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Homag Shows Its Latest Innovations at Ligna

CONTENTS News Recession – Not For Biesse! SCM Group’s Success at Rimini’s Technodomus Exhibition Anderson Stratos Pro – All systems Go For Nesting Minster Joinery Installs SCM 5-Axis Machining Centre Flexibility Reliability and Repeatability from Heian SCM’ UK’s In-House Exhibition Success in New Showroom Facility Daltons Equip New College Faculty North of the Border Flying High with Schelling Homag Shows Its Latest Innovations at Ligna Bürkle Launch Exciting New Product Designs at Ligna Allwood Machinery Install Pressing Line at Shore Laminates Unitech Invests In The Future Gaelite Composite Signs in Better Shape with Striebig Energy –Saving Extraction for Crystal Doors

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SPECIAL FEATURES Nesting CNC Routers & Machining Centres Training What’s New Where To Buy – Edgebanders Ligna Preview Woodwaste Processing Website Directory

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W10 Dates Announced The W10 Working with Wood trade exhibition will be held at the NEC Birmingham 3-6 October 2010. “The event should be well placed to provide the essential showcase for the UK industry as the economy recovers,” said exhibition director John Smith-Bodden. “W10 is a natural focal point for our wood manufacturing visitors to satisfy deferred purchases.” W8 was applauded for the quality of its 10,000 visitors from across the wood manufacturing sector and W10 expects to grow that position. For this reason, and to maintain its identity across the whole wood manufacturing sector, W10 has decided not to co-locate with Interbuild as in 2008. Bookings from WMSA exhibitors will be invited in the autumn of 2009 with sales opening to non-members at the beginning of 2010. For more information: Tel: 01629 530 998

New Technical Executive and Member Advantages at WMSA The Woodworking Machinery Suppliers Association has appointed Geoff Isenman to take over the role of Technical Executive from Tony Kaye who retired on 30 April. Tony joined the association in 1992 and is well known for his extensive knowledge of machinery matters. WMSA will be honouring his long valued service at this years AGM. WMSA members can also look forward to an increased membership support package to help in these more difficult trading conditions. The coming weeks will see the launch of widened business help lines, a new credit management scheme and access to market and financial intelligence.

Steve Bulmer Becomes Managing Director of Biesse UK & Alberto Maestri is Appointed Subsidiaries’ Sales Manager Following his four years experience in Biesse UK as Managing Director, Alberto Maestri is leaving the subsidiary to begin the challenge of leading and coordinating the subsidiaries sales organisation through the application of the Kaizen principles. He takes up his new position in Italy of Subsidiaries’ Sales Manager, starting from the 1st of June 2009. Steve Bulmer, currently Commercial Director, will take over as Managing Director of Biesse Group UK and, having worked very closely with Alberto for the last few years, will ensure continuity in all aspects of the business. “I am personally very sorry to see Alberto leave us”, says Steve, “It has been a huge learning curve for me over the last few years. We have always had a common vision on the direction of the company, but Alberto brought so much in terms of organisation, procedures and team building. He has done a tremendous job in the short time he has been on board under very difficult circumstances. Our only consolation is that he will still be working very closely with us over the coming years. I am privileged to be taking over from him, but at the same time, I have a hint of trepidation, as he has left big shoes to step into”. Alberto adds: “Steve and the Management Team at Biesse Group UK are very clear on their objectives. The worldwide goal of the Biesse organisation is to be considered by our customers, employees and contemporaries as the reference business partner through delivering innovative solutions and support. By constantly monitoring our performance in all departments and by maintaining an attitude of continuous improvement within the organisation, we will keep raising the bar. With Steve and his Team, Biesse and Intermac UK are in good hands.”

For more information: Tel: 01629 530 998

Recession? – What recession! Were the words on many of the exhibitor’s lips at the recent Woodworking Scotland exhibition in Edinburgh. A spokesman for Nelton Exhibitions, the organisers of the event, stated that the vast majority of exhibitors at the event were extremely pleased with the level of interest they enjoyed at the show. Whilst visitor numbers were slightly down, the overall quality of visitors was excellent. Many sales were made and a very high number of good enquiries were received. The fact that so many exhibitors commented that their return from the show was so much higher than at last years W8 exhibition was especially pleasing. For more information: Email: exhibitions@nelton.co.uk

Alberto Maestri (left) passes over the position of Managing Director of Biesse Group UK to Steve Bulmer from 1st June

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Recession? – Not for Biesse! iesse Group UK invited Panel Production to join them along with a party of new and current customers for a visit to the Technodomus exhibition held in Rimini in

March. A party of joiners, shopfitters and furniture manufacturers joined Biesse Group UK for the visit to Technodomus where they had the opportunity to see the whole range of machinery offered by Biesse. The Biesse stand showcased their complete series of woodworking machinery, aimed at providing innovation and personalised solutions. Equipment such as the Rover B machining centre and Rover C edgebanding equipment were in action. Elix, it’s new numerically controlled boring-inserting machine for glue and dowel insertion creating much interest. The panel boring equipment was represented by the Skipper 130, a flexible boring machine requiring no set-up time and FTTR8, a flexible boring machine that unites high productivity

with the capabilities of processing small batches in sequence. The SELCO brand – WNT 750, the new highly technological panel sizing centre was on display. The entry level products of BIESSEARTECH offer the craftsman and small to medium sized businesses a vast range of solutions that may be easily applied to all the phases of panel processing. The Skill 300 for boring and milling was in action as was the Sektor 400 panel sizing machine, the Akron 400 for edgebanding, the Levia 300 sanding machine and the Cosmo furniture assembly machine. The BIESSESAND range of automatic calibrating/sanding machines the prestigious brand that is always in step with the latest requirements in the world of sanding. The Regal 300 model in rollerroller configuration with combined cross unit was on show. The BIESSEEDGE brand showed its Stream B1, a single-sided edgebanding machine aimed at companies that require high

Biesse UK’s visitors on the Biesse stand at the Technodomus exhibition in Rimini

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productivity and automation and which guarantees flexibility due to the use of EVA and PU adhesives. Bre.Ma presented a further innovation in the Vektor range capable of carrying out boring, routing and milling. All Bre.Ma machining centres including the Vektor permits consecutive processing of different panels without the need for manual set-up, allowing the operator to manage loading and unloading without the machine interrupting the production process. Finally, Biesse Group presented significant innovations in the engineering field through the BIESSESYSTEMS brand â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the connection between the clients product and the most efficient way of producing it. The BIESSE CIMTRACK, the 3D process simulator which is used in the analysis of production processes, enables the systems to change the size of the batch, the number of format changes the size of workable panels and the optimisation of processing in real time. Many of the party have purchased Biesse machinery in the past and were adamant that they would be buying again now and in the future, for the simple reason that the purchase of reliable machinery together with a reliable after sales and support service is important especially in the current economic climate. For more information: Tel: 01327 300366 Email: info@biesse.co.uk www.biesse.co.uk

The Elix nc boring and inserting machine The UniWin multi centre for special doors and windows

The AKRON 440 single-sided Edgebander

The Skipper 130 boring machine for different sized panels

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SCM Group’s Success at Rimini’s Technodomus Exhibition his Technodomus Exhibition of Woodworking Technology and Building Components was a four-day event recently held in the new Rimini Exhibition Centre that presented a complete overview of the wood production chain, where every segment of the market was examined. Technodomus was aimed at offering a new platform for producers and suppliers to the industry, as well as a perfect showcase for reaching professional visitors such as designers, engineers, timber suppliers, craftspeople, and door and window manufacturers. For this reason, the SCM Group supported the exhibition with a large stand area to show their latest innovations from a number of their production units. Over 60 machines were exhibited, many of them running on production from SCM, Morbidelli, REM, Stefani, IDM, Gabbiani, DMC, Elmag, Sergiani, Routech, Celaschi and Minimax. SCM showed the following machines:RECORD 132 NT TVN PRISMA, a CNC Machining Centre for the processing of beams, with a component passage of 370 mm. The TVN worktable is fitted with horizontal clamps enabling the fast and precise clamping of the components to be processed. A tool magazine for large diameter saw blades and the standard software of the machine can manage and control the working programs developed by all the best CAD-CAM’s in this sector, automating the

production in a simple and fast way. ACCORD 40, the new CNC Gantry Machining Centre with 4250x2280mm (larger sizes available) multifunction worktable and a 5-axis CNC controlled head unit, suitable for general purpose machining. Perfect for high levels of flexible production such as door machining, staircase processing, nesting, plastic and light alloy machining. It has a mobile portal structure with a component passage of up to 330 mm. A high degree of precision and end product finishing quality levels, even for the largest machining areas of up to a length of 7250mm and a width of 2280mm. High productivity thanks to pendulum machining with free access for the operator to the three sides of the worktable, in a full ergonomic way. Accord 40 can also be integrated into different levels of production with loading and unloading automation enabling it to become a fully automated working cell. SUPERSET NT PLUS Composition 31, the new Automatic Throughfeed Moulder with HSK technology, Mobile 10 touch-screen Electronic Control Unit, PRL arrangement for glazing bead recovery and RP/S work-piece return system. Also, SUPERSET XL, the Automatic Throughfeed Moulder with a composition for working a section of 260x180mm.

A view of the Morbidelli Planet CNC Machining centre at Technodomus

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technodomus exhib review to a wide variety of requirements. A strong machine base and reliable components ensure a long, productive life cycle for the GALAXY 3. The machine is based around the modular FLEXCUT system consisting of mobile units with grippers which can be excluded individually thus making it possible to handle highly complex cutting patterns in very short cycle times. Gabbiani has also redesigned the major components at the heart of this panel saw. The saw carriage, for example, now ensures even greater cutting precision. Carriage movements are even faster thanks to the drive units and the smooth-running recirculating ball screws. The machine bed has a single upright fitted with THK slideways for the blade carriage. This feature is a characteristic of all Gabbiani machines and has been redesigned to support intensive, heavy duty use even on three work shifts. The pusher and pressure units have also been redesigned to ensure smooth movements, precision positioning and optimised sawdust extraction. The PCâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;PLC control system and control interface have been designed to make life easier for the operator. No special expertise is required. The WINCUT interface is very user-friendly. The interactive diagnostic pages make troubleshooting simple and ensure a rapid return to service. The new version of the OTTIMO optimisation program has a new graphic interface, a new algorithm and new parameters with bitmap association. All features designed to make the system quick and easy to use.

