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Welcome to issue 191 of Supplier magazine featuring the wrap up of the most successful AWISA show on record.

Both exhibitors and visitors alike were the winners from the four day event. See Philip Ashley’s full coverage of the show starting on page 22.

Every AWISA exhibition, Supplier magazine presents its GOLD STAR Awards – for innovative technology in products, services and manufacturing techniques that have been presented at the show. There are five Gold Star recipients this year, chosen out of the hundreds and hundreds of products that were on display. The Gold Star awards can be used as effective PR in Australia as, worldwide, similar awards have achieved great results for the worthy winners.

Congratulations to all.

Till next time,

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☞News 06 Innovation is the driving force at Biesse.

08 New Finishes & Surfaces magazine 10 Felder celebrates 60 years

☞Features 13 AWISA 2016 review - Technology 22 AWISA 2016 review - Design 30 Gold Star Awards 37 Profile - Carjo Furniture

☞Design & Trends

Vicky Cammiade Director & Publisher

44 Amorini brings the latest designs to Australia 46 Top honours at CMDA awards

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Innovation is the driving force at Biesse Create impressive fit outs, innovative furniture and joinery; make signs easily and create engineered plastic solutions using the new Plast range from Biesse.

Visit Biesse at Visual Impact on 15 to 17 September 2016 at the Sydney Showgrounds, Sydney Olympic Park in Halls 5 and 6 on stand E20 and E40 where there will be live demonstrations on the Rover Plast J and Rover S as well as the opportunity to chat to leading industry experts.

The Biesse Plast range consists of cutting-edge CNC work centres, beam saws, water-jet cutting systems and

storage and handling solutions.

It can be used to create impressive fit outs, signage, POS displays and sophisticated 3D designer products easily.

The Biesse Plast range uses oscillating and tangential knife devices and advanced camera recognition system to make your job easier.

The advanced CAD CAM software includes true shape nesting, an engraving module and true five axis interpolation capability making it easy to create any product using a wide range of materials whilst ensuring the minimisation of waste. A perfect combination of Biesse innovation and Italian genius.●

Hettich Australia continues to support excellence HETTICH Australia continues to support excellence in design and construction through the sponsorship of the 2016 WA Chapter Architecture Awards category sponsor for Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions).

The program is an opportunity for the general public and other architects to recognise and promote architects and architecture in Australia and internationally.

The Australian Institute of Architects is the peak body for the architectural profession in Australia, representing 12,000 members. The Residential Architecture category sponsorship aligns with Hettich’s continued partnership with the institute to ensure we support in working towards innovation, learning and passing on knowledge to the emerging future and professionals of this industry.

The Australian Institute of Architects announced the 6 | SupplierAug/Sept 2016

winners of the 2016 Western Australia (WA) Architecture Awards at Crown Perth’s Grand Ballroom. For the first time in the awards’ history, two projects were awarded the WA chapter’s highest honour, the George Temple Poole Award. Kerry Hill Architects designed both of the winning projects – the City of Perth Library and Public Plaza and the State Buildings, the latter with Palassis Architects (Heritage Architect). Together, the two projects all but complete Cathedral Square, an important civic space in Perth.

This year, the Enduring Architecture Award was renamed in recognition of Richard Roach Jewell, a long-serving public works architect in Western Australia.

The award went to Howlett and Bailey Architects for Perth Concert Hall. This is the second year in a row the practice has received the award, having won last year’s award for Council House.●

Foyer first AMERICAN white oak makes an impression in Sydney’s CBD. If a foyer is remarkable, we assume what lies behind is equally remarkable. In the case of 60 Carrington Street, Sydney, these assumptions would be correct. The building is the home of Woods Bagot and its refurbishment created an office space to meet the flexible needs of the modern day workplace.

Woods Bagot and Elan Construct collaborated on the foyer project. The double height void of the entrance gave the appearance of an art deco hotel. The team

created a structure to span the height of the space to dramatic effect.

To bring both warmth and texture, the mesmerizing curved wall design was created from American white oak. The height of the building meant that above industry standard import lengths of timber were required.

As one of the largest trees in the American forests, American white oak not only met the length requirements but was also specified in premium furniture grade to ensure the highest quality finish. The result is an effect not often seen in a commercial building.● www.suppliermagazine.com.au

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Big River launches new building products website

New Finishes & Surfaces magazine FINISHES & Surfaces magazine is an annual publication featuring the myriad of specialist finishes and surface materials that are available to specifiers, interior designers, architects and affiliated professionals.

Relaunched and revamped by the new owners, the well known and respected business magazine publishers, Elite Publishing Co, this presentation will showcase the new products, leading edge innovations and inspiring projects that will highlight the defining trends of 2017 and beyond.

The content will encompass aspects of materials used for any type of surface – (vertical or horizontal and interior and/ or exterior) – such as hard flooring, carpet, tile, stone, veneers, decorative surfaces, laminates, engineered stone, solid surfaces, paint, glass, timber, concrete, metal – plus so much more…… This will include editorial, images, technical information and advertising material on this wide variety of products.

Ecolabel Register This annual publication will also include the current list of eco labelled products in

Australia. This national register is vitally important to any company, or person specifying or recommending products in the tender process.

Distribution 15,000 copies will be distributed by Australia Post early in the New Year to all the major specifiers, interior designers, architects, builders, retailers and merchants, who are already included in our professionally managed database.

Gordon & Gotch will also distribute a further 4000 copies through selected upmarket newsagencies (mainly in the Eastern States) with a history of high sales in this specific area. This means the discerning consumer will have access to these new and innovative products as well.

Contact Vicky Cammiade: vicky.cammiade@ elitepublishing.com.au or Ashley Cooper: ashley. cooper@elitepublishing.com. au to arrange for a media kit to be sent to you and to make sure your company’s product lines are included. ●

New appointment at Hideaway Bins HIDEAWAY Bins has appointed Jesse Staines to the role of National Marketing and Sales Manager.

Jesse has had a variety of senior marketing roles at Laminex New Zealand, as well as product development roles with other building industry suppliers.

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Bins in both Australia and New Zealand, as well as supporting their distributors to grow the Hideaway brand in both markets.●

BIG River Group, has launched a new website to provide designers, specifiers, builders and tradies with a quick and easy online option for quoting, ordering and technical support.

With a focus on providing a 24-7 mobile-friendly information and quoting resource, the website www. bigriverbuildingproducts.com. au will provide customers with detailed product information, specifications, downloads and brochures, a project gallery of case studies as well as a full range of timber, building and construction supplies and hardware suitable for commercial, residential and project builders.

The website boasts an easily navigable site and includes an enhanced search capability. Customers benefit from the national buying power prices Big River can offer, as well as full technical support on correct gradings and sizes appropriate to the project, and a national delivery network allowing materials to be delivered directly to the building site.

Big River Building Products' extensive product range includes external timber cladding, fibre cement products, LVL, plywood, timber framing, doors and decking, insulation and formwork.●

National design competition for bold ideas WOODSOLUTIONS has launched Dangerous Designs – a national design competition for bold ideas.

WoodSolutions challenges designers, architects, craftsmen and builders to design differently and imagine products, spaces and buildings that incorporate and highlight the aesthetics, durability and versatility of timber.

The Dangerous Designs competition is open to all design professionals, enthusiasts and students, who can submit their entries in one of the four all-encompassing entry categories: Eat, Sleep, Play | Go | Work | Build.

In its first year, the Dangerous Designs competition seeks bold and functional designs that use wood or wood products as a key component. Concepts are to be uploaded on the competition’s website www.

dangerousdesigns.com.au and are judged on aesthetics, craft, functionality, originality and sustainability.

Each participant will retain ownership of their entry’s intellectual property, being ideally placed to answer any enquiries about commercialising their designs.

All entries will be published on the Dangerous Designs Facebook and Instagram pages, and a People’s Choice prize will be awarded based on a submission's popularity, measured by ‘likes’.

WoodSolutions will award $500 bi-monthly prizes to the best entry in each of the Open and Student categories (subject to minimum entry criteria being met). An annual grand prize valued at $10,000 will be awarded to the judges' selection from the winning bi-monthly entries submitted throughout the year to 30 September 2017.● www.suppliermagazine.com.au

SCM GROUP NOW IN AUSTRALIA Giving you direct access to the full complement of SCM Group products all from one organisation.

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TVAA now on facebook

Felder celebrates 60 years DESIGNING the future is the motto of the Felder Group, which, this year, celebrates 60 years of quality, Austrian-made woodworking machinery.

In 1956 the first machines were made in a workshop at Johann Felder’s parents’ home and a move to a factory in Absam soon

followed. In 1982 the company moved to the current location in Hall in Tirol and in 2001 the industrial Format-4 brand was launched.

Felder now produces the full range of award-winning machines, not only for the craft sector but heavy industry as well. ●

The Timber Veneer Association already has a presence on the net through its website at www.timberveneer.asn. au. Here veneer users and specifiers can find a range of publications to guide them on using veneers to best advantage.

There is also a comprehensive photo gallery on the association’s website to show how timber veneers can be used in modern design to achieve striking results.

Items related to the use of veneers will be posted regularly to the facebook page, and the page updated frequently to make sure it reflects current issues.

TVAA President Gray Parsonson said: “Being on Facebook is the next logical step in keeping timber veneers at the forefront of interior design. We hope interior designers, architects, and others in the building industry will ‘like’ the new page”.

A reminder that copies of the recently updated TVAA manual, simply entitled Veneer, are still available on request, free of charge.

Veneer explains the technical terms used in specifying and supplying various types of veneer and shows how different visual effects can be achieved such as book matching, slip matching, and so on. The manual also covers topical issues including carbon storage, fire hazard and chain of custody certification.

A Manual for Decorative Wood Veneering Technology, written by Dr Barbara Ozarska of the Forest Products Research Group at the University of Melbourne, is an authoritative guide to all the factors involved in the successful use of wood veneers.

The latest edition expands upon the first edition, released in 2003, and incorporates the latest research results, including advice on dealing with potential discolouration of veneers exposed to UV light.

Graphics and diagrams have been expanded and updated.

The manual can be downloaded from the association’s website.●

Indonesia’s local furniture market potential IFMAC and WOODMAC 2016, Indonesia is empowered with a strong exhibitors return as well as higher internationality and more new companies The 5th International Furniture Manufacturing Components Exhibition (IFMAC) and Woodworking Machinery Exhibition (WOODMAC) in 2016 is fast gaining momentum to reach its track record as the Indonesian industry’s foremost sourcing, procurement and information event for the inter-linked furniture manufacturing and woodworking sectors.

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Over 250 global industry players comprising prominent machine manufacturers, equipment distributors and products suppliers as well as Indonesia’s most enterprising furniture and woodworkrelated businesses representing major international brands will be exhibiting their latest technologies.

Held from 28 to 30 September in Jakarta, IFMAC & WOODMAC is on track to achieve its target of opening full-house exhibitions spanning across three halls to over 15,000 international trade buyers and domestic visitors.● www.suppliermagazine.com.au

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News in Brief Xylexpo brings Italian technology back to precrisis levels.

The wood machinery industry has clearly improved. In 2015, the turnover of Italian woodworking technology amounted to 1,864 million Euro and the economic survey for the first quarter 2016 showed further positive signals, with a 22.7% growth driven by sustained business both in Italy and across the borders.

If this increase continues at 10% on an annual basis, total 2016 turnover would exceed two thousand billion Euro, getting very close to 2.1 billion, the industry’s all-time record.

Wilsonart acquires Kara Board Wilsonart Australia Pty Ltd, part of the Wilsonart

Engineered Surfaces organisation, announced an agreement to acquire Kara Board.

Kara Board is the manufacturer and seller of Karaboard brand decorative melamine boards, nuform high pressure laminates and Nu Door thermo-laminated doors and panels.

The announcement was made during AWISA in Melbourne.

IKEA steps up quality According to the Sydney Morning Herald, budget furniture giant IKEA is stepping up efforts to improve the quality of its products and streamline manufacturing.

IKEA’s Peter Agnefjall said this was due to customers increasingly demanding more durable products.

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IKEA is one of the world's strongest brands but risks losing market share to (mostly) online furniture stores such as Amazon and Alibaba and fashion brands Next, Zara and H&M, who are also adding home furnishing to their offerings.

IKEA Group, which owns most IKEA stores, is on track for a 2020 sales target of 50 billion USD ($74 billion). But many associate it with disposable quality and complex self-assembly.

Shedding the image could attract shoppers after they've grown older, wealthier and more critical of quality and durability.

Vocational (trade) student numbers plummet The number of students enrolled in government-funded vocational education in NSW has plummeted by 86,300 in the past year, new research from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research has revealed. NCVER found that nationwide about 200,000 fewer people had participated in governmentfunded skills training in 2015, with the largest decline in students aged 15-19.

The dive in participation could entrench a national shortage of apprentices, as unions warn of a skills shortage in core trades that could drive up costs for businesses and home owners. At the same time, thousands more students are flocking to university training under the demanddriven system, with university enrolments rising 43% in the last 10 years.

Wood machining papers published Two papers produced by Dr Barbara Ozarska, Benoit Bellville of the University of Melbourne and Supplier’s technology editor Philip

Ashley have been published in Maderas, Ciencia y technologia (Chile).

The work looks at the planing and wood machining properties of seven Australian plantation-grown eucalypts, evaluated to provide recommendations on how these species should be machined and considered for the manufacture of high quality furniture and furnishings.

The surface quality produced for each species was evaluated using eight planing conditions.

The wood machining properties were evaluated and included CNC machining, drilling, sanding, sawing and moulding.

The trials were performed at Leitz in Germany over a weeklong program; in industry here in Australia and at Holmesglen TAFE. All species performed well producing equivalent or better results than mature traditional furniture species, and could be used for high value furniture manufacturing.

Holz-Her finalist at IWF Challengers Award Holz-Her was announced as one of 21 finalists for the Challengers Award 2016 for the LTRONIC and Multi-Tool technologies.

The new edge-banding technology LTRONIC provides a fully integrated solution for processing laser edging. The Multi-Tool technology allows profiles to be changed in seconds without opening the machine’s cover and was developed in conjunction with the Leitz company. Twenty one finalists were announced in the 2016 International Woodworking Fair Challengers Award, which promotes the development of innovative new technology in woodworking machinery, supplies, and services for the wood product industries.● www.suppliermagazine.com.au

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AWISA 2016 - the technology For cabinet makers, joiners, furniture makers, or anyone else who uses equipment and hardware, AWISA 2016 was a terrific insight into recent technological developments.

Philip Ashley reports: All of the major equipment suppliers spend millions of dollars annually on research and development. Not all of this finds its way into a machine but it adds to the collective knowledge of the industry. The recent promotion of “Industry 4.0” has heightened the need for research and we’ll see the results of this in the coming years.

Many of the machines shown for the first time in Australia at AWISA were released either in Nuremberg, Milan or Hannover but there were some new technologies as well.

Beyond Tools The West Australian supplier handles everything from hobby supplies right up to industrial machinery. They have some very interesting products, not the least of which is the Redsail laser engraver. At less than $20,000 for a 130 watt machine, it’s one of the best packages on the market. For the industrial sector, Beyond Tools offers the Samach by Oltre Pro brand. The range includes 1000mm and 1300mm single belt wide-belt sanders; two edge bander models and a CNC router for small to medium size workshops.

Biesse Biesse’s top selling edge bander in the world is the Akron 1440 equipped with an autoset device to ensure the pre-milling units are centred on the panel, no matter what panel thickness. The larger Stream B1 edge bander is designed for high output of straight and soft formed edges. Used by some of the biggest companies, the Stream B1 can be optioned with the patented Q-system chuck with realtime profile change. The working units can be equipped with stepper motors

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for automatic change-overs with a positioning accuracy of 0.01mm, reducing changeover time by 75%.

At the top end of CNC technology is the Rover B Edge with five axes to shape and edge band panels on the same machine. The Rover B can be configured with two Y-axes capable of processing two panels at the same time and change the tool while the machine is still running.

Biesse’s electronic positioning system of the pod and rails can even pull two components apart after being cut from the one panel and then edge band both pieces.

An exciting new product displayed for the first time at AWISA was the Viet Opera R (robot) sanding machine.

Designer Ettore Vichi demonstrated the machine automating the artisan skills of finish sanding. The machine allows the freedom to follow the grain of the

wood; sand on different heights on the same panel and finish the inside of profiles and shaped edges. This precision has never before been seen on any sanding machine. It can stand alone or be placed in a production line and is capable of 1,000 parts in an 8-hour shift.

