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FEATURES

3-5 Robotics

7-13 Saws

22-24 Woodwaste – Extraction

25-26 CNC Routers

IBC Website Directory

CONTENTS

2 News

3 Crown’s New Jewels Are Pair of KUKA Robots

4-5 Why Robots are Good for Wood

6 Joinery Solutions from Holzmann Maschinen

8 Millennium Door Systems Buy Second Striebig Saw

10-11 A Winning Combination – The Holzma HKL 380 CombiLine

12 New SCM TecnoMax S400 WS Sliding Table Panel Saw

13 World’s Largest Vertical Beam Saw From Elcon

14-15 IWM Launches New Distribution Agreement

17 Combilift Is The Right Move For Howarth Timber

22 Dustraction In The Exhibition Spotlight At Coventry

25 Machining Centre Solutions From Heian

26 AXYZ Routers In Tune And On Time At Sound Leisure

28 Membrane Press Adhesive From Chemique

2 Panel & Joinery Production JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2010 See our website and interactive magazine www.p-j-production.com2

NEWSNEWSLatest

Paul Jennings joinsBiesse UK as JoineryProcess Manager

At Biesse Inside, October 2009, Biesse

announced a new aim. To be amongst the

market leaders for windows and doors in

Europe, and to do so through completion of

its range of machinery for manufacturing

all types of European Windows and Doors.

In line with recent strategic initiatives to

present hi-tech solutions that permit

customers to cut production costs but have

higher quality products, Biesse have

appointed Paul Jennings as Joinery Process

Manager for the UK.

Paul has spent his entire career to date in

the woodworking industry; having served a

Wood Machinist apprenticeship is qualified

and has worked as an Industrial Engineer

and Production Manager. Initially, Paul

gained sales experience in tooling sales, and

in more recent years Paul has been highly

successful in the sales of CNC machine

centres for Windows and Doors. Having

spent the last five years with SCM as their

Sales Manager for Solid Wood Machinery,

Paul was ready to step up to a new

challenge.

Biesse has been developing a range of

machines specifically tailored to the

requirements of the joinery industry,

including high performance machining

centres, as well as CNC routers. New range

of machines for Joinery from Biesse will

produce with more efficiency and greater

economy, all types of British joinery

including Windows, Doors and Stairs.

In line with this new commitment to the

Joinery Sector a new Sales Net is being

formed. Already in place is Paul

Nightingale who having worked with Biesse

for 3 ½ years in the Panel Processing Sector,

has turned his past skills and experience

back to the Joinery Sector, covering his

“home” territory of Norfolk, Suffolk,

Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, and

Northamptonshire.

With the great upsurge in demand for

Wooden Windows, the industry is realizing

that choosing a Biesse solution is the right

business decision.

For more information:Tel: 01327 300 366

Email: [email protected]

Softwood ForecastHints at Recovery

The Timber Trade Federation has

released its 2010 Softwood Forecast, which

predicts that the UK softwood market will

begin to recover in 2010 on an annual

basis.

The UK softwood market has declined by

around a quarter since the end of 2007, the

result of some of the worst market trading

conditions in recent memory. However, the

TTF is now predicting that the worst may

be over with a growth of 4% estimated by

the end of 2010.

Daltons Open DaysDaltons present their Open Days –

February 17th – 18th

With emphasis on ‘Panel Processing’

Panel Sawing (Vertical & Horizontal),

Edgebanding and CNC Machining.

Tel: 0115 986 5201Email: [email protected]

www.daltonsmachines.com

First High Profile Caseto Be Brought Underthe US Lacey Act

The Timber Trade Federation (TTF) has

confirmed that the first high profile case to

be brought under the US Lacey Act is

underway.

The Act was amended to include timber

last year after a long standing campaign by

leading environmental group

Environmental Investigation Agency.

Federal Agents from the US Fish and

Wildlife Service and local police seized

wood, guitars, computers and boxes of files

from Gibson Guitar’s premises.

The US guitar manufacturer is being

investigated for violating the US Lacey Act

by importing endangered species of

rosewood from Madagascar.

Diary Dates 2010

ZOW 2010February 8th – 11th

Bad Salzuflen – Germany

Contact: Survey Marketing

Tel: 0049 521 9653372

Woodworking Ireland 2010March 25th - 27th

National Show Centre

Cloghran, Ireland

Contact: Nelton Exhibitions

Tel: 01474 536535

Technodomus 2010April 20th – 24th

Rimini Fiera, Italy

Tel: 0039 0541 744313

Xylexpo 2010May 4th – 18th

Milan, Italy


IWF 2010August 25th – 28th

Atlanta, USA

Tel: 00404 693 833

W10 – Working with WoodOctober 3rd – 6th

NEC Birmingham

Tel: 01629 530 998


www.w10exhibition.co.uk

SICAM 2010October 20th – 23rd

Pordeone, Italy

Tel: 0039 (0) 272 194452

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HANDLINGRobotics

A long-established UK furniture

manufacturer believes more British

businesses should be using higher

levels of automation after successfully

boosting its efficiency with a pair of

KUKA robots.

Crown Products, based in Herne Bay,

Kent, has transformed two repetitive and

time-consuming processes into slick, high-

performance operations that have not only

helped productivity but also further

improved the working environment for

staff.

One of the KUKA KR16 robots is being

used to put shelf edging material on to a

range of kitchen corner cabinet panels

which typically weigh around 10kg. The

robot is equipped with a distance

measuring sensor for identifying the

correct size of melamine panel for

processing.

The KR16 performs a series of tasks

which begins with the transfer of the panel

to a jig where it is centred before being

placed on to a gluing station where the

edging strip is applied and pressed into

place.

The robot then manoeuvres the panel to

a set of cutting blades for trimming the

edges and completes the operation by

passing the finished panel over a strip of

sand paper.

The second KUKA KR16 robot is

undertaking a quality control function by

rapidly inspecting the depth and location of

drill holes on kitchen panels. It carries out

the operation in 20-30 seconds compared

with several minutes under the previous

manual method.

Both cells were installed and

programmed by Martin Head, Crown’s

manufacturing manager, after he

completed a KUKA training course. In

partnership with KUKA, he was keen to

develop a high level of understanding about

robotics in order to produce a bespoke

automation solution for the business.

“My main objective for this project was to

automate the most complex process, which

involved the application of the edging

material on to the panels, so that it would

mean more straightforward applications

could be considered in the future. I think

KUKA robots are brilliant. They are very

easy to operate and simple to program.

KUKA has provided good training,

technical and after-sales support and was

very committed to working with Crown to

develop the right solution,” commented

Martin.

“The introduction of these robots means

members of staff have been transferred to

other more skilled positions elsewhere in

the factory. This project demonstrates how

easy it is to efficiently and reliably

transform arduous and repetitive processes,

highlighting the fact that more UK

manufacturers should be using robotic

automation to gain a competitive

advantage,” he added.

Crown Products, established for more

than 60 years, manufactures kitchen and

bedroom furniture under the Imperial

brand for distributors in the UK and some

parts of Europe. It has an annual turnover

in excess of £20million and employs

around 90 staff.

A KUKA KR16 robot performing a series of tasks including the transfer of panels to a jig to a gluing station for edging

Crown’s New Jewels Are Pair ofKUKA Robots

For more details on KUKA robots andautomated production solutions, visit the

KUKA website at www.kuka.co.uk oremail [email protected].

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Robots are a common sight in

production environments across the

world, handling everything from

packaging through to car

manufacture. In these applications,

end users are seeing a raft of

benefits, covering everything from

faster production through to

enhanced profitability from

improved product quality.

Unlike many of the materials regularly

used within automated manufacturing

processes, such as plastics and metals,

wood features natural flaws, such as

knots, wormholes, back pockets and

other inconsistencies which can often

render a product as waste. With advances

in robotic technology, particularly in the

area of intelligent movement control,

these hurdles have steadily been

overcome, enabling robots to be utilised

across a broadening spectrum of

applications.

The following are some of the key

applications where robots are

increasingly being utilised by

manufacturers of wooden products.

Materials handling and assembly

applications

Achieving fast assembly and packaging

without sacrificing quality and

consistency is desirable to any

manufacturer looking to maximise

production output.

Today’s robots can provide not just the

speed, but also the positioning accuracy

and flexibility needed to successfully and

correctly handle a vast range of wooden

products of all shapes and sizes. Typical

products being handled by robots include

doors, doorframes, flat pack furniture,

window frames, flooring and other

wooden construction materials.

Increasingly, these types of products are

also being joined by more delicate

products which were previously

considered unsuitable for robotic

handling.

As an example of what can be achieved

where robots are put to work, Svedplan, a

Swedish furniture producer, has

increased production by 45 per cent by

installing a team of eight ABB robots for

packing and palletising flat pack

furniture. The automated production line

now prepares over 10 to 15 boxes

compared to the previous six to 10 boxes

per hour on the manual line, giving

Svedplan a return on its investment

within just three years.

The ability for one control module to

now control up to four robots also means

significant space savings can be achieved,

freeing up space for extra lines or other

production activities.

Ensuring a high quality finish every

time

No matter what the industry, the

quality and appearance of a product is

always critical to its saleability. Given the

notorious characteristics of wood, in

particular the problems associated with

achieving a consistent finish, this is a

particularly important focus for

manufacturers within the wood

NEWSHANDLINGRobotics

Why Robots are Good for Wood

Handling is just one of the many robotic functions on offer from ABB


industries.

The ability of robots to deliver a high

quality finish has long been

demonstrated in the automotive industry,

where continuous developments in

painting technology are ensuring

uniform painting and finishing in mass

vehicle production lines.

This same technology is now able to be

applied to wooden products as well,

whether for powder, solvent or

waterborne paint processes. Unlike the

variable finishing traditionally associated

with manual spraying processes, robotic

spraying delivers a constant, high quality

finish irrespective of the size or shape of

an object. With the accuracy delivered by

robotic intelligence, objects can also be

painted much more quickly, resulting in

faster cycle times and reducing the

labour intensive nature of painting

processes.

By accurately controlling the spraying

process, robotic technology also

eliminates the material consumption and

costs associated with overspraying.

For manufacturers who mass-produce

products, an automated finishing system

helps further reduce the time spent

applying coats of paint or finish to

products. Using a conveyor belt system,

items can be moved into individual work

areas for sanding, cleaning and finishing

via automated spray guns held in an

enclosed environment or spray cabin.

