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Step into the automated future

Here it is a question of two different methods to automate even more. Keeping the cells itself with manual material infeed but automated roller conveyors ensure a straightforward process flow. To bridge the [...] even more. A fully automated solution where almost everything moves, loads, and unloads without manual labor at all. Robotics and KI are state of the art, we should not forget them in our industry. Authors:

intelliDivide — an optimization software made to impress!

the optimization with just one click. Cutting patterns are calculated automatically, without any manual intermediate steps, which means that employees can save time and make use of this time saving usefully [...] preparation. However, the cutting patterns must also be fed into production, preferably without any manual intermediate steps. This is no problem, because our optimization software is also part of the cutting

Industry 4.0 is now the norm for Erfi

Andreas Fischer, the junior manager at erfi, describing the situation of his wood production with manually operated joinery machines. "We were no longer able to meet market requirements economically, given [...] throughfeed. The gluing station can process twelve different edges with automatic changes and no manual intervention. The laser unit with new diode technology is performance-optimized, and thanks to its [...] allows us to organize production processes optimally and perfect the interaction between machines and manual workstations," says Peter Bitzer, the IT expert and system administrator at erfi, explaining the

The wanderer between the worlds

station – just like the conveyor belt of a fully automated line would. There is just one difference: a manual process occasionally takes place at the stations that is often so unusual that it has to be carried [...] quotation. The planning process proved to be challenging. This was due to the fact that the predominantly manual production process in Teixeira’s old factory building was divided over three stories. Simply placing [...] because there was not enough room for this on the hilly site. Secondly, because the interface between manual processing and automatic production had to adjoin the top story in the existing building. New co

HOMAG machine and productionManager working together

have been processed, the machine automatically reports that they have been completed — without any manual effort or additional intermediate steps using a tablet or hand-held scanner. The feedback data from

Optimise material flow with HOMAG STORETEQ

problems do your employees cause by the physically challenging work? How many boards are damaged during manual handling? What is the amount of quality costs for a damaged board? STORETEQ’s Intelligent Vacuum

Industrial manufacturing for personal bathroom furniture

mounted at separate production islands. In this way, automated production works hand in hand with manual activities to meet Duravit’s high quality standards. Consoles or products in “c-bonded” technology [...] which require the millimeter-precise connection of the washbasin and the base, are consequently manually finalized in separate operations. Finally, the bathroom furniture is supplied as standard with

Interview with Matthew Law, Versalink

production volume. In addition, more and more customized orders are being implemented, which also require manual work, but above all are processed in a largely automated manner. On the one hand, this portfolio [...] this concept? Matthew Law: First of all, it means we are no longer producing our design documents manually, but digitally. This has far-reaching consequences. Think of the adoption of design data for new

HOMAG UK provides Trade CNC the helping hand for increased production

certain items by hand, one contract alone required 16,000 holes to be produced all of which were done manually. However, as soon as the BHX 050 was introduced to our production, it became a whole different ball [...] ty was down to our operators, we were experiencing at least 10 minutes loss in production due to manual handling whereas now the same process takes a matter of 30 seconds.” Support when it’s needed most…

HOMAG Ambition 1230 airTec - Customer Case Study

it about 50% faster than our old edgebander, but also the finish is so much better. It requires no manual cleaning of the edges and is saving us a fortune in finishing, allowing us to compete with large [...] plant list. When the panels come off the machine, they are totally clean and so there is no need for manual finishing, the edges are perfect and good to go. I would estimate that this new machine is giving