The Bre.Ma. EKO 902 and Vektor 15 vertical CNC machining centres feature a small footprint and processing of different thicknesses of panels with zero set-up time. Ergonomic operation, clean panels and the ability to insert furniture hardware make these machines very versatile. Up to 10-position revolving tool changers gives a chip to chip changeover of an amazing two seconds, vertical CNC processing is effectively used with nesting machines to divide the routing and drilling operations and speed up 14 production.

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13 Also fully working in Biesse’s 1,200m2 display was the Winstore K3 optimised panel management (warehouse) system. Biesse now has dozens of these systems working in Australia with the main benefits being a guaranteed continuity of production with reduced time and costs. Add this to the Selco SK 4 twin pusher beam saw or CNC nesting machines to realise a completely automated, highoutput manufacturing solution.

Felder This year Felder had a much larger stand than in Brisbane in 2014 to present a wide range of their Austrianmade machines. One feature was the demonstration of both European and Australian window (joinery) designs manufactured on the big Profit H50 machine with a true 250mm cutting height with cutter. I met up with Felder’s Stefan Kremer in Nuremberg earlier this year when he was organising specialist tooling through the Leitz company specifically for AWISA. With many years in the industry in several countries, Stefan probably knows more than most exactly what you need to get the job done.

A conversation with Stefan is always informative. I asked him what Felder’s AWISA message was and he said: “We have arrived”. Of course this is not quite the case as Felder has had a strong presence in Australia stretching back many years. As 2016 is Felder’s 60th birthday there can be no doubt that they “arrived” a long time ago.

Stefan advises us that in Europe there are currently five factories being set up just to make insulated walls and this will continue to drive energy efficient window production, a product that will eventually see more widespread use in Australia, hence the window demonstration at AWISA. Also on the Felder stand were Rivelino (Lulu) and Priya D’Souza and their team, promoting the fusion edge solution they make on their Felder Perfect 710 edge-bander. Felder uses the award-winning Schugoma system on their machines and this allows smaller companies to compete 14 | SupplierAug/Sept 2016

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with much larger manufacturers.

Every supplier now carries zero-edge banding machines and while the exact numbers of machines in Australia are not clear, there can be no doubt that it’s becoming more popular.

This year Felder will sponsor Worldskills in Melbourne as they have done many times right around the world.

Homag Ross Campbell, Managing Director of Homag Australia said: “It’s expensive being number one”. The evidence of this was possibly the most technical demonstration ever seen at an AWISA show. Ninety tons of machinery valued at over five million dollars was on display with the highlight being a part sorting system using a robot to select and sort cut parts into job lots.

Ross explained: “Our industry is really coming of age: you can expect to see more and more robots in the future. Robots ensure product quality and improve workplace conditions.

As reliable solution for buffering, decoupling, and sorting, robots enhance production performance and increase yield”.

There are probably only a few manufacturers who would consider the robotic set-up Homag had at AWISA, but smaller installations including robotic systems can be affordable. I once saw a robot feeding children’s furniture parts onto a Weeke machining centre in Switzerland. Fluck Werke runs the machine 24/7 even when the workers go home. When something goes wrong the system stops and the manager gets a text from the robot to say it’s stopped.

Of course the usual full display

of edge banders, CNC processing centres and automated board store could be seen but the robot took centre stage. Homag offers the industry the Ambition range of edge banding machines with or without the AirTec zero join technology. Depending on the model, the glue colour can be selected from the control panel. The entry-level Weeke Vantech CNC nesting machine has a full start-up tooling kit and a focussed extraction with air jets to improve the traditional issue of poor dust extraction from CNC machines. Homag also exhibited its ‘power cell’ consisting of automated board store, saw and nest. This is the ultimate system with board store and integrated processing centres for intelligent and highly efficient production. Looking into the future, it is clear that the level of Homag networking will continue to grow until the Industry 4.0 vision is achieved.

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Leda Leda supplies a wide range of woodworking machinery from several manufacturers but they sell a great deal of KDT equipment. KDT manufactures mostly large industrial equipment such as CNC routers, beam saws and edge banders. The heart of most machines is what drives the tool and to ensure quality and performance, KDT uses Italianmade HSD spindles in the machines.Their production in China is one of the most advanced in the country. Think automotive production and you have an idea just how well they’re set up.

I’ve visited most of the world’s machinery producer’s factories but the video I saw of the KDT plant is on par with the best I have seen. Don’t get held up by the fact that it’s a Chinese machine as almost every supplier builds either machinery or machine parts in China now. KDT is reported to be the largest edge bander producer in the world and has over 300 machines currently working in Australia. At AWISA, Leda exhibited a machine that can tilt the glue station and pressure rollers to edge band angled edges. A small saw is incorporated into the feed to groove the edge tape so it can fold over a straight/angle edge.

Leitz Tooling This year Leitz came out with a number of new products.

One that caught my eye is the Edge Expert, similar to Leuco’s P-Tooling system. The cutting angle is shallower at about 50 degrees, which Leitz claims offers the optimum balance of minimal chips with the best edge adhesion for zero join edge banding. The Leitz tool can be sharpened here in Australia; another reason why the Edge Expert is worth a look.

If made in Australia is important to you as a manufacturer, you will be pleased to know that Leitz have recently installed an Australian-made Anca grinding machine as part of their

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significant array of quality sharpening equipment. Anca is a wonderful Australian success story and the machines are sold world-wide including to Onsrud in America. Leitz also now makes compression tools for nesting certified as Australian-made so if you’d rather keep your money in Australia this is great 16 news.

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Leuco Leuco continues the industry’s requirements for noise control with the NN-System (no noise) sawblades.

Using very small teeth and gullets, the blade idles at 70dB (A), a 6dB noise reduction. Leuco noise reduction also extends to their DP smart jointing cutter with a gain of 3dB. Leuco has also re-designed its spiral CNC router cutters to achieve less vibration and improved chip flow. High shear angle cutting really pays off, I’ve written about this before but the figures are so incredible, it’s worth another run.

A hardwood parquet manufacturer in Switzerland installed a cutter with the Leuco P-system and only removed it after almost five million metres and three and a half years running time.

It wasn’t sharpened once during this time, only cleaned and was only removed because they hit a steel pin.

The manager, Paul Hehle said that even if he were given planer knives to do the work conventionally and the blades were free of charge, the Leuco system would actually cost less because there was no down time and sharpening costs.

boards. Masterwood is certainly one of the most established CNC machine brands and has been exhibiting at AWISA since the very earliest shows.

Masterwood came from the merger of the Muti and Zangheri & Boschetti companies and has been active for over 40 years. On display this year were the Project 450 (also 465) CNC workcentre and the nesting K and M machines.

The inventor of the sliding table panel saw, Altendorf is still a family company and still producing a range of machines coveted by most users.

Altendorf was recently redesigned with a new look and buying format.

Released at Ligna last year, the new machine had its first outing at AWISA. The look is now more streamlined with all-electric controls and available in three F45 variants. The user can now specify a machine that suits their needs perfectly and is not paying for features they don’t need or use.

Also on display were the WA8 and entry-level Start45 machines. Recent Altendorf innovations include LED lighting around the scoring blade; blade storage inside the machine base; synchronous servo motors that are 15% more efficient; a pneumatic pressure beam and coolant spray for cutting plastics and metal alloys.

Australian CEO Vit Kafka said that:

“Despite the trend towards nesting technology, we sell the same number of sliding table saws as we used to.

Our twin tilt machine is going crazy”.

Multicam Systems Mention the word Multicam and you know exactly what to expect. This Australian-made phenomenon is made in NSW and has been around for so long that its presence in this country is guaranteed. The machinery can be found in companies even after 15 years of service. Many other brands have come and gone but after 30 years, Multicam remains.

The machine itself is actually quite simple but therein lies it’s attraction to cabinet makers around the country: setting it up to run a CAD-generated program is one of the easiest tasks in the CNC manufacturing world and literally takes minutes if not seconds to achieve.

At AWISA, Multicam displayed the only Australian-made CNC router designed for woodworkers and cabinetmakers. Multicam’s depth of knowledge stretches into many industries and it’s this experience that enables its people to think “outside the box” with original ideas. The new machines feature automatic loading and unloading; multiple drilling 18 heads, automatic locating pins and

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16 dust extraction integrated into the machine. It’s difficult to improve on a great idea but a constant-depth attachment ensured that the tool follows the surface on materials with slightly varying thickness. It’s ideal for door manufacturers.

Salestech AKE tooling is widely known and regarded and for longer than we can remember was distributed by Ori Sion. Ori is now a senior member of the supply community and, through succession planning, sold the agency to Sam Travers. You will know Sam and Robert Travers through Shoda Travers (now Leuco) and it goes without saying that what Sam doesn’t know about cutting tools is not worth knowing anyway. Sam does a lot of work with woodchip plants where cutting tools are subjected to extremes. At AWISA the focus was on the Harmony 2.0 tools, designed to control the removal of the wood chips for a high quality finish.

SCM The lack of Gabbett signage at AWISA was an indication that something was going on. The purchase of Gabbett by SCM represents a significant investment in the Australian market. SCM will now have a presence in this country and will no longer need to do business through a dealer. Machines and parts will be in greater stock and SCM

will be closer to its market. SCM will continue to market the other brands Gabbett stocked and look forward to: “Offering a solution to everyone,” according to Andrea Aureli, CEO of the SCM Group.

At AWISA SCM demonstrated the latest version of their popular Pratika 310 nesting system first introduced in 2014 in Brisbane. The new machine is the 310MFVR and features more tool spaces; a heavy duty electrospindle made by SCM themselves; plus a pusher and conveyor in the standard package. SCM reports the Pratika as one of their most widely used products in Australia with “record numbers” installed.

Also on show was the Accord 25FX and, while you will have seen this machine before, it’s still one of the most price-competitive five axis CNC machines on the market.

SCM sells a large number of edge banders in Australia, so many in fact that the k360 was designed with assistance from Gabbett technicians in Italy specifically for the needs of Australian customers. The larger k560 was on display with fusion technology for zero edges and high quality finishing groups to make the most of the “hot air” edges.

One of the strengths of the SCM Group is their expertise in all types of woodworking machinery. Probably the static machine highlight of the show was the L’invincibile Six panel saw with left or right tilt to 46 degrees with the top guard adjusting automatically for SCM

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the angle of the blade. The L’invincibile brand is SCM’s best quality product and brings back the name that many woodworkers know so well.

While SCM will be renowned for its llong lasting and hardworking standard machines, its expertise in high-production plants stands amongst the best the industry has to offer. SCM machinery has pushed aside even IMA technology in factories where automation has largely replaced human labour and high-output is the name of the game. Ferrimobili is a good example where the Flexstore panel storage system needs two moving robotic beams to keep up with the SCM CNC processing equipment.

Software CAD+T and Planit software both featured in the last edition of Supplier, which is available on our website at www.suppliermagazine.com.au and where you will find excellent and comprehensive write-ups on both products. Planit also supplies the Vortek Spaces software that will take customers through a virtual-reality 360 degree walkthrough of their design and the ELaser measuring equipment and software will guarantee accuracy of the room model and you can send the information back to the office while you’re still on site.

Pytha 3D CAD software is a comprehensive ‘concept to completion’ system that is used by over 10,000 businesses worldwide. The software can be used for all facets of design and manufacture, from planning to presentation to production, and can be packaged to accommodate you and your business needs.

QuickCAM has a module that can be used to program nests with a claimed increase of 17% in the total number of parts machined on any CNC. That’s almost one extra part in every five that were cut before using the software and that sounds pretty good.

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carry annotations and the rendering is even better than ever.

You can even put people into the perspective views. The full suite will produce the design; cutting lists; hardware and labour lists; design costing; material optimisation and your nesting solution.

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Thatcher Engineering You see a lot of CNC machinery at AWISA but these days not much of the more staple machinery that many manufacturers need. Thatcher was the exception displaying two pieces of equipment; a hot and a cold press from Rhino. Rhino can supply single or multi-daylight presses to suit every need. A new release from Thatcher is the Rhino RJZ Optimat panel saw. This machine has a full 3.6 metre cut, all-electric adjustments and German-designed sliding table. A 3.2 metre machine with hand-wheel adjustments, all from the front of the machine, was also offered. At AWISA there were many visitors looking to move up from one or two kitchens a week and Thatcher’s business starter packages were very welcome.

The package offers a saw, edge-bander and dust extraction for a great price.

Ville-Tec Engineering Ville-Tec celebrates 20 years as the Australian Costa widebelt sander distributor. Seen as one of the pioneers of planer sanding, the brand has over 50 years supplying sanding machines not only for wood but deburring, grinding and polishing of metals. Costa wide belt sanders can be configured to sand on both top and bottom surfaces of the panel at the same time.

Also from Ville Tec was the Streibig Control 09 vertical wall saw fitted with the electronic positioning system. Ludwig Streibig built the first such machine way back in 1958 in Switzerland and now the name is synonymous with vertical sawing. Streibig only makes vertical saws and all its resources are channelled into the one product line.

To round off the AWISA display was the Austrian-made Gannomat dowel and hardware inserting machine. Gannomat makes short work of the assembly of cabinets – you can machine as fast as you like but it’s the speed you can get them finished and on the truck that really matters.

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Weinig The entry-level Weinig Powermat 700 moulder was released at Ligna 2015 and a few have been installed in Australia already. Not manyf moulders are sold nowadays but the Powermat has some excellent features that change the way moulders are set up and used. Weinig call it Comfort Set, where no tools are required to set up the machine. An option allows the positioning of the axes while the machine 20 is running. All settings are now made from the front of the

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19 machine and the once numerous side pressures have been incorporated into fewer parts. LED lighting makes it easier to see what’s happening inside the hood and a smart touch function allows wireless communication from the machine to a tablet.

They’ve also made improvements to the performance of the machine by raising the spindle speed to 7,000 RPM meaning a 15% boost in productivity with the same surface quality as a 6,000 RPM machine.

The feed speed is now 40 metres a minute. Chip extraction is better on the Powermat with re-designed hoods that means less extraction is needed to get the chips into the pipe; the chips are less likely to impact the work piece and cutting tools will last longer.

The Memory Plus innovation allows saved profiles to be called, resulting in a faster set-up and guaranteed repeatability of the profile. I am advised that all Weinig machines sold in Australia will be made in Germany.

Weinig also supplies the HolzHer brand and this year we saw an upgrade to the Ltronic NIR glue unit. Previously this unit was added to an existing edge bander resulting in different “open” times for the zero edge and EVA or PUR glues. The unit is now installed in the same position for all glue types and this is achieved in only a few minutes. Also with Holz-Her is the award-winning MultiFunction tool that allows the change of edge processing profiles without any mechanical adjustment; it’s all done via the control panel. Cutter units, shaping cutters and radius scrapers can be changed using servo motors achieving an accuracy of five thousandths a millimetre.

Wood Tech Group The Wood Tech Group had a number of firsts on display. Maybe not used so much now in Australia but a machine that I personally still feel provides excellent performance is the beam saw. Wood Tech offered the Schelling S45 beam saw with tilting blade that can make angle and mitre cuts on the same piece at the same time. Cutting mitres on a sliding table 20 | SupplierAug/Sept 2016

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machine can be time consuming but on the Schelling it’s not only a simple task but much safer for the operator.

Schelling is used by Nobilia Kitchens, the largest kitchen manufacturer in the world making thousands of complete kitchens every week.

Wood Tech also showed Australia an important development from the SawStop technology. Ennio Griggio was at the show to demonstrate the Griggio Unica Safe, a completely new safety concept added to an industrial sliding table machine.

The problem with the original American design was that if the safety action was triggered an aluminium block would stop the blade and you can imagine what that did to the sawblade. The Griggio machine drops the whole saw assembly below the table in five milliseconds.

Also from the Wood Tech group at AWISA was the Burkle PUR glue flat laminating line being used to lay high gloss films on a range of materials; the Anderson EVO CNC nesting machine; the Cojet flat-bed printer and the Vitap Point Acoustic drilling machine for working acoustic panels.

I&J Machinery also supplies several brands in conjunction with the Wood Tech Group. Brands include Griggio; Schelling; Orma; IMA; Ott and Hebrock. Woodtron is also supplied in West Australia by Ian Patterson and his team, who have been providing service to the wood working sector since 1976.

Woodtron Woodtron upped the ante this year with a much larger stand and a new piece of equipment that will make

some of the larger companies take notice. I’m referring to the Woodtron Cube – an automated stacking and panel feeding system that uses customers’ existing racking and costs half as much as the bigger systems.

Designed by Woodtron’s Geoff Sellman and his son’s in conjunction with his partners, the device is a major departure from the floorintensive systems currently offered by others. Supplier gave the Cube a Gold Star – we think it’s a great idea.