The product or material can then be re-

submitted to the assembly line for

successive coats or finishes if required.

Eye for detail

For the inconsistencies of a material

like wood, an eye for detail is of utmost

importance. To date, this has always

been an area where manual workers have

traditionally been able to outperform

robotic systems.

With recent advances, however, it no

longer needs to be the responsibility of

manual workers to visually inspect each

product, as robots can visually inspect

and even route designs into wood panels.

ABB’s own Machining Force Control

(FC) software, for example, brings a new

level of intelligence for painting,

sanding, routing, cleaning and

varnishing applications. The software

enables the robot to automatically adapt

to the consistency and surface contours

of the materials to be processed.

Effectively allowing the robot to ‘sense’

its environment and the work piece, the

technology brings a new dimension to

the use of robotic technology in wood

production and finishing processes.

In particular, the technology is ideal

for finishing or assembly operations that

often require a sense of “feel” such as

assembling a wooden window frame,

polishing the edges of a wooden table top

or routing designs in wooden panels. The

software also provides improved process

results and product quality along with

higher productivity, reduce programming

times, shorter cycle times and lower

costs.

As wood features natural flaws,

manufacturers should ideally also

implement a vision system to help cope

with changing environments such as

lighting, reflections and objects touching.

Vision software traditionally uses a

robust vision system based on a single

camera, capable of precisely locating

parts in 2D, 2.5D and 3D space. Vision

Guided Robotic technology (VGR)

enables the automation of operations that

previously required human intervention,

thus eliminating the need for expensive

fixturing, pre-arranging and placing of

parts.

Summary – good for wood, good for

wood producers

With companies across the world

acknowledging the power of robots to

improve productivity, profitability and

encouraging long-term sustainability, the

perceived risks previously associated with

their introduction are steadily being

eliminated.

These proven benefits, coupled with

new levels of service and support being

offered by robot manufacturers, such as

ABB’s Remote Service scheme, mean

that robots should be seriously

considered by any wood producer looking

for the all-important competitive edge.

For more information:Tel: 01908 350300

www.abb.co.uk

HANDLINGRobotics


NEWSPROFILECompany Profile

Since the formation of HolzMann

Maschinen GmbH the company has been

totally committed to supplying high

quality woodworking machinery and

workshop equipment, tools and

accessories at competitive prices. This

commitment to price, quality and

service is reflected in the

comprehensive range of machinery for

the woodworking industries, coupled

together with a full range of hand

tools, ancillary equipment and

accessories for the workshop. The full

range of machinery has proved

immensely popular with small companies

and the owner/user who will often

make a comparison to alternative

machinery costing far more.

Over the years the trade mark of

Holzmann Maschinen has been recognised

as a major supplier of woodworking

machinery. Saws, spindle moulders, panel

saws, planers and thicknessers are well

known on the market. The ranges of

machinery starts with a series of surface

planers and combined planer/thicknessers

with working widths of 250, 305, 410 and

530 mm and a series of thicknessing

machines with standard working widths of

400, 530, 630 and 700 mm on the DHM

630P with electrical height adjustments.

A range of FS series spindle moulders

with heavy duty ground cast iron tables are

available with fixed and tilting spindles,

sliding table attachments and on the

FS300-SFP an exchangeable MT4 spindle

unit with 6 spindle speeds.

The panel saw series starts with the

compact TS315VF machine with a 2600

mm sliding table, the next in line is the

FKS series 315VF available with 2600 and

3200 mm sliding table and the series

350VP-3200 with 350 mm diameter blade

and independent motor for the scoring

blade. The heavy duty 400VP-3200 with

400 mm blade and parallel overhead safety

guard is fitted with an individual drive

motor for the scoring blade and parallel

fence with fine

adjustment. All panel

saws are fitted with

manual adjustments

for the rise and fall

and tilting of the

blades.

The Holzmann

range of machinery

includes a full range

of hydraulic Single

daylight Gluing and

Veneering presses with single

daylight openings of 330mm, 350mm and

450mm. The presses are available to order

for use as a cold press or as heated presses

using the following heating mediums:

electrically heated, heated by hot water via

the factory heating system or heated from

an integrated heating boiler supplied with

the press.

The presses are constructed from heavy

duty steel sections for the press frame and

structure together with strong fabricated

platens. An integrated hydraulic power

pack with either 4 or 6 hydraulic cylinders

on the HP20/HP60 and 8 hydraulic

cylinders on the HP70/HP80 ensure

evenly distributed pressure to the platen

together with a rack and pinion guidance

system to ensure alignment of the moving

platen. With platen sizes of 2200 X 1100

mm and 2500 X 1250 mm, the platen area

is easily accessible from all sides of the

machine. The Press is equipped with an

ergonomically designed operation panel

with user friendly controls. As an option

the press can be supplied with a PLC

control unit for the automatic control of

hydraulic pressure, pressing time, heating

time and the opening and closing times of

the press.

All Holzmann presses have exchangeable

aluminium platen cover plates for the

platen pressing area of the press.

Holzmann has long recognised the

requirements of the smaller woodworking

companies and workshops, offering a

product range to suite

large and small

business alike. In the

small workshop, a

sanding machine

must deliver the

same high

quality sanding

results as the high

volume machinery. It has

to do this with a more

compact, energy efficient

design at a realistic price

that will keep the customer happy.

Holzmann produce three ranges of Wide

Belt Sanders: Standard, Special and theExpert. All models feature a solid

engineered construction and utilises

similar technology, with the options

available, each machine can be

manufactured to the customer’s

requirements.

The Standard series is an entry level

machine designed for the small to mid-

sized business user. There are four

machines in the range with a working

width of 430 mm and 630 mm, the

machine is available with the a sanding

roller or sanding pad configuration. The

machine is ideal for the calibration of solid

wood, frames and glued wooden panels as

well as MDF, particle-board and plywood.

Fine sanding is performed by means of an

air-cushioned sanding pad. Although the

Standard series of sander is an entry level

machine it is strong and technically

advanced, and utilises similar technology to

the Special and Expert models.

The Special series is a small sanding

machine with an open side construction,

designed for companies manufacturing

door frames and window frames; there are

eight machines in the range with a working

width of 300 mm and 400 mm. The

machines are available with a sanding

combination of rubberised contact roller or

air-cushioned sanding pad. The following

configurations are available: single-head

The Expert SPB 1300 widebelt sander

Joinery Solutions from HolzMann Maschinen


PROFILECompany Profile

roller only or pad only, or the twin head

combination with double roller or roller

and pad.

The Expert series of Sanders is designed

for the professional

user, delivering

maximum output

and a perfect quality

surface finish. The

machines are

available with a

sanding

combination of

rubberised contact roller and/or air-

cushioned sanding pad, the Expert range

has twelve machines in the range with a

working width of 630 mm, 910 mm, 1100

mm and 1300 mm. The machines can be

configured as a single headed machine or a

twin headed machine, with the following

configurations: roller only, pad only, roller +

roller, roller +pad. The Expert range can

also be supplied with a vacuum table and

an electronically controlled segmented air-

cushioned sanding pad for precision

sanding of panels with a thickness variation

and for flat irregular shaped panels. Precise

digital timing

ensures all edges of

the panel are

sanded leaving a

crisp square edge.

The

comprehensive

range of Holzmann

machinery alsoincludes: Wood Turning Lathes/CopyLathes, Power Feeds, Bandsaws, TableSaws, Flip over Mitre Saws MortisingMachines, 4 sided planer/moulders, beltand edge sanding machines withtilting/oscillating heads. Also available is aseries of special Combination- Universalmachines combining five machiningoperations in one compact size machine(ideal for the small joinery workshop).

HolzMann also supply a small extractionunit with 1-4 filtration/dust collection bagsfor small/medium machines and joineryworkshops.

Some of the smaller machines areavailable for operation on 230V for use ondomestic power supplies.

With the above ranges of classical

Woodworking Machines, Presses, Sanders

and workshop tools and accessories,

Holzmann are able to offer customers

machines to match their budget and exact

requirements with the knowledge that they

will be purchasing one of the best machines

with the latest technology from their

European distribution network.

Especially designed for small and

medium-sized furniture and panel

processing companies, the new ‘SCM’

SIGMA IMPACT 107 Panel Beam Saw can

machine chipboard, laminates, MDF,

wood and wood-based panels and

plastics in maximum working

dimensions of up to 4500mm long and

4300mm wide.

SCM’s vast experience in beam saws

guarantees rapid and precise axis

movement of up to 135metres/min on the

saw blade carriage and up to 75metres/min

on the rear panel pusher. Ideal ergonomics

for the operator are provided by the remote

control panel. The machines cyclical speed

is ensured by empowered automatic

detection standards featuring panel length,

width and thickness photocells.

The machine is also fitted with an

immediate saw blade changeover system

with a pneumatic selector that enables the

blade to be changed quickly and without

using keys, spanners or having to unscrew

tools. The saw blade also has a self-learning

upstroke feature that consists of a bar

which automatically reads the height of the

pack and calibrates the height of the saw

blade accordingly. The saw can be

also be incorporated in

‘Netline’ production

cells.

The SIGMA

IMPACT 107 panel saw

has a new design and a

robust structure. And its

shape and framework have been

carefully designed to ensure any vibrations

are absorbed by the ground on which the

machine sits, thus further improving the

cutting quality of the machine.

The ‘WINCUT’ operator interface, which

is part of the standard SIGMA IMPACT

107 supply kit has completely new graphics.

The new version of ‘WINCUT’ that can be

opened by simply clicking on its user-

friendly icon, is indispensable for efficient

machine operation, as it makes the panel

saw commands simple and easy-to-

understand even for less experienced

operators.

UK Agent Holztechnik Machinery Services Ltd

For further details or information: Tel: 0800 112 3928

www.holztechnik-machinery.co.uk orwww.holzmann-maschinen.at

For further information please contact:Tel: 0115 9770044 Fax: 0115 9770946


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SCM’s Latest Sigma Impact Beam Saw

SCM’s Model Sigma Impact Auto Panel Saw

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Specialist bespoke fire door

manufacturer, Millennium Door

Systems, has added a second Striebig

Control vertical panel saw to

spearhead a boost in production.