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WINDOR 1, the compact and ergonomic Door and Window Machining Centre with HSK interchangeable spindle technology and interpolating axes for mitred tenoning. Windor 1 is ideal for small and medium sized companies requiring high flexibility, the latest technology and quality but with a limited investment. A Tenoning Machine with HSK 85S tool chucks, 11 KW motors, spindle length of 320 mm and also with interpolation for mitred tenons. A Profile Moulder Unit complete with glazing bead recovery and hardware grooving unit thanks to the innovative DUO Unit (3 KW). Morbidelli also showed a wide range of their latest machines including:Author X5.36E is a 5-axes CNC Machining Centre that combines the best flexible performance with maximum productivity. Now fitted with an additional routing unit and a 6 position tool changer, the X5 can change the tool in masked time while the main spindle continues processing, thus reducing to a minimum the overall machining cycle. The positioning of the worktable bars and vacuum cups are fully automated to ensure fast and accurate setting up of the working area between individual jobs. The Planet MX1 is the perfect answer for all manufacturers that are looking for maximum flexibility in machining operations that include drilling, routing and edge banding of single shaped panels. Planet MX1 has a patented system that applies the glue directly to the panel, thus allowing a better spreading of the glue over the panel edge and therefore a superior bond between the panel and the applied tape. GABBIANI presented its new range of single beam panel saws featuring the very latest advances in technology. Gabbianiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highend range aimed at specialist, industrial panel processors who specify perfect quality panel sizing on both single panels and panel packs. Fast cycle times ensure high throughput rates and a high level of customisation ensures that the same machine model can be tailored

For more information: Tel: 01159 770044 Fax: 01159 770946 www.scmgb.co.uk Hi Tech Panel Div: Tel: 0115 9777818 Fax: 0115 9777819 Email: hitechuk@scmgroup.com

A demonstration of the Gabbiani beam saw at Technodomus

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Anderson Stratos Pro All Systems Go For Nesting he advanced nesting capabilities of Anderson Stratos Pro give distributor RW’s machine broad appeal at all shop floor levels. Stratos Pro takes the software and controllability advantages of the Anderson brand, perhaps the world’s leading maker of CNC workcentres, to shop floors both large and small. According to users, Anderson’s advanced software for panels nesting applications gives their Stratos Pro the ability to make a kitchen layout in three to four hours that would have taken five working man days on an old sliding table saw layout. Such an exponential increase in output capability is now providing many more opportunities for designers and fitters to explore new market niches at all levels, whether going direct to the end customer or servicing the needs of independent trade studios on the high street and on through to builders and developers. The helical rack and pinion drive of the Stratos Pro system introduces high level flexibility - work tables can even be extended in the x-axis. This is a very important feature for machining kitchen end panels or the full height panel components of bespoke bedroom or home office layouts. A set of pop-up location pins in the work table of Stratos pro

The Anderson Stratos Pro nesting table with advanced software has the ability to make a kitchen layout in three to four hours

and its grooved HPL phenolic table combine to promote high levels of accuracy in positioning and clamping, both for single panels or for nested component sets. Sixteen vertical plus two-way horizontal spindles for drilling and an automatic 10 position tool changer generates huge flexibility and a high speed software bus can be incorporated to speed and simplify cad-cam programming. Manufacturing nested panel components on the Anderson Stratos Pro, users have discovered a simple answer to questions of maintaining and indeed improving the higher quality standards that today’s marketplace seeks. In addition to providing many smaller makers with opportunities to develop new market niches independently, users have also found RW Machines to be very flexible and reliable in support of this extremely adaptable technology. For more information: Tel: 01869 244 943 www.rwmachines.co.uk

The Anderson Stratos Pro CNC machining centre

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ith an impressive manufacturing facility in Cramlington, near Newcastle, Browns 2000 is one of the UK’s leading suppliers of kitchen, bedroom and bathroom doors and other associated products. With a line-up of 14 - SCM ERGON CNC Machining Centres already installed, more than any other manufacturer in the World, Owner Peter Brown visited the W8 Exhibition at the NEC last November, to discuss with a limited number of potential suppliers, the purchase of 3 more twin-table CNC’s, capable of the high production of nesting doors from a full-size sheet of MDF. Peter Brown comments “I spent two whole days at W8 in detailed discussions with manufacturers of CNC Machining Centres, who were capable of providing me with the very latest nesting technology that was available, as this process was now critical to our increasing production levels of our high quality doors.” “In the end, after careful consideration, I selected, once again, the SCM Group’s CNC machines, placing an Order for 3 – ERGON NT machines fitted with several new features that really impressed me. In discussions with SCM’s Area Sales Manager, Ian McCarthy, he also agreed to sell 2 older CNC’s to make floor space for the new Ergons.” Browns 2000 Production Manager, Richard Jenkins, continues “The first Ergons supplied to us had tables with bars and pods so that door blanks, all cut from an MDF sheet, could be individually machined. Peter Brown then ordered and installed a flat-table machine, fitted with SCM’s high volume vacuum system, so that the Nesting solution could be investigated. All successive machines installed were to this same specification and now about 95 per cent of our total production is nested, with the bar and pod machines used for specials and reworking.” The new Ergon NT machines will have two work tables with dimensions of 2120 x 3120mm each, with a gap between them for easy loading and unloading. High capacity table vacuum of 1000 cubic metres per hour ensures full sheet hold down. Two powerful electro spindles, each 13KW running at 24000 rpm and fitted with 12 plus 24 position automatic tool changers provide the high quality finish demanded. The routing heads can either run together or with the Independent X-axis controls, the heads can therefore operate independently, one per table, effectively providing two separate machines within the one machine. SCM’s new system for the cleaning of any excess dust from the work tables will be included ensuring the expulsion of any dust after a machining cycle before loading another full-size MDF sheet. Syncron Copying Devices will be fitted to each routing head to allow for any inaccuracies in the thickness of the MDF. Browns 2000 have developed their own incoming order system that can transfer Orders received by fax or internet, process them and then send directly to the CNC machines using AlphaCam and AlphaDoor very quickly so that Brown’s customers receive their orders in the shortest possible time.

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Browns 2000 Continues Investing With More CNC’s From SCM

Left: Garry Brown (right) and Richard Jenkins inspecting machined doors on the SCM Ergon Top: Garry Brown (Left) and Richard Jenkins with New Browns 2000 door styles Bottom: SCM Ergon CNC Machining Centres in line at Browns 2000

Sales Director, Garry Brown, Peter’s son, comments “We are really looking forward to the installation of the three new Ergons, as the Nesting process has completely revolutionised our production processes. We are taking an increasing number of orders since the beginning of 2009 due to the demise of some of our competitors. We are currently introducing some new door styles, such as Melbury and Premier in the latest foils, with High Gloss finish continuing to be very successful.” Concluding, Peter Brown states “We have an excellent working relationship with SCM and my production staff can contact them at any time. Although we can normally resolve any problems that arise ourselves, it’s good to know we can contact SCM’s CNC Help Desk in Nottingham, and they can then dial into our machine using Telesolve to solve the problem. We can’t wait for the new Ergons to arrive and be installed, that will make a total of 17 Ergon machines we have in our factory.” For more information: Browns 2000:Tel 01670 590556 Fax 01670 738206 SCM Group UK:Tel. 01159 770044 www.scmgb.co.uk

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Masterwood - support through the recession talian CNC machinery manufacturer Masterwood Spa has confirmed its commitment to the UK woodworking industry by further developing its manufacturing strategy and establishing a new sales and service operation (www.masterwoodgb.com). "We have a long tradition of supplying customers in the UK and Ireland and our commitment to helping companies achieve the best possible production will continue even during these challenging economic times", said Gianluca Ticchi, director of Masterwood Spa. "The sales and service team at Masterwood GB, led by John Cookson, Dave Kennard and Chris Alexander, has long experience and expertise in our machines. With full support from Italy, the new company will be working to build upon our success by maintaining and enhancing the top class support to customers, while also providing expert advice to new customers and new markets on the optimum machinery for their applications and business needs. "In fact, within the next few months we will be organising a visit by a group of UK companies to our factory in Rimini, so that we can demonstrate technology to help them improve their competitiveness through increased productivity and quality and reduced manufacturing costs". Masterwood will launch major new additions to its range of machinery at Ligna in May, including two five-axis CNC machining centres - the Project 4000 for rapid switching between door, window, stair and cabinet production and the Project 5000 dedicated joinery centre, which

can be specified with a 5-axis and 3-axis head working together. "These machines are both born from our refined strategy to specialise in 'bridge type' construction, in order to provide joinery customers with the most robust solution for machining solid wood", said Mr Ticchi. "For the panel processing market, advanced technology will also be shown at Ligna with the debut of the MW2142, designed for optimum large sheet nesting applications. For smaller volume customers we will also show the new Project 310, which brings the increased performance and versatility of large diameter tooling to an 'entry-level' machine with a low cost to the client". Masterwood says it will also soon be announcing new developments in software for its range of machines - including a unique application of parametric programming. For more information: www.masterwoodgb.com

The Project 4005 CNC machining centre from Masterwood

Homag Supply Nesting CNC to Ben Dawson omag have supplied leading Scottish interior furniture designers and Castle Donington HQ for training and subsequently had on-site training from Deral manufacturing specialists, Ben Dawson Furniture with advanced CNC technical staff. production technology in the form of a Weeke Vantage 34M. The Weeke Vantage 34L is a flat bed configuration so that components can be The special machine designed for nesting-based production was bought from processed on a nesting basis as well as accepting vacuum pods for machining larger, Homag UK’s Scottish agents Deral who worked closely with Ben Dawson on the more complex components. specification of the machine. Ben Dawson say that the machine has surpassed their expectations and that, Based at Musselburgh near Edinburgh, Ben Dawson as the operators become more familiar with its capabilities, the Weeke is taking Furniture was established in 1983 to supply high on more and more work within the factory and leading to increased efficiency. quality bespoke furniture products for Deral’s Brian Johnston worked closely with Ben Dawson on the architectural interiors. The company’s specification of the machine to ensure it met acute attention to detail and a very high their exacting requirements. Ben Dawson say level of craftsmanship quickly brought that an important part of the investment decision them to the attention of leading architects was the presence of Deral technical support in and interior designers and today Ben Dawson supply some of Scotland and the wider back-up of Homag UK’s the most prestigious contracts both at home and abroad. excellent after sales and technical support department. These have included The Scottish Parliament, BBC Scotland The Weeke Vantage 34M Of course, the Weeke itself has sophisticated online CNVC machining centre HQ, the Allied and Irish Bank Centre in Dublin as well as work diagnostics capability. overseas for BA and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The Weeke Vantage 34M at Ben Dawson Furniture has given the Seeking extra capacity and greater accuracy with smaller tolerances, Ben Dawson company the capacity and confidence to take their business forward and explore decided to upgrade their existing and ageing CNC facility and undertook intense far wider market opportunities. research of the machinery market. For more information: Deral and Homag invited Ben Dawson to the famous Homag “Treff” open house Tel: 01332 856500 exhibition in Germany where they were able to ascertain the excellence of the Fax: 01332 856400 engineering of the Weeke machine along with various other superior technical Email: info@homag-uk.co.uk advantages. One of these was the ease with which the Homag Woodwop software DERAL LTD would interface with the CAD/CAM package used and preferred at Ben Dawson. Tel: 01236 755350 Fax: 01236 747054 Once the Weeke was installed, Ben Dawson operators went to Homag UK's