According to Geoff, business is booming. This is at odds with a few comments made by others at the show but Geoff’s talking about his own product. Remember three or four shows ago when we saw about a dozen different brands of flat-bed routers? There aren’t many left and Woodtron would probably take up a sizeable share of the current market.

In the last nine months they’ve sold more machines than in the previous two years.

Woodtron is a family business and Geoff’s two sons are heavily involved in marketing and service. A family business is hard to beat; when you talk to one person you’re really talking to them all. Woodtron now provides a full range of models and can build to order.

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AWISA 2016: design AWISA is not just a machinery show; it’s the complete event for the wood and cabinet making industries. Occupying significant floor space in Melbourne were the suppliers of products that are no longer just parts and materials but design elements presented to showcase the very best of what is available from around the world.

Australia has come of age in design and the astute customer demands not only the best but the most innovative products and systems that allow the most functional use of their living space. AWISA did not disappoint with a wide range of original ideas from the leading design centres of the world, and products to make those ideas a reality. The hardware and product stands are now totally engaging and designed to immerse the visitor into not only the future of home design, but the future of their own business.

Arrow Wood Products AWP produces, among other things, wall display panels and SmartForm kitchen surfaces with small radius corners in a range of laminate colours and finishes. The company is 32 years old and still managed by Craig Jenkins and Peter Wilson. At AWISA the company presented its inIMAGE process for large format printing onto virtually any surface including glass, perspex, acrylic, MDF, laminate and aluminium etc. End uses include glass or acrylic splashbacks, company logos and images for commercial use and even printed glass table tops in cafés. The product was used for the children’s hospital at Monash and the launch of the Hyundai World

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Cup. There is no need to print onto a flexible material that is then applied to your products; the printing is direct and permanent.

Briggs Veneers Briggs offers more than 140 different species of quality veneer sourced from sustainably managed forests.

In fact, Briggs was a pioneer in sustainability. The company started producing timber in 1908 and veneer in 1934 and is still operated as a family business. Recent design trends go to warm colours and veneer is highly regarded as a design element in both domestic and commercial applications. PEFC certified Goodwood Victorian ash veneer is now available through Briggs to match Victorian ash solid timber.

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Grass Grass released the Nova Pro Scala double-wall drawer system in March this year that the company claims is the most modern drawer system of its time. The drawer won a product design award from the German Design Council for excellent product design. Chief developer Günter Grabher said: “We wanted to design an economically attractive drawer system that stands out for being extremely versatile as well as for its optimised use of materials.”

The developers minimised the space required to house the technology, enabling users to make full use of the

scope for creative styling. Even the tilt angle adjustment was optimised so that it could be accommodated in a drawer side height of only 41 millimetres. Finished in laser-welded, powder-coated steel, the complete drawer with its almost limitless design options becomes an individual experience. Thanks to its right-angled shape, the intentionally understated metal version can be combined with designer panels to suit all tastes, such as premium mineral resin surfaces or luxury real wood versions. The result is a unique palette of possibilities for giving pieces of furniture a distinctive profile.

Tavinea is the Grass drawer interior accessory system. The comprehensive interior accessory system was developed for drawers in kitchens, bathrooms and living areas. It’s a very attractive drawer divider system where you can add your own design elements. It’s not just a cutlery tray but a beautifully crafted insert holding everything in its place.

With the Tiomos hinge, Grass has created solutions for a range of new and innovative designer doors. The hinge system is attached with an eccentric screw to a self-adhesive adapter on the door and provides permanent and firm stability for fragile materials, without any need to drill the glass. Tiomos M9 is designed for very slim furniture doors and has an extremely shallow cup depth. This new member of the family is simply screwed on without a cup hole and is therefore ideal for materials with a thickness of 6 to 10 mm. The tool-free damper adjustment ensures a smooth closing movement irrespective of the door size and weight. www.suppliermagazine.com.au

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Hafele Hafele’s Andrew Gray said: “If it’s not soft-close, it’s broken” and this pretty much set the scene for Hafele’s approach to modern furniture hardware. Hafele showcased many of its products and designs in an impressive two storey building; showcasing kitchen, wardrobe and bathroom joinery all by Hafele’s own award winning design team. Most

exciting was the introduction of the allnew Hafele MX Double Wall Drawer with synchronized full extension runner and soft close feature, produced out of Hafele’s drawer plant in Germany and available in four colour options.

Hafele also unveiled the latest from its exclusive partners Kessebohmer, Salice, Ninka, Hailo and EKU. Once again, EuroCuchina is the inspiration for this year’s kitchen and bathroom design trends and Hafele was able to provide a first-hand experience of what these are all about with dark colours with warm tones and timbers.

Kessebohmer’s “night range” of black pullout systems including LeMans II corner pull out and Convoy pantry family are bang on trend as was the Kessebohmer iMove that provides a pull-down system for high overhead cabinets, doing away with the need for stepladders. Hailo’s well thought out waste management Hafele

systems and the versatile Ninka Connect drawer divider range was also a hit, as was the latest EKU Frontino flush finish sliding door hardware.

Loox is Hafele’s third generation of its LED lighting system that features 60 new products, half of which are new lights. This modular system is characterised by quality and flexibility but also provides the user with creative freedom to supply exactly what their customers want. It’s all plug and play and designed specifically for furniture so the cabinet manufacturer can use the product with confidence.

Another Loox product certainly put a smile on my face. The Loox 105 sound system is installed into any piece of solid furniture and produces sound by sending vibration through different surfaces. A Bluetooth receiver with an integrated sound transducer encased in a compact body can be installed using the same plug and play principle as the Loox lighting and as an added bonus, uses the same driver.

Hettich Creativity, expertise and outstanding technology are the building blocks for the future of Hettich. Drawers, hinges, doors, shelf systems, cabinet hardware and more are being constantly refined or re-designed with the consumer in mind. From the stylish, award-winning new AvanTech drawer with 80kg load capacity through to the ArciTech drawer for high-end furniture with new organisational elements for different storage needs; the versatile Innotech and new Innotech Atira drawer system with double powder coated surface to reduce finger marks and scuffing, Hettich has the entire possible drawer requirements covered, clearly focusing on “Top-drawer expertise” with the Hettich ArtCube.

Hettich identified metallic or concrete look finishes, stainless steel surfaces, glass door cabinets, kitchen appliances matching the kitchen colour, dark timbers and rough wood, green as a colour and Moroccan tiles as some design influences from EuroCuchina Milan. Intelligent 24 functionality in the form of folding www.suppliermagazine.com.au

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23 and sliding doors, sliding worktops and handle-less doors and drawer systems also featured. Because the kitchen and living areas are becoming more common spaces, hiding kitchen appliances and storage is also becoming popular.

In line with current design trends, Hettich has developed some interesting new products. The Hettich Easys electromechanical door opening system can be used to house a refrigerator in a cabinet that opens to a touch of a finger. The door will close after six seconds or so if you happen to leave it open. The InLine XL sliding door system easily hides away open drawer systems; at AWISA these were ArchiTech drawers with organisational elements. Another new system released this year is the InLine S sliding door system shown on an island floor cabinet.

New products for the Sensys hinge range is a glue-on adapter for holding glass doors and a shallow-cup hinge for thin doors in compact laminate that won an iF design award this year. The cup is only 7.8mm deep that Hettich claim is the shallowest cup on the market. If you use the Hettich product you will be pleased that there is an online catalogue where you can see the entire range of products; use the configurator to find the correct fittings; get assembly instructions and see videos and get machining information as well as online ordering (of course).

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Hideaway bins are made in New Zealand by Kitchen King and cover a wide range of hidden storage solutions. Most modern solutions combine soft closing, ergonomic design and functionality to create leading designs and Hideaway is no exception. Their new laundry pullout now has the runners under the bin so the bin is easier to remove and the sliding mechanism is enclosed to prevent clothes from getting caught.

In a kitchen waste application a patented air vent system allows air to escape and maximises the bin volume. Commercial recycling stations with multiple soft-close 50 litre bins are also available.

Laminex is moving from just panel supply into lifestyle design. This was very evident at AWISA with a range of spaces and sample design solutions designed to explore the Laminex range of products. The Laminex kitchen featured clean lines and muted tones working together to create a kitchen inspired by minimalist design principles.

The dining room was inspired by Scandinavian living and paid tribute to mid-century design aesthetic.

The office featured suspended bookshelves in a range of colours and textures for both domestic and commercial applications. The living room, also Scandinavian influenced, played with colour, texture and reflective surfaces with a Tangelo feature wall that distorts the line between art and architecture.

The bathroom was designed to balance practicality and beauty and featured a sample of the brand new Essastone range of quartz tops and bespoke joinery elements to create a feeling of luxury.

Essastone launched at AWISA with 28 décor’s of quartz-based engineered stone with the only 15 year warranty in the market. Just one of many products added to the Laminex portfolio, the Laminex openhouse concept at AWISA prompted the catch-phrase “Get the look with Laminex”. It’s more about the solution and less about the actual product; how things work together to create something inspiring, something “now”. Communal living spaces also featured at the Laminex booth. How about a bar or alfresco area to push modern design trends?

Laminex was able to combine panels of different materials such as Essastone and Laminex HPL to explore new possibilities for the built 26 environment.

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Maximum design flexibility: Sensys Shallow Cup The new Sensys Shallow cup hinge provides maximum design flexibility in making a mark of distinction. It permits the use with thin door material such as 13mm compact laminate, aluminium and bonded door panels. The look and feel of exclusive materials can now be combined with the purist style of slender lines and narrow reveals.

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24 On hand at AWISA was Laminex’s design director, Neil Sookee, to speak about design trends at EuroCuchina and other leading design shows. Neil has worked with the Laminex group for over 30 of Laminex’s 80 year history, starting out as an industrial chemist in the manufacture of pre-finished board products. Neil’s knowledge of colour and materials is second to none and this understanding and awareness enables Neil to ensure Laminex keeps ahead of the trends.

Linak Linak is all about movement; in fact the first actuator was borne from an idea to assist a wheelchair disabled fellow student. It’s this driving force to make innovative solutions to improve people’s quality of life that has become their vision and mission. The first actuators were sold for forage harvesters but today they can be found in offices and hospitals as well as comfort furniture and industry.

The Linak product is plug-andplay so it’s easy to adapt to most situations. The product in the office environment is all about getting more from your employees and giving something back. Current trends combine technology, environment and people to realise positive effects such as flexibility, productivity and job satisfaction because moving is a part of life that shouldn’t stop when you arrive at the office.

Inactivity can contribute to ischaemic heart disease, diabetes, fatigue and back pain. Progressive countries where height-adjustable desks are used most include Sweden and Denmark, where it’s reported that workers are amongst the happiest in the world. Researchers have found that the use of sitstand workstations creates workers who are 71% more focused, 66% more

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productive and 33% less stressed.

Linak products are PVC free and to aid the environment, standby power is reduced to 0.1 watt.

Lincoln Sentry Lincoln Sentry’s Kevin Bruce says brand switching barriers are breaking down as consumers want more. It’s not just about surfaces: the customer thinks the fittings and function of the kitchen are just as important. As the kitchen merges with the home living spaces other elements come into play such as lighting and colour. To demonstrate what is possible Lincoln Sentry presented the “Live, Work, Play” theme incorporating an entertainers kitchen, compact inner-city apartment, selection centre and retail shop space.

Drawing inspiration from this year’s EuroCuchina exhibition in Milan, Lincoln Sentry’s entertainers’ kitchen incorporates different textures with Farmers’ doors mixing coarse, rough timber alongside matt, gloss and silk finishes. Hardware is available for all areas of the home including office spaces, bath and bedrooms where intelligent and stylish storage impress the most fastidious consumers.

Where space is at premium storage becomes even more important so Lincoln Sentry products are designed to make small spaces seem larger.

Commercial applications were shown in the retail display at the

show where the use of surfaces, lighting and hardware create a light, bright quality shopping experience.

Lincoln Sentry has dozens of partners bringing a complete range of solutions for any project. AWISA highlights included Gollinucci twin-bins manufactured to Lincoln Sentry’s specifications for Australian consumers; DecoSplash 2mm aluminium splashbacks with your choice of image sealed with polyurethane powder coating and lit with Hera LED ambient or task lighting; Blum Aventos lift systems and Vauth-Sagel wire-ware and glassline pull-out storage allows the maximum use of every centimetre of space and the ability to access it all. Lincoln Sentry also carries the Tambortech roller doors that “reveal the space, conceal the clutter” and the Linak electronic lift systems that allows for the design of hidden cabinets in kitchens, bedrooms and living spaces.

And finally, Lincoln Sentry supplies the Pixalux structural light panel. Made in Australia, this new product is both structural and functional in terms of design. Using similar technology to commercial light boxes, Pixalux diffuses light efficiently to create horizontal objects such as shelving where structural strength is needed. The product is cool to touch, can have illumination from one or both sides and is energy efficient.

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Nover Nover is a specialist Australianowned wholesale supplier of products for the kitchen, shopfitting and furniture industries. The products include Luxe and Synchron panels; Indaux hinges, drawers and doors; Platinum (brand) appliances; Krome drawer systems and handles; Abey sinks and tap mixers; Akril polymer (glass alternative) and a host of other products for the kitchen, bathroom and living spaces in both domestic and commercial applications.

There is no doubt that one of the design highlights of AWISA was the Fenix NT (nano technology) material, developed some three years ago. It won the Best of the Best award at Interzum 2015 and we agree that it’s an excellent technological breakthrough – the

stuff of science fiction. The product was developed in Italy and is currently available in 16 colours.

It has low light reflectivity; high resistance to acid solvents and cleaners; resists fingerprints and is antibacterial, to mention just a few of the material's long list of properties. It's soft to touch and if it does get damaged it can be "healed" with a damp cloth and hot iron.

Surteco Surteco worldwide is a major supplier to the biggest kitchen manufacturers on the planet. The 2016 sales targets are in sight following an increase in sales despite uncertain times in the European Union. Until 2010 Surteco (Australia) was a edge tape manufacturer but now has 50

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designers worldwide developing new décors. It is essentially a design company arising out of the purchase of Consolidated Edgings and the merger with the Australian arm of Bausch-Linnemann in 2005.

Surteco produces in Australia and also imports some product and is a world leader in printed paperbased surfaces for furniture. Max Betzler said the company develops product for architects and designers, currently stocks 850 different edge tape designs and can make to order.

He said: “Surteco works closely with machine manufacturers so we understand what works and what doesn’t”. Surteco’s technical expertise is one of its strengths.

In Australia, Surteco produces Australian-made fusion edge tape in the widest range of colours, and makes other colours and designs to order. At AWISA the talk was about the new acrylic edge tapes with an amazing 3D look. Available at present in four wave and two lamella designs, the edge provides an impression of depth. The effects are embedded by means of co-extrusion and have a high-gloss finish giving the appearance of space. In particular, the two lamella edges appearance changes as the viewing angle changes; it’s very clever. Surteco is 25 years in Australia and make 80 million metres of tape every year. It’s fair to say they’ve “Gone the distance 28 to give you the edge”.

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Titus Tekform The marine industry, especially at the top end, is considered to be the premium sector for design-oriented functional living space. From this sector comes Fastmount, the panel mounting system made in New Zealand that sets a new world standard for mounting removable panels in the marine, architectural, aviation, and recreational vehicle industry sectors. Fastmount panel mounting system is ideal for removable ceiling and wall panels. All clips are interchangeable within each range, to create a hidden fixing system that allows for flexing and expansion of the panel and support frame and, to ensure quality installation and removal, tools are supplied.

With the acquisition of the Stefano Orlati business, Titus Tekform has enhanced its decorative product range. The range includes cabinet handles and profiles based on European trends and plug and play

LED Lighting with an exclusive in-house made-to-measure program. A full range of decorative surfaces such as vinyl wrapped doors, gloss and matt acrylic doors and panels, Metalaminates and roller doors complete the collection.

Also new in 2016 is the new generation Titus T-type Glissando hinge which assures a reliable door closing and a lifetime performance even in case of accidental misalignment and inaccurate drilling. The three way Snap-On mounting plate allows for an intuitive hinge-to-plate mounting in three directions that enhances and simplifies the mounting experience. This feature means hinges can now also be confidently applied to tall doors where several hinges are required.

Low hinge cup drilling depth enables the wide range of applications on door thickness from 15mm. The T-type Glissando soft closing action is tuned to Titus ConfidentClose where the door closes fast and the deceleration action

begins at a late point of door closing.

It is especially slow and soft in the last stage when the door rests against the cabinet side. ConfidentClose also applies to the Tekform family of double wall drawers where the integrated damper adds value to the furniture.