Both saws are the 6224 version, the

largest in the Control range, which cuts

panels up to 5300mm in length. They are

used to cut bought-in door blanks to size

before lipping and to cut pre-veneered

boards at the company’s purpose-built

factory in Birmingham.

The latest Control features four-sided

trimming. This push-button facility allows

the bottom trim cut to be carried out

automatically without the panel having to

be lifted or turned once it has been placed

on the bed.

Both saws, supplied by Striebig’s sole UK

agent, T.M. Machinery Sales, are equipped

with a scribing blade to prevent break-out

when cutting the pre-veneered boards.

The Control, which has an accuracy of

1/10 mm, represents the cutting edge in

vertical panel saw technology. It delivers a

perfectly square cut every time, doing away

with the need to manually sand and trim

edges after cutting.

The saw’s sophisticated design allows it

to be operated via an ergonomic control

panel, leaving time for the next batch of

work to be prepared. Much of the cutting

operation is automated; the saw head is

power fed, and the feed speed is controlled

to ensure the quality of the cut is

maintained.

Numerous automatic procedures carried

out by the press of a button include locking

and releasing the saw beam, setting the

horizontal cutting height, plunging and

swivelling the motor, locking the support

rollers during sawing and fine saw blade

adjustment.

Millennium Door Systems is the

manufacturing arm of the Midland

Building Products (MBP) Group. The solid

chipboard core and solid timber special size

fire doors it produces are sold on by group

companies, chiefly for office and warehouse

use.

Its 44mm thick doors are fire rated to

FD30 (30 minutes) and 54mm thick

versions to FD60 (60 minutes). They are

produced in sizes from 250 to 1,300mm

wide, in heights of up to 3m, and can have a

veneer, plywood or paint finish.

The first Striebig, bought in 2004 to

replace a flatbed table saw, led to an

immediate increase in production.

Millennium Door Systems’ production

director Jim Manning said he talked to a lot

of people in the industry before buying the

first Control. “The message came back that

Striebig offered the best saw there was.

Although there are cheaper alternatives it

was well worth paying the extra as it’s still

cutting as accurately today as it was five

years ago.

“The new saw has allowed us to increase

production to around 150 doors a day. The

alternative would have been to have put on

a second shift, with all the complications

that would entail.”

Millennium Door Systems believes in

introducing as much mechanisation as

possible, so a vacuum lift device is used

with each saw which removes manual

handling of door blanks when loading and

unloading.

“The saws are an absolutely crucial part

of our operations,” said Jim Manning.

“They are very robustly made and contain

tough drives which cope well with the

volume of heavy doors they have to handle.

As well as delivering a totally accurate and

clean cut, which was not the case with our

table saw, they take up minimal space in

the factory.”


Email: [email protected] www.tmpartnership.co.uk

Millennium Door Systems BuysSecond Striebig Saw

An optional four-sided trimming device wassupplied with the latest Striebig Control Vertical

panel saw

The two Striebig Control vertical panel saws in useat Millennium Door Systems.

INSTALLATIONWall Saws

Schelling UK’s Andy Hepworth paid a

visit to ABI UK Ltd In December to see

both one of the newest and, as far as

Schelling are aware, the oldest

Schelling beam saw in operation in

the UK!

ABI are a long established company,

privately owned, who have been building

luxury leisure homes since 1971. The

second largest producer of leisure homes in

the country, ABI employ over 300

personnel and operate from a site

extending some 16 acres on the outskirts of

the attractive market town of Beverley in

East Yorkshire. ABI manufacture to order

and market their homes through

distributors and holiday parks all over the

UK and in Europe.

Andy was met by Chris Patterson, ABI’s

Machine Shop Manager, who is responsible

for the production of components and

fittings used in the assembly of the holiday

homes. Chris advises that they are the

busiest they have been for 18 months and

indeed recently, components for no less

than 165 homes were completed in the

machine shop in just one week.

ABI purchased a Schelling fh6 which

was installed in the Machine Shop in July

2008. It has a 135mm saw blade projection

and the main saw motor is 21 kw. It is

enhanced by a separate push-off carriage at

the in-feed which allows simultaneous

cutting and loading thereby guaranteeing

considerable increase in output.

This fh6 has double strip aligners, before

and after the saw line, that remain on the

material even while cutting which creates

the highest angular accuracy, plus no

additional processing time needs to be

taken. Another feature is the scissor

clamps which push out material past the

saw line right onto the turn table making it

unnecessary for the operator to reach inside

the cutting area. The machine also has a

turntable with side movement to allow easy

handling of both large and small parts.

ABI chose to have the Schelling HPO

optimisation programme and the MCS

control with automatic function monitoring

system that optimises all machine

movements to achieve higher output.

Chris, who has been with ABI for over 25

years, expressed appreciation of the build

quality of Schelling saws and commented

that the robust construction of the fh6

ensured the ‘rolls royce’ of cutting. He felt

that the clamps increased safety of

operation and the turntable had made

handling easier. The operatives found the

fh6 user-friendly and installation of this

saw had increased quality and speed of

production.

Chris then took Andy to see the Schelling

FU 430 which ABI use in the hardwood

department. This smaller simpler machine

is in the old Schelling livery and from the

manual, which ABI still fortunately have, it

was discovered that the machine was built

in 1972 and as far as it could be ascertained

has been in use at ABI since 1974! It’s a

front-loader, non-programmable and is in

use every day. Maintenance is carried out

in-house and ABI plan to keep it cutting as

long as it keeps going!

Phil Clackstone, ABI’s Cabinet Workshop

Manager, then joined the tour and advised

that “I can tell when piece of wood has been

cut by a Schelling saw as the cut is of the

highest quality’”.

Schelling UK are most grateful for the

hospitality shown during their visit to ABI

UK Ltd and would like to wish them well in

2010.


For further information:Tel: 01937 586340


The Oldest and The NewestSchelling Saws

This Schelling Fu430 beam saw was installed inthe machine shop in 1974 and is in full use every

day

ABI purchased a new Schelling Fh6 in July 2008,which guarantees considerable increase in output

L-R Chris Patterson ABI’s machine shop managerand Phil Clackstone, ABI’s cabinet workshop

manager in front of one of the luxury leisure builtby ABI UK Ltd

INSTALLATIONBeam Saws

10

Designed for industrial batch-size 1

production, the new Holzma HKL 380

combiLine brings the proven angular

saw technology of the HKL 380

profiLine together with a router unit

on the rip saw. This powerful package

offers production flexibility whilst

reducing storage area and stocks.

One of the most highly efficient saws

in the batch-size 1 sector, it provides

speed and economy with Holzma

reliability.

“This new machine,” explains Simon

Brooks, sales and marketing director for

Homag UK, “enables cutting and routing

to be done in one pass. It still cuts panels

to size using the saw, but the addition of

the integrated routing unit means most

recuts can be dealt with automatically.

This saves significant amounts of time

and money in order-related production.

“Usually batch-size 1 and high speed are

a contradiction in terms. The combiLine

changes that and yet the familiar features

of high-speed precision cutting – low

waste, low energy consumption and low

tool costs – remain unchanged.

“This really is one more step on the way

to a ‘lights-out’ cutting centre. There are

very few constraints in the choice of

cutting pattern and the need for manual

work steps has been considerably reduced.

Book cutting is no problem either; the

95mm saw blade projection and automatic

feeding system allow total flexibility.”

The angular and dimensional accuracy,

a renowned feature of Holzma saws, is

maintained because the special linear

guide of the saw has no problem

withstanding the great forces that occur

during transverse routing. In addition, the

new adjustable cutting line ensures that

cuts are chip-free and precise. Moving the

entire support allows the cutting gap to be

opened only as wide as necessary. For the

usual cutting process it remains very

narrow, however, it opens to the width of

the router during the routing process.

This ensures first class results because the

material is always optimally supported.

“As we have come to expect from

Holzma,” continues Brooks, “health and

safety are always at the forefront in the

design of the machines. A dedicated

extraction system on the router unit and

an on-board extraction hood on the

pressure beam, combine with the proven

saw carriage extraction system to whisk

away the increased amount of dust

produced from routing and sawing.

“In terms of trim and waste, that is all

handled automatically. Excess material

falls via waste flaps onto a removal belt,

keeping the machine clear of unwanted

matter.”

Attention to detail is a celebrated

Holzma trait and it shows again in the

design of the combiLine. As always, the


A Winning Combination – TheHolzma HKL 380 combiLine

Combiline router and saw


11

panel or panels are held in place by

clamps and the pressure beam. During

transverse routing, however, the pressure

beam is minimally raised so that the panel

is not damaged when it is moved.

To maximise the performance of the

machine, the latest Cut Rite optimisation

software creates cutting patterns that are

especially adapted to the new saw,

optimising them according to the criterion

of time or waste.

Simon Brooks again, “No matter what

size of business you operate, you are

making a serious investment buying a

new machine so it is very important to get

the exact configuration for your

requirements. This is where the Homag

Group simulation software is a real

benefit. Prior to you making the purchase

decision, the simulation software

assimilates accurate, very realistic

calculations of performance, based on

customer-specific data.

“On the basis of these results, Holzma

specialists are able to recommend the

ideal system configuration tailored to your

specific needs. This gives you the added

confidence that your investment is going

to deliver the benefits you expect,

concludes Simon.”

Designed and produced by Holzma, the

largest manufacturer of panel-sizing saws

and systems in the world, the combiLine

is one of a product line that includes

single and angular saws with manual or

automatic feed. As the world leader in

horizontal panel-sizing technology,

Holzma provides custom system

solutions. The spectrum of options ranges

from small systems with a panel

throughput of 3m3 per hour to large

industrial systems with automatic feed

and stacking systems and a throughput

for more than 100 m3 per hour.

Starting with the smallest horizontal

beam saw in the range, the HPP 230,

customers can choose from a host of

machines including the compact and

powerful HPP 350 and 380 up to the 5

Series for those demanding high

performance, speed, precision and

flexibility.

In addition to solutions for machinery

and software, Holzma offers a variety of

handling systems. These include feed

systems designed for feeding from the

front (e.g. Econolift) and the rear; a range

of destacking systems (e.g. Ergomat and

Liftomat) and many other supplementary

systems, such as conveyors and lift tables,

to provide exactly what is needed by each

individual set up. For completely

integrated handling systems Holzma

teams up with sister company Bargstedt,

specialists in intelligent storage concepts.