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n the edge of the beautiful Cotswolds, near the village of Minster Lovell in Witney, Oxfordshire, Minster Joinery Craftsman Limited is flourishing, especially after the recent installation of an SCM 5-axis Prisma CNC Machining Centre. Minster Joinery, established in 1984, is essentially a family business with 10 employees, with Managing Director, Steven Mullins, 28, steering the company ahead with his brother Daniel, 26. The company takes its name from their village, but upon examining the quality of the work they produce, it would look equally at home in a real Minster or Cathedral, with the local Blenheim Palace and Oxford Colleges providing a great source of work for Minster Joinery. With only the usual classical woodworking machines in the factory, Steven and Daniel Mullins discussed expansion of the company, to reduce delivery times and further increase the quality of their very wide range of bespoke joinery. Steven Mullins commented “Minster Joinery has always manufactured and supplied quality bespoke joinery, whether it is windows, doors, staircases, gates, porches, conservatories or the Above: A complete porch machined on the SCM many other requests we receive, mainly by referral machining centre or recommendation from satisfied customers. However, as the work became more and more complex, we decided to look at CNC machinery, as we had purchased them before at other businesses within the family.” “I was already aware of the excellent reputation of SCM from several of my contacts in the trade for their CNC Machining Centres and their UK operation based in Nottingham” said Steven Mullins, “So I did not find it necessary to contact other suppliers. SCM UK’s Area Sales Manager, Roger Gabb, visited us and we arrived at a final specification for a 5-axis machine with a 6.3 metre long bed, even though this meant we had to extend our factory to accommodate the machine, but it has proven to be very worthwhile.” Programming of the SCM 5-axis machine is carried out by self taught Daniel Mullins using AlphaCam’s 5-axis Advanced CAD CAM package, with the bolt-on of Alpha Stair, as staircases and stair component manufacturing is on the increase, with an order for 22 staircases just received and more to arrive. The SCM machine is a model Record Actionline 110AL Prisma with TVN table and a variety of vacuum pods and modules. A 16-Station Automatic Tool Changer stores the tooling and feeds the heavy duty 5-axis routing head that is capable of machining all types of hard and soft timbers, some being of very heavy duty sections. Continuing, Steven Mullins commented “We have been very impressed with both the Sales and After Sales staff at SCM UK. Everyone is very helpful and that was good to know in the early days after installation of the CNC. We already knew they had a good reputation and our experience has confirmed that fact, and in return we never mind Roger Gabb bringing potential customers to see our machine and showing them the many benefits of purchasing an SCM

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5-axis Machining Centre.” Due to the flexibility of the CNC, Minster Joinery are now capable of taking on work previously turned away, and rather than taking several days to prepare and traditionally machine a particular job, it now only takes a few hours, so lead times have reduced dramatically. Last words from Steven Mullins “The SCM has proven to be a great investment for Minster Joinery and we are very busy at the moment as our customers are those who demand excellent quality and they know we can deliver in a reasonable time. A second CNC machine will be considered soon.”

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Minster Joinery Installs SCM 5-Axis Machining Centre

Contacts: Minster Joinery: Tel: 01993 774074 Email: minster@clara.co.uk SCM Group UK: Tel 0115 9770044 Email: scmgroupuk@scmgroup.com

A hardwood stair string machined on the SCM 5-axis CNC machining centre at Minster Joinery

Steven Mullins and operator Damen Lewis programming the SCM 5-axis Prisma CNC machining centre

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Flexibility, Reliability and Repeatability from Heian eian Corporation of Japan is renowned the world musical instruments, sports equipment, shotgun and rifle gun over for quality machinery and specialise in the stocks. design and manufacture of a comprehensive range The NC-4102-PMC machine is the next generation of twin of high performance precision heavy duty table CNC Routers. The 10 Axis four headed twin table CNC CNC Routers and 5 and 10 Axis Router with Multi-path control enables this machine to run Machining Centres. Single or Multi two programmes simultaneously on separate Headed Spindle Motor configurations tables with single or multiple heads. The machine are available with automatic tool is equipped with 4 independent X and Z axis, one changers to each head. Multiple X axis and one Z axis to each spindle motor and spindles for vertical and horizontal two Y axis for each separate table. The boring are available on specific models. machine is equipped with four 7.5KW All Heian Machines are fitted with Spindle Motors, 24,000 rpm NSK/THK Ballscrews, Toshiba with BT.35/HSK63F tool Inverters and Fanuc CNC holder system. Each Controllers, "one of the most reliable spindle motor is equipped with a The NC-4102 PMC twin table CNC router front mounted 12 Tool carousel Direct-type ATC. Axis CNC controllers in the world ", therefore Machine Flexibility, Reliability and feed speed of 60M/min for the X/Y Axis and 20M/min Repeatability with high quality and precision machining is for Z Axis, all controlled by high specification Fanuc CNC Controller. guaranteed with all Heian CNC Machinery. Firmly established for 70 years with their range of woodworking Purchasing a 5-axis CNC Machining centre is a critical decision machinery and high productivity CNC machines in 3, 4 and 5 axis for most companies, Heian have designed and manufactured 5 axis with the small and larger size tables, Heian have introduced a smaller machines for many industries to include: Aerospace, Automobile machine to cater for the less demanding or entry level applications. industry for model forming, plastics and composite engineering and The EG-231PBMC entry-level machine is a fast and highly flexible woodworking industries. The 5 axis machines are available in the nested based Gantry type CNC Router; it features a full processing Parallel beam style or Gantry style with one or two vacuum/clamping single vacuum matrix table 1,600 x 3,700mm for the clamping of tables. The gantry style machine features a low level machining table complex and asymmetrically shaped parts. A single 11 KW, (15HP), on a rugged frame enabling all classical routing processes to be 24,000 rpm spindle motor is fitted with tool clamping nose for HSK carried out. All 5-axis machines are equipped with a universal spindle 63F tool holder system providing a highly positive lock into the router with the option of BT.35 or HSK tool holder system with the further spindle thus reducing vibration so improving the quality of cut line option of liquid cooling if required. The machine has an automatic and tool life. An automatic tool changer with an 8 tool position tool changing system with carousels to take up to 16 tools. The 5carousel is fitted, the head also carries an L shaped vertical boring axis machining capability and rigid construction ensure extremely spindle assembly block with five vertical drill spindles in the X and demanding free-form machining is possible. Special machines can five in the Y all on standard 32mm centres for the drilling of also be manufactured to include a machine with 10-axis to include construction holes, shelf peg holes and all other aperture two universal 5-axis spindle motors with the Fanuc multi path control requirements, all spindles are independently selectable. system. Other models of machines and automatic machining lines are For more information: available from Heian to include: machines for UK Agent â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Holztechnik Machinery Services Ltd Tel: 0870 350 1068 Timber framed housing, interior/exterior Email: holzmachineryuk@btconnect.com Door manufacturing, kitchen doors and www.heiancorp.com standard CNC routing machines with 2,4,6 or 8 spindle motors with or without Automatic Tool Changing functions, with single or twin table options and vacuum pod systems. Special machine can be manufactured for all types of industries to The EG-231 PBMC entry-level CNC router include: wood based

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CM Group UK recently held their The Record 132 NT TVN Prisma 5-axis Spring In-House Exhibition in their machine showed its versatility, machining new Nottingham Showroom facility complex hand rails, stair strings, newel posts that coincided with the Grand Opening of and arched window components, with the their new building. The In-House was held Windor 1 CNC Window Machining Centre on over 3 days and the total number of display was being continually demonstrated, visitors was far greater than expected, as were the Compact, Superset and Topset with the number of customers, totalling Planer Moulders, illustrating SCM’s strength over 80, being spread evenly over the 3 in depth within the Joinery Manufacturing days of the Show. sector of the market. SCM’s Managing Director, Gabriele De Col Colin Simmons, SCM UK’s Solid Wood SCM’s Accord 40 CNC machining centre being demonstrated at the recent in-house show Northern Area Sales Manager commented “I commented “We were very pleased with the attendance at our first In-House of 2009, was very pleased with the positive enquiries especially in these difficult economic times and taken for our wide range of solid wood as some recent In-Houses had reported poor products. Many customers attended but even attendances. A number of customers travelled so, some could not attend due to their own long distances as they wanted to view increased workloads, one customer stating machines that they want to see working and that they had re-employed people to demonstrated for their own purchasing accommodate their up-turn in business.” requirements, whether for the present time or A large number of SCM’s Classical range in the future when the up-turn arrives. From of woodworking machines were displayed, the West Country to the Shetland Islands, from including the top of the range L’Invincible Wales to the East Coast plus Northern machines that proved of great interest to Ireland, we had a steady stream of customers The official opening of SCM Group UK was performed visiting customers and SCM’s many by the Sheriff of Nottingham, Councillor Brian coming through our new showroom doors.” Grocock, Gabriele De Col UK Managing Director and distributors in attendance. Blyth Machinery, Adriani Aurelli Vice President of SCM Group SCM’s Distributor based near Leicester, sold SCM exhibited a wide range of both Panel Processing and Joinery Manufacturing a TEN 220 Class to Chris Sandercock Joinery machines with several Software, Dust Extraction, Tooling and and a K300E Edge Bander and Panel Saw to Omega Kitchens. They Finance representatives in attendance. Seminars, covering several expect many more orders to follow from attendees at the show and related subjects were run and were well attended with the National placed stock machine orders. Association of Shop Fitters and Construction Skills contributing. Five SCM Edge Banders, including the new K300, K500, and S2000 There was continued interest in SCM’s wide range of CNC and Panel models were continually working and SCM’s Sandya range of Wide Processing machines for kitchen, bedroom and furniture manufacturing, Belt Sanders sanded solid wood components and frames as well as and yet again, the CNC Machining Centres, models Pratix 48NST and veneered boards, with the newly launched Sandya 9S machine sold the large worktable Accord 40 with its’ extensive 7320 x 2280mm table at the show. A high specification Sigma Impact 107C Beam Saw was size, making it’s UK debut in Nottingham, both machines proved to displayed and demonstrated showing the high quality of cut this big winners with the “Nesting” of panels continually taking place. machine provides. The space saving Cyflex F900 CNC Drilling and Grooving machine Concluding, Gabriele De Col stated “We timed our Exhibition to for panels, especially designed for kitchen and bedroom manufacturers take place as we opened our new building for SCM UK, and we were and upholstered furniture, was in continuous demonstration. very pleased with the number and quality of visitors with many existing The latest “Actionline” range of the World’s best selling Record CNC and a large number of new customers to SCM who had not been to Machining Centres proved very popular. A bar / pod table machine, see us before attending. Many orders and serious enquiries were the Actionline AL TVN P, sold to a door manufacturer, machined various received, and above all, the number of Orders taken both at the show types of internal and external doors, and it is fitted with a dedicated, and with other orders that will definitely follow in the days after the Inhigh power Universal K2 two outlet machining head for lock and hinge House, it was very satisfactory.” recessing, with glass and letterbox openings being machined and fed For further information: out of the machine with an in-built conveyor system. Linked to this Tel: 0115 9770044 machine was SCM’s newly launched Cad / Cam door programming Fax: 0115 9770946 770044 Email: scmgroupuk@scmgroup.com system, “X-DOOR”, with live demonstrations being a feature of the www.scmgb.co.uk adjacent Software demonstration and training room.