A particularly innovative expertise was presented in Melbourne. It’s an ultrasound fastening technology that uses sonic rivets to replace traditional wooden dowels. Ultrasonic energy at around 20,000 cycles per second is applied and a liquefied plastic connector (rivet) is forced into the wood, chipboard, MDF, HDF or plywood utilising the natural porosity of the material. The process takes two seconds, no glue is needed and the join is set instantly. Ultrasonic technology has been in the research stage for some time now and we’re thrilled to see it applied to the furniture industry, so much that we awarded this product a Gold Star.●

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Gold Star Awards Every AWISA, Supplier magazine presents its Gold Star awards for products that demonstrate excellence in innovation and value to the wood and allied manufacturing sector. It could be a new product, system, process or new development in an existing technology. The award is open to AWISA exhibitors only. Any technology innovation presented at AWISA that, in the opinion of the judges, meets the criteria, qualifies for an award. While not all products go on to wide use, they all represent innovations that add to the collective knowledge of the industry.

The criteria for the award include: • the product must be exhibited at AWISA in the year it's bestowed. It could be a new product or a product that has undergone recent significant development or improvement; • the product must be original or a development of an original idea produced by that company. It could build on an existing technology (such as a cabinet hinge) but must exhibit significant original development and move the industry forward through innovation.

As an example: the zero edge-banding technology was originally applied with either plasma or laser to activate the functional layer of fusion edge tape. Hot air fusion of the edge tape was an original development and was awarded a Gold Star in 2012 to Beyond Tools. In 2014, Holz-Her developed technology to apply the edge through near-infra red radiation and won a Gold Star in that year. Suitable products are identified through literature or press releases in the 12-months leading up to AWISA. Products displayed at AWISA are examined by Supplier's technology editor and a brief is presented to the publisher highlighting the innovation and value to the industry. Usually, four persons will authorise each award.

2016 Gold Star Awards A Gold Star is awarded to: • Holz-Her for the Multi-Function tool, which provides automatic changes to shaping cutters and scrapers on the Holz-Her edge banders. The tool is a finalist at the IWF Challengers award and we think it’s pretty good too.

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Released at Ligna last year, the tool allows profiles to be changed at the touch of a button without opening the machine hood.

The multi-function tools are installed on the newly developed Holz-Her units with clearance-free mechanism as well as the latest generation of fully digital NC servotechnology with positioning accuracy of 5/1,000 mm.

This allows profile conversions with various radiuses, bevels or flush cutting without any manual set up.

• Nover for the Fenix NT (nano technology) material. It won the Best of the Best award at Interzum 2015. The product was developed in Italy and is currently available in 16 colours. It has low light reflectivity; high resistance to acid solvents and cleaners; resists fingerprints and is antibacterial; to mention just a few of the material's long list of properties. It's soft to touch and, if it does get damaged, can be "healed" with a damp cloth and hot iron.

• Woodtron for the Cube panel warehouse system. At half the cost and much less space of other warehouse systems it’s a very clever idea. The Cube uses your existing Dexion or similar racking and stacks vertically rather than using up floor space. It offers all the benefits of more expensive warehousing systems but at half the cost (according to Woodtron). Geoff Sellman knows what the industry needs and was instrumental in designing the Cube.

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• Titus Tekform for the Titusonic ultrasound fastening that uses sonic rivets to replace traditional wooden dowels. Ultrasonic energy at around 20,000 cycles per second is applied.

Adding pressure to the process, the liquefied plastic connector (rivet) is forced into the wood, chipboard, MDF, HDF or plywood utilising the natural porosity of the material. It takes fastening of wood products into the 21st century with a process that can be likened to welding of steel in car manufacture. The process takes two seconds, no glue is needed and the join is set instantly.

• Biesse for the Viet Opera R robotic sander, also a Challenger semi-finalist. Robots have been used for sanding before but this is the first time the technology has been applied in a through-feed application to replace artisan skills. Viet takes the fine sanding skills of a highly skilled craftsperson and puts it into a machine. Also released at the last Ligna, Viet's Ettore Vichi says the Opera R is capable of 1,000 parts in an eight-hour shift.

The Gold Star goes to the three axis version but a six-axis version is also available.

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2016 Honourable Mentions • Wood Tech Group for the Griggio Unica Safe retractableblade panel saw. The principle is not new but the technology has been adapted for use on industrial machinery. How it works is that the blade has a small electrical signal and when the skin touches the blade, the signal changes because the human body is conductive. www.suppliermagazine.com.au

The blade retracts in 5 milliseconds; 10 times faster than an airbag used in automobiles, with only a very minor injury to a finger. Previous versions of this technology relied on an aluminium block stopping the blade and ruining the saw-blade. Replacing the system was costly. Griggio's system is cost-free.

Holz-Her for the Ltronic zero-join edge banding module.

Winning a Gold Star at the Brisbane AWISA, Ltronic is also a finalist at the Challengers Award in Atlanta.

The new interchangeable design solves the issue of too great an "open time" when several different gluing units are permanently fixed to the in-feed. The Glu-Jet unit can be changed to the Ltronic laser edge unit in only one minute. Only two electrical connections and a button need be pressed and the unit; held by a HSK chuck on two slides, immediately is removed from the machine.

Leda for the KDT396JS angle edge bander. It’s not soft forming, but allows the user to quickly produce alternate angled profiles. The machine will do a combined straight and angled edge, producing an excellent result. A pre-milling unit shapes the angle and a small saw cut is made on the inside of the edge tape in the right position to allow the tape to fold over the straight/ angled edge. The machine allows the manufacturer to offer alternate profiles and source customers looking for a different design perspective.

Wood Tech Group for the Schelling S45 tilt-able beam saw. The multi-functional machine can perform angle and mitre cuts on the same piece at the same time. Once only the sphere of sliding table machines, the new Schelling S45 offers two machine functions in the one package. The ability to cut small to large pieces gives it the flexibility of a sliding table saw with the capacity and precision of an industrial machine.

The machine was first shown in Atlanta in 2014 and promises reduced production time, increased operator safety when cutting mitres and greater accuracy through the CNC control.

Weinig for the Powermat 700 moulder. This entry-level moulder is well-priced and incorporates a number of features including optional HSK spindles, low energy consumption and comfort setup features. Setting up a multispindle moulding machine can be time consuming and cumbersome. Weinig has solved many of these ergonomic issues by finding somewhere to put the hoods, adding LED lighting, raising the table level and making machine setting without the use of tools. The extraction hoods have also been re-designed for optimal chip flow to reduce energy consumption and eliminate chips impacting the wood surface. ● SupplierAug/Sept 2016 | 31

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Massive display from Lincoln Sentry After more than 12 months of meticulous planning, Lincoln Sentry was proud to welcome customers to its expansive 468m2 stand at AWISA 2016 in Melbourne – the largest hardware display at the exhibition.

The stand showcased four distinct areas: • Entertainer’s kitchen/scullery An on-trend Hamptons style, family oriented kitchen with modern storage applications and scullery.

Using Blum’s Dynamic Space design philosophy, premium ranged products were featured in this full kitchen including Blum LEGRABOX with SERVO-DRIVE in multiple colours, Farmers’ Hamptons range

doors and DecoSplash aluminium splashbacks.

• Selection centre An interactive selection centre that displayed multiple hardware options including multiple pantry, waste, sink, door, lift system, drawer and accessory options as well as the “light” dark room – enhancing the Hera light experience.

• High density living European styled apartment living with a Melbourne view that featured compact, loft style living, driving a need for improved functionality and storage. Highlights included a combined kitchen/hidden laundry

with products from Blum, Peka, Tambortech, Vauth-Sagel and Hera.

Also featured were Finista handles and DecoSplash aluminium panels.

The couple’s vanity unit showed products from Blum and Alsert as well as the Gollinucci Onda range while the dual wardrobes featured products from Blum, Finista Slim, FEG and Pixalux.

• Retail/commercial zone Showcased Lincoln Sentry’s product range within commercial/shopfitting applications. Highlights were Lincoln Sentry’ trade display area with POS displays of Sheffield Blades and Selleys products along with a retail environment using Finista Slim, Pixalux, Blum and Pin Systems ●

Local design and manufacturing integral to Hideaway Bins It all starts with design. Hideaway Bins’ focus on innovation to meet ever changing market needs is why the company has been a market leader in waste solutions since 2006.

More recently, Hideaway Bins was first to market with its top mounted Hideaway laundry hamper in 2013, and then again in 2015 with the base mount laundry hamper.

The in-house product development team includes a full time product design engineer, who is focussed on constantly improving the existing designs, and pioneering new solutions. By using 3D CAD and rapid prototyping, they are quickly able to develop, test and evaluate design concepts.

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the centre of our process has driven their design philosophy to make sure buckets are easy to access and use.

Hence the reason why all of the runner systems over extend, to make accessing buckets easy. Mounting bins at bench height allows easy disposal of waste without having to bend low inside cupboards. And the Hideaway Deluxe and Soft Close ranges feature integrated friction fitted lids that reduce odours and keep hands free during use.

The collaboration extends to designers and joinery manufacturers and the company uses opportunities such as the recent AWISA trade show to engage directly with trade customers, inviting feedback and ideas for future improvements.

Hideaway also recognises the unique requirements of the Australasian

market. The top mount designs give the flexibility around cabinet sizes that the market requires, while also suiting our construction methods.

“We know the market expectations for product quality are higher in Australasia than anywhere else in the world,” explained Hidaway’s National Marketing and Sales Manager Jesse Staines.

“Hideaway works closely with New Zealand’s leading contract manufacturers for our sheet metal components, powdercoating, and moulding of plastic buckets. Once all Hideaway Bin components are ready for assembly, our technicians assemble the bins at our facility in Auckland. This assembly process allows for all parts to be hand checked to ensure the highest quality end product.”● www.suppliermagazine.com.au

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Alphatape for super seamless edges Sage Doors, a family owned business, has partnered with MKT GmbH from Germany to supply Alphatape laser edgetape to the cabinetmaking industry across New Zealand and Australia..

As the first company in New Zealand to begin manufacturing doors and panels using laseredge technology, Sage Doors needed to source a laser edgetape before they could begin production. MKT, a German edge tape manufacturer was soon chosen for their high quality product.

Running their own Homag KAL310 airTec edgebander to manufacture doors for cabinetmakers nationwide, Sage Doors understands what is involved in achieving a super seamless edge with Laseredge. Not all edgetapes are the same, and the quality of the edgetape used plays a huge role.

Laser edgetape consists of two layers: a ‘hard’ décor layer and a meltable functional layer. The ‘functional layer’ consists of polymers that enable it to melt faster than the outer surface of the edgebanding. When the functional layer is activated/melted and applied to the board, the melted functional layer fuses to the MDF to create a seamless joint.

So what makes Alphatape different?

Alphatape features a very hard functional layer (back layer), which helps ensure a seamless edge. A soft functional layer catches dirt and looks like a glue line over time, defeating the purpose of using laser edge technology.

(To test the hardness of the functional layer, check whether you can mark the functional layer with your thumbnail.

You should not be able to make any visible mark at all on the back of the functional layer.) MKT Alpha-Tape Zero can also fully weld to itself at the joint in the corners.

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the tape. MKT’s Alpha Tape Zero PP (polypropylene) edgetape is an ideal material for this hot-air technique as it doesn’t shrink during cooling, ensuring a seamless edge with no shrinkage step in the join.

To achieve the highest quality functional layer, MKT’s Alpha Tape Zero PP is co-extruded as opposed to postcoated – the décor layer comes through the top hole and the functional layer through the bottom as the edgetape is being made.

Alphatape is manufactured in jumbo rolls 405mm wide to ensure the functional and décor layers are a consistent thickness, colour and finish, while eliminating variation caused by a change of tooling and extrusions for different widths.

The wide rolls of edgetape are then sliced into required widths including stock widths of 21mm, 28mm, 35mm, 40mm and 63mm.

Colour and finish matching MKT’s Alphatape is tailor-made to match the board on which it is applied.

With laser edgetape, two colour matches are required – the colour of the décor layer and the functional layer. It’s important these colours are very precise to create an invisible, seamless joint.

One huge advantage MKT has in the precise colour matching lies in its sister company – Printec GmbH, which manufactures and supplies a wide spectrum of plastic dyes and inks to many market sectors.

During the manufacturing process, the edgetape regularly undergoes manual and electronic inspections of various characteristics, including the colour and/or printed image to ensure a high quality material.

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Manual handling Two of the top suppliers of handling equipment are Kockums and Millsom. Both were on hand at AWISA to demonstrate how both safety and production can be improved with the right equipment. Systems can handle anything from glass and bags through panels and completed furniture and cabinets. We caught up with both suppliers to see what they had to offer.

At AWISA, Millsom demonstrated the VacuMaster 180 for rotating wooden panels by 180° and for weights of up to 500 kg in the largest commercially available sheets.

The sheets can be lifted from the stack, turned over if necessary and then placed onto the beam saw or CNC machine table by only one person. Expensive veneered sheets will no longer be at risk of damage. The easy-tomove overhead crane system has a working area to suit almost every situation.

Of course Millsom machines are proficient in handling a complete range of different materials and products..

The VacuMaster Window is Millsom’s solution for handling glass and windows and is designed for loads with a weight up to 300 kg. The vacuum lifting device is combined with a crane system manufactured in Australia

by Millsom and is simple to operate and ergonomically designed. The glass can be turned to the left and right by 90 degrees so glass can be installed into window frames simply and accurately. The assembled window can then be moved with the lifter.

Kockums is often confused with a Swedish submarine manufacture but that is a different company. The vacuum lifter was invented in Sweden and the TAWI company continued its development. Some parts for the product manufactured in Melbourne are sourced from TAWI in Sweden but the lifters are mostly made here.

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Shaun Raebel is Kockum’s project engineer and said each lifter is made specifically for the user. The customer gets to try it out to make sure it’s actually going to be used and that the people using it are convinced it can do the job better. The handles are designed to suit each customer so the reach of the operator is not compromised. Kockums have thousands of installations in Australia and the family-owned Australian supplier has been providing the right solution for 25 years. ●

Woodtron CUBE board storage system Woodtron’s founder Geoff Sellman draws on over 30 years of experience within the CNC router business, so he understands the demands and needs of the Australian woodworking industry.

“Because we design, manufacture and sell our own CNC machines this allows us to provide the very best specialised service and solutions to our customers,” said Geoff.

“At the 2016 AWISA show we launched our newest innovative creation, the Woodtron CUBE board storage system. It is designed to increase ease and speed of production for the wood working industry. Sstanding at eight meters tall, it commanded everyone’s attention and generated a huge amount of interest.”

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new or existing flatbed CNC nesting machine.

The Woodtron Cube has recently been awarded the 2016 Gold Star Award from Supplier Magazine for innovative technology.

“Woodtron equips each machine with a remote logon module, which allows our technicians to access, view, diagnose and even drive the machines all in real time,” Geoff explained. “This remote support is also available for the CUBE, meaning we can support questions and concerns that may arise promptly.

“We pride ourselves on our after sale service and support given to all our customers. All our technicians are trained and dedicated only to Woodtron CNC routers, which gives customers true confidence when purchasing a machine from us. We carry a full list of spare parts in Australia which makes minimal down time if a part ever needed to be replaced. We know how important your time is.” ● www.suppliermagazine.com.au

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A new industry standard for dust control AWISA 2016 was in many ways fresh and exciting. While we have come to expect new product introductions and general machine improvement launched, it is rare to see a new industry standard being introduced as was revealed at AWISA 2016.

The dust control industry has precariously few regulations. It is not difficult to appreciate the industry’s mixed reputation and make-up of operators. With no effective overseeing regulator, the industry benchmark has been set by the lowest common denominator of its operators.

The dust control industry is a case study example of an industry in need of a disruptor – a catalyst for change!

AWISA 2016 effectively highlighted one such catalyst for change. With a different market proposition Airtight Solutions demonstrated how it has become the industry standard for effective, high performance dust control

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systems. It is no coincidence when fierce competitors like Biesse, Homag, SCM, Weinig and WoodTech all commission Airtight’s expertise for superior dust extraction results for the all important AWISA 2016 event.

Investing in a high performance engineered solution was previously reserved for the few who could afford it. Not anymore, Airtight has successfully bridged that gap to offer wider market access to well designed engineered solutions, using correct technology application at an affordable price point.

According to Stig Brixen, GM of Airtight Solutions: “The industry should be held to a higher standard. The reference point should not be that of poorly designed cheap imports, often disguised as local manufacturing.

“The benchmark should be that of effective, reliable, well engineered dust control systems that production seeks for optimal performance, workers

request for their work environments, and business owners enjoy for their outstanding value and low running cost.

“That is why we were there, to set the new industry standard – the only reference point that matters.

The AWISA platform allowed us to demonstrate this in live operations and in direct comparison to opposition products. We are very comfortable being the catalyst for change this industry needs.”

