMR Office Lite. It offers quick and easy entry into the analysis and

Sharing Passion. HOMAG at LIGNA 2023

your desk. Simply scan the tool to detect and manage it. You can also create your own tools, as well as easily change defined parameters, such as the tool running meters. Tool-related actions can be performed [...] to be used without prior download. Digital tool management with twinio With twinio, you can now manage your tools—such as saw blades, trimmers, and CNC tools—digitally and on the go via the web app in [...] banding machines from HOMAG News from the EDGE machine pool The WZ14 workpiece feeding system—which was previously only available for high-production models of edge banders from HOMAG—is now also available

Wood frame construction - efficiency with a small footprint

specially designed for this very purpose. The integrated 12-slot tool changer accommodates a variety of implements and ensures that the right tool is rapidly available at the right time, set-up times are extremely [...] felt on the construction site as well as in the workshop - accuracy of fit has improved, and the number of simple timber joints and prefabricated drill holes (which are labor-intensive and therefore rarely [...] machines have really boosted morale, and the employees who work on them are full of praise." The number of applications for apprenticeship places received by the company has also risen to unprecedented