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Daltons Equip New College Faculty North of the Border umfries and Galloway College have entrusted long established woodworking machinery distributors and manufacturers Daltons with the task of equipping the new Woodcraft Department at their new College Gate site which opened in September. Daltons who work closely with education authorities as well as colleges and universities in all parts of the country were delighted to have the opportunity of such a high profile installation and were able to provide all the woodworking machines which the college required including a Stenner Band Resaw, Elcon Vertical Panel Saw and Planing and Thicknessing Machines, Bandsaw, Tenoner, Mortiser, Spindle Moulder, Crosscut Saw and Sawbench by Wadkin and Diplomat. In addition the company provided the college with sponsorship in the form of a Wadkin DM/V Mortising Machine and Daltons Sales Director Andy Walsh was particularly pleased to be associated with this project in a part of Scotland with which he is very familiar, having been raised just down the road in Ayrshire himself. Andy Said â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is another opportunity for Daltons to assist a learning centre and this dovetails very well with our other educational

One of the machines supplied by Daltons

activities in various parts of the UKâ&#x20AC;?. Andy was assisted in negotiating the Dumfries and Galloway contract by another locally based member of the Daltons team, engineer Gavin Stevenson, who knows the college personnel well and played a big part in helping to select the equipment for the new workshops as well as being involved in the installation and commissioning of the new machines on delivery. Daltons also assisted by moving other machines from the original college premises to the new site and removing surplus items. Head of Faculty Kenny Hilsley was delighted with the personal attention given to the project by members of the Daltons team who also liaised with Clarke McCutcheon in order to provide as smooth as possible a transition from the old college to the new.

For more information: Tel: 0115 986 5201 Email: info@daltonsmachines.com

Head of Faculty at Dumfries and Galloway College Ken Hilsley with technicians beside an Elcon Vertical Panel Saw

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rain to Gain (TtG) is a new service relating to their work role.” designed to help businesses of all types He went on to say “a TtG programme and sizes get the training they need to recognises existing experience levels, so top-up succeed. Managed by the Learning and Skills training is tailored to the individuals needs Council (LSC) across England, the service uses including at least, current legislation and safe experienced Skills Brokers who work closely working practices. Better still - our assessors with individual businesses to pinpoint the right frequently observe tangible improvements in training and find available funding. productivity, which is invariably attributed to Woodworking sector training provider Didac growing levels of confidence in the use of skills, won a TtG contract in August 2007 with the LSC many of which learners had previously acquired to deliver their wood machining, furniture and through their own experience.” woodworking programmes. In their first year At the heart of Didac’s government funded Didac registered 37 learners on the programme, Apprentice and Train to Gain programmes in wood which has increased to 80 new starts so far in machining, furniture and woodworking, as well as the current year. To cope with the growing the Woodwise unitised training programmes is the Martin James, demand, which looks set to continue, Didac has Commercial Director of Didac goal of providing training and skills advice which recruited two further trainer assessors. is impartial, flexible, responsive, and offered at a Martin James, Commercial Director of Didac said that, “the TtG time and place to suit businesses. initiative is ideal for the woodworking sector because it makes available government funded training to a whole host of woodworking For further information on the wide variety or training companies and their employees. With a few exceptions, the programmes available to the woodworking sector visit programme is available to learners of all ages and experience, many www.learndirect.co.uk, www.woodwise.co.uk, www.wattraining.co.uk or call Didac on 0117 904 9377 of whom have never received any formal training or assessment

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New Makita Routers have 70mm Plunge Depth akita plunge routers and the extensive range of operations along board edges. These new Makita precision router bits have built a strong reputation routers are delivered with a very accurate and sturdy for ease of use, accuracy and most micro adjustable fence. Twin LED job lights contribute importantly, for the professional user, reliability and to the accurate operation of these lightweight (6kg) high performance. Two new ½ inch plunge routers are performance routers. introduced with new features that will further The Makita router bit range is the most enhance this reputation. extensive offered by any British power tool The new Makita RP1801X is a 1,650watt manufacturer with more than 350 bits router and the RP2301FCX has 2,100 watt of available together with a complementary list power. Both will run up to 22,000rpm with no load of jigs, guides, table and accessories. Suitable and the full plunge depth has been increased to a for both hand and CNC machine use as very useful 70mm. The depth of plunge is very appropriate, the Makita router bits are tungsten easy to adjust with finger-twist adjusters carbide tipped, or solid carbide, and are UK comfortably placed by the right hand control manufactured to Holz BG and the latest CEN 847 handle. The ergonomic design of the control standards. This comprehensive range offers both handles gives a very positive grip and therefore the very metric and imperial sizes and the bits are fully serviceable. best machine control. The new Makita RP1801X plunge router Makita has re-designed the shape of the base plate, which For more information: has a wide nominal diameter of 160mm and now has a one flat edge Tel: 01908 211678 and fence clamp, which makes for even more accurate moulding

HiTec Spray Increase the Pressure with Graco’s New MERKUR Range i-Tec Spray (HSL) are pleased to announce the brand new range of Graco MERKUR pumps with an expanded choice of ‘air displacement volumes to fluid operating pressure’ ratios (from 10:1 thru to 48:1). The pumps are available as standard units or as more sophisticated DataTrak™ models offering significant benefits that include pump diagnostics for maintenance, air and material flow information, and automatic shutdown facility when dry to avoid unnecessary wear on the unit. All models are available as Wall Mount,

2-Wheel Cart Mount and Stand Mount units. With variable litre throughput at the right pressures to suit particular applications the contractual joiners and furniture makers should benefit immensely from this technology upgrade. The new range of pumps also employs the more sophisticated Air Mix technology rather than air spray, which provides greater transfer efficiency with less waste and an outstanding finish. It is also available in an airless spray version. Graco’s MERKUR pump is suitable for single component application whether the material be water based or solvent based. Utilising low pulsation with high output fluid delivery, the air-assisted, airless spray technology employed assures excellent finish quality with high material transfer efficiency and fast production rates. With minimal service downtime and greater efficiency, quick payback and early profitability are benefits too good to ignore in today’s economic climate. Hi-Tec Spray Ltd supply more than application equipment and plant in isolation. They also develop a partnership with their clients to design and develop turnkey systems, where, on the one hand – individual components work well independently, and on the other – collectively fit together like a glove. They are one of few companies able to pull both sides of the industry together to deliver that total, professional solution.

An impressive line up from Graco’s new MERKUR range

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Biesse - Akron he Akron 800 is a range of edgebanding machines designed to increase the industry standard in Edgebanding Technology. The machine has been designed to be productive, efficient and flexible thanks to itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s innovative operating units. The machine utilises CNC or PC Based controllers which enables ease of use and simple setup whilst ensuring long term high precision and extremely high quality finishes on edgebanding material ranging from 0.4mm to 15mm (22m Optional) The Akron 800 range can be fully customised in terms of composition according to the customer requirements, this ensures space and overall footprint are optimised for the machining operations required.

The Biesse Akron 855

MANUFACTURER - BIESSEEDGE - BIESSE S.p.A AGENT: BIESSE GROUP UK LTD Lamport Drive Daventry Northampton NN11 5YZ

Tel: 01327 300366 Fax: 01327 705150 Email: info@biesse.co.uk www.biesse.co.uk

Brandt he new low cost Brandt KDN 200 series of single-sided edgebanders - a compact edgebander designed to apply all material types up to a maximum of 3mm.This new Brandt 200 series are tailored specifically to the needs of the small scale joinery or furniture manufacturing workshop. The compact Brandt 200 series benefits from all the hitech advantages that are hall marks of the machines and technologies further up the extensive Brandt range. The Brandt KDN 200 series of edgebanders offer unprecedented value and performance.

The Brandt KDN 200 series MANUFACTURER - BRANDT KANTENTECHNIK GmbH UK AGENT - HOMAG UK LTD 10c Sills Road Willow Farm Business Park Castle Donington Derby DE74 2US

Tel: 01332 856500 Fax: 01332 856400 Email: sales@homag-uk.co.uk www.homag-uk.co.uk

Homag omag AG are the world's foremost producers of edgebanding and edged processing technology for both rectangular and shaped panel products. The machine models range from entrylevel single-side types right through to high speed, multi-function, double-sided automats. Homag are also leaders in edge processing for complex shaped workpieces in a stationary clamping situation (the BAZ series machines). Recently they have developed the unique capability of grooving and shaping edging materials around ninety degree angles for rectangular workpieces with seamless results.

