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Sanding
The Roba Profile
Since the MB Profile brush sanders were introduced to the UK market in 2018, John Penny Woodworking Machinery has seen an “amazing” increase in demand, and already has a number of very successful installations across the industry.
MB Maschinenbau is a family business of over 30 years, located in northern Germany at its Herford headquarters. The machines are designed by its owner Ronald Bush, who is supported by his wife and two sons, along with a team of 30 employees.
The need for profile sanding in the UK is increasing, and manual sanding is just not a sensible option, especially with rising labour costs. MB offers a wide range of throughfeed sanding machines for solid wood, MDF, veneerwrapped profiles and lacquer or primer sanding applications.
John Penny Woodworking Machinery can also equip the sanders for specialist product ranges like structured finish and texturing systems with a fast and simple toolchange. This makes for a
very flexible machine for timber claddings and specialist furniture applications.
To ensure the very best quality and life of the sanding paper, MB has one clear and simple philosophy, of putting as much sanding paper as possible in contact with the workpiece. The MB Roba Profile N range starts with sanding heads at 400mm diameter, containing 54 MB Flex sanding strips. Each side of the workpiece is sanded by two of these heads rotating clockwise and counter clockwise. It this way, it ensures that all fibres are sanded in which ever direction they lay. Especially after priming, this principle is a guarantee to achieve smooth surfaces.
Further enhancing the quality of the finish and ensuring the longevity of the sanding paper, each of the heads is equipped with automatic oscillation as standard. The Roba Profile works with cross sections up to 300mm x 100mm, and with a modular sanding aggregate configuration that can be made to suit specific customer requirements.
The profile-sanding ranges from MB work to a fixed right-hand fence so integration to moulding and finishing lines are commonplace, working from speeds of 6-80m/min and above.
Further to the Roba Profile, MB offers an upgraded Roba Belt sanding aggregate for faster feed speeds and heavier sanding requirements. The Roba Belt aggregate offers a greater sanding area of 750 x 300mm, again with oscillation as standard. The head is fitted with 122 sanding strips of the company’s ownmanufactured MB Flex system. The Roba Belt is more than capable in high-speed applications, with more than 80m/min upon request – and in the heaviest sanding demands of hardwood.
All of the MB profile sanding machines are fitted with touchscreen control, making for swift and accurate profile changes. The control panel offers the ability to store and save profile data, and is equipped with a service schedule. The machine will prompt for standard service requirements and customers can schedule sanding paper change times dependent on production based on a built-in metre counter.
All of the sanders are supplied with a full safety enclosure for a dust-free company environment, and doors are interlocked to protect the operators.
All MB machines are supplied with a network connection which links through internet back to MB – in online connection with a service support team offering a help desk that is open for calls between the hours of 7am and 10pm CET, putting MB at the forefront of profile-sanding technology.
For further information, contact John Penny Woodworking Machinery and ask for the company’s profile-sanding expert, Dean Grimbley. 01235 531700 www.mb-maschinenbau.de/en/produkte/ woodworking/
It is no coincidence that Kündig sanders can be found in some of the most successful manufacturing companies around the world, and that every day, many of us will either come into contact or rely on a product that has been through a Kündig sanding machine.
For many furnituremakers, whether producing by volume – for example, five-piece shaker doors – or bespoke pieces commissioned by architects or private commissions, the one common requirement is to achieve the best possible surface finish. This is where Kündig is particularly well known, and is often the first choice of many furnituremakers, which have welcomed the combination of today’s technology and Swiss engineering.
Flying high
F/List manufactures over one fifth of the global market for the interior fit-out of both private and business jets, with projects including the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Established in 1950, F/List has become a go-to company for many of the aircraft manufacturers due to its knowhow when dealing with different materials, which include carbon fibre, foam, and ultra-light honeycomb. Customers include such companies as Bombardier, Pilatus, Boeing and Embraer.
Skiing a-Head
Ever wondered how skis and snowboards are made? Or what gives a professional skier an advantage over their competitor? The answer is Kündig, which produces a series of CNC sanding machines which are used by many of the world’s renowned manufacturers, including Head.
The machines have been a key part of the success of worldchampion skiers, in manufacturing the core of the skis.
These CNC sanders can perfectly shape the inner core, which has been tested and trialled with minute adjustments to the profile and thickness, which in turn controls the flexibility of the ski or snowboard. When competing for world titles or for old at the Olympics, Kündig has been a go-to company to give the best possible opportunity to claim a place on the podium.