Airtight Solutions is an APCEMA member and industry educator. A one-stop-shop for the industry offering shredders, briquetting presses, burners/heat plants, duct and hoses, service and installations and energy saving products saving clients thousands of dollars every year.

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Latest technology from Hebrock

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Tansel stainless steel laundry baskets The latest technology developed by Hebrock is the Airtronic edgebander – for a seamless joint that is fast, economical and easy to use.

The simple operation of the Airtronic is via a PLC touch screen, heating up in only three minutes. The Airtronic system works alongside the holt-melt glue giving you the option of laser edges as well as PUR. The Airtronic was developed exclusively for the 3000 series edgebanders, along with other options such as sensitive edge lubrication, nesting, heatable infeed fence, buffers, scrapers, corner rounding and milling stations. These top end of the range edgebanders are ideal for the medium company, who require a reliable machine for continuous production.

For the single operator or small company which only has a low volume of edging, the compact hot melt Top 1000 and Top 2000 from Hebrock would be an ideal place to start. These machines are very basic with only top, bottom and end trim and take up very little floor space.

Hebrock edgebanders manufactured

by German company Maschinenbau Hebrock GmbH was founded in 1980, a family owned company specialising exclusively in the production of edgebanders and known worldwide for their excellence in quality and service. They are available from I & J Machinery Sales Pty Ltd. ●

Australian owned and designed, Tansel Stainless Steel Wireware specialises in slide out storage for kitchen, laundry, bathroom and wardrobe. Products are used by leading kitchen companies as well as commercial and medical fit-out projects.

Tansel stainless steel laundry baskets are available in a wide range of sizes and can store up to 121litres. Baskets come with a lifetime warranty against rust making them highly durable in wet areas, such as laundries. Flexible installation ensures a solution exists for almost all cabinet sizes.

Tansel Laundry baskets can be sided mounted, door mounted or bottom mounted, with soft close slides optional. The manufacturers can work around tricky sinks and plumbing too.

Baskets can also be custom made.

The extensive range and ability to customise allows for maximum flexibility.

Tansel products are available through Nover. ●

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Carl and Joe Mimmo.

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Carjo Furniture, back to basics Joe Mimmo is known not only in Victoria but around Australia for his work with the Australian Furniture Association. In fact, Joe has been on some board or other since 1982 and only recently stepped down to concentrate on his business of 26 years: Carjo Furniture.

It’s fair to say that Joe stands apart for his work within the furniture industry and many of the things we take for granted now have been fought for

by Joe and other dedicated furniture industry personalities. Think Australian Made; think Australian Standards; think training and Joe Mimmo’s name pops up every time.

A cabinet maker by trade, Joe has worked with some high-profile companies in a career spanning almost 62 years. He’s had his ups and downs just like everyone else but continues to work hard to ensure the

success of his business. As Joe said: “Hard work never killed anyone”, and he proves it by working 12 hour days and seven day weeks.

Carjo has “sufficient” work as a direct result of Joe’s industry relationships built up over many years and the fact that they are willing to try anything and everything. “We’ve moved from quantity of product to quantity of variety,” said Joe. Challenges are not a problem at Carjo.

Joe was born in San Marco in Lamis, in the Foggia region on the Adriatic Bright and airy environment in the new factory.

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Joe Mimmo.

Coast of Italy. He came to Australia in 1950 to join his father who had set up a share farming business near Shepparton in Victoria. Within two days of arriving and at nine years of age, he was out in the fields picking tomatoes. Following the harvest, Joe moved first to Diamond Creek, then to Fairfield and then Brunswick. At 14 he went to work at Bradford Cotton Mills but they closed it up within a month.

During that short stay he learned he was good at maths and stock control, skills that would keep him in good 38 stead throughout his career.

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37 Now without a job, a teacher from the Catholic Archdiocese suggested Joe enter a trade as either a boot maker or cabinet maker. Joe didn’t much like the idea of making shoes so chose cabinet making as his preferred trade. At the time he wasn’t eligible to enter a trade so he spent two years at night school to qualify. His apprenticeship was spent at Prestige Furniture in Brunswick where he spent a total of 23 years. Joe’s talents as a furniture maker and organiser were soon evident and Joe became foreman at the age of 21 and then production manager.

Prestige is one of Australia’s oldest surviving furniture companies dating back to 1919. Prestige became Eastgate Prestige with Jack Eastgate but is now known only as Eastgate Furniture. In 1978 Joe decided a change was in order and moved to Kenwood Chairs under Ken Lang.

“That was a big stepping stone for me; I learnt a lot about systems

for producing furniture there,” he said. Kenwood had one of the first CNC machines in Australia and was considered very progressive for the time. Kenwood’s business model was to produce furniture components for other companies and this opened Joe’s eyes to the possibilities of not only producing his own furniture, but producing components for others. At the time you either did one or the other but, usually, not both.

It was time to step out on his own so in 1980 he bought Allied Furniture, an existing business, from “three Italian guy’s”, friends of the family from Italy.

Things were great for a while but history was about to step in with Paul Keating’s “Recession that Australia had to have” and Joe lost everything.

Not one to stay down for long, Joe was soon up again with help from the liquidators to buy some of his equipment back to start a business with his own name. Carjo is an acronym of Carl (his son) and Joe. Carl wasn’t with

Minister Peter Hall (left) with Joe Mimmo.

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Carjo at first but tells me that every time he saw the company name he knew he’d be involved someday. Carl now runs the operational side of the business while Joe attends (mostly) to the office.

Carjo Furniture is very much a handson business. There’s no CAD software for the machines because much of what they do is one-offs for interior designers. There’s no costing software either – Joe does all that himself and relies on his experience over 60 plus years to keep making a profit. Joe will walk away from a job if there’s not much in it for the company.

Carjo’s thinking is that they are “wood engineers”. What’s unique about Carjo is that they’re adept at doing many things and happy to accept a challenge. One attribute Joe won’t compromise on is quality and he reserves the right to decide how Carjo’s furniture is made. As he said: “If I’m to be held responsible for it, I’ll decide how it’s going to be made”.

Anne Mimmo.

Carjo’s thinking is that they are “wood engineers”. What’s unique about Carjo is that they’re adept at doing many things and happy to accept a challenge.

One attribute Joe won’t compromise on is quality and he reserves the right to decide how Carjo’s furniture is made. As he said: “If I’m to be held responsible for it, I’ll decide how it’s going to be made”.

Carjo’s production is based on its furniture range sold in small retail outlets. The major furniture chains were given the boot long ago because, “They wanted to dictate all the terms”.

Production for other companies is also a part of the business and Joe learnt all about the ins and outs of this from his time at Kenwood.

Carjo also produces a range of free-standing furniture for aged care facilities Australia-wide and Joe has been instrumental in designing products specifically for that use. They also produce prototypes for others and import a very small number of chair frames from Italy. As Joe explained: “We’ll work for anyone who helps us pay the bills”, a philosophy that keeps his books in the black and his people employed.

After the recession, Carjo moved to Radford Road in the Melbourne suburb of Reservoir and, four years ago, started planning to move next door to premises they also owned. It

hasn’t been an easy four years and everything has taken twice as long as it should have, according to Joe. “Suffice it to say that the people and organisations that should be working to make things as smooth and painless as possible have done exactly the opposite. Permits; water, power and phone have all caused delays resulting in additional rent of $100,000,” Joe said. “It could have cost twice that if I hadn’t dug my heels in.”

The result of all the hard work and pain is a bright, airy and open workshop of four distinct departments, equipped with a wide range of equipment that can be worked on safely: job well-done!

Joe’s no stranger to doing things properly and getting the job done, not only for him but others too. He joined the Furniture Guild in 1982 after purchasing Allied Furniture, as well as the Chamber of Manufacturers, sitting on the industry steering 40 committee. Enter the Australian

Joe and visiting dignitaries at the official opening.

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39 Furniture Association and Joe was once again in the thick of things, serving as President (Vic/Tas) for six years. He would eventually like to see the Furniture Association united as one voice for all Australian furniture manufacturers.

Not widely known is that consumer protection (ACCC) in West Australia sought help from the association to set Australian Standards to improve the safety of Australian made furniture.

Joe put his hand up to represent manufacturers and joined the board of the Australian Furniture Research and Development Institute in Launceston to achieve significant changes to Australian furniture standards and quality. Carjo’s quality speaks for itself, during a six-year period from 2008 to 2013 Carjo won no less than 17 national and state awards for quality product.

Training is something Joe’s very passionate about and he’s spent more time than most promoting apprenticeships and trade training.

He has always employed apprentices and currently has three in training out of 25 employees on the workshop floor. He believes throwing money at people is not the answer; it’s about the satisfaction of doing a great job making quality furniture. He believes the trades should be “talked up more” so young people see a future.

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Carjo has trouble attracting skilled people to operate some of its traditional machines built by now-unheard of names such as Wridgeway-tesco – they are old but still working. Notwithstanding that, Joe does have some modern equipment from Biesse and Weinig.

Joe turns 76 in October but has no plans to retire. Joe does like to fish and owns his own boat but says the last four years has been hard and he hasn’t been out on the water much. Joe’s wife Anne keeps telling him it’s time to “ease up” a little so he says he might not go in on Sundays.

Whatever Joe’s future holds, it’s a safe bet he’ll keep himself busy. The company is in good hands with Carl, a qualified tradesman himself, and Carjo has the history and reputation to succeed where others may not.

And what of the future of the Australian furniture industry I asked?

Joe said it’s not like the automotive industry – there will always be quality items that can only be made here.

“If you produce quality and stand by it, maintain control of what you make and accept the challenges out there, the future looks good.”

Joe’s proudest achievements have been his business and being able to contribute to the industry through committees and organisations, something he’s eternally grateful to have been given the opportunity to do.

There’s no doubting that the furniture industry is a better industry for Joe’s efforts and I’m sure that we are as grateful for that as he is for doing it. ●

“If you produce quality and stand by it, maintain control of what you make and accept the challenges out there, the future looks good.”

Peter Kidman on the double saw.

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Glenn Nicholls, Stig Brixen and Paul MacGregor - Airtight Solutions

Bruce Evans – Leda Machinery.

The Sellman family - Geoff, Luke, Jennie and Kyle – Woodtron.

Cleva Clic staff demonstrate the ease of their system.

The very busy Leuco stand.

Jason Ward, James Stewart and Darrell Milton – Becker.

Todd Cameron and Les Luscombe – All About Labels.

Steven Herbing – HM Precision Grinding.

Ian Patterson, I&J Machinery with Ennio Griggio, Griggio Machinery.

Mark Samuelson - CodeLocks.

Melinda Moodie and Arran McMartin ­- Bord.

David Maitland and Stuart Fell, Grass. .

Katarina Partic and Neil Forbes with a happy customer – Weinig.

Colin Oakey and Samuele Tosi – Breton.

Phillip Arena and Roger Stevens – Fortis Adhesives.

Blake Cugley – Planit.

The Integrated Joinery team.

Peter Mitchelhill and Andrew Miller - CDK.

Martin Tritschler, Wandres; Mark Hume, Brenner International and Xavier Jorge, Barberan SA.

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Amorini brings the latest designs to Australia Amorini Australia was established in 1999 between industry leaders in the UK/Hong Kong/Australia and later NZ. The aim was to combine their resources and deliver exceptional quality kitchen and wardrobe décor components to the trade market internationally. The systems used to deliver on time and as promised are a combination of leading edge software designed specially for Amorini.

Amorini’s team of kitchen retailing and product development experts travel overseas extensively, visiting international trade shows and global

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manufacturing facilities to bring the latest designer products made from the highest quality materials to Australia at the most affordable prices.

Whilst a high quality, contemporary product range is a critical ingredient, it is Amorini’s integrated business management system that makes the real difference. Called the Amorini Edge it aims to continually improve the productivity and profitability of all trade partners.

While Amorini Australia products are sourced direct from Germany, Austria and Australia, the company

has recently become the exclusive Australasian distributor for three of Italy’s largest door manufacturers – Innolac, La Torni Veneta and Tecno Pannels.

Over the years, the company found there was a need for an online ordering tool designated for the trade that is functional, easy to navigate and, most of all reliable. For that reason, in 2015 Amorini established the e-Store. The vision was to supply the highest quality joinery components from the world’s leading suppliers in a timely and affordable manner Australia wide. With 50,000 plus doors and kilometres of benchtops in stock and ready for immediate dispatch, the e-Store is paving the way for ordering joinery products online.Visit www.amorini.com.au ●

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Top honours at CMDA awards The third National Cabinet Maker and Design Association Awards celebrated the top ranks of cabinet making and design by showcasing and recognising the premium level of craftsmanship and ingenuity in Australia.

Two companies stood out – Individual Design and Construction was awarded the Australian Designer of the Year, as well as Best Contemporary Kitchen and the Best Outdoor/Alfresco Project while Australian Cabinet Maker of the Year was awarded to Melbourne Contemporary Kitchens, which also won Best Kitchen over $60,000, Best Bathroom and Best Built in Furniture.

Individual Design and Construction’s show-stopping kitchen epitomised a sense of warmth and timelessness, which was combined with creative design and flawless joinery. The opulent kitchen showcased a diverse material palette comprising of stainless steel, recycled timber, marble and mirrors, alongside integrated state-ofthe-art appliances.

Best Traditional Kitchen

Best Kitchen $20-35,000

Best Kitchen under $20,000

Best Kitchen $35-60,000

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Best Kitchen over$60,000

Best Contemporary Kitchen

WINNERS Australian Designer of the Year

Individual Design and Construction

Australian Cabinet Maker of the Year

Melbourne Contemporary Kitchens

People’s Choice Award

Seaview Cabinets

President’s Award

Bessant Custom Furniture

Best New Member Entry

VOS Constructions and Joinery

Best Kitchen under $20,000

COS Interiors Pty Ltd

Best Kitchen $20,000 - $35,000

COS Interiors Pty Ltd

Best Kitchen $20,000 - $60,000

COS Interiors Pty Ltd

Best Kitchen over $60,000

Melbourne Contemporary Kitchens

Best Contemporary Kitchen

Individual Design and Construction

Best Traditional Kitchen

de Wacht Cabinets and Designs Pty Ltd

Best Built-In Furniture

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Melbourne Contemporary Kitchens

Best Commercial Project

HK Joinery Design

Best Bathroom

Melbourne Contemporary Kitchens

Best Outdoor/Alfresco Project

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Best Commercial Kitchen

Best Alfresco Outdoor

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This year, the judging panel, consisting of four highly experienced talents in the design and cabinet making industry including Lara Bailey, Sylvia Dziuba, Bryon Stanley and Wayne Chance. The judges had a tough job on their hands with a high calibre of craftsmanship and creativity on offer. Industry experts Henry Johnson, Zeb Walker and Lesia Clark had the tough job to choose the winners of the Apprentice of the Year Awards.

Each entry was considered and judged on a range of criteria, from practicality and safety through to aesthetic appeal, innovation and visual balance.

According to the Secretary of CMDA, Richard Brooks, the 2016 suite of entries in this year’s awards was a mixture of originality, impeccable design and unsurpassed expertise.

“To be presented with a collection of submissions, which boasted an array of classic and contemporary designs

coupled with premium work quality and design panache, is evidence that the Australian industry is strong.”

Award-winning designer Shaynna Blaze, who also hosted the CMDA’s award ceremony, said she was thrilled to witness the exceptional standard of the local businesses. “Awards of this ilk not only bring out the best in designers and craftsmen, they provide an opportunity to celebrate our cabinet makers and the incredible talent we have in Australia. ● Peoples Choice

Best Bathroom

Australian Cabinet Maker of the Year, Melbourne Contemporary Kitchens, simply nailed it when it came to originality, design flair, innovation and functionality. The lush kitchen boasted a butler’s pantry and a luxurious black granite fireplace, with the inclusion of minimal contemporary details such as the matt black steel frames and a sleek hidden pantry situated behind the fireplace.

More than 50 projects from around Australia entered the awards, run by the Cabinet Makers Association and Designers Association, all vying for top honours.

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• high resistance to acid solvents and cleaners.

The Fenix NTM surface uses nanotechnology and next generation acrylic resins, which are hardened and fixed with electron beam curing process – creating its amazing super matt, extremely opaque, antifingerprint and uniquely repairable surface. Suitable for all types of applications including kitchen, hospitality, healthcare, transportation, bathrooms, furniture (tables, bookshelves, partitions, chairs), Fenix NTM is in stock and available in a popular range of colours directly from Nover. ●

Fenix NTM from Nover Nover was thrilled to have won the Supplier Gold Star Award for its Fenix NTM material from Arpa in Italy – an innovative material created for a range of interior design applications

by Arpa Industriale and is suitable for both vertical and horizontal use.