MANUFACTURER - HOMAG HOLZBEARBEITUNGSSYSTEME AG UK AGENT - HOMAG UK LTD 10c Sills Road Willow Farm Business Park Castle Donington Derby DE74 2US

The Homag KAL 310 single sided edgebander

Tel: 01332 856500 Fax:01332 856400 Email: sales@homag-uk.co.uk www.homag-uk.co.uk

OTT - Twister tt Twister edgebanders from RW Machines take a maximum of 30 seconds to reset on a touch screen with no mechanical changes needed, according to users. And a new operator can be trained to use the machine in 20 minutes! Standards of finish quality are high with all Ott edgebanders with full radius trimming - Twisters will process from 0.3mm tapes to 10mm solid lippings and everything in between at up to 20mtrs per minute. The Twister boasts advanced Ott automation on a compact machine with the latest technology for trim finishing with zero waste. Also from Ott are the Shark compact and the industrial Unimatic, the latter for heavy duty use in conjunction with all edge finishing materials.

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MANUFACTURER – PAUL OTT GmbH MASCHINENFABRIK AGENT – RW MACHINES LTD Rowood House 25-27 Murdock Road Bicester Oxon OX6 7PP

Tel: 01869 244943 Fax: 01869 253498 Email: service@rwmachines.co.uk www.rwmachines.co.uk

OTT - Vector W Machines are exclusive UK distributors for Vector, whose Revolution edge finishing system is designed for panel shapes, taking this often complex procedure out of the CNC environment. With a single edge finishing head working a double sided table, one end can be loaded with a new shape while the panel on the working side is being processed. Vector also makes it possible to edge finish one large rather than two smaller panels to a maximum 1,800mm x 1100 across the width of the working table. Once the processing head makes contact, it automatically follows internal and external radii - Vector effectively programs itself. Adhesive in cartridge form is used to finish any and all shapes, including full circles, with a perfect butt joint.

MANUFACTURER – PAUL OTT GmbH MASCHINENFABRIK AGENT – RW MACHINES LTD Rowood House 25-27 Murdock Road Bicester Oxon OX6 7PP

Tel: 01869 244943 Fax: 01869 253498 Email: service@rwmachines.co.uk www.rwmachines.co.uk

The Vector edge finishing system

SCM - IDM IDM' offer standardised edge banders from the medium sized IDIBASE 100 series through the grades of Level KS/WS and HD. All of the levels can be equipped with top pressure belts instead of wheels for high performance and better finishing quality. The Genesis KS is a standardised Combination edge bander range that can be stand alone or integrated into a production line. LEVEL HD is a range of IDM edgebanders designed for medium companies with intensive and professional use and for big companies as support to processing lines. LEVEL HD range has been developed without compromises to obtain high performance on single-sided edgebanding machines at a competitive price. The solid structure and the high technology working units classify LEVEL HD as an industrial edgebander and are a guarantee of precision and reliability.

MANUFACTURER: SCM GROUP Spa AGENT: SCM GROUP UK Blenheim House Camberley Road Bulwell Nottingham NG6 8UW

IDM Level HD Automatic Edgebander

Tel: 0115 977 0044 Fax: 0115 977 0946 Email: scmgroupuk@scmgroup.com www.scmgb.co.uk

SCM Olimpic CM can supply a wide range of single-sided automatic edgebanders for the application of all types of edging materials. The K500 model are suitable for medium size companies requiring flexibility and fast set-up times, and the ER machines can include corner rounding for finishing 3mm PVC. For high production, the models K1000 / S2000 are heavy duty machines that give an excellent finish, with either hot melt or PU gluing. Orion Control Units for quick changeovers between jobs enable all trimming units to be positioned fast and accurately avoiding long downtimes. 4 motor corner rounding units guarantee a perfect shaped edge and vertical corners on 2 or 3mm PVC. SCM have a full range of edgebanders, including the new models K200 and K300 to meet all requirements.

S The Olimpic K1000 single sided automatic edgebander

MANUFACTURER: SCM GROUP Spa AGENT: SCM GROUP UK Blenheim House Camberley Road Bulwell Nottingham NG6 8UW

Trimbridge he Trimbridge range of bench-top and hand held edgebanders for preglued edging strips are manufactured from top quality materials and hand built in England. The range comprises of 3 machines: The BenchMaster TL20 (illustrated) not only applies the strip but flush trims top and flush trims top and bottom at the same time. The EdgeMaster TL12 for straight and curved boards. The HandMaster TL7 hand held unit is an ideal replacement for your

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Tel: 0191 512 1144 Email: info@trimbridge.com www.trimbridge.com

Tel: 0115 977 0044 Fax: 0115 977 0946 Email: scmgroupuk@scmgroup.com www.scmgb.co.uk

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18 - 22 May 2009

HANNOVER • GERMANY World Fair for the Forestry and Wood Industries

rom 18 to 22 May 200, Hannover, Germany, will again be the international hub for the forestry and wood industries. “Despite the global economic crisis, LIGNA will again bring together all the significant players from this sector. Once again this underlines the outstanding status enjoyed by the event and is a clear sign that exhibitors expect LIGNA to stimulate business and generate orders. Given the current difficult situation, the theme highlighted this year – efficient use of resources – is more relevant than ever as only efficiently run enterprises will survive. For more than 1,700 exhibitors from 48 countries LIGNA HANNOVER 2009 offers an ideal platform for machinery, tools, processes and solutions for the forestry and timber industries. Undeterred by the recent drastic deterioration in the business climate, exhibitors have seized the opportunity to showcase their products. Visitors can expect an exciting display occupying over 130,000 square meters, including special themed presentations (e.g. intelligent technology and services to improve efficiency across the entire range of the value adding chain.

Manufacturers and suppliers of machinery will be exhibiting their latest developments and innovations in the following areas: sawmill technology, production of wood materials and veneers, furniture manufacture, processing of solid wood, forestry and forestry equipment, as well as equipment and techniques for the skilled trades. LIGNA is unlike any other event in this sector, not least because it boasts such a high level of international participation, with more than half of the exhibitors coming from outside the host nation. The top 10 exhibiting countries at LIGNA HANNOVER 2009 (based on display area) are Germany, followed by Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Denmark, the Netherlands, Taiwan, Finland and Sweden. LIGNA HANNOVER 2009 will not only bring the supply and demand sides of the industry together – it will also ensure a top level international summit of key professionals. In short, despite the gloomy economic predictions for 2009, LIGNA HANNOVER will again provide a sound basis for business and new orders. Further details on the program for LIGNA HANNOVER 2009 and the individual events and displays can be found at www.ligna.de.

Flying High with Schelling! Every balloon is an innovation! chelling presents at Ligna a new development of their product range. After the incorporation of the new models FH4, FH6 and FH8 in recent years, Schelling as ever sets new higher targets which it has achieved. Core Points increase the efficiency of the beam saws in practical use and also the controlled removal of Dust and Chips. New developed solutions differ completely from any concept on the market available today and give Schelling a real boost. Schelling a worldwide Company, is the market leader in customer specific solutions meeting the highest requirements for the cut-to-size of different materials in the Furniture industries, Non Ferrous metals, Plastics and Circuit board industries. Schelling starts with projectdevelopment concerning design, production, installation and production-start-up and carries on right through to give the highest aftercare through our very own Customer Service Department. Individual and professional solutions, combined with the latest technologies allow Schelling to strengthen their position in the World Market. The main benefits for the customers are the minimized commissioning times and the high quality and reliability of the machines. Our sales and service guarantees professional Customer Care for all the important markets throughout the World. To see the new developments please visit us at the Ligna show in HALL 26, Stand D73 and look out for the Innovation Balloons and take off with us! Our Schelling specialists are looking forward to welcoming you

Schelling have developed solutions which differ completely from any concept available in the market today onto our stand and to give advice, help or answer any questions you may have.

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The Kundig Botop wide belt sander will be demonstrated at Ligna

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Homag Shows Its Latest Innovations at Ligna nce again Homag promises to be the star of the show at Ligna with a wide range of innovations, intelligent detail solutions and further developments for its range of CNC processing centres, edgebanders, panel saw, wide belts sanders and more besides. Homag will also be flying the flag for the more efficient use of resources, showcasing a number of innovations designed to increase productivity and save energy and thus permit more economical production for its customers. The hugely successful Venture series of CNC processing centres has been further enhanced to provide even more customer benefits. The series now also includes new models, such as the Venture 14 entry level window solution rounding off the product portfolio and providing complete solutions to a wide range of applications at an attractive cost-toperformance ratio. Featuring an innovative new patented material providing optimum vibration damping for optimum processing qualities, higher tool life and lower primary energy consumption, the new Homag moving gantry router will have its world premiere at Ligna. The innovative gantry sets new standards for the durability and rigidity of processing centres. Another feature to be launched at Ligna is a brand new five-axis spindle with patented interface which replaces a large number of different units, providing outstanding flexibility. The Homag Groups CNC processing centres permit individual configuration to address the different requirements of the furniture, door, window and interior fittings sectors. Another Homag innovation at Ligna will be the BOF 311 CNC router with an all new automatic positioning table. Featuring a series of patented detail solutions for high-precision individual part production, it can make an outstanding contribution to economical production for window producers. Shown for the first time in Hannover, the eagerly awaited Power Profiler is a unique CNC system capable of producing around 50 totally bespoke window units per shift. Used in conjunction with a high-speed tool changing system with a capacity of up to 216 tools, it permits the highly flexible manufacture of different profile systems and larger profile depths. The ever dominant BAZ 722 will be demonstrating how it benefits from a unique combination of different technologies all controlled via the Homag software. In conjunction with a five-axis trimming spindle, the

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Processing centre BAZ 722 with five-axis function and edgebanding unit.