For more information:Tel: +44 (0)1332 856500

Fax: +44 (0)1332 856400Email: [email protected]

www.homag-uk.co.uk

INSTALLATIONBeam Saws

The Holzma HKL 380 top of the 3 series range

12

SCM's Circular Saws are the only Saws

on the Market with a Cutting Capacity

of up to 140mm with a 400mm Sawblade

Starting from January 2010, SCM's

Circular Saws (ranges Nova, Class and

L'Invincibile) with a 400mm

diameter sawblade, will provide a

cutting capacity of 140mm with

the blade at 0 degrees and 97mm

with the blade tilting at 45

degrees.

SCM begins the New

Year offering an

additional 10mm

cutting capacity at 0

degrees and 5mm at 45

degrees, and all this

with an unchanged

diameter of both the

blade and the tool holder spindle.

Thanks to this latest feature, SCM's

Circular Saws will allow the performing of

additional machining capacity, exactly the

same as on the higher range machines.

SCM is the only manufacturer on the

market capable of assuring a "real"

cutting capacity of 140mm with a

blade diameter of 400mm.

Only on SCM's Circular Saws, the

maximum cutting capacity

is guaranteed in normal

working conditions with

the scoring blade mounted

and ready for operation.

This means it is

unnecessary to stop

machining in order to

unlock the scoring blade.

Attention to such particulars as the above

and to the real needs of end users, ensures

that the SCM products are always up-to-

date and rich in new and the latest technical

solutions.

The models of the machines which will

be equipped with the new solution are:-

SI300S NOVA with a kit to install

400mm diameter blade as an option,

SI400 NOVA, SI400E NOVA, SI400EP

NOVA, SI400 CLASS, SI400EP CLASS,

SI4000 L'INVINCIBILE and SI6000

L'INVINCIBILE.


For further information:Tel: 0115 9770044Fax: 0115 9770946


New Year Machining Capacity from SCM

INSTALLATIONCircular Saws

Tilting of 400mm Diameter Sawblades

The S400 WS is the new SCM TecnoMax

Sliding Table Panel Saw for the small

to medium-sized workshop requiring

panel sizing and breakdown and has

been designed to offer the best price /

performance ratio on the Worldwide

market today.

The constructive philosophy of the S400

WS, winning already with the previous

models within its range, has been exceeded

by some new and innovative technical

solutions.

The saw unit can hold a 400mm

diameter saw blade. In this way, the

maximum blade projection from the table

is a generous 130mm. The unit is mounted

on a ribbed structure fully manufactured

from cast iron, which provides great

sturdiness and solidity.

The structure that sustains the saw

blades slides vertically on two dovetail-

shaped guide ways, for maximum precision

and stability during the lifting of the unit.

Tilting of the unit is performed on lateral

steel supports.

Blade lifting rise and fall and tilt are

performed by fixed hand wheels. On

request, the S400 WS can be equipped with

powered movements, for a better ease-of-

use for the operator.

The saw unit is provided with a scoring

unit with an independent motor, adjustable

from the outside of the machine without

the need of tools, for precise and fast

positioning without any movement. The

unit can be provided, upon request, with 2

main blade rotating speeds.

Great precision and straight cuts with the

sliding table which slides on prismatic,

hardened and ground guide ways are

obtained, fixed without using any glue,

whose thickness could affect the sliding

and cause inaccurate cutting.

The panels are easily loaded thanks to a

large dimensioned squaring frame with an

idle roller at its extremity. It is possible to

square 3200 x 3200mm panels and easily

make angled cuts up to 45degrees, even on

both frame sides, using the telescopic fence

with 2 reversible stops.

The parallel fence slides smoothly on a

40 mm diameter round bar and it is

adjustable through a rack, granting

micrometric precision.

For further information please contact:Tel: 0115 9770044 Fax: 0115 9770946


New SCM TecnoMax S400 WS Sliding Table Panel Saw

SCM’s new TecnoMax S400 panel saw showingmain and scoring blade

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One of the leading manufacturers of

housing in Switzerland now employs

the world’s largest Vertical Beam Saw,

the Elcon Advance2Quadra, with a

height of almost 4 metres and a length

of approx 10 metres. This completely

automatic and fully programmable

cutting system for walls of pre-fab

housing was installed in the summer.

Wood is a natural base material for house

building in Switzerland. Zimmerei Kühni

AG is a leading manufacturer of large pre-

fabricated houses, with wood as the main

element. Within the fully renewed

production layout the need existed to

process rough walls to final end sizes in

one operation. The demands that this sets

to the sawing machine turned out to be able

to be realised only with the

Advance2Quadra model from Elcon.

The recent developments that have

further revolutionised working with Vertical

Panel Saws are combined in the newest

model Advance2Quadra, the world’s first

Vertical Automatic Beam Saw. This version

contains a free programmable system for

cutting to size rough panels directly into

final sizes. The operator controls the full

cycle of saw positioning, panel positioning

and the sizing over both axis, including

trimming the bottom and the side, by

pressing only one button.

At the production site of the Swiss

housing manufacturer the rough walls are

placed on the machine with a crane and are

clamped at the top with four reinforced

Advance clamps. Subsequently these walls,

up to a thickness of 60 mm, are lifted

entirely and cut clean at the bottom and the

sides. For cutting to size both the vertical

and the horizontal positioning of the wall is

controlled by the machine and is linked to

the controls of the saw unit and the vertical

guidance beam. For the feeding of the

production process glued solid wood panels

up to 40 mm thickness are cut to size

directly into final dimensions without any

manipulation in between.

The operator can control the full use of

the machine via the touchscreen. Elcon

was the first to develop and introduce

touchscreen technology for Vertical Panel

Saws. With this innovation the operator

sees on his screen only those buttons that

are needed at that moment for actions to

execute. Other buttons only become visible

at the moment that they become relevant.

In this way the possibility of making a

mistake is very small and even if a failure

appears the screens display where it is

located.

The cut-to-size programmes that Kühni

AG use are entered on a separate PC and

sent to the machine through the local

company network. Thus the operator does

not have to bother with either the

adjustment of the sizes or with the

handling of the material. He can control

the full cut-to-size programme by pressing

just one button.


Giant Elcon Panel Saw with Advance clampinginstalled in Switzerland

Elcon despatch another large capacity VerticalSaw from their factory in Leimuiden, Holland Elcon Saws are available from sole UK

distributor Daltons:Tel: 0115 986 5201


World’s Largest Vertical Beam Sawfrom Elcon


It might feel like a difficult time in

the wood and panel industry for some

right now but among those putting a

typically positive spin on things is Ian

Brown, MD of the newly formed

International Woodworking Machines

Ltd., who alongside RW Machines has

just launched a new distribution

relationship with top-weight Italian

machine makers Busellato and Casadei.

The launch was held in-house from

November 25th to 27th last year, at the

RW showroom at Morley, in Leeds,

which will now become a joint facility.

The new Busellato-Casadei link-up

underscores a move by IWM in conjunction

with RW to develop the solid timber joinery

side of the business alongside panel

processing, within which RW has been a

prime independent mover for the past 30

years. Says Ian: “Yes, there’s a recession;

yes, some industry sectors have been hit

worse than others; but let’s not allow that to

cloud our longer term judgement.

“If anyone doubts the breadth and scope

of potential once the housing market kicks

back in, shall we say in 2010?, then they are

missing some key indicators of the size that

market will represent. Given government-

published figures on new homes, I am

confident that some pretty major

opportunities are going to arise out of

Britain’s currently sleeping housing

programme and that the building industry

in turn is going to stimulate major

demands, both in timber and panel

manufacturing.

“And let’s not also lose sight of the fact

that there are some other pretty major

things happening in this country that are

neither governed nor restricted by market

driven trends. How about the Olympic

Games, just for a start?”

IWM is to sell through a network of

regional agent outlets throughout the

UK and including Scotland and Ireland;

many are already up and running.

All will share the administrative and

showroom facilities of RW Machines

in Bicester and in Leeds where the

Busellato and Casadei brands will be

on permanent display.

The pedigrees of both Ian Brown and

David Thompson-Rowland are well known

in their respective fields and driving

servicing and technical support

for the new alliance is RW Machines’

man on the ground Steve Ambler, who

is Busellato factory-trained and has

worked with RW these past two decades.

Steve heads up a team of five engineers

who between them will represent a national

support package with well-proven skills and

reliability, a resource on which David is

happy to hang his hat at any time.

The Busellato product is also not short on

provenance. David reckons it’s the best

range of affordable CNC technology for

solid timber processing from any single

source in the world. And this most Italian

of brands is right on the money for both

versatility and speed in the manufacture of

constructional joinery parts for window

frames, doors, staircases ... and a whole

range of

the elements that Britain’s builders are

going to need in quantity as soon

as the market begins to move.

Casadei has also been well established in

the UK for many years prior to IWM’s

involvement and shares a close technology

partnership with Busellato; the operational


IWM Launches New Distribution Agreement for Busellatoand Casadei in Conjunction with RW Machines

From l-r Claudio Cortese (Busellato), KelvinWilkins (Northern Agent) and David Thompson-

Rowland (MD of RW Machines Ltd)

NEWSPROFILECompany Profile

The latest JET Optima 5 axis work-centre model was shown for the first time in the UK at the recent IWM in-house launch in Leeds

software of both marques is closely

integrated and infinitely compatible. The

latest JET Optima 5 x axis work-centre

model, which was shown for the first time

in the UK at the recent IWM in-house show

in Leeds, is quoted by the manufacturer as

having been ‘designed for the production

of furniture parts and interior doors ... a

new compact machine which maintains the

high performance standards of the larger

Busellato models’. David Thompson-

Rowland himself sums up the new JET

Optima as: ‘a very good investment for

joinery craftsmen’.

The JET concept - the game-plan rather

than the model - is the result of Busellato’s

30 years of experience in manufacturing

CNC work-centres. Both heads and work

beds are easily configurable to meet wide-

ranging customer-specific needs and

represent maximum working flexibility

across wide-ranging applications. There is a

very broad programme of dedicated devices

and software applications built into the

Busellato proposition which will

consequently flow from the combined new

IWM sales and well-proven

RW Machines technical support

resource.

Casadei Macchine combines solid

tradition with equally well-proven

technological progress. Today’s extensive

range dates back to the immediate post war

years when the first woodworking

machines bearing the Casadei name rolled

out of the Rimini factory and began an

engineering tradition based around massive

and constant investment in research,

technology, human resources and design.