Fenix NTM was showcased on Nover’s 192 m2 stand at AWISA and was a hit with the crowd. Not only is the product beautiful – being designed and manufactured in Italy and having a super matt, soft touch, anti-fingerprint surface – it’s also a real showstopper when you realise it can be scratched, then thermally healed.

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Fenix NTM features include: • extremely matt surface with low light reflectivity; • soft touch; • anti-fingerprint; • thermal healing of microscratches; • resistance to dry heat; • resistance to scratches and abrasions; • enhanced anti-bacterial properties;

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Redefining differentiation With the comprehensive new drawer range Nova Pro Scala, Grass is presenting a system that offers the variability to harmonise with the contemporary styles of tomorrow’s living spaces. The innovative drawer system represents a true design innovation that sets new standards, borne out by the recent Excellent Product Design award from the German Design Council.

With Nova Pro Scala, this latest generation of the double-wall drawer family ensures variability in every dimension, enabling the customer to cover every segment from entry level to premium with a fantastic palette of differentiating features.

Based on the track-proven Nova Pro slide technology, the comprehensive new drawer solution creates maximum scope for creative styling as well as enabling efficient production processes.

Chief developer, GĂźnter Grabher, and his team have accomplished a drawer side with minimalist right angles: they minimised the space required to house the technology, enabling Grass customers to make full use of the scope for creative styling. Even the tilt angle adjustment was optimised so that it could be accommodated in a drawer side height of exactly 41 millimetres.

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the complete drawer with its almost limitless design options becomes an individual and special experience.

Thanks to its right-angled shape, the intentionally understated metal version can be combined with designer panels to suit all tastes, such as premium mineral resin surfaces or luxury real wood versions. The result is a unique palette of possibilities for giving pieces of furniture an individually conceived and unique profile.

The multifaceted Scala range includes drawer solutions with heights of 63, 90 and 122 millimetres as well as a snugly fitting railing version and a new box drawer with a height of 186 millimetres. A special highlight of the modular Scala family is the largesurface Crystal Plus glass version.

Product designer Stefan Ambrozus, who was involved in the development process, commented: "Maximising the clear view into the drawers is a very elegant solution". Whether fitted with glass or any other of the available design elements, the frame-sided drawer is a unique design statement.

During the development of Nova Pro Scala, special attention was paid to simple processes in drawer production.

The cabinet dimensions and drilled holes of the standardised Nova Pro technology remain the same. Prefitted attachment posts for the glass panels on the Nova Pro Crystal Plus make work even easier. This solution does not require any gluing, drilling or

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tensioning of the add-on elements.

In addition, Nova Pro Crystal Plus features an innovative clip technology; the design elements can be fitted securely and without tools, just as easily as changing a battery.

The modular front connection on the drawers guarantees maximum stability with minimum part complexity. The drawers and fronts can therefore be easily replaced.

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NOVA PRO SCALA DRAWER SYSTEM

The new generation.

Inspiration in the right angle.

Simple. Clear. Timeless.

Available early 2017 More glass. More height. More space.

Alongside the familiar Crystal and railing options, the Nova Pro Scala range also includes a high glass version and a drawer side in height 186 mm.

Nova Pro Scala incorporates the best of Nova Pro. And much more besides!

Elegant edge definition is a striking feature of Nova Pro Scala. The broad spectrum covered by the product range enables segmentation from the entrylevel version through to the premium segment and provides the individual styling option of designer panels which fit snugly on the drawer sides.

GRASS Australia/New Zealand Pty. Ltd.

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Australia: Phone +61 3 9421 3048 info-australia@grass.eu

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New design possibilities Lincoln Sentry is a major distributor of items for the cabinetmaking industry.

Farmers Cabinetry: A modern take on a classic kitchen Inspired by the textured look that came out of EuroCucina earlier this year and developed in conjunction with Lincoln Sentry to launch at AWISA 2016, the new Farmers Weathered Oak range offers a modern take on a classic kitchen.

Available in the Farmers ANY1 colour system, this new look can be tailored to suit your project.

The new Weathered Oak door, painted in Oolong, a dark grey colour from Dulux, was featured in the Entertainer’s Kitchen area on the Lincoln Sentry stand. The kitchen,designed by Mint Kitchens in Melbourne, was complete with a

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custom Farmers Weathered Oak table top and also featured the Shaker door from the Farmers new Hamptons range.

Available in the Farmers ANY1 Colour System, the Hamptons range is without the distressing marks and indentations of the original Farmers range and is finished with a white melamine back for the more budget conscious home owner that still wants a quality high end look.

Cornerstone by Vauth-Sagel The new corner unit solution, Cornerstone carousel moves the entire contents of a cabinet in front of the unit, thereby unlocking completely new design perspectives.

The shelves swivel out to a comfortable distance away from the carcase; everything is therefore within easy reach. Each shelf can be attached at the required height, and the shelves disappear back inside the unit when the door is closed.

Cornerstone’s design is clear-cut and the materials have been chosen to meet even the most discerning expectations. Thanks to a wide choice of interior fittings, Cornerstone offers as many individual customisation options as possible.

Endless storage possibilities Finista Slim aluminium system is a multifunction shelving program that allows you to design an endless array of storage solutions in residential or commercial situations. Manufactured in northern Italy, with Finista Slim you can create a wardrobe frame system, hanging bookshelf, a room divider or even a book display case – the possibilities are endless.

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VACUUM LIFTING SOLUTIONS Our vacuum lifters can lift and move a huge range of products from 10kg to 2,000kg.

Pixalux structural light panels Pixalux light panels are an innovation in architectural lighting that fundamentally change how lighting can be used.

Pixalux is a frameless, shadowless, structural light panel, which is ideal for retail displays, museum exhibits, illuminated signage, wardrobes, kitchens and corporate office fit-outs.

The ability of Pixalux panels to carry a load creates countless new opportunities for integrated indoor lighting applications.

Pixalux light panels use a custom laminate of optical-grade acrylic to provide even, shadowless lighting from both faces.

The panels are just 16mm thick and are made to order to suit the desired application.

Miniwinch by Effegibrevetti The Miniwinch mechanism allows for great access into cabinets. The unique dampening action for both opening and closing flap style doors, along with the subtle metal cable make it a decorative and functional inclusion within your furnishings.

All models can be applied in horizontal or vertical applications and are suitable for both left and right side mounting, making the mechanism ideal for very narrow cabinets.

Available in three modern cover cap options to suit many cabinet interiors – white, black and metallised silver, Miniwinch is manufacturered in Italy by Effegibrevetti.●

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THE VACUMASTER 180° VACUUM LIFTER ALLOWS A HORIZONTAL LOAD TO BE LIFTED AND ROTATED 180° BY A SINGLE OPERATOR FREECALL

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Improved productivity for bespoke

furniture design with CAD+T Individualisation is one of the key words of today’s society, especially with regard to interior and furniture design. However, bespoke design very often goes the limits of ordinary design software – but not with CAD+T. From the first draft to high-quality visualisations, construction, CNC data and production information, you only have to use one software for the whole design and manufacturing process.

The heart of the system is the drawing.

Still built on AutoCAD, the CAD+T addon gives you the possibility of drawing the parts directly in 3D even though you can still work on 2D. On these parts, information about materials, finishes, edges, profiles, hardware, etc. can be saved. So the drawing consists of more than only lines and text – it actually understands what you are drawing.

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the construction drawings, you get plan views, elevations and sections automatically and define joints, hardware and construction details.

Again, customisation is the key to success: Any part of your design can

be changed easily at any point of the process, even if the element is highly complex. The program then automatically adapts all data connected to the drawing, such as part lists and CNC data.

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Interior Design & Production Software

Furniture design, construction and production in one software solution.

Benefit from: On the construction side of the process, CAD+T automatically generates shop floor drawings, parts lists, cutting lists and more. Furthermore, CNC data is generated, so you do not have to do any more manual CNC programming, which again reduces errors and saves time. Even for batch size one production, our program ensures that all your manufacturing processes run smooth and efficient.

But what are your benefits?

Besides a significant reduction of errors and mistakes due to the use of only one program, your main benefit is the overall increase of productivity. Save up to 30% of labour costs and up to 10% of material costs and increase your productivity by up to 60%. More than 3000 customers all over the world bear witness to the productivity gained with the CAD+T solutions.

CAD+T has its head office in Austria and was founded in 1990.

With seven branches in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Australia, UAE and Thailand and more than 60 employees, CAD+T is a perfect partner to improve your company processes with their knowledge.

The main product of CAD+T is software, which consists over all 60 different modules for furniture manufacturer, interior designer and furniture traders. The software is modular structured which allows the company to create the perfect package for each client according to their requirements. The pricing is done per module as well, which assures that you only pay what you really need. Besides the software modules, CAD+T offers regular trainings and consulting for customers. ●

50%* increase of factory production 30%* reduction of labour costs 10%* reduction of material costs * Figures based on our reference client New Age Cabinet Design in Perth

CAD+T software is specialised for

bespoke furniture design and manufacturing!

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A better means of job scheduling At last, job scheduling software built specifically for cabinetmakers and joiners

By David Lawrence, Lean Manufacturing Consulting I write this article in the hope it helps joiners with a far smarter and far better means of job scheduling. I have worked in the cabinetmaking and joinery industries as a production manager for most of my 30 year career.

In the last six years I have also implemented Empower time tracking and factory productivity software in over 70 joinery businesses throughout Australia and New Zealand. I am an independent contractor who works directly for joiners.

I myself have struggled with job scheduling with no good software available until 2016. I have manually updated spreadsheets several times through the day to ‘rejig’ the schedule; I have updated job lists on paper and on whiteboards and then held meetings with other management and factory staff through the day to communicate the revised schedule.

Sound familiar ?

In the last two years Empower Job Scheduling has been re-built in the latest Cloud technology and it now works extremely well. This is a direct result of Empower implementing several hundred improvements suggested by many of our successful clients. Empower Software is a locally owned company and has been developed with Australian and New Zealand joiners and cabinetmakers over 14 years, which has proved invaluable in the success of this development.

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Wish list Our wish list at the start of the new Empower job scheduling development included: 1. must suit all forms of joinery including kitchens, commercial joinery and furniture and all businesses sizes from six factory staff to 100 plus; 2. must allow jobs and tasks to be moved simply and quickly from one day to another by dragging and dropping within the daily and weekly calendar; 3. tasks and jobs must update automatically when tasks and jobs are started and finished on the factory floor.

Real time updating and reporting from the factory floor; 4. must report current staff resource capacity to the

factory and each work centre against daily planned job workload, to allow me clearly to see over and under daily capacity; 5. must allow me to schedule all jobs to each machine and assembly workcentre including the options for management or factory staff to batch of jobs together; 6. must create planned daily workload and job lists, both graphically and Word document listings; 7. must report jobs that are currently late, highlighted pink (because not many joiners want to be in pink). Jobs planned to be completed today are highlighted yellow.

This colour coding is present on all factory

staff screens, all management screens and our 50 inch tv monitors; 8. must back schedule all jobs so milestone dates for each stage of each job are highly visible.

Late jobs turn pink; 9. must schedule the factory team but also provide the option to schedule the preproduction team and any site team involved, to provide company wide job scheduling; 10. must be viewable on 50 inch TV monitors in the centre of the office and factory floor.

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improvements and updates are released automatically via the Cloud system as often as every two weeks. I am getting great feedback as to how well it is working from the clients with whom I consult and I am finding it a very effective and essential production management tool.

Go to www. empowersoftware.biz to read about client success with the tool. The existing joinery clients success with the software confirm that you could expect to increase your factory productivity and weekly factory output by 20% to 40%+ within approximately six weeks.

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to medium sized joiners to schedule jobs and simple to use; 2. quick and easy to set up initially and have operating; 3. schedule, once completed, is available live to management and factory staff to see the updated schedule; 4. updates to the job schedule are available to the pre production team, factory staff team and any site team in all Empower screens and in the form of email updates; 5. colour coding of ‘pink’ and ‘yellow’ jobs clearly shows late jobs and jobs needing to be finished today to keep all jobs on track; 6. factory downtime reduces significantly, generating higher

production hours daily and higher factory productivity; 7. the number of our jobs completed on time as agreed with clients has increased substantially (delivered in full on time – DIFOT); 8. the number of materials orders forgotten about and ordered late, which typically had additional freight costs and held up jobs, has reduced significantly; 9. factory staff log onto the priority jobs assigned to them (not the jobs they personally wish to do first); 10. allows one person in each company to schedule (and stops two or several people having their way and changing the schedule);

11. the licence is a low weekly cost, for such a huge benefit.

During September, October and November 2016, Empower Software will make the software available to you for a 30 day trial, at no charge.

If you are serious about taking the next step in improving your business, I welcome demonstrating the software to you using Teamviewer and phone conference no charge, which usually takes about 15 minutes I set up Empower Job Scheduling on small to medium sized joinery sites and have it working well in four to five hours.

Empower Software subsidises my wage rate so it costs you only $50 an hour. My assistance is available to existing Empower clients, new Empower clients and prospective Empower clients. I guarantee you that I will get Empower Job Scheduling working well in your business. I provide this guarantee with confidence because I have implemented the system with 100% success on joinery sites to date. I also guarantee to achieve significant increases in your factory productivity based on many years and many engineering clients success in substantially increasing their factory productivity.

Please feel free to phone me to discuss your business and the system, to receive information or for a brief Teamviewer demonstration.

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Equipment finance Interest rates and security – what does it all mean? By Michael Ryan.

Don’t be fooled by advertising suggesting interest rates “from xx%”.

Sure, it may be possible for some Fortune 500 company to acquire money at that price, and it is certainly looks like a shiny lure. However, you need to compare apples with apples.

When looking at finance alternatives ensure you are comparing the same amount financed, term, and residual values or balloon payment in dollar terms. Look at the monthly repayment and make sure it relates to the interest rate quoted.

Interest rates quoted “from xx%” usually relate to short term funding (with high residuals/balloons). The longer the financing term for equipment purchases, the higher the applicable interest rate. The difference between a one-year term and a fiveyear term can be up to 1.5% depending on the economic climate.

Different finance products usually attract different risk weighted rates, calculated by financial institutions based upon such indices as: • security; • net worth of borrower; • profitability; • inherent equipment values; • net worth of guarantor; • understanding of industry to which they are lending; • statistical experience to that industry.

(Please note that this list is not exhaustive.)

Woodworking companies often complain that when banks arrange financing for capital equipment they fail to take into consideration the value of the equipment to be financed. Many of these woodworking companies remain with their banks despite the fact that a substantial percentage of the approvals

are not competitive in cost, structure, or security required.

In today’s commercial environment, capital equipment finance facilities are best done on an unsecured basis (ie, the security for the loan simply being the machinery itself) with the guarantee of the company principals. In many cases, financing is done without company principals clearly understanding the “all monies” or “cross collateralisation” clauses within the loan documents.

Simply put, “cross collateralisation” deeds mean that all debt is secured by all security held.

Double securing is fine if the company does not require its bricks and mortar assets for other purposes. However, in the current economic climate, many companies expect significant growth in the next four years, and should save that bricks and mortar

security for more appropriate requirements, such as: • increased overdraft facilities; • property funding; • other cash generating requirements.

Woodworking companies may be better off placing capital equipment finance requirements with another bank, finance company, or an independent broking firm, which does all necessary leg work to obtain competitive finance approval.

In 2016, financiers, banks and brokers who do not understand that finance is a service industry are very badly out of touch. Borrowing money is just another cost to a business, and must be accessed as inexpensively and efficiently as possible, with a minimum number of constraints and controls. ● Michael is a Senior Business and Equipment Finance Broker at Finlease michael@finlease.com.au

Exploring opportunities

By Philip Ashley The number of Australian furniture and cabinet makers that run a homeware sideline is increasing. A carpet store in Wangaratta bought the shop next door and turned it into a homeware store. It’s a good source of income and in difficult times the extra business keeps them busy.

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The possibilities suit both furniture makers and cabinet makers alike.

The theory is that if you have the customer in your office or showroom; why let them leave without the possibility of selling something else? If it’s bedroom furniture you have

hangers; storage accessories and bedside lamps. For lounge furniture you have lighting; small tables; mats and many other products.

For kitchens you have storage solutions; clever and innovative kitchen utensils and maybe even small appliances.

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pretty interesting things at this fair. For a manufacturer involved in the furnishing industry there’s a wealth of new ideas. People want to do business with you, it opens up a whole new world of business opportunities; it’s very exciting”.

So, if you’ve sold your customer a kitchen you already have their attention.

Your new business model would be to retain them as a valued customer, offering services other manufacturers don’t. These services would be a range of products that you alone could supply and that were selected with your manufacturing base in mind.