The new edgebanding machine series the Homag Ambition 2264 PowerEdge gluing unit permits complete processing of furniture components in any conceivable form, including trimming, sawing, drilling and edge-banding. The integrated Homag TBP feeding system and the new AP automatic positioning table will highlight the BAZ 722 as a fully automated production cell. The current debate surrounding the most efficient use of resources is set to lend new impetus to the issue of lightweight construction. Homag has four versatile edging solutions on offer in this sector including the newly developed FlexEdge, which affords secure adhesion, a high degree of dimensional stability and minimal processing times, even when working with small radii. The Homag Group offers a full range of technology for constructing, decoratively facing, cutting, edging and packaging lightweight panel products. Homag will be unveiling a major advancement in edging technology with a patented LaserEdge system for the first time at Ligna. Instead of using glue, it fuses the edge and panel using laser-heated edging material, which renders any join practically invisible! Working in conjunction with edging manufacturers and laser specialists, a machine has been developed, which produces higher processing quality while significantly reducing costs compared to processing methods using PU hot-melt adhesives. Yet another innovation from Homag will be edge-banding machine KAL 300 with FlexTrim. This new machine uses automated tool changing within the machine to achieve fast resetting to different edge profiles and thus significantly increases the productivity of furniture manufacturing. The tried and tested KAL 300 series will also be upgraded with an extended range of functions. A 19 inch touch screen is now an integral feature of the machine, as is the facility for processing workpieces up to a thickness of 100mm through every processing stage on the machine from jointing to finish processing.

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The new Ambition range of edgebanders will be launched at Ligna 2009. It breaches the gap between the smaller woodworking shop and industrial sectors with a cohesive series of machines developed by Brandt and Homag, ranging from the smallest model to the hi-tech, fully flexible edgebander. Ambition offers an individual solution to every conceivable application, with sophisticated features, such as panel material pre-heating prior to the banding of solid wood edges just as standard as well as the facility for the use of PU hot-melt adhesive. Bütfering will be present at Ligna with the new series of its SWT 300 wide-belt sanding machines. Designed as “medium class” machines, these new models will be available with up to three sanding units. The special SWT 500 Diamond models form the highlight of the Practive range. Here, all the units are fitted with magnetic technology The Power-Workshop based on the Homag Venture 21L (MPS). Perfect co-ordination between the magnetic segmented pad and An all new KFL320 combined sizing and edge-banding machine the user-friendly and convenient terminal control system achieves surface provides the perfect entry into two-sided sizing and edge-banding. The qualities to satisfy the most stringent aspirations through to the field of KFL 320 permits extremely economical production. Complimented by high-gloss lacquered finishes. a new feeding system from Bargstedt and an automatic throughfeed The special H head available on these models is also equipped with drilling machine from Weeke, visitors to Ligna will see an efficient an inner running chevron belt. On account of its different cutting speed, production line that is more affordable than ever. the workpiece permanently engages new sanding grit resulting in an The patented Homag direct post-forming process can be used unprecedented surface finish. with a widely diverse selection of materials. Following the True to its claim to supply everything for the recent presentation of a system for producing radiuses woodworking shop, the PRACTIVE portfolio also of less than 3mm using the Homag post-forming includes a new Power Workshop based on the technique, a system will now also be featured at Ligna Venture 21L CNC processing centre. Whether for processing wood material panels with stone surfaces. routing, edgebanding, drilling, sawing, sanding Torwegge will be launching a new concept for door or grooving, the all inclusive Venture 21 makes frame production at Ligna 2009. The machine will utilise light work of any task. the Groups easy to use Woodwop software and will A compact Bargstedt board storage and demonstrate the ease of converting a raw door frame retrieval system combined with the even smallest length into a ready to assemble component through sizing, the Holzma saw, the HPP 230, demonstrates the routing and drilling in a single process. ability to efficiently store and re-call stock board Torwegge specialise in door and door frame The Bütfering wide-belt sander Model material directly to the saw without operator intervention. SWT 535 QCH Diamond with MPS Huge savings in floor space requirement, fork truck usage and production. On the software front, WoodWOP – Homag Group’s own operator costs can be made when using this system. programming system already successfully operating in over 20,000 In addition to this Holzma will present equipment packages for scratchinstallations – has now been released in a new generation. WoodWOP sensitive surfaces and pressure-sensitive material. Intelligent saw 6.0 makes for significantly simpler CNC programming and can be concepts in conjunction with the Magi-Cut optimisation software system experienced first-hand in live demonstrations. from Holzma enable customers to make ever more efficient use of The new three-dimensional workpiece view makes for improved safety valuable human, energy and material resources. and clarity at the production engineering stage, as all processing Alongside a range of new machines and systems, whose innovative operations are graphically depicted on screen. The help function features will be showcased together in the Innovation Centre, Homag integrated in the user interface displays a graphic representation of every will also be presenting an extended spectrum of services encompassing parameter and supports the daily work of the machine programmer. an outstanding level of customer support before, during and after the The FPL 220 double-end tenoner will be on display offering a range purchase of a machine, or plant. of possibilities for sizing and profiling wood-based materials. The This also includes Homag engineering, which encompasses applications of this entry-level machine series include sizing and profiling solutions for furniture production and the manufacture of structural MDF panels for furniture fronts prior to lacquering or foiling. elements aimed not only at the implementation of production plants, The PRACTIVE range of Brandt edgebanders, Bütfering wide belt but also the design and planning of new, streamlined solutions for users. sanders, Holzma beam saws, Homag routers and edgebanders, Once again, Homag are set to dominate the Ligna exhibition with Ligmatech automation systems and Weeke drilling and machining engineering excellence, creativity and innovation! systems already supply a range of effective individual solutions. Working For further information: together they can provide top-notch system solutions, with the support Tel: 01332 856500. of innovative software from Schuler Business Solutions. 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Ăźrkle, the Freudenstadt based leader in woodworking machinery will be presenting the latest technological advances in roller coating, printing and pressing solutions for the woodworking industry. This will include systems for PUR-glue application, single-pass digital printing, lacquer application and lacquer drying (with energy-saving UV-LEDtechnologies) as well as a brand new generation of roller application machines. %(3* 3 ()*3* # 3* )3$ -3 $ ( * %$3% 3(%"" (3 &&" * %$3# $ ) - ""3 3&( ) $* 3 *3* 3 $ 3 (3 3+$* "3* 3 $ 3% 3 /3 3$%*3%$"/ )3 +""/3%& ( * %$ "3# $ )3 +*3* 3 %#& $/3- ""3 ")%3 3) %- $ )%# 3% 3* 3# %(3# $ 3 %#&%$ $*) 33 ) *%()3- ""3 3 " 3*% ) 3* 3 )*3 ( # 3* 3$ -3 ) $ 3 (( $ # $*)3% 3 %#&%$ $*) * 3 ( , )3 $ 3* 3 %$*(%"3& $ "3 $ 3 .& (*)3- ""3 3%$3 $ 3*%3 .&" $ * 3 $ *)3*%3* 3+) (

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llwood Machinery, the sole importer of the Interwood range of machines has just completed one of their biggest installations at Shore laminates of Perth consisting of a fully automatic Pressing and Machining line. The original brief for this line was for the process of laminating up to 750 panels per day, producing panels from 11mm to 60mm thick with a panel size from 900mm x 2200mm up to a maximum of 3050mm x 1220mm. the substrata to be of plywood, MDF or chipboard. The Pressing line is heavy duty due to the need to load panel stacks that could weigh up to 1.5 tons. This stack is driven into the loading table and using a four post lift for accuracy lifts the panels up to the correct height to allow only one panel to be driven forward. Before this happens, the top panel is automatically aligned against a fence. The top panel is driven forward into an Interwood GSB top and bottom brushing machine then in turn though an Interwood GSD/HD glue spreader. An operator loads a laminate skin onto the index table and the glued panel is carried above this panel and lowered into position. This process continues until the required stack height is achieved. The stack is then automatically driven onto a cross conveyer that moves to whichever of the three presses are free, loads the stack automatically and places the panel under pressure. The three Interwood FHU Down Stroke presses with a capacity of 3100mm x 1300mm with a maximum opening of 800mm were fitted with power driven conveyers with a special high impact belting used in airports. These conveyers were fitted with sensors to determine the panel length that guarantees the load would stop in the correct position. There are eight 80mm hydraulic rams fitted to each press with a special control, to enable the automatic exclusion of the last set of rams when doing shorter panels. Bearing in mind the amount of panels that were being produced, Shore needed to update their machining capacity. Allwood designed a layout and process that was approved by the customer and the following line was supplied. The Press panel loads were placed on a cross conveyer that in turn loaded panels into each side of a Interwood Double Bridge loader, capable of lifting the complete range of panels onto a driven angled conveyer against a fence, offering the panels into a Interwood Double Ended Tenoner. Fitted with threes heads per side scoring, hogging and vertical milling this machine was also fitted with a centre saw that allows the customer to split panels in half for their click joint shower panels. After the panels have left the DET they travel onto a right-angled conveyer that will send the panels sideways through an indexing unit into a second DET. This was fitted with a long in-feed so the panels could be squared off with the drive dogs behind them to guarantee panel squareness. This machine again was fitted with

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Allwood Machinery Install Pressing Line at Shore Laminates

The conveyor line â&#x20AC;&#x201C; fitted with sensors to determine the panel length will stop in the correct position three heads per side. Once the panels left the second DET they were turned in its length and passed through an Interwood GSB double sided brushing machine for final cleaning then into a single sided bridge loader to be restacked ready for dispatch. A DVD is available of both these lines working. Allwood Machinery offers a turnkey service for any customerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s requirements. For more information: Tel: 01621 859477 www.interwood.co.uk

The Interwood machining line installed by Allwood Machinery at Shore Laminates

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Unitech Invests in the Future New premises and new Giben Prisma 3000 saw for Banbury-based bespoke kitchen specialist

evin Crouch’s business colleagues (even his best friends!) advised him against a move to new premises amid news of deepening economic gloom. They also drew breath through clenched teeth, he says, when he told them he was investing in a new Giben Prisma 3000 SP panel saw from RW Machines in the opening weeks of 2009. In both instances, though, he is proving thier wrong-thinking about both himself and his business. Kevin is MD at Unitech Oxon Ltd., a kitchen design and manufacturing company which he has owned with his wife Valerie since 1994. Unitech is a prime example of sound corporate building on solid foundations that has given Kevin and Valerie the confidence they need to drive their strategy forward, even in the teeth of the worst recession for decades. “We’ve managed our growth very carefully down the years,” says Kevin. “In fact, we started out as designers and suppliers under the name Creative Interiors and we didn’t actually move into

Manufacturing versatility on the Giben allows Unitech to field a truly bespoke service

Unitech’s Giben Prisma 3000 is fed from the front and new software technology makes it easier to program. manufacturing until 2001, when we had positively identified that the demand was unquestionably there.” When Unitech was originally established as a manufacturing entity, it was in a factory north of Banbury in Oxfordshire where Kevin turned to local wood-based panel specialists RW for the machining technology he needed. “Making the commitment to manufacturing was a significant step for us,” says Valerie Crouch. “We needed a supplier we could rely on for machinery to a standard necessary for the quality of output we are targeting at Unitech and also for the reliability and service to back it up – down-time on the shop floor is something we are determined to rule out of our production scheduling. David Thompson-Rowland and his team at RW Machines gave us the confidence we needed and he has always provided us with top notch service and support for our business as it has grown.” The move to new premises came in September 2008 and brought a number of new efficiencies to the business. For the first time, the whole operation moved under one roof with no more need to move materials around between smaller individual units. Also, the new location is better placed logistically, being situated just off junction 11 of the M40 at Banbury.