Kündig Technic six-head sander
Floored by Kündig
Trumpf is a manufacturer of quality parquet flooring and has a yearly production of around 200,000m2 . When looking at structuring, Trumpf wanted a machine that could offer the same level of accuracy as a wide-belt sander and the same high-quality, consistent finish. Typically, most structuring machines are usually set rather inaccurately and then need regular adjustment when the brushes start to wear. However, as with all industries, products evolve and higher targets are set, and where working to a couple of tenths of a millimetre used to be the norm, today’s standards dictate accuracy within a couple of hundredths of a millimetre. Typically, Kündig’s experience and technical knowhow provided the solution for Trumpf, which states: “Kundig was the only company in Europe that could help us by brushing test samples for us.”
Swiss accuracy
Within the Kündig range are a series of machines under the Kündig Precision moniker. These machines are designed like no other and give sanding accuracy to within one hundredth of a millimeter.
Typically, these machines are used in both the automotive and aviation industries, for sanding raw
Photo courtesy of F/List
veneer for interior car components such as veneered dashboards, door cappings and vanity panels, insulation materials, carbon fibre and cork, to name just a few.
There are even machines used for the calibration of the carbon fibre brakes on commercial aircraft.
High-volume production
Installed at one of the manufacturing plants for a global Swedish furniture manufacturer are several high-speed veneer and UV sanding lines capable of running at speeds up to 60m/min.
These types of machines often run three shifts and are testament to the strength, reliability and consistent quality of finish needed in such a high-production environment.
To conclude, packed into every Kündig machine is the wealth of experience and understanding of every technical aspect to give the best possible surface finish, yet making sure every machine is user friendly and easy to handle. 0845 833 0565 www.kundig.co.uk
Mirka® AIROS
Sanding for industry workers can often be associated with health risks due to being exposed to dust and vibrations. Increasingly, the solution to sanding is automation.
Mirka® AIROS is the rst smart electric sander for industrial robots. Designed by dedicated surface nishing professionals, this automated industrial random orbital sander is easy to integrate and suits the requirements of di erent manufacturing industries.
ROBOTIC SANDING BY MIRKA
For further information, please contact Customer Services on 01908 866100
Abtec is a specialist supplier of abrasives and associated products to the woodworking and other industry sectors. Working with all sizes of businesses and organisations all over the world, the aim of the East Anglian business is to use its expertise to formulate the right abrasive product for each customer, whatever the work challenge.
Founded in 2002, Abtec is a family business, with three generations still working for the company. With offices in Cambridgeshire and Norfolk, Abtec started out very much as a local business, but with the launch of its website and monthly newsletter, the abrasives specialist now operates throughout the UK and now boasts a growing international client base. As a family company, Abtec is quite rightly proud to offer a high level of personal service, commenting that this is something that is central to its ethos.
Working with a diverse customer base ranging from automotive, marine and aerospace companies through to DIY enthusiasts, the agriculture and oil and gas sectors, imbues Abtec with valuable insight and experience, some of which in turn is brought to bear for its woodworking customer base.
This is perhaps what marks the company out from some of its peers – the desire and ability to find the right product specification for that customer to create an optimal result. This is achieved in a simple yet highly effective collaborative manner, whereby Abtec, in conjunction with its supply partners, formulates the ideal abrasive product for customers based on a range of criteria, including:
Efficiency
Producing an abrasive product that achieves the most desirable cost/performance benefits for the customer.
Safety
Advising on the safety benefits of branded regulatory abrasive products. All of Abtec’s abrasive products used on power tools conform to the Organisation for Safety in Abrasives.
Reducing costs
Increased investment in stock helps Abtec keep costs low by providing customer stock arrangements and generous quantity discounts.
Delivery
Abtec offers a wide range of seamless delivery options for customers worldwide, from the small package through to palletised and containerised shipments.
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Abtec prides itself in both its internal staff training and external training for its customers. The external training for the allimportant safe use of abrasives has, over recent years, been expanded to include not only UK and Ireland but customers worldwide.
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One of Abtec’s great strengths is its friendly, knowledgeable staff, evidenced by the fact that the company was a fi nalist in the Cambridgeshire Fenland Business Awards for customer services, and winner of a top business award for export.
As the company states on its website, it sees itself as a global solutions provider and supplier of branded precision abrasive products and training for the woodworking industry. Abtec’s roster of suppliers includes Norton, SIA Abrasives, Hermes, Saint Gobain Abrasives, Tyrolit, Flexovit, Dronco and Abracs – all of which are recognised and trusted brands.
In addition to which, evidencing its collaborative outlook, Abtec can also help create custom-made solutions with a fast turnround for its clients – many of which often see performance gains and a quicker return on investment than imagined – and all this makes a tangible difference for Abtec’s customers, underlining the Cambridgeshire and Norfolk fi rm’s customer-fi rst perspective.
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