This combination is represented today by

a sophisticated range of dedicated speciality

machines including everything from wide

belt sanders and planer/thicknessers to

moulders - everything from automatic

throughfeed to tilting arbor spindle models.

All are parts of a joinery machine range that

is highly respected across 90 countries

around the world.

Claudio Cortese, European Sales Director

at Busellato, attended the Leeds in-house

launch in November and was delighted

with the new RW/IWM set-up - it was RW

Group who represented the Italian

company two decades ago.

“It was more difficult back then,” says

David, “to draw defining lines between the

CNC technology of flat bed routing, which

we already had in place with Anderson, and

the emerging work-centre concept for

structural joinery.

“Anderson was - and remains - a very

important part of RW Machines but the

technology addresses a very different

marketplace in panels rather than solid

timber processing. But the latter is the

expertise of Ian Brown, who has more than

34 years in the sector behind the formation

of the new IWM company.

“At RW we had already begun selling

Reinhardt cross cut timber saw systems,

with some very impressive successes in the

UK up and running, when I met up with

my old pal Max Boba, who is sales director

at Busellato in Pisaro, in the summer of last

year. Ian Brown was there too and it’s as a

result of that discussion that International

Woodworking Machines was established

with exclusive distribution agreements

ratified for the UK marketplace”

Claudio Cortese said of the new IWM set-

up: "This is an important step forward for us

in what is a key international market. IWM

will work for us almost like a subsidiary,

because the people here share the technical

excellence and service philosophy that are

central to that of the Busellato

and Casadei group of companies.

"Almost half our range is completely new

and gives us a fast-track path into new

markets. Through IWM, we can offer a

complete end-to-end range in the UK,

serving large enterprises as well as today's

smaller, and now very much more agile,

specialist shops. We can grow with our

customers, offering the right technology

and outstanding service at every step."


Ian Brown – MD of the newly formedInternational Woodworking Machines Ltd

PROFILECompany Profile

For further information:Tel: 07944 108747


The RW Machines showroom at Morley in Leeds will now be a shared facility with the new IWMcompany and will show a range of Busellato and Casadei models

Joos, the specialist German press

manufacturer, has been designing and

building presses for more than 80

years. During this time, they have been

responsible for a whole series of

technical innovations in flat panel

bonding for applying veneers or

laminates to various substrates

including chipboard, MDF plywood

and other similar materials. Today,

Joos remains one of the leading brands

in the world for woodworking presses

and their long standing partnership

with Homag UK Ltd has brought many

successes over the last two decades

with a wide range of their equipment

working very satisfactorily, across the

UK and The Republic of Ireland.

Joos-Quality-Press HP

From the visual aspect, you could be

forgiven for thinking that a press, is a press,

is a press. Underneath the skin, however,

things are very different. The company’s

most popular press, the Joos-Quality-Press

HP boasts a host of features that have set

the machine apart from the competition.

At the heart of the press is the hydraulic

unit. Joos mounts this securely in the

middle of the lower part of the press to

exclude any possibility of damage to the

motor, pump and other aggregates. The

motor, valves and two-stage high-pressure

pump are maintenance free, whilst the

oversized hydraulic oil tank avoids any

excessive heating and consequently aging of

the oil.

Even when incorrectly loaded, Joos

presses offer maximum operating safety.

With the unique Joos design, the pistons

are not bolted to the pressing table, but

instead dynamically act on a planed

connecting surface under the table. A

column guide prevents the platen from

titling or being displaced.

The table design of a press is critical to

delivering first class veneering. Firstly, the

high pressures have to be distributed with

absolute uniformity over the whole table.

Secondly, the steam that is produced during

the veneering process, has to escape out of

the pressing material. To achieve this, Joos

has developed an open table construction

with special fibre plates.

First class veneering also requires a

reliable heating system. Joos has linked

with the leading manufacturer of heating

platens, to offer two alternative solutions.

Electric heating platens are attractive

because of their very short warming-up and

regeneration phases, thus guaranteeing the

greatest possible flexibility in production.

These heating systems are available with

operating temperatures of up to 110°C or

130°C.

Safety is of paramount importance and

Joos has developed the exclusive A.B.S.

Safety System. Micro sensors in this Joos

invention immediately detect incorrectly

loaded or forgotten parts, preventing costly

damage to the pressing table, the valuable

hydraulics and the heating platens.

The Joos DLP 200 Throughfeed Press

The Joos Throughfeed Presses have

multiple applications and, with a small

footprint, they can reduce throughput times

by up to 60 percent. The strong pressing

table is dynamically mounted on the

cylinders. During the closing process, the

pressing table moves downwards and

presses the cantilevered heating platen

against the solid bottom part of the press.

Rotating belts load and unload the press

simultaneously, and the machine opens

automatically on completion of the pressing

process. The special table construction

makes it possible for the conveyor belts

inside the press to rotate around the lower

heating platen, therefore protecting them

from soiling and damage.

Like the Joos-Quality-Press, the DLP

features the A.B.S. Safety System

increasing the life and operating safety of

the machine.

A number of peripheral devices are

available to improve productivity, including

glue spreaders, brushing machines and

cutter-disc conveyors. These not only make

the work easier but also improve the

product quality whilst simultaneously

reducing the cycle times.

With full after-sales support from Homag

UK, customers investing in a Joos press can

be certain not only of a consistent and high

quality product from the presses, but also

long-term service support.


NEWSPROFILEPresses

Joos Presses from Homag UK

For further information:Tel: +44 (0)1332 856500Fax: +44 (0)1332 856400


The Joos-Quality-Press HP

The Rochdale branch of Howarth

Timber and Building Supplies has

replaced a conventional sideloader

with a 4-way Combilift forklift and is

benefiting from increased storage

capacity, more efficient handling

procedures and safer operations.

“We carry a complete range of building

supplies from drainage pipes to roof tiles”

says General Manager Paul Barton, “and as

such we need a versatile forklift capable of

handling various sizes of loads, from light

pallets of insulation material to 6m long,

3.5 tonne packs of timber. This is also a very

busy site where quick customer service is a

must, and the Combilift’s manoeuvrability

and ease of use enables operatives to locate

and load orders with the minimum of

delay.”

Howarth Timber Group is the UK’s

largest privately owned timber company,

operating a network of 33 timber and

building supplies branches throughout

England. Due to the large amount of stock

carried at the Rochdale branch, space

saving storage is also an issue, and the

Combilift’s multi-directional capability has

enabled more stock per square metre to be

accommodated. Paul and his drivers found

the sideloader to be large and cumbersome,

and its high platform prevented the use of

lower level storage, whereas the very low

platform height of the diesel powered

C4000 Combilift model has freed up

considerable extra space near the base of

the cantilever racking.

The site has been operational since

February 2008, and was taken over from a

company dealing purely in timber. The

change to mixed stock required a rethink of

storage configurations, and Howarth

Timber took advantage of Combilift’s free

warehouse layout service: the company

supplied detailed drawings advising, in this

case, on guided aisle operation in parts of

the yard as well as in the various

undercover storage areas. This has enabled

aisle-widths to be cut to the absolute

minimum, for maximum use of the space

available. As the Combilift’s turning circle

is so tight (it can turn on its axis) previous

“dead” space needed for the sideloader to

manoeuvre has also been used to store

more products.

Combilift Ltd supplies a wide range of

attachments according to individual

customer requirements, and Howarth’s

truck has been fitted with hydraulic fork

positioners, which are operated from inside

the cab. According to driver Stuart Darcy,

these are particularly useful when dealing

with the mixed sizes of loads he typically

handles: “I can put a pallet into racking,

and then reposition the forks to pick up a

long load of plasterboard or doors without

leaving the cab. This is quick and very

convenient.”

The Combilift is also used for offloading

incoming deliveries and reloading

consignments for immediate customer

delivery. The excellent all round visibility

from the cab and its relatively compact

dimensions compared to the old sideloader

make it a very safe machine to operate on

premises constantly populated by the

visiting public.

Combilift 4-way forklifts are all designed

and built in Monaghan, Ireland, where the

company also has its HQ and R&D facility.

The current Combilift range now

encompasses at least fifteen base models

with capacities ranging from 2.5 – 14

tonnes, with LPG, diesel or AC electric

power available. Combilift has won

numerous awards for its products since the

company was established in 1998, and

there are now over 10,000 units in

operation around the world.


PROFILEHandling

Combilift Is the Right Move forHowarth Timber

For more information:Tel UK: 07815 314 990


The Combilift is also used for off loadingincoming deliveries and reloading consignments

for immediate customer delivery

The Combilift has enabled aisle-widths to be cut tothe absolute minimum for maximum use of the

space available

Byrne O'Loughlin - or BOL Design - in

Dublin is in the brand display business

which, according to CEO and

founding director Barry O’Loughlin,

should definitely not be confused

with shopfitting. It’s a distinction

that has led to the development of a

very special relationship with RW

Machines who have just installed some

new technology at the BOL Design

factory that is not easily sourced, says

Barry, from more conventional

suppliers of wood and panel processing

machinery.

BOL’s is a high speed, high pressure

environment where deadlines are tight,

quality is critical and colours and finishes

are often non-standard. It’s the agility,

versatility and speed that new machines

from RW will give Barry O’Loughlin that

has fostered and nurtured what he

describes as a ‘very close 20 year working

relationship’ with RW’s David Thompson-

Rowland - a relationship based both on

efficiency and trust.

BOL Design is a full-service, end-to-end

display systems business that counts some

very big brand names among its clients -

names like Nokia, Nestlé, Coca Cola,

Cuisine de France, Lindt, Flora, Country-

Deli, Smirnoff, DuBarry Shoes, Kelloggs,

and Meteor Phones (which is a big mobile

operator in Ireland) among many, many

others. The multi-disciplined team of

professional designers at BOL deals direct

with the client’s brand teams rather than

with their promotional agencies.

Brand managers walk in with a strategy

and BOL creates display solutions that

preserve and build on work already done by

advertising agencies, with their campaigns

and promotions, and which so much point

of sale (PoS) material fails to support

adequately ... even, says Barry, actually

destroys.

It's vital, he stresses, that in-store

displays are as good or better than the

shop fittings, decor and ambience that

surrounds them because when it does its

job effectively, by being the visitor focal

point in the store, it’s BOL retail displays

that actually close the sales.