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“We previously had about 7,000 square feet inside two buildings,” says Kevin, and now we have 11,000 square feet, all under one roof. As well as streamlining the production process, we’ve been able to open a trade showroom that really demonstrates the diversity of our range - we offer over 400 door designs and we now have the manufacturing versatility and software technology we need to offer a truly bespoke service.” At the same time, the Giben Prisma 3000 SP has brought a much greater production volume capability to the business. It replaces an older model which was also supplied by RW Machines and which had reached the end of its working life. “The new Giben has slotted seamlessly into our production line,” says Kevin, “and it is giving us greater precision working. It’s easier to program and it loads at the front so that the operator can run the panel sizing operation single handedly.” Prisma 3000 SP is from the world’s leader in beam saw technology and features the heavy duty construction that the market has learned to expect from Giben. The Unitech machine specifically is a single line panel sizing centre that was developed by Giben for the wood-based panel processing sector and particularly for use by small to medium sized cabinet furniture makers. Front loading of the stacks is facilitated by a panel pusher with grippers featuring double bottom floating appendices which block the stack during the whole cutting cycle and until the last trim cut is made. Support tables under the pusher bar are equipped with roller modules to protect the board surface from any damage; saw blade projection is to a maximum height of 132mm and the split pressure beam ensures maximum stack control. Unitech produces around 250 cabinets a week of which most are sold ready assembled and with doors in position for trade customers. Kevin Crouch estimates that the Giben will enable a doubling of this throughput due in large part to the significant improvement in materials handling that it represents. This has eliminated the need for manual removal and turning of workpieces between passes, allowing panels to be loaded, cut, turned and finished, all in one sequence.

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The screen on Unitech’s new Giben is simple and easy to read

Unitech’s focus on smaller trade customers has proved invaluable during the economic downturn. Says Valerie Crouch: “We are not dependent on one or two big customers for the majority of our business. A good mix of smaller specialist buyers makes us less vulnerable to big swings in the trading climate. “Our customers are not dependent on large-scale building projects and have been less affected than bigger operators by the slow-down in the building sector. We are confident, but not complacent, that we will have enough demand to see us through the worst of the recesion. “A new factory and new machinery like the Giben Prisma 3000 SP will make us more efficient, avoid down-time and it will also help us to make the most of the opportunities that will arise when the economy starts to recover and grow again. We feel we are about as well placed as we could reasonably hope to be in the circumstances.”

For more information: Tel: 01869 244943 Email: sales@rwmachines.co.uk www.rwmachines.co.uk

Unitech began as designers and suppliers and didn’t actually move into manufacturing until 2001, when demand had been positively identified

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Tailormade Joinery Choose Elcon orthamptonshire based joinery methods and modern machinery. specialist Tailormade Joinery are the Their Elcon Wall Saw is the latest addition to a latest in a rapidly growing list of well-equipped workshop in the village of Warkton, customers to choose an Elcon Vertical Panel just outside Kettering. Michael says, “We saw a Sawing Machine. Supplied by Nottingham lot of Wall Saws at the W8 Exhibition and were able based machinery specialist Daltons, who are to make comparisons. When we approached sole distributors for the Dutch manufactured Daltons Machinery they provided really good Elcon Vertical Panel Saws, Tailormade have service and now we’re using the new machine we’re recently installed a model 155DS machine pleased with its precision and workability. It’s a which has a 3300 x 1550 mm capacity and a quality machine doing a quality job.” maximum plunge depth of 60 mm, electronic Sean Taylor, a key member of the Daltons Director Michael Matthews of Tailormade digital readouts to vertical and horizontal Joinery operating the Elcon 155DS supplied sales team, was delighted that Tailormade by UK distributor Daltons Joinery have shown faith in the Elcon product, “I axes, pneumatic controlled lifting back frame, 3 kW electrics, etc. think we won the order at the W8 Exhibition against all the Tailormade Joinery has gained a name for excellence producing competition and with over a hundred years experience in the cabinets, stairs, windows and doors in a mixture of quality industry and a nationwide service and aftercare team at our contemporary joinery and classic projects since it was established disposal, to say nothing of the superb quality of Elcon engineering, in 1974 in Kettering, Northamptonshire. we are confident that they have made the right choice”. Specialising in period joinery has brought the company work from For more information: Boughton House and other parts of the Duke of Buccleuch’s estates Tel: 0115 986 5201 as well as various unusual, difficult or bespoke projects that demand Fax: 0115 986 2820 Email: sales@daltonswmw.co.uk quality workmanship. The directors, Keith Worthington and Michael www.daltonswmw.co.uk Matthews, attribute their success to an ability to combine traditional

Gaelite Composite Signs in Better Shape with Striebig S

witching to a Striebig vertical panel saw over the entire length of the saw, making the cutting fitted with a router and groover has of small work pieces much easier. An optional simplified the production of fascia signs scoring saw is available to prevent laminate panel made from composite materials at Irish sign edges from tearing out, ensuring a neat cut ready makers Gaelite Signs. to be glued. The Striebig Compact AV 5207 is used to Dublin-based Gaelite Signs is one of Ireland’s automatically size and route 3mm thick composite largest and most successful sign design, installation panels. Formerly, after being sized the panels were and manufacturing companies. shaped using a hand router. Managing director Finbarr Clarkson said: “The The Compact’s operator simply switches from Striebig is an extremely versatile saw which has using the saw head to the grooving tool after sizing, made the production of signs using composite so that the panels can be shaped. V- and U-shaped materials far more efficient. We have been able to grooves are routed on the rear of the panels using dispense with hand routing and now have a special reversible carbide tipped profile cutters, with consistency of cut that was impossible to achieve the aluminium top surface on the front and part of The Striebig Compact AV 5207 is used before.” to size sheet materials including MDF, the plastic core remaining untouched. The saw, together with an Al-Ko mobile extraction PVC and solid aluminium panels This allows the panels to be folded by hand, doing unit, was supplied and installed by T.I. Machinery, the away with the need for a folding machine, with the shape of the Belfast-based sub-agents for T.M. Machinery Sales Ltd, the UK’s groove defining the bending radius. exclusive Striebig distributor. The saw is also used to size a variety of other sheet materials, Striebig vertical panel saws are suitable for cutting practically all including MDF, expanded PVC and solid aluminium panels, ranging sheet materials including wood based panels, MDF, plaster board, in thickness from 2.5 to 20mm plastics and aluminium panels. The Compact AV 5207 features an automated cut cycle and a digital readout for maximum efficiency. It has a maximum cut size For more information: Tel: 0116 271 7155 of 4600 x 2070mm and a maximum cutting depth of 60mm. Fax: 0116 271 5862 As the operator does not have to move the panel once it has been Email: sales@tmservices.co.uk placed on the saw he can concentrate on preparing the next batch www.tmpartnership.co.uk of panels to be processed, making the Striebig a big time saver. The Compact features central support and small parts support

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irtec Filtration have specialised in the design, supply and installation of top quality refurbished equipment for over ten years, saving customers as much as 60% on the cost of new equipment. Experts in the field of dust and fume control, customers come to Airtec to provide bespoke engineering solutions to suit a variety of applications and budgets. With industry renowned fine dust filters from the likes of Donaldson DCE, Dantherm’s Airmaster and Nederman, Airtec are sure to have the right filter for you. With over 15 years in the field, Engineering Director Neil Edwards explains “we pride ourselves on offering efficient, affordable and reliable products, which is why customers come back time and time again”. All refurbished equipment go through a rigorous inspection, repair, re-spray and testing program which is all backed by a one years warranty as standard. Service, maintenance and COSHH LEV packages are also available to compliment any installation.

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Airtec Filtration Offer a Solution to Rising Costs

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A sample of refurbishment by Airtec Filtration

Dantherm in tune with Symphony ymphony Group, who manufacture high quality fitted kitchen, bedroom and bathroom furniture has expanded into new production facilities in South Yorkshire. Comprehensively equipped with Homag sawing, straight line and profile edgebanding machinery, a high quality dust extraction and waste management system was required to fuel a new 4.2MW Mawera boiler plant for factory heating. Symphony called Dantherm Filtration after being impressed with many recent installations and Dantherm's Paul Costello and Neil Parkes worked in close harmony with Symphony selecting Danfoss inverter driven fans to maintain constant airflow for all conditions. Remote colour touch screen controls in the production hall provide clear functional, status and monitoring. This extensive system, with five ducting lines, each extracted by a 75kW Combifab fan, served by two Dantherm Cyclopac cyclofilters handles 182,000 m3/h. Dantherm’s Nordfab QF and flanged ducting was used throughout - with two of the five lines more than 200m long it really is extensive. Manufacturing Director Paul Whitehouse commented, "With our investment in the new facility running into several millions, we clearly needed to select the best possible extraction and waste handling system. Our decision to select Dantherm Filtration has resulted in a solution that has exceeded our expectations. Dantherm's project team Paul Costello and Neil Parkes have designed and installed a system that is efficient, unobtrusive and virtually maintenance free". Symphony's Technical Services Manager Simon Dean added, "Our

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operators can control their part of the system local to their work stations, meaning that they don't need to see the extraction plant. The whole project was handled with utter professionalism." For more information: Tel: 0113 273 9400 Fax: 0113 265 0735 www.danthermfiltration.co.uk

Remote colour touch screen controls provide clear functional status and monitoring