Small appliances are becoming very popular, a trend driven by health conscious consumers and fuelled by reality TV cooking

shows. Bench-top ovens are also becoming popular as people struggle with a busy lifestyle and less time. A Sous Vide cooker retains all of the food flavours. A smart frying pan sends notifications to your phone. A Bluetooth speaker will play your music and let you answer the phone with voice-activated commands.

If a carpet store in Wangaratta can make money

selling knick-knacks for the living room, you should be able to sell small appliances with your kitchen.

There are many good Asian trade shows but the Hong Kong Houseware Fair is one of the best for a wide range of products. For example, OMMO produces products with a Scandinavian design influence. They are cleverly designed with both Eastern

"... if you’ve sold your customer a kitchen you already have their attention. Your new business model would be to retain them as a valued customer, offering services other manufacturers don’t. These services would be a range of products that you alone could supply and that were selected with your manufacturing base in mind."

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and Western influences combined into a more global product. Their chip and dip serving collection is called Hoop and cleverly combines several serving solutions that can be mixed and matched.

OMMO products are designed by Sweden’s Shane Schneck and Italy’s Andrea Ponti so it’s definitely worldclass design. Another product is the Steamer from Jiaplus.

One of the most iconic and essential cooking techniques from China, the set allows steaming, poaching and stewing at the same time.

As Rodney said, “These people are not tied down by convention” and as a manufacturer, neither should you.

The next Hong Kong Houseware Fair will be held 20 to 23 April 2017. ●

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Interview with Homag CEO Pekka Paasivaara The Homag Group is undergoing the biggest change in its history after the Dürr Group acquired a majority shareholding in the company. These changes will turn this leading woodworking machinery company into a powerful, industrial, global corporation.

The German magazine möbelfertigung spoke exclusively to new Homag CEO Pekka Paasivaara in December 2015 about the restructuring process. Excerpts from that interview are presented by Supplier with permission from möbelfertigung and Homag. möbelfertigung: Mr. Paasivaara, on June 15 you became CEO of Homag Group AG. What has been your experience of the woodworking industry so far?

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the Homag Group. There is a lot happening at the moment. Around the world, furniture customers are thinking about how they can make their production processes more efficient.

They are also thinking about what their product range will be like in the future because the general trend is toward flexible furniture design.

And I don't mean just the very big companies; smaller businesses are also interested in automation solutions. möbelfertigung: What does transformation (of Homag) mean to you?

Pekka Paasivaara: The Homag Group is without doubt a very successful global company. It is a market leader and a leader in technology. Nevertheless, in a lot of cases, the structures are those of a medium-sized company that has grown organically.

It is very German and has a collection of individual companies that are brought together under one umbrella.

To ensure continued success, it has to become an industrial, international technology corporation.

Each individual company in the group acting with relative independence may have worked in the past, but with a predicted turnover of one billion euro for 2015, and an annual production of around 8000 to 9000 machines, that set-up no longer works.

We have to integrate to get a group that works even more effectively and that, instead of looking out into the

world from Germany alone, feels at home in all regions of the world, with everything that involves: value creation, engineering, and sales and service expertise. möbelfertigung: In brief, what benefits will this transformation bring?

Pekka Paasivaara: With this transformation, we are combining our forces.

This will allow us to be even stronger and more agile on the market. And thanks to more efficient processes, we will also be more customeroriented. For example, our customers will have a dedicated contact person from the Homag Group who will give them support for all the machines they are using. This will also allow us to achieve shorter response times and faster processing times so that we can provide even more customised and in-depth advice and services. möbelfertigung: But changes also fuel fears because employees are worried about their jobs …

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lot of employees and that is why completely open dialogue is so important. I can only say very generally that the employees have a very positive attitude and recognise that the changes mean that the Homag Group is moving forward. möbelfertigung: The rumor was that by acquiring its stakeholding in the company, Dürr was completing a process of integration with Homag.

Have we drawn a line under that now?

Pekka Paasivaara: Complete integration into the Dürr Group was never planned. It wouldn't make sense either because the market, the products and the customers really are completely different. The intention is definitely that the HOMAG Group will maintain its independence.

Dürr mainly does business with around 50 customers in the automotive industry; HOMAG has 100,000 customers. möbelfertigung: Under "One Homag", the company is being organised into new business units. How far have you got with these plans?

Pekka Paasivaara: We will have completed the reorganisation by the end of the year (2015). Of course, there is still a lot to do in terms of daily business,

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such as adjusting processes and systems and regulating responsibilities for operational procedures. But we're going in the right direction. möbelfertigung: Are there any consequences for the individual (manufacturing) locations?

Pekka Paasivaara: We will specialise at some locations in a specific field by increasingly producing certain machine types or technologies at those locations. möbelfertigung: What will be the investment focus, and what does that mean for the German locations?

Pekka Paasivaara: We will invest in production in North America, China and India. It just does not make sense to ship heavy machines around the world for small margins. However, that does not mean that we will reduce production in Germany.

We will also be retaining expertise in Germany in the future, particularly with regard to complex systems. möbelfertigung: How are customers responding to the new business units?

Pekka Paasivaara: One of the aims of the reorganisation process is to be perceived more as one company in the future.

We will also improve our ability to offer complete solutions from one source,

so that the customer only has one contact person. I have spoken to a lot of customers — they do understand that "One Homag" will make it easier for us to work together. möbelfertigung: Let's talk about the current figures.

How will the Homag Group stand at the end of 2015?

Pekka Paasivaara: We can be very happy with this fiscal year. We will probably achieve double-digit growth in sales, meaning we will hit the one billion sales mark at least, for the first time in the company's history. At the beginning of 2015, it wasn't possible to make a clear forecast of this result.

That's why we didn't change our forecast until just after the results for the first three quarters had been made available. möbelfertigung: Is the high level of incoming orders having an effect on delivery times?

Pekka Paasivaara: Yes, unfortunately. There isn't really a problem with small machines, but for large systems the high level of incoming orders has led to a slight delay in delivery times. But the delay is not dramatic, and we have already initiated appropriate measures. möbelfertigung: Why was 2015 such a successful year?

Pekka Paasivaara: Ligna certainly had an impact, although the trade fair tends to set long-term trends rather than cause any significant short-term peak in sales. But as a leading trade fair, it should not be underestimated. And we have also seen positive developments in individual markets. The market in North America is experiencing strong growth and we are also doing well in Asia. möbelfertigung: Are there any disappointing markets?

Pekka Paasivaara: Russia is still proving to be difficult. We have a lot of interested parties in Russia, as is evident from the recent in-house trade fairs. But we are only getting a few projects off the ground.

That's no reason for us to withdraw, however. We are maintaining all of our contacts and the local sales team is still in place. möbelfertigung: Where do you see growth potential in the coming year?

Pekka Paasivaara: The entire Asia-Pacific region is doing well because there is an enormous amount of construction activity going on there. And I'm sure that will continue for some time. We see growth opportunities in China in particular.

The Middle East could also develop well. We see potential in Iran, for example, if sanctions are eased there.

We also see opportunities for further growth in North America, particularly because we have very strong, blanket coverage there, with a lot of regional offices across the entire continent. möbelfertigung: Do you also see growth potential for 62 specific products?

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61 Pekka Paasivaara: There is actually potential everywhere due to the further development of the machines. No one machine stands out. However, the product portfolio will change slightly and that will also produce growth. We want to reduce the range slightly and remove one or two "exotic" items. We want to concentrate on what the customer really needs. In parallel, we want to expand the intelligent module systems further in order to offer more individualised customer solutions and to produce them more efficiently. möbelfertigung: There have been very recent developments in the direct competitive environment of the Homag Group. How do you assess the new situation with Schelling and Ima coming under one umbrella?

Pekka Paasivaara: Both companies have worked together for a number of years, and in that respect, there are no major changes for us in terms of competitors and their market presence at first glance. But of course we are keeping an eye on the situation. We take a healthy view of it: competition is a good stimulus. And the Homag Group must also develop further to ensure continued success in the future. möbelfertigung: Industry 4.0 was a hot topic at Ligna and one that the Homag Group took up particularly well. What are the next steps in this area and what are the greatest challenges?

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flow is often fragmented and not completely continuous from the POS to production, logistics and delivery. To some extent, this is because a process often involves multiple parties with different systems. Despite the high level of complexity, we need a high level of transparency, with the prerequisite that these types of complex systems and solutions remain manageable. möbelfertigung: Can these challenges be met by a single company or do you perhaps need another level at which solutions can be created together with other industry players?

Pekka Paasivaara: I am sure that we will not be able to do it alone and we are not trying to, since this is an industry issue and not a Homag issue. We have been participating in relevant forums for some time now, to develop general standards, for example. At the same time, the Homag Group is bringing its expertise and experience into government research projects extensively. möbelfertigung: Is Industry 4.0 more a German issue, or are your big customers around the world looking at it as well?

Pekka Paasivaara: We are involved in dialogue with customers around the world about Industry 4.0.

The users in our industry in the German-speaking region and in Europe are of course one step ahead. But in America too, companies are very agile, for example.

In comparison, the interest in other regions is low so far. But I am certain that will change. möbelfertigung: Mr. Paasivaara, thank you for your time. ●

Flexibility with budget in mind Since its introduction into the SCM range, the Pratix S Series has continually delivered high end solutions with a low end investment. The range of options for these machines has recently been expanded to offer more flexibility with budget in mind. This also means that the machines can now be easily adapted to a wider range of industries due the various types of materials it can process.

Customisable nesting technology The Pratix S offers high productivity with limited costs. The machine is available to accommodate all common sheet sizes from 2400 x 1200 to 3600 x 1800 beds. An ideal solution for customers who are looking for the maximum output with minimum labour costs is a nesting cell that can run effectively with one operator. The Pratix S range offers this with a variety of solutions including: • auto-loading with lift table and automatic aligning device; • unloading conveyor belt to further increase speed; • automatic or manual label printing stations for faster identification of parts and assembly.

Safe and Compact Protection The Pratix S is ideal for companies with limited space. The range offers a reduced footprint as it does not require safety mats or light sensor barriers. The machine has the unique, SCM designed Pro-Space system, whereby the safety protections are mounted directly on the mobile gantry. This also means you have free access to the rear of the machine.

Designed to save The exclusive design of the HE work table has been devised from careful studies and testing to achieve the maximum level of workpiece hold down without having to resort to several high-power vacuum pumps. This system works exceptionally well on smaller pieces, which have traditionally been a problem on other nesting machines.

No workflow limitations Because of the Pro-Space system and the modular capability of machine, the Pratix S range can be installed into almost any tight space with either rightward or leftward orientation, allowing it to fit into your factory’s existing workflow.

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Gabbett Machinery now SCM Group Australia Gabbett Machinery has been supplying the SCM brand for 20 years. During that time the relationship has become strong enough that some machinery is designed specifically with Australian customers in mind. Gabbett and SCM have invested heavily in Australian manufacturing so it comes with only a little surprise that the two have finally come together. Supplier’s Phil Ashley caught up with Andrea Aureli, CEO SCM; Lee Gabbett, Managing Director (Australia) and Marco Rampichini, Regional Manager on the occasion of the launch of SCM Group Australia at AWISA 2016.

Luigi De Vito, SCM Group Woodworking Machinery Division Director said: “The group can now consolidate and boost our market share in this country. We have achieved deep market penetration selling classic machines and technological solutions to joinery shops and cabinet makers and we now wish to expand our operations by offering the Australian woodworking industry our entire range of solutions, including our exclusive CMS machinery range for processing wood, plastic, glass, stone and advanced materials.”

For the SCM Group the incorporation of their Australian distributor is a natural consolidation of the fruitful collaboration with the Gabbett family. Thanks to this partnership, SCM Group Australia can rely on an extremely widespread territorial presence, with offices in five locations – Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth; and a staff of 55 professionals.

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machines every year. Unlike some other suppliers, SCM can supply the complete range of equipment from a bandsaw to a complete turnkey production line.

SCM’s customers read like a Who’s Who of the greatest manufacturers in the world so experience and global expertise is guaranteed.

“The Australian market offers a significant growth potential, if we consider that in 2015 our woodworking machinery division had a +60% annual growth in the AsiaPacific region. With our new branch and consequent expansion, we plan to bolster our operations and increase our growth,” said Luigi De Vito.

“Australian companies are looking for solutions with automated and highly flexible cell systems, which we can easily provide offering a wide range of competitive products,” he concluded.

All SCM machines are made entirely in Italy in one of seven factories, each one producing a specific range of equipment. SCM has its own foundry and makes its own spindles. They have

their own independentlyaccredited testing facility, making SCM one of the top developers and producers of woodworking machinery in the world.

Most mature wood workers will remember the L’Invincible brand of static machines produced by SCM. Many are still in use today, testament to the strength of both the machine and the SCM group. With the incorporation of the Gabbett Machinery distributor into

the group, SCM will be in a position to increase stocks and spare parts supply and improve its service, one of the key elements that have established the Group's reputation. An extensive training program will ensure that every customer is provided with the most competent assistance in a timely manner.

SCM Group Australia will be headed by Barry Gabbett, President, and Lee Gabbett, Managing Director. ●

Phil Ashley caught up with Andrea Aureli, CEO SCM; Lee Gabbett, Managing Director (SCM Australia) and Marco Rampichini, SCM Regional Manager.

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Biesse giving back to Australia At AWISA in Melbourne, Biesse announced the establishment of a new building in Western Sydney spanning 5,000 m2. The complex is not just another showroom; it’s a new facility designed with the customer in mind. Called the Biesse Campus, it follows closely after the opening of the first Biesse Campus in North Carolina (USA).

Australian CEO Luke Tenaglia said: “Our intention is that the complex will represent a 360° experience where our customers can get to know Biesse and Intermac innovation first-hand, witnessing with their own eyes how our

technological solutions can increase efficiency and competitiveness”.

Federico Broccoli is the sales and subsidiaries division director for Biesse and with Luke was on hand at AWISA to open the Biesse exhibit and announce the new facility. Federico told Supplier magazine’s Phil Ashley: “This project gives something back to the industry in Australia that has given so much to us at Biesse.

“In the 1980s, the two strongest overseas markets for Biesse were the USA and Australia. We never forget what came before and we never forget our customers.

Philip Ashley with Federico Broccoli.

When I have a meeting I always leave an empty seat reserved for the most important person in the room; our customer, even if he cannot join us.”

The new campus is designed to host custom demonstrations; in-house events like the popular Inside Biesse workshops, educational and training events. Federico went on to say that: “Biesse was the first European machinery manufacturer to open a subsidiary here. We are pleased to say that our customer loyalty now sits at over 90% and our market share stands at over 60%”.

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The announcement comes in a year of records for Biesse. Worldwide, a net sales increase of 22% has been achieved and in Melbourne, $9.5 million of orders were taken, confirming Biesse as a leading supplier of woodworking machines in Australia. Biesse’s success lies in the group’s ability to offer technically advanced, flexible solutions for a wide range of customers. Federico said “Customers want more than a good price; they want service and now Biesse will give back something to Australia to thank them for their early support”. ●

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Why cartridge filters are not suitable for wood dust The first in a series of articles on dust extraction by Airtight Solutions.

A quality dust collector is a critical piece of equipment in your manufacturing process.

When performing well it allows your machines to achieve maximum production rates, quality of finishes, long tool life, clean work environment and low running cost.

Increasingly, Airtight is being asked for assistance from owners of cartridge filters who want the cartridge filter to work better on wood dust.

The solution we are usually forced to put forward is “Cut your losses and start again”.

The blocking mechanism Wood dust is usually a mixture of fine particles and of bulky material. The mechanism that blocks the filter is the bulky particles that wedge into the pleats and prevent the fine dust from being dislodged. The fine dust packs in ever more tightly thus restricting the airflow, causing rapid and dramatic performance drop.

This blocking mechanism also adds to the negative effect of high approach velocity. Approach velocity is the speed at which the dust laden air approaches the filters.

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cartridge filter being packed together so tightly and the blockages caused by the bulky particles, means the velocity of the entering air does not slow down sufficiently. This causes the filters to block faster and means they can’t clean down as the high velocity is forcing the dust laden air on the filters.

One of the key signs you are dealing with an incorrectly sized dust collector is when you look at it and the ducting is almost as big as the dust collector!

The airflow Airtight has audited some 21 cartridge filter systems operating on wood dust in the last 12 months. In all cases the extraction airflow was 3545% of what the extraction system was rated to do. It is not a good deal when you get less than 50% of what you paid for.

The fix Really, there is no effective fix. We can make your cartridge filter work better.

This may involve changes to the cabinet/hopper, it may involve larger pulse valves/ air reservoir – there will be improved performance but it will still be sub-standard and costly to run.