The factory on Dublin’s Baldoyle

Industrial Estate hosts some of Ireland's

most advanced manufacturing technology

in support of visualisation, prototyping,

manufacture, printing, engraving and

delivery. General printing and foil wrapping

are vital to BOL output and all elements are

done

in-house on machines supplied by RW;

brand managers value the fact

that Barry’s team has complete control

over every aspect of a project.

The BOL Design team is also entirely in-

house and it includes CAD designers,

engineers, machine operators, printers and

assemblers and installers. Designers

operate machines because it focuses minds

on designing display solutions that can be

machined efficiently as well as be effective

on the sales floor. The more knowledge

designers have of the machines, Barry

believes, the more they can get from them;

as he stresses: “We have a lot of brain

power here."

Foil wrapping provides a classic example

of the teamwork between BOL Design and

RW Machines. Gloss foils have a unique

way of highlighting displays and are

therefore increasingly useful from the

designer’s standpoint; but gloss foils are

also tricky to handle from a machine

application point of view and they do not

take paint well. But working in conjunction

with David Thompson-Rowland and the

RW Machines team, BOL’s technicians have

developed new ways of working that have

made gloss wraps as easy to apply as matt.

New paint coatings and techniques have

also been identified that work equally well

with gloss or matt foil materials.

So as a shop floor display specialist, BOL

has a lot to live up to and relies heavily,

according to Barry, on suppliers like RW

who are able to provide

such capable machines plus “the brilliant

back-up services” that support them. He is

talking of back-up that focuses not just on

cutting edge new technologies but also on

long-serving workhorses that Barry has had

on his factory floor for years - like their RW-

supplied BREMA vertical drilling system

which has been working non-stop since

1991, has been reconditioned 3 times and is

currently up for its 4th makeover!


RW Machines’ Anderson Stratos Pro at BOL bringspop-up jig positioning for complete precision.

MD Barry O’Loughlin at the controls of his newVector edgebander for shapes

RW Machines – Closing Sales in Ireland

NEWSFEATUREInstallation

New technology from RW now on the

floor includes a Ruijie laser cutter which is

adding hugely to the versatility and

creativity mix with mad new shapes for

amazing displays. These include industry

standard structures like self-service

pick'n'mix bins alongside entirely new

display concepts, all designed and made in-

house. As the team gets used to their new

Ruijie they will be using it to ‘engrave’

highly detailed decorative line images into

PoS materials and systems to give their

brand customers more and more display

options supported by graphics and printed

by laser, inkjet and silk-screen.

The Ruijie is designed to get the best

possible graphic effects from wood and

wood-based panel materials, including

double-sided coloured boards, glass, ivory

or bone, leather, marble and other stone

materials plus labels of all shapes and sizes.

It introduces skills to the

factory floor at BOL like

complex letter and pattern

engraving and will handle a

range of plastic faced boards

for a huge spread of

applications, including

signage, on an XY working

table size of 1000 x 600mm

at an engraving speed of

18,000mm/m and working

down to a minimum image

size of 1.5mm with

reposition accuracy of

0.01mm.

A Vector edgebander from

RW also gives Barry and his

customers lots of

new competitive

advantage when it comes to

edge-finishing shapes. The

customer quest for stand-

out, funky new PoS designs

in stores introduces

demands for weird shapes

and sizes that are difficult to

copy or emulate and which

Barry knows other

manufacturers can’t match

for the sort of flexibility that

his Vector from New Zealand now gives

him in production terms.

Vector Revolution is a double sided

machine with a single edgebanding head

that works a piece on one side of the table

while a finished piece is being taken off and

replaced at the other. Vacuum clamping

pods can be positioned at any point on the

table to accommodate wide ranging sizes

and shapes and can also accommodate very

large single display pieces along its length.

Once the head has made contact with the

work-piece, it simply follows the edge it is

working until it returns to the point at

which it started – and then it concludes the

cycle with a perfect butt joint. Shape is not

a limiting factor because the Vector will

edge finish a wide range of internal and

external radii fully automatically using high

quality PVC materials up to 2mm in

thickness, further raising quality standards

significantly.

With no programming involved, the

Vector Revolution will work

continuously throughout any

given shift with only a single

operator required to load the

work table at one end and to

take off finished pieces at

the other. The Vector

requires only a

single start point to be

identified and a simple

on-screen push button

command – any member of

the BOL Design team can use

the machine whenever they

need to.

A set of pop-up location

pins in the work table of their

new Anderson Stratos Pro

CNC router from RW also

makes it easier for BOL

operatives to locate work on

the machine table and to

promote accuracy in

positioning and clamping for

precision working of single

panels in all sizes and

shapes. Sixteen vertical plus

two-way horizontal spindles

for drilling and an automatic 10 position

tool changer generates huge flexibility and a

high speed software bus can be

incorporated to speed and simplify cad-cam

programming.

Barry O’Loughlin believes that panel

processors in his line of country must

always be more reactive, proactive and agile

in response to ever-changing customer

demands, just as suppliers like RW

Machines have also to match those

customer needs. Brands like Nestlé and

Coca Cola need their display designers and

manufacturers to be versatile, reliable and

accurate; Barry even goes so far as to stress

that no less than the Irish market's share of

millions of euros of advertising revenue is

on the line here.




An Orma membrane press from RW is handlingplastic moulded displays at Byrne O’Louglin in

Dublin

Also from RW - for laser cutting display messagesand systems is this new Ruijie system from China

This display bin at Byrne O’Loughlin is one of many for confectionery maker Nestlé

InstallationFEATURE

The joinery market highlights the

business advantages of partnering with

Homag. The Group’s specialist

companies offer a wide range of

equipment for joinery businesses - CNC

machines from Homag and Weeke,

sanders from Bütfering, edgebanders

from Brandt and Homag, Torwegge’s

frame lines, veneer presses and market

leading software such as woodWOP,

woodStairs and woodWindows.

CNC SpecialistsA wide range of CNC routers are

available from both Homag and Weeke for

door, window and stair production. Models

are available in three, four and five axis

formats with various table lengths offered

from 3 metres up to 7.2 metres and the

Homag Group offers both matrix table and

sliding console solutions to suit all

applications.

A huge advantage to Homag CNC

customers is the user friendly Group

software – Woodwop. Now available as

version 6.0, this software drives every CNC

machine from the Homag range and is

supplied as standard for the machine itself

and for offline programming. Existing

users have found that in most cases, this

powerful software eliminates the need for

additional third party software and can even

be used to program 5-axis machines for

typical joinery requirements such as lock

case cut-outs or newel post machining.

To tailor the CNC machines to each

joinery company’s specific needs, Homag

offers a wide range of optional equipment

to choose from. These include large

toolchangers – capable of holding

cutterblocks for mortice and tenon joints;

router spindles – ranging up to 18.5kw for

heavy duty solid wood machining at speed;

LED and laser positioning systems – for

quick set ups and the Homag Group’s

Powerclamp systems for securely holding

single part components for six sided

machining.

Joinery Solutions from the Homag Group

A full range of edgebanding machinery is available from both Homag and Brandt


NEWSPROFILEJoinery Machinery


Edgebanding at its BestA full range of edgebanding machinery is

available from both Homag and Brandt for

applying solid wood strips of up to 25mm,

veneer edges from the coil and also PVC

edges if required. All models suitable for

joinery production can be equipped with

PUR gluing systems, heavy duty pressure

zones, large end trimming saws and

powerful top and bottom trimming units as

standard.

Other options are available, such as pre-

milling units, grooving units, chamfer and

radius processing units, rebating units,

profiling units and even sanding units to

match individual customer requirements.

A working thickness of 60mm comes as a

standard feature, with the opportunity to

increase this to 90mm on certain models.

Specialist Door MachinerySpecifically for the larger door

manufacturers, Homag Group member

Torwegge, offers an interesting range of

machinery. Models include the new

Torwegge ZKT300 frame processing

machine which can produce up to 200

bespoke door frames in an eight hour shift.

This unique CNC controlled machine is

able to process both ends of the door frame

at the same time, thus improving efficiency.

Torwegge also manufactures throughfeed

machines for processing doors on both

long edges for lock and hinge cut-outs.

This machine is able to process bespoke

doors at the impressive rate of one door per

minute. The machine is also available as a

throughfeed option for door frame

production to machine out for lock keeps,

hinges and fixing holes on a bespoke frame

by frame basis.

A Smooth OperatorBütfering compliments the joinery

portfolio with a range of wide-belt sanding

machines including entry level single

headed models for small businesses,

through to twin and triple headed

machines, and even top and bottom lines

for the larger users. With working widths

from 950mm to 1650mm, Bütfering

sanders are designed for calibration

sanding, finish sanding with segmented

pads and lacquer sanding (de-nibbing).

A Great FinisherAs the UK agents for Cefla finishing

systems, Homag UK offers a complete

range of painting and lacquering systems

from this high quality manufacturer. These

systems are designed for all types of joinery

products including doors, windows and

stairs, with models such as automatic

spraying lines, roller coaters, curtain

coaters and hanging lines for frame

products. These finishing systems can be

seamlessly linked with lacquer sanding

systems from the Bütfering range to create

complete finishing systems.

For more information:Tel: +44 (0)1332 856500

Fax: +44 (0)1332 856400Email: [email protected]

www.homag-uk.co.uk

Homag’s Powerclamp systems for securely holding part components for six sided machining

PROFILEJoinery Machinery

A new dust extraction layout has been

installed by Dustraction to serve a wide

range of traditional joinery and wood-

based panel working machinery on the

shop floor of a new factory for premier

exhibition and event organisers Melville

in Coventry. The layout is based around

a Dustrax No 27 BB Series filter plant to

allow for future expansion by adding

further filter chambers, bagging base

extensions and by increasing the fan

power.

Just as well, as it turns out, because Alan

Durant at Melvilles reports that, recession or

no recession, Melville’s exhibition and events

programme is indeed already expanding with

four new benches coming on stream at the

turn of the year. Dustraction’s system was

deliberately over specified, he says, because of

the high volume of MDF dust that is

generated; four or five packs of MDF a month

makes for a lot of Health & Safety hazards if

the waste is not quickly and effectively dealt

with.

