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Fully automatic batch size one production at the kitchen manufacturer

of Industry 4.0. Do you think that this will improve your company's market opportunities? When we approached the topic of batch size 1 production, there was very little talk of 'Production 4.0' at first [...] "When we approached the topic of batch size 1 production, there was no talk of 'Production 4.0'. First we focused on flexibility in our production of structural parts while expanding our production capacity

Networked Workshop (Part 2): Ready for the Future in Three Steps

to network your workshop and therefore embrace the "Industry 4.0" trend is a step in the right direction. In addition, the topic of "Industry 4.0" and thus the digitalization of production processes is being [...] perspective often helps when it comes to intelligently and efficiently tackling the topic of Industry 4.0 and therefore the digitalization of production processes without the need for gimmicks. The different

Paradigm shift in furniture manufacturing in the Middle Kingdom

the time of production start-up: the complete data. Industry 4.0 and MIC 2025 One of the impulses for this development was the idea of Industry 4.0 from the German-speaking world. While in China the government [...] world market leadership aims to have been achieved. While in Germany the development towards "Industry 4.0" has already been progressing more or less rapidly for several years, a large number of companies

Future-oriented solutions for carpenters/joiners in all performance classes of edge banding machines

model 1672 E is equipped with the universal QA65N application unit and the universal melting unit (2.5–4 kg/h), which can be used for production with PUR or EVA. The change of glue type in the universal melting [...] straight and tear-free workpiece edges as well as uniform adhesive joints, while the snipping unit and the 4-motor profile trimming unit guarantee fast, perfect edge processing at a speed of 25 m/min . The po [...] system. Setup times and the machine length are shortened, thereby increasing cost efficiency. The FF32 4-motor profile trimming unit for corner rounding and the integrated Flextrim changing device is a real

Edgebanding: Future-oriented solutions for carpenters/joiners in all performance classes

EDGETEQ S-380 is equipped with the universal QA65N application unit and the universal melting unit (2.5–4 kg/h), which can be used for production with PUR or EVA. The change of glue type in the universal melting [...] adhesive application systems from HOMAG. In addition, there is also room for the PUR melting units (up to 4 kg/h) and their interchangeable tanks on the XES 200, which needs just one square meter of space. The

Maintenance & Inspection: „Machines need full power“

maintenance date to maintenance date. “ Clemens Mayer: „ A good example was certainly an incident about 4 months ago. One of our spindles failed. However, the spindle's defect had been announced during maintenance [...] we have to rush into a repair. The last unplanned machine failure on our CNC machines was certainly 4 years ago, which also reinforces our statement that maintenance is worthwhile in the long term. “ HOMAG:

HOMAG Group with successful Q1 2014

intake* 229.3 216.3 Order backlog* 261.6 240.9 Sales revenue 204.8 176.7 Operatives EBITDA** 15.1 13.4 Net profit for the period (after non-controlling interests) 2.5 1.8 * New calculation method: Order [...] ary expenses improved nevertheless by just over 13 percent to EUR 15.1 million (prior year: EUR 13.4 million). A fall in the tax expense ratio to 36 percent (prior year: 47 percent) increased net profit

Following a strong 2014, the HOMAG Group to become significantly more profitable in 2015

788.8 Operative EBITDA** 93.2 75.8 Net profit for the year (after non-controlling interests) 18.9 18.4 Net liabilities to banks 28.5 69.2 Employees as of December 31 5,606 5,064 *New calculation method: [...] The net profit after non-controlling interests rose slightly to EUR 18.9 million (prior year: EUR 18.4 million). This was due to some negative special effects, which were above all attributable to the a

Plastics Processing

CENTATEQ N-500 Compact class Flexible handling concepts 3-, 4-axis machining Details CNC-Gantry Processing Center CENTATEQ N-600 Nesting with 3-, 4- or 5-axis technology Details CENTATEQ T-Series processing [...] Router for Plastic Processing CNC Processing Center CENTATEQ P-110 Universal CNC technology with 3, 4 or 5 axes Completely free accessibility for optimum operation Stable moving gantry design Details CENTATEQ

SCHULER Consulting celebrates receiving the Heinz Dürr Award

We are very pleased that our Industry 4.0 team has been awarded the Heinz Dürr Award for our new consulting service "Digital Value Stream Optimisation" in the category "Innovation". We are honoured and