The solution Don’t purchase a cartridge filter for your wood dust application. Make sure to apply the right technology to the right application – ‘one size does NOT fit all’.

About Airtight Solutions As a member of APCEMA, Airtight Solutions actively participates in educating and developing the industry.

Airtight Solutions is a leading supplier of air pollution control systems and filtration solutions

across a variety of industries.

It combines with its own engineering expertise, the experience of internationally recognised suppliers, to provide our clients with effective, well designed solutions of unmatched performance and reliability.

Airtight produces a series of technical articles and educational videos on correct dust control design, technology and technology application. Follow our four part series of technical articles on the dust control industry here in the Supplier Magazine and online on www.elitepublishing.com.au or www.airtight.com.au.

Disclaimer Airtight sell cartridge filters, pulsejet filters and reverse air filters. We do not sell cartridge filters for wood dust applications. ●

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Setting new standards Wood is cut and shaped on machines by rotating tools held in precision chucks and turned by spindles running at high speeds.

Modern machines work long hours to exacting tolerances to achieve the output and quality needs of modern manufacturing.

A breakdown isn’t just an inconvenience but can also be a major expense. In the past, a spindle breakdown out of warranty was solved with the purchase of a replacement motor that was expensive and, for an older machine, difficult to get.

HM Precision Grinding (HMPG) has been operating as a specialist precision grinding business since 1964. Since 2000, the company has been repairing and building spindles to sub-micron tolerances whith the establishment of a class-3 accredited clean room with all the equipment to conduct machine tool spindle assembly repair.

HMPG has not been well known to the woodworking sector but this is about to change following HMPG presence, for the first time, at AWISA in Melbourne.

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to solve all their spindle problems.

HMPG has a depth of experience that ensures they know exactly what they are doing. Providing repair work for the highdemand needs of General Motors and Boeing in Australia, HMPG knows what it takes to turn around a repair in the shortest time possible. Their knowledge base means that the spindle in your machine, be it Biesse, Homag, SCM or anyone else’s for that matter, is well-known to them and the repair can be carried out to the same or better tolerances than the original. They also repair drilling heads and aggregates and all their products are tested, balanced and come with a warranty.

HMPG is at the top of its game and is in demand by companies wishing to push the envelope of spindle design. Hundreds of thousands of dollars are allocated to research; the same value in bearings is also kept in stock. Specialist tools are required to disassemble a spindle and each brand needs a different set. HMPG has all the tools in stock, often costing around $12,000 a set – an example of the commitment to quality service and short turn-arounds.

Steven Herbing may be the Managing Director of HMPG but you will usually find him in the

workshop where a range of top quality equipment is used for not only spindle repairs but a full range of grinding services. Steve started working in his father’s grinding shop at an early age “making shiny things” and that passion exists to this day. HMPG

is contactable, friendly, knowledgeable, informative and has been doing woodworking spindles for the last ten years. They saved General Motors “millions of dollars” (written testimonial) and are ready to do the same for the woodworking industry.●

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“…good dust collection systems make tools perform better and last longer. The faster the chip is sucked up the vent pipe, the longer the tool will last and the better the finish cut quality will be.”

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Dust collection and tool performance Dust collection is one of the processes in machining wood that, once installed, is often taken for granted. The principle reason for dust collection is to maintain a clean environment and keep the plant and equipment reasonably free of sawdust. By Max Theobald, Technical Manager, Leitz Tooling Asia Pty Ltd You may ask: what does dust collection have to do with tooling? The short answer: a lot!

From the tooling side, we look at dust collection from a different perspective – namely the effect it has on tool performance.

Simply put, good dust collection systems make tools perform better and last longer. The faster the chip is sucked up the vent pipe, the longer the tool will last and the better the finish cut quality will be. Sometimes, when this is brought up in the field, we get the "whatplanet-are-you-from?" look.

But the fact is that proper dust extraction can result in a 50% increase in tool life.

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woodworking and plastics industry, has put significant R&D resources and engineering efforts on the development of DFC (dust flow control) tools. DFC tools enhance and support the dust extraction directing the flow of dust away from the cutting edges and vital machine parts, improving tool life time, machine wear and product quality. DFC tools have made it possible to eliminate problems with wear of vital machine parts when cutting highly abrasive materials. For instance laminate flooring, which is covered with an aluminium oxide overlay, always caused problems with wear of the extraction hoods, the pressure shoes and the transport chains.

The chips and dust created

when cutting laminate flooring are extremely abrasive. The effects of improper chip removal are comparable to sand blasting (refer to Pictures 1 / 2 / 3).

The long term damage done is very costly, causing chain wear and, ultimately, machine break-down.

With Leitz DFC hoggers this problem has been eliminated.

Unfortunately the effects of poor dust extraction are often underestimated.

In routing applications, for example, every time the chip contacts the router bit – and on a two flute bit running at 18,000 rpm, it could be as often as 600

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3. Bottom pressure shoe

times per second – the wood acids, abrasive glue and lamination materials cause friction, which wears down the sharpness of the cutting edges unnecessarily.

Plus, the longer the chips are in the cut the bigger the chance of pitch build-up on the back of the cutting edge (refer to Picture 4). This reduces back clearance causing increased friction heat, prematurely dulling your tool and leaving an unsatisfactory cutting result.

The problem is most apparent when routing through a board. When you are cutting in a 180º arc you are producing more chips that have no place to go but in the gullet up or behind the cut, which tends to plug up quickly if the suction isn't strong enough. This is a

complete waste of a good tool. When you are sizing or shaping only along the outer edges of a panel, obviously you produce less waste because you may be cutting on as little as a 15º - 22.5 arc (refer to Picture 5). Though the chip is more easily thrown out of the cut, you still want the sawdust removed as quickly as possible.

The exact same results occur when sawing, particularly in enclosed or hooded environments. Pitch build-up on saw blades is one of the principal causes of friction that reduces blade life, and the rate of pitch build-up is directly related to the rate of chip removal. In extreme cases excessive pitch build-up on the tooth clearances may cause the saw blade 5. Cracked saw blade

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body to crack, ultimately destroying the tool (refer to Picture 6).

The changes in materials, machinery and procedures that have taken place in the woodworking industry in the last four decades have been enormous. In many cases these changes have exceeded the upgrading of the dust removal systems.

Feed rates are constantly being increased. For example, the feed rates achievable with spiral router bits produce much more waste, faster. However, more often than not the rate of dust collection is not considered when the rate of feed is increased.

The most obvious example of changing materials is the increased use of particle board and MDF. Machining these materials produces much smaller, denser chips than the larger and lighter chips created by most solid wood cutting/shaping, requiring more volume of air flow at the pick-up point. Adding to this is the fact that due to the high glue content these chips are much more abrasive to your tools than

solid wood chips, further reducing tool life.

One of the biggest problems with dust collection systems is that, after the original system is installed, new machines are added and/or moved, and the "add-on" pipes are not installed properly or in the proper place in the system.

This adversely affects the performance of the system throughout the line. Another common oversight is the lack of, or improper use of, blast gates. Often there is as much clean air drawn through the system from non-operating machines with wide open or missing blast gates as there is dust laden air. The result is a further reduction of pick-up where it is most needed – away from the revolving tool!

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The Biesse Group's Intermac Master 33

Processing alternate materials The five axis ABB Robot exhibited by CDK Stone

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Processing glass and stone was once the realm of specialist fabricators but, with the advent of easy-touse CNC machines, many manufacturers are looking to go it alone.

If you already have a CNC woodworking machine you are most of the way to understanding what makes it all tick. Some learning on the tooling and material-specific software and you could be ready to go. At AWISA 2016 there were a number of leading glass, stone and plastic processing machines on display and we take a brief look at them here.

• The Biesse Group presented its biggest selling stone processing machine in Australia – the Intermac Master 33 three axes workcentre. The Master 33 was designed to eliminate static and dynamic torque to improve stability and accuracy. The 14-station

rotating tool holder can be loaded while the machine is working.

The Donatoni JET 625 is a new product from the Biesse Group. This five axis bridge saw is capable of cutting any stone or similar product into any shape. The intelligent management system allows the optimising of several pieces from the same slab for quality and minimises waste.

And finally, the Rover Plast J, a relative newcomer to the Biesse range is for processing expanded and compact plastic materials, composites and cardboards with oscillating and tangential knife devices and camera recognition of the components to be cut.

• Breton exhibited its Smart Cut SNC 550 Optima bridge saw. The machine is equipped with a hydraulic tilting table and rotating head to perform multiple machining operations such as

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Breton Smart Cut CNC 550 Optima bridge saw

cutting slabs, shaping, drilling and engraving. A vacuum manipulator moves the sawn pieces during the cutting cycle without any human intervention. Touch-probe measurement of the slab and digital photo capability to optimise the slab for cutting is also included. The user interface is a touch screen colour monitor that allows the programmer to manipulate the finished products on the photo of the slab by fingertip.

Not at the show but available through Breton are CNC workcentres, Levibreton polishing machines, diamond wire cutting equipment and waterjet cutting machines.

• CDK Stone exhibited a range of machinery and tools for the production of stone bench tops as well as the exclusive Neolith sintered compact surfaces that feature a wide range of contemporary colours as well as natural stone designs.

Machines on display included a fully automated CNC saw from Gmm

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(Italy), which has a vacuum manipulator to move the sawn pieces during the cutting cycle. The thickness of the stone slab and tool wear are automatically measured to ensure perfectly metered cuts.

For the first time at an Australian trade show CDK Stone exhibited a five axis ABB Robot from T&D Robotics (Italy) that can perform multiple functions including cutting with a saw blade, water jet cutting, shaping, profiling and engraving as well as load and unload with a vacuum manipulator. This machine represents the latest in cutting edge technology in the stone industry and is gaining rapid interest from producers of kitchen benchtops.

• Denver is the brand recently welcomed into the Wood Tech Group. At AWISA a CNC machining centre and bridge saw were on display to launch the brand into Australia. Denver stone and glass processing machines are made in San Marino and have a 30-year history.

Multicam's Vision System

The company produces no less than 16 different models including CNC workcentres, bridge saws, block cutting machines and waterjet machines.

• Multicam is proficient in a wide range of different materials such as cardboard, acrylics, thermoplastics, vinyls and foams. The machinery used for different products are similar and in some cases exactly the same as for wood processing. Specialist tools, machine tables and

fixtures may be necessary and software designed for the product is available.

One instance of Multicam’s technical expertise is the Vision System for largeformat print and cut signage applications. The printed material is used to locate the parts to be printed and even find and correct distortions in the printed image. Multicam also supplies oscillating and tangential knife cutting machines for cardboards and foam boards. ●

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How to make the cut For well over 50 years, the SCM Group has been producing its range of thicknessers, surfacers and combination machines with a reputation for quality design and engineering. From the ground up, the machines are practical, reliable and solid. They are engineered to perform all day, everyday.

So how do you improve upon perfection? Tooling is the answer.

Tooling has been the largest focus on traditional machines in recent times. In association with the world’s leading manufacturers of tooling, the SCM group has developed unique solutions for its range of planing machines. The flexibility of the options available means you can customise the machines with working systems that fit the work you need to do.

The SCM planing machines have three available systems.

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• The first is the traditional system utilising a 120mm diameter cutter block with four knives manually set by the operator with the assistance of a setting jig and these knives can be re-sharpened numerous times.

Replacement blades are also readily available through all leading tooling suppliers throughout Australia.

• The second option is the unique Tersa system.

Tersa cutter blocks offer the operator a quick changeover of blades with perfect blade projection with every blade change. It offers a perfectly constant cutting circle due to the locking of the cutter blocks blades by centrifugal force. The knives are reversible and there are various grades of Tersa knife available suited to different species of timber.

Because of the ease of use and set-up, the

majority of machines Gabbett Machinery supplies to the industry are fitted with the Tersa blade system.

• Thirdly, SCM completes its range of cutter blocks with Xylent spiral knife cutter block system. The Xylent system was officially unveiled at the 2015 Ligna exhibition. A departure from the straight knife system, the Xylent uses three rows of a collective of knives that are positioned within close proximity to each other and spiral around the cutter block. Each knife has four cutting edges and can be rotated as one edge dulls. The spiral design of the Xylent system means that the knife will shear the timber rather than cut directly on it.

The benefits of this system include a better quality of cut, reduced noise emission, improved shaving extraction and less working load on the machine motor.

The Xylent system also is available with a maintenance kit to help you get the most out of the cutter block.

All the different options of cutter heads are available throughout the whole SCM Nova, Class & L’Invincibile range of thicknessers, surface planers and combination machines. With the added feature of tooling versatility, the SCM range of planers helps you achieve the finish you need. ●

A load of hot air?

Zero glue line technology is a phrase that is becoming commonplace in our industry.

The last few years have seen some major advances in edgebanding technology, everything from gluing systems to edgetape have been revolutionised to help you achieve the perfect edge.

These advances in edging technology are all aimed at achieving one result – to reduce the visible signs of a join between the edgetape and the panel its being applied to.

There are three main types of zero glue line technology available in our market today – laser, PUR and hot air systems. The hot air system is proving to be very popular – mainly due to its simplicity of design and simplicity of operation.

Economies of scale also come into play here as well.

Machines with hot air edging systems are becoming more economical, and are being designed to suit smaller models of edgebander .

This brings zero glue line technology into reach of the majority of manufacturers.

How does it work?

The hot air system delivers compressed air through a series of heating elements and focusses it onto the reactive layer of the edgetape.

Many machine suppliers are fitting hot air systems to existing models in their machine range. This means the machine has two gluing systems;

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1.the standard EVA glue pot with which we are all familiar; 2. a hot air system, which is selected for specific jobs.

This gives the owner the advantage of having access to the best of both worlds – carcase work and standard edging operations are done using traditional methods and the hot air system is used on the panels that require a zero glue line.

What are the drawbacks?

The edgetape used on hot air systems are specific to this gluing system. Put simply, the edgetape needs the layer either embedded in or applied to the back of the edgetape itself. The hot air system on the edgebander then serves to melt this layer allowing it to stick to the panel.

Manufacturing the edgetape in this way allows for a minimum amount of reactive layer, therefore reducting the line to be barely visible.

Accessibility to the edgetape itself, while originally an issue, is now becoming more commonplace. Most suppliers now hold off-the-shelf stock – though in some cases there are some minimum order quantities that need to be taken into consideration.

Finishing units After the gluing zone, the edgebanding process returns to the standard operation – end cut saws, trimming units and finishing units. However, the importance of the following processes shouldn’t be underestimated.

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but in how well the machine trims, cleans, scrapes and buffs the panel – high quality finishing groups are a must.

Does hot air rise?

With its growing popularity, increasing accessibility to edgetape, and reducing pricing, the hot air edging system is well on its way to becoming commonplace in our market. ●

Making the right choice Running a company on your own is no easy feat. Running a successful company on your own and doubling your turnover in 12 months is an even bigger accomplishment but one that Brady Harris, of Harris Kitchen Joinery, was able to achieve after his first year of operation.

Perfecting his craft throughout his career with a number of wellknown commercial kitchen companies, Brady has quickly become known around the Hawkesbury Region of Sydney for his attention to detail and high level of craftsmanship. The majority of Harris Kitchens & Joinery’s projects are top-end, custom built private homes where the average build cost is well over a million dollars.

Brady’s rise to this level of production was no accident.

“Starting out on my own, I had to make the choice between employing staff or tooling up my factory with the right machines for the job,” said Brady.

With cost, reliability and level of experience becoming major concerns during the hiring process, Brady made the conscious decision to choose machine over manpower and invested in a SCM CNC nesting machine from SCM Group Australia.

“The cost and capabilities of the SCM Pratika 310MF made my decision very easy,” Brady explained.

A versatile nesting machine perfect for a range of joinery

applications, the SCM Pratika is able to size, drill and rout nested panels. “For each new home, I typically design, manufacture and install the kitchen, walk-in pantry, laundry, study and barbecue area. I needed a machine that would to be able to cope with different applications and outputs to be able to deliver the different designs I need for each element,” he explained.

The design process with a new client usually starts with a 3D floorplan; however, the next step in translating the design to a machining output can often be time consuming.

“A major part of my decision to go with the Pratika was that it came out of the box with Xcab Software,” said Brady. “I used to meticulously plan my projects by hand but with Xcab and the Pratika CNC machine I just enter in my cabinets and export the design – it has worked out to an average saving of 25 hours for each job.”

So how has the machine over manpower decision panned out for Harris Kitchens & Joinery?

“It was definitely the right choice for me,” stated Brady. “The hours saved in the design process and the accuracy of the finished panels means that I can guarantee my clients a quality product that is delivered on time, something that is extremely important in the process of building a home.” ●

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