Melville Exhibition & Event Services is one

of the UK’s leading suppliers in the sector

with offices in Birmingham, London,

Manchester, Glasgow and Abu Dhabi from

which they provide the full spectrum of

support services. These include stand design

and build, electrical installations (including

theatrical lighting), graphics, logistics,

furniture hire, floor coverings, venue services,

data and registration and floor planning

services.

Many of the world’s best-known exhibitions

feature on the operating schedules of Melville

including the UK’s largest show - the NEC

Spring Fair - and also the British Int. Motor

Show, Clothes Show Live and the print,

publishing and media show IPEX. Melville

have won a record number of AEO

(Association of Exhibition Organisers) awards

for their creative, organisational and service

work; they include Best Shell Scheme – 2002

& 2006, Best Graphics – 2002, Contractor

Employee of the Year – 2006, and Industry

Personality of the Year – 2003 & 2005. And

for 2008 Melville has been nominated for a

further six category awards.

Alan Durant says that contractors coming

into the new factory of Melvilles at the NEC all

agree that it’s the nicest, cleanest, happiest -

and therefore most productive - working

environment they visit. Fine dust is a no-no

says Alan; if it’s in the atmosphere it’s a

serious fire and health hazard and if it’s on the

shop floor it makes it so slippery it becomes

dangerous - non-slip coatings

notwithstanding. Fine dust underfoot means

that shop floor workers are compromised in

terms of their performance levels and visiting

customers go away unimpressed - in a

recession, no-one needs that!

And it’s not just MDF that Melvilles use in

the manufacture of their often complex

display systems - a lot of solid timber joinery

together with chipboard and MFCs are also

deployed. It adds up to seven or eight large

collection bags of waste with everything

double bagged and hermetically sealed to

ensure complete capture for effective disposal.

In this working environment, no hand

brushes or brooms are used by staff because,

in addition to the machines, every bench is

also served by hand-held suction cleaners, all

serviced by the Dustrax 5xsection No 27 BB

modular woodwaste filter.

Because of the explosive nature of the dust,

the filter chamber is mounted onto an

enclosed bagging hopper to discharge waste

directly into the collection bags. Each of these

is retained on bagging spigots with quick-

release toggle-action sealing strips to ensure

quick, easy and clean removal of all harmful

waste from the site. The fully enclosed

bagging base has hinged doors for easy access

and each also has a sight glass for an accurate

visual indication of collection levels.

Steve Matuska at Dustraction says: “Melville

is one of those customers everybody wants:

they know exactly what they need in terms of a

result, they don’t compromise on specification

and they insist on the job being right in all

aspects and at all times. But they also placed

full trust in Dustraction as their own specialist

supplier - and everybody does a good job in

circumstances like those!”


For further information:Tel: 0116 271 3212Fax: 0116 271 3215


Dustraction in the ExhibitionSpotlight in Coventry

NEWSWOODWASTEDust Extraction

A lot of solid timber joinery, chipboard and MFCsare processed at Melvilles in the manufacture of

their customer’s display systems

A sight glass is incorporated into the doors of thebagging unit to monitor levels of waste to the

collection bags

A dust-free shop floor is essential at Melvilles

23

The bringing on-stream of a wood

burning furnace at Hampshire based

SB Joinery, brought to a conclusion a

sophisticated and advanced extraction

facility that Dust Pollution Systems

has been working on for over 18

months. This holistic plant removes

wood waste; supplies clean process air

to three spray booths, provides double

filtered air to an enclosed spray and

finishing room and also heats the

company's premises. Additionally it has

minimised the company's carbon

footprint, reduced energy

consumption and enhanced component

finish.

Dust Pollution Systems, UK's leader in

the design and installation of wood waste

extraction, waste to heat and process air

systems, started work over eighteen months

ago after being appointed by SB Joinery. SB

Joinery, manufacture bespoke replacement

window frames and joinery systems for

builders and developers. Their reputation

for quality and accuracy meant that larger

premises were required to give them scope

to meet current demand and for future

expansion.

The first phase was the installation of an

extraction system designed to meet the

anticipated increased

production of wood waste. To

minimise disruption and

maintain production Dust

Pollution Systems connected

the extraction ducting as each

machine was installed, finally

connecting the internal works

to the previously installed

exterior filters. The system had

a capacity of 15,000 CFM

system using two 40 hp fan

sets and three modular chain

filters. Clean air could then

either be discharged to

atmosphere or returned to the

factory as weather conditions dictated. At

this stage wood waste was transferred to

trailers for subsequent removal.

Prior to its relocation, SB Joinery had

operated from relatively modest premises

and product finishing had been outsourced.

However, as the new site was nearly six

times this size SB Joinery decided to bring

its finishing in-house. As part of an

extended second phase Dust Pollution

Systems installed three dry-back spray

booths. This needed an additional 36,000

CFM of extraction capability. So that low

factory air speed could be maintained,

warm clean process air was

re-introduced. In order to

provide this, an 1.7 million btu

oil fired furnace was installed

as gas was not available on

site. Although wood waste was

still being produced and could

have been used, SB Joinery

was still uncertain at this stage

as to the exact volume that

they could rely on.

With the introduction of a

new product line requiring a

hi-gloss finish a suitable

finishing system was sought.

To meet this need Dust

Pollution Systems installed a separate

enclosed internal spray room and an

attached drying and curing bay. The air for

this is obtained by filtering the existing

process air, which is additionally heated to

reduce process times.

After 18 months operating at it's new

location SB was able quantify the amount

of wood waste produced and at this point,

as a final phase, Dust Pollution Systems

acquired a second-hand wood fired Boiler

and 35 m3 storage silo this was fully

refurbished and installed. This is linked to

the existing pipe work from the oil-fired

system. The wood furnace is now the

primary heat source and the previous oil

system is designed to augment heating

when extreme conditions exist or at system

start up, the two heat sources operate and

combine automatically.

For more information please contact: Tel: 01494 462 333

www.dustpollution.co.uk

Extraction System gives HigherQuality and Lower Fuel Bills

2010 JANUARY/FEBRUARY Panel & Joinery Production

WOODWASTEDust Extraction

A separate enclosed internal spray room with an attached dryingand curing bay installed by Dust Pollution Systems

The sophisticated and advanced extraction system installed at SBJoinery by Dust Pollution Systems


Manor High School in Oadby, home

town of Dustraction, is a well

integrated multi-cultural school

whose most recent OFSTED Report -

December 07 - awarded an outstanding

grade overall. The school has won the

Healthy Schools Award which is one

of the driving forces behind dealing

with new COSHH regulations in

conjunction with Dustraction - to

further improve monitoring of LEV

(Local Exhaust Ventilation) at

individual wood and panel working

machine hoods in the school’s Design

Technology Department, which is

itself being moved and re-organised.

Manor High School gained specialist

Technology School status in partnership

with a local college in April 2007 which has

helped generate additional funding to

develop an alternative curriculum for less

academic pupils. The Design Technology

department is working with IT and a range

of wood and panel

machinery and a new

Community Development

Officer is helping to

promote opportunities for

adult learning and is also

developing business links

from within the

curriculum.

Machines on-site

include a bandsaw, a lathe

disc sander, a tilting arbor

bench saw and a belt

sander, all for use in the

design and making by

students of everything

from chess and other

complex board games to

‘moving’ animal figures

and bird boxes.

Dustraction has installed a

new LCC Dustrax 15M

filter unit together with

new ducting as

needed after a COSHH LEV re-

test to ensure compliance of

individual machine hoods and

the installation as necessary of

pressure gauges to monitor

extraction performance machine

by machine.

Individual gauges at each

machine hood allow constant

monitoring to establish the

correct pressure range and to

ensure that indicated flows are

achieved and maintained.

Dustraction’s gauges are ideal

instruments for the purpose with

faces printed with simple red and

green markings to provide an

easy-to-read measurement of

extraction performance that can

be easily maintained.

Existing ductwork was re-used wherever

possible at Manor High School and

additional Class A standard ducting was

also used to facilitate the remodeling of the

Design Technology Department in a move

to separate and isolate IT from wood and

panel working functions. Dustraction’s new

extraction layout is of ‘aerodynamic design’

and individual suction ducts join the main

ducting run at acute new angle joins on

tapered sections for a rigid and effective,

vibration-free installation overall.

Dustraction Helps Oadby SchoolReact to New COSHH Regulations

For more information:Tel: 0116 271 3212Fax: 0116 271 3215


Static pressure tests were taken at each machine hood at Manor HighSchool to establish the pressure range requirement and to ensure

that correct flow levels are achieved and maintained

Dustraction’s gauges are the ideal instruments with facesprinted in simple red and green markings providing an easy-

to-read flow measurement

NEWSWOODWASTEDust Extraction

Heian Corporation of Japan is

renowned the world over as one of the

leading manufacturers of a

comprehensive range of high

performance, precision heavy duty CNC

Routers and Machining Centres with

up to 10 Axis. Firmly established for

over 70 years with their comprehensive

range of CNC machinery, over 7000

CNC Routers and Machining Centres

have been installed worldwide.

Production has seen an unbroken

record of growth every year, and

Heian is proud to have supplied some of

the worlds leading manufacturers.

Having made the worlds first circular

cutting NC Router in April 1969, the range

of machinery has expanded since then to

encompass CNC machinery of enormous

variety, size and complexity. The key

features of Heian are quality, reliability, and

high performance. The machinery design

and development has concentrated on

producing ever more versatile, flexible,

machining centres, combining routing,

automatic tool changing, boring units,

sawing and moulding. All Heian Machines

are fitted with Toshiba/Fanuc Inverters and

Fanuc CNC Controllers, "one of the most

reliable CNC controllers in the world ",

therefore Machine Flexibility, Reliability

and Repeatability with high quality and

precision machining is guaranteed with all

Heian CNC Machinery.

Major developments in machine, tooling

and CAM technology are making High

Speed Routing (HSR) a reality for furniture

manufacturers. With HSR technology it’s

possible to route considerably faster and

produce highly accurate contours with an

excellent surface finish. This new

machining approach will reduce lead times,

optimize batch sizes and stock.

Hein’s EG, ER, SR, NC, HR, ZR and UR

models are capable of rapid feeds of 60 to

80 m/min respectively and 40 m/min

maximum cutting feeds without loss of

definition or surface finish. Customers

have the choice of single or twin table

models, with table sizes from 1,500 X 800

mm to the popular 2,600 X 1,600 mm or

3,100 mm and upwards.

