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Creators of living spaces

production here is carried out using a completely interlinked HOMAG system. Integrated in the production concept are a storage system, two saws, a layer storage unit as a decoupling buffer, an edge processing [...] special. Globality as a path forward Today a leading international manufacturer of designer bathrooms, Duravit was founded in 1817 by Georg Friedrich Horn in Hornberg, the Black Forest – a small factory that [...] activities in China with a joint venture. Two years later, a new production and administration building was opened in Youxi-Town, near Chongqing. Today, the former joint venture company is a wholly owned subsidiary

Step into the automated future

grew from a handcrafted custom cabinetry to a progressive cabinet manufacturing company oriented in the western US multifamily housing market. With SCHULER Consulting the company has now found a partner [...] with 280 production employees. Each cabinet is produced for a specific reason, meaning for a specific order and has his own requirements. With a lean manufacturing process parts flow continuously through [...] production ensures a solid process stream. Leading from cell to cell, connected via roller conveyors it goes over material storage, cutting or nesting, drilling, assembly, and shipping. A code is scanned

From the felled tree to the finished house

business has been in her family for five generations. Her ancestors started out in 1875 with a sawmill on a creek; later roof trusses, then barns for agriculture were added to the portfolio. “For about [...] Troubleshooting with digital eyes The process begins at the timber stacks, where a crane clamps logs in its gripper and places them on a conveyor belt. The logs disappear into the sawmill where they are cut up [...] far too long. “That is why we bought a machine sorting system in order to better refine the wood,” Lehmann says. The dried boards shoot through the planing machine on a conveyor belt. Watching over them are

Investment in the future

have been able to do so in just a short space of time. This means that we're not dependent on external suppliers, and can even manufacture a carport in the meantime. We have a cost-effective and flexible setup [...] currently employing 15 people. At its 500 m² site, the company produces staircases and furniture with a HOMAG CENTATEQ P-120 processing center. The carpentry area of the business involves constructing detached [...] of the Gätke carpentry firm, subcontracting beam processing work was not a long-term solution, as his focus was on making Gätke a more flexible company: "To be and to remain flexible, we have to carry out

New in woodWOP 9: Focused on focus

hole can be turned into a horizontal drilling hole with a single click. Only a few parameters need to be adjusted, e.g. the drill mode. New contour element programming Easier creation of contour elements [...] impressively clear lines and a much larger graphics area. There are no color gradients or blue content. The white background in the graphic and parameter dialog gives woodWOP 9.0 a modern and fresh appearance [...] can either fix it at a specific position in the workpiece graphic or allow it to migrate with the selected processing steps. The user can switch within the macro family, meaning a vertical drilling hole

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

" 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 processing [...] the machine pool. A CNC-controlled WMS 150 multifunction bridge from WEINMANN has been installed, combined with a WTZ 110/12 assembly table and an additional vacuum clamping table with a corresponding vacuum [...] customer magazine Performance online . Josef Lehmann Holzbau AG required a new and innovative CNC solution in element production. The result: a system concept that is setting new standards by bringing together

Why invest in zero joint

the top end. With a remarkable showroom in Darwin, AKC offers a variety of commercial and domestic work. They construct custom cabinetry to meet individual requirements, aiming to offer a personal touch with [...] they always knew was staying ahead of the game is key to success. Starting off in a small shed in Busselton, a city two and a half hours south of Perth, they have worked their way up to employing 11 staff [...] park, Aaron and business partner Rodney were in a good position to further grow the business. Investing in a new edgebander was on top of their list. Choosing a hot air edgebander goes hand in hand with Aaron

Vorfertigung von Wandelementen in den USA

panel. These operations are done with a WEINMANN Multifunction Bridge. This bridge, a WALLTEQ, has one nail gun capable of firing up to five nails per second and a router for cutting the perimeter and rough [...] In the beginning, Black Stone completed roughly 15 single-family homes a year. Now, Black Stone is producing 900 to 1300 homes a year, including single-family homes and apartment complexes. Despite the [...] the HOMAG Group in North America. The Stiles team engineered the factory layout and improved the manufacturing process for Black Stone. Due to space constraints, the WEINMANN line was designed in a U-shape

Neue Fabrikplanung & neue Halle: Möbelhersteller wächst durch Mut

organization, material flow and quantities of parts. Cutler has a wide range of products which was a challenge for the factory design. In the first step a material flow model was developed on the basis of previous [...] means of a ROI calculation. After the selection of the investment scenario, the elaboration of the ideal layout could be started. This is not based on a certain building but has been planned to a large degree [...] Two years ago Cutler was faced with a major challenge. At this time the company was producing in three buildings, the fourth production building was occupied at a later date. For the company it was extremely

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

in its finishing area: a profile scraper with quick-change heads, a glue joint scraper with pneumatic adjustment and a buffing unit. The latest version of the machine features a variety of new functions [...] J-Pull with a thick edge of up to 0.8 mm, a roof profile with a thick edge of up to 1.5 mm and four-sided processing of roof profiles. The EDGETEQ S-500 softforming edge banding machine enables HOMAG to set [...] machine , HOMAG can supply an entry-level solution for woodworking shops with comprehensive equipment, entry-level automation and a high level of flexibility in post-processing. It features a magazine for