Purchasing a CNC Machining Centre is a

critical decision for most companies, Heian

have designed and manufactured 5/6 axis

machines and machining centres for many

industries to include: Aerospace and

Automobile industries,

woodworking/furniture manufacturing

industries, Plastics and Composite

industries, Light metals and Mould tool Die

manufacturing and engineering.

Five/six axis machining centres are

available with positioning speeds of up to

80M/min, and the fixed

parallel beam with one or

two vacuum clamping

tables or the moving

Gantry style with fixed

tables. Both models of

machines are available with single or twin

headed spindle motor configurations with

spindle motors of 7.5 - 30 KW 18,000 or

24,000 rpm with an infinitely adjustable

speed with automatic tool changer

carousels to take 8, 12, 16 or 24 tools

enabling a full compliment of

routing/drilling tools to be stored on board

together with saw and machining

aggregates. Some models of machines can

be equipped with piggy back router

spindles, piggy back boring units and

multi-spindle flexible boring systems with

vertical and horizontal boring spindles set

at 32 mm centres.

The gantry style machining centres

feature a low level machining table on a

rugged frame enabling all classical routing

processes to be carried out. All 5-axis

machines are equipped with the universal

spindle motor with the option of

temperature controlled liquid cooling for

the spindle motor and the option of BT.35,

BT.40 or HSK 63 tool holder system with a

further option of tool coolant by air or

liquid cooling if required. The 5-axis

machining capability and rigid construction

ensure extremely demanding free-form

machining is possible.

Machines can also be manufactured to

include a 10 axis machine with two

universal spindle motors with the Fanuc

multi path control system. Special

machines can be manufactured

for all types of industries

to include: wood based

musical instruments,

sports equipment, shotgun

and rifle gun stocks

with special rotary

indexing units.


UK AGENT: – HOLZTECHNIKMACHINERY SERVICES LTD



www.heiancorp.com

Machining Centre Solutions from Heian

PROFILEMachining Centres

The NG 151 MC 3165machining centre

High-performance CNC routing

solutions from AXYZ International

are said to be playing a pivotal role in

meeting the diverse production

requirements of Leeds-based Sound

Leisure. Established in 1978, the

company is a major manufacturer of

jukeboxes and associated audio

equipment for the leisure industry as

well as producing computerised

amusement games primarily for the

domestic market. The 80,000 square

feet facility includes 55,000 square

feet of factory space and houses a

workforce in excess of 120, including

over 50 highly skilled and specifically

focussed workers engaged in the

manufacturing programme.

To meet its multi-faceted production

requirements, Sound Leisure has set up

dedicated woodworking, metalworking,

vacuum forming and plastic fabrication,

paint spray and electrical wiring

departments. These are supplemented

with mechanical and cabinet design and

electronic design departments supporting

the wide range of both static and animated

products. Chief Development Engineer at

the company, Phil Patterson commented:

‘The fusion of all of these disparate but

complementary design and manufacturing

disciplines enables us to provide a one-

stop-shop facility for our customers and we

take pride in the fact that we can make

virtually anything for the niche markets in

which we specialise.’

Central to the smooth running and

reliability of the manufacturing

programme at Sound Leisure has been the

installation of two high-performance

AXYZ 4008 routers featuring the AXYZ

ATC (Automatic Tool Change) facility.

These are supported by a smaller AXYZ

Millennium router with quick-release

spindle that is used for the processing of

components for the finished products. For

the two larger routers used in the main

cabinet production, AXYZ Tool Path has

proved a simple and adequate software

solution; while the Millennium router used

for more sophisticated work relies on the

multi-faceted ArtCAM program from

DELCAM.

A preferred solution for the processing

of wood and wood composites, the AXYZ

4008 router has an effective work area of

2,440mm (length) x 1,466mm (width). At

Sound Leisure, the optional Automatic

Tool Change facility provides an easy and

more convenient way of handling jobs

requiring multiple tooling functions via an

eight-position carousel-style system. There

are 16 individual cutting tools available on

the system, with tools one to eight accessed

automatically with no operator

intervention and tools nine to 16 inserted

into the spindle manually as required.

Apart from the AXYZ Tool Path interface

software that is compatible with DXF,

HPGL and G-Code file formats, other key

design features of the AXYZ 4008 router

include a DNC drip feed interface for

processing large 3D files, a machine

controller with over 75 operator-

programmable functions, extended Z-axis

height and multiple spindle options

(including quick-release tooling). To

further extend the router’s capabilities,

multiple gantries can be incorporated.

There is also an extruded vacuum chamber

with an integral ‘T’ slot clamping system,

high-speed and high-torque drive motors

and high-tolerance Star brand linear ways

and bearings. The processing length of the

router can be configured to accommodate

different production requirements in

increments of 600mm.

On the technical support and after-sales

service provided by AXYZ International,

Phil Patterson referred to this succinctly as

‘excellent’. When asked to describe how the

AXYZ routing technology installed had

helped speed up production with a

commensurate increase in profitability and

future growth expectations at Sound

Leisure, Phil concluded: ‘The accuracy and

interchangeable nature of the routers and

the speed of production, from the drawing

board to the finished product, means we

can deliver our specialised products within

a time frame of hours and days rather than

weeks as in the past when we employed

jigs and pin routing methods of

production.’

The products of Sound Leisure are sold

worldwide to the leisure and domestic

markets via premier retail outlets like

Harrods. In itself, this testifies to their

high quality, a characteristic enhanced by

the AXYZ routing solutions that have been

installed and that are likely to be upgraded

to meet changes in the company’s

production requirements.


AXYZ Routers in Tune and on Timeat Sound Leisure

NEWSPROFILECNC Routers

For further information on AXYZ routing solutions:

Tel:01902 375 600www.axyz.co.uk

The AXYZ routers processing a wood compositepanel used for the jukebox cabinets supplied by

Sound Leisure

Tucked away behind a row of houses in

the delightful market town of

Easingwold, North Yorkshire, between

York and Thirsk, is a thriving hi-tech

family business manufacturing top-of-

the-range furniture and speaker

cabinets.

E Kendall and Sons Ltd was established in

1900 as wheelwrights, manufacturing cart

wheels for the many local farmers. The

business has diversified over the following

years, manufacturing joinery, shop-fittings,

dove-tailed drawers and other components.

Edward Kendall has now retired, but his son,

Phil Kendall, Managing Director, is a very

“Hands On” owner and enjoys a close

working relationship with his customers,

transforming their orders into products to be

manufactured in their compact but hi-tech

facility.

Already running two 3-axis SCM CNC

Machining Centres, a 10 year old twin-head

Record 220 and an Actionline Record 110 AL,

Phil Kendall decided about 6 months ago to

investigate the market for a 5-axis CNC that

he thought was essential for the ranges of

high class speaker cabinets that they were

continually being asked to manufacture.

One of their customers is Meridian Audio,

a world leader in the design and manufacture

of state-of-the-art audio and video home

entertainment systems. The speaker cabinets

are manufactured in many varying shapes

and specifications and are composed of high

density Birch Plywood, laminated with thin

sheets of aluminium to give a super-stiff and

resin-damped speaker that is perfectly

vibration and resonance free. The new CNC

had to accommodate the cabinets and be

capable of machining the various materials

very accurately and faster than previous

methods utilised.

Phil Kendall comments “We supply our

customers with fully completed cabinets for

them to fit their own equipment, sourcing

and supplying the raw materials, laminating

them on a press, machining the blanks, sub-

assembly and then machining them on the

CNC’s before final assembly of the cabinets.

Our business totally revolves around the

CNC’s, and as we now employ only 8 people,

it is essential the CNC Machining Centres

perform to their ultimate capacity.”

“Six months ago, as we realised our work

and orders was becoming more complex, it

became obvious that we needed a 5-axis

machine. I looked at numerous Italian and

German suppliers and finally decided upon

the SCM Accord 40 PRISMA, as it met all

our specification requirements, table size,

head configuration and had SCM’s extensive

experience in 5-axis machines behind it. It

also provided real value for money. It was

installed in August 2009.”

The Accord 40 PRISMA has a 3600 x

1560mm multi-function aluminium work

table, ideal for machining and nesting full-

size sheets of MFC, MDF, Plywood, etc., and

also for locating jigs that are often necessary

when machining shaped components and

assemblies.

With the powerful Prisma K 5-axis Routing

Head, an F18 vertical and horizontal Drilling

Unit, 24-Station Rapid Automatic Tool

Changer, a supplementary 10-Station Rack

Tool Changer and a 500 mc/hour high

volume vacuum system, the Accord 40

PRISMA has met all of Phil Kendall’s

expectations.

Continuing, Phil Kendall states “We are

very pleased with the new Accord PRISMA.

With the 5-axis routing head, we have

managed to reduce machining times and

cycles on certain curved items by 65%

compared to machining on our 3-axis

machines. The programmable dust hood that

surrounds the routing head is very effective as

some machines do not even offer this feature

on them.”

Phil Kendall programs the CNC’s using

AlphaCam and Solid Works. The latter

actually assisted in E Kendall & Sons Ltd

receiving work from their customers as

designs can be sent in Solid Works for

converting into programs to go directly to the

CNC.

The 3 SCM CNC’s have enabled E Kendall

& Sons Ltd to reduce their overheads and

employ less operatives but at the same time

increase turnover and stay ahead of their

competitors and, with the 5-axis installation,

new orders are continually being received.”

All 3 CNC’s have been networked to the

office and with the machine’s PC controls. In

addition, all tools are interchangeable

between the machines, giving considerable

savings on tooling costs.

Concluding, Phil Kendall comments “We

are very pleased with our new 5-axis machine

and would like to thank SCM’s Area Sales

Manager, Ian McCarthy, and Craig Cairns of

SCM’s local Distributor, JMJ Machinery for

all their help and assistance. Over the years

we have built up a good relationship with

SCM’s Nottingham-based Service Division

and we know they are only a phone call away

should we encounter a problem.”


For more information:Contacts: E. Kendall & Sons:

Tel: 01347 821489 Email: [email protected]

SCM Group (UK) Ltd:Tel: 0115 9770044 /Fax: 0115 9770946


InstallationsFEATURE

SCM 5-Axis Accord CNC Installedat E Kendall & Sons Ltd

The Prisma 5-Axis routing head on the Accord

The Accord 40 5-Axis at E Kendall

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