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Woodstock Furniture Gets Hot Result with Reduced Waste and Free Heating Bespoke furniture manufacture Woodstock Furniture has slashed waste costs and heating bills at its Andover workshop since the installation of a combined dust extraction and heating solution by Wood Waste Control (Engineering) Ltd. Woodstock designs, manufactures and installs bespoke top-ofthe range kitchen, bedroom and bathroom furniture with installations ranging from private homes to luxury yacht interiors all over the UK and as far afield as Barbados. The company moved recently from Winchester to 12,000 sq ft premises in Andover which incorporate a showroom highlighting the company’s products and capabilities. Woodstock works mostly in hardwoods including maple, cherry, oak and walnut and brought its existing dust and waste extraction filter with it when the company moved to Andover. However, according to production manager Richard Mawson, Woodstock was keen to enhance the performance and abilities of its extraction set up with a view to reducing the cost of heating the workshop and the costs and environmental issues relating to the disposal of waste wood. “At the previous workshop dust and shavings were blown in to a lorry trailer which had to be removed and emptied on a regular

basis and off cuts were collected in skips which then went to landfill,” he said. He studied the market before choosing Wood Waste Control (Engineering) Ltd, one of Europe’s leading waste extraction specialists, to provide the new enhanced system. The company is based in Bourne End near High Wycombe and has hundreds of successful installations across the UK, in Europe, Russia and Africa. All Wood Waste Control equipment is built to meet COSHH legislation requirements and can stand alone or be used in conjunction with total-extraction return air heating systems Wood Waste Control designed the system and installed a Reinbold AZR800S chipper and a Reinbold RB60 briquetting press fed by a WRV 100 rotary valve from the existing dust extraction filter. Waste is compressed into briquettes which are stored in paper storage sacks. When required, the bags of briquettes are fed into a WWA500 warm air space heater, which is capable of burning around 40kg of wood waste offcuts every hour, and has an output of 500,000Btu. Richard Mawson said: “Wood Waste Control introduced us to the Carbon Trust who were able to provide an interest-free loan to enable the work to be carried out. Now we have cut the amount of waste going to landfill by two-thirds and gas bills have been slashed because we now use waste and offcuts to heat the workshop. “The system works really well and we have calculated it will pay for itself within three years. It is even possible that we could sell the bags of briquettes to local woodburning stove users so that would be an additional source of income – so much better than paying someone to take the waste away!”

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WoodWaste Control installation at Woodstock Furniture

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Dustraction Completes Phase One at Triplar ustraction has completed phase one of contract, is all in position and details can be released a major new extraction system as part in time for this issue. of a factory move by premium A Dustrax 8SRV modular woodwaste filter is Northampton shopfitter Triplar, whose long term servicing a range of traditional timber joinery and ongoing customers include names like machines from bandsaws, planer thicknessers, Nokia, Levi Strauss and Nike. The move is part spindle moulders and sanding/finishing plant to a of the succession tactics of owner and MD Mike new Zerbrik PZ chipper for reducing waste Rodwell, who has run the business for 15 years generated by Triplar on their own site to manageable and is now handing the reins on to his son Tim, proportions. The heavy-duty Zerbrik also now currently New Business Development Manager. reduces off-cuts brought back to it from customer “I selected Dustraction for the work when we sites nationwide as part of a new policy of dealing equipped our first factory 20 years ago,” says Mike, effectively with waste generated during all shop fitting “because of the great reputation they’ve always had; upgrades and new-fit projects. then I picked them again for the new place because Triplar are currently helping mobile phone their original extraction layout ran day in, day out Dustraction’s Dustrax SRV 8 woodwaste communications giant Nokia to roll out their global ever since. It never broke down, never needed formal modular filter was bespoke built for the space product and brand messages for 2009 across a available at Triplar and to handle extraction servicing and never even warranted a call-out visit network of retail outlets in the UK and around the from the six biggest of the shopfitter’s 15 by Dustraction in support. That’s the kind of reliability machines running at any one time world. Other major brands whose high street I need these days when unless you have your own presence is serviced by Triplar are Levi Strauss, the house in order, you don’t even make it to the negotiating table with the global kings of denim, and Nike, whose sporting footwear is the world’s sort of companies that are now our clients.” premier brand and who employ more than a million people worldwide. The newly refurbished factory Triplar is moving to is smaller than the All three-dimensional waste is now reduced to manageable original because the needs of the company have changed. For example, proportions on the new Zerbrik PZ 63/1 chipper before transfer to a the high precision timber joinery work that is central to the image plans Woodwaste Technology WT15A burner both to eliminate it and to generate of the blue-chip organisations that Triplar represents is more specialised heat for the factory; card and paper waste, plastics and metals are all and metal fabrication is now out-sourced from partner suppliers in the sorted, separated and disposed of in an equally environmentally approved EU. Although the internal fitting of the new factory is not yet complete in and friendly manner. terms of ducting and connections, making the move is still ‘work in Dustraction’s Dustrax SRV 8 woodwaste modular filter provides 1770 progress’ - the filters and incineration plant, part of Dustraction’s £100,000 sq ft of cloth filter fabric in a series of 18 tubular cotton forms to handle an air velocity of 11,000 cfm based on the six biggest of Triplar’s 15 machines running at any one time. Twin shaker mechanisms provide for the periodic removal of caked waste material from the filter sleeves automatically when the plant is shut down and the equipment overall is controlled from a fully sequenced panel with all contactors, timers and overloads. The ducting element of the project represents phase two of the Triplar contract and provides for inspection doors on suction mains and on all machine connections with blastgate shut-off dampers on droppers to individual machines to allow the system to alternate. The extraction function encompasses two 630mm diameter spray booth stacks with jet cowls to exhaust fumes at high level from the paint finishing shop and the system overall is designed for noise and vibration-free operation to fall within Regulation 9 of current HSE COSHH requirements. Mike Rodwell isn’t able accurately to quantify payback from the effective disposal of wood waste via the new Dustraction layout. Re-use of waste as a fuel resource is one thing, he says, but its value as a public relations benefit with customers is incalculable. “The long term trend with energy costs is rising,” he adds, “and ensuring that this company is ‘waste minus’ enroute to the customer negotiating table is a major part of my role here now.”

Fansets by Dustraction have a lot to live up to at Triplar - those at the shopfitter’s previous factory ran for 20 years without a breakdown or a call-out or even so much as a service

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Air Plants makes it comfortable for Komfort HEN Komfort Workspace decided to replace its old wood waste extraction system on the door manufacturing plant in Crawley, West Sussex, the company selected Air Plants Dust Extraction Ltd. Komfort Workspace, part of the Sheffield Insulation Group, is one of Europe’s foremost designers and manu facturers of workplace products, and as such, has an established reputation for the provision of excellent customer service and technical support. At Crawley, the state of the art woodworking machinery is employed in cutting, processing and finishing large quantities of timber based panels which, in turn, generates high levels of wood waste. Nigel Elmes, production engineer at Komfort, invited Air Plants to come up with a system that would cater for the existing machinery, plus provide in-built capacity for future expansion. The main criterion was to keep the existing extraction system running during the

installation, whilst keeping disruption of production to an absolute minimum. After careful consideration of Komfort’s requirements, Air Plants came up with a scheme that involved the initial relocation of the existing externally sited filter and fan over a weekend, followed by the installation of an APDEL Cyclo filter and two No. 90 centrifugal fans in its original location, while the old system continued to run. The internal ductwork was installed without dismantling existing ductwork, or disruption of production. Once installed, the changeover from the old system to the new was carried out over a weekend, with production up and running first thing Monday morning. Air Plants then dismantled and removed the redundant system from site, again without disrupting production. The installed system has a total airflow capacity of 85,000 m3/hr, which is almost three times the capacity of the original system’s 29,500 m3/hr. The two new fans extract a total of 34,000 m3/hr each, with 17,000 m3/hr available capacity in the Cyclo filter, for future machine extraction. The control panel supplied with the system incorporates the starters for a future third fan, so Komfort can keep future expansion costs to a minimum. Featuring Air Plants’ ‘Advanced Filter Technology’, the Cyclo - filter solution is a dust extraction industry leader. Offering control of large volume waste with continual output, the Cyclofilter has ‘Auto Pulse Jet Cleaning’ on demand and provides maximum operational efficiency with 95% separation prior to filtration. The Cyclofilter’s small footprint design allows flexible site positioning for both existing and new build applications and offers the solution for the control of all dust types, both natural and man made. Nick Hare, Komfort’s production director, has this to say: “The new system has had a major impact upon the manufacturing plant, both in terms of improved quality of finish on our CNC machines and also the overall appearance of the factory. No longer do we have to contend with excess shavings and dust on the factory floor, as it is dealt with efficiently and effectively at source. “Air Plants has provided a professional and practical service during the installation and Lance Morley was particularly committed to helping us through what could have been a major upheaval. The project was fairly painless and we never felt disrupted in achieving production targets while the plant was being assembled.”

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Air Plants Dust Extraction Ltd provided an extraction scheme that both caters for existing machinery and provides for future expansion

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leading vinyl door manufacturer has slashed energy bills for running its dust plant by investing in the latest ‘green technology’ dust extraction from Dust Control Systems Ltd. Based in Middleton, Manchester, Crystal Doors are specialists in vinyl-wrapped doors and accessories, supplying to companies who offer bespoke manufactured solutions for any room in the home. In addition to continuous improvement of its manufacturing processes, the company has an ongoing commitment to responsible environmental practice. Recently this commitment, together with a drive to reduce energy costs, led Crystal Doors to invest in a new energy-efficient dust plant and a woodwaste-burning heating system. Extraction power varies as Compact DCS Pulse-Jet Filter The doors are manufactured in MDF using auto-dampers open and close installation at Crystal Doors wood sourced from sustainable forests; boards are cut to size, machined to produce any design, and then fans which operate ‘on-demand’ from each of 14 machines. Operation finished with high quality printed vinyl. The new dust extraction system is entirely automatic, with the extraction system’s power varying installed by DCS comprises an externally sited Reverse Jet Filter, instantly as dampers open and close. This means that the dust plant designed to operate under negative pressure and handle air volumes always runs at optimum efficiency and keeps power usage to an of 20,000 m3/hr. The compact, high-efficiency filter deals with MDF absolute minimum.” dust from ten high-performance woodworking machines, three beam Dust Control Systems replaced three existing dust extractors and saws and a hogger that granulates offcuts. Waste is discharged, installed the new plant, complete with clip-together ducting runs and pressure-free, from the filter via a rotary valve to a soft flight conveyor automatic damper systems, without interruption to Crystal Doors’ which in turn feeds direct to a fuel storage silo. day-to-day production. Managing Director, Richard Hagan Melvyn Bathgate, sales director at DCS, says: “The most significant commented: “We are delighted with the new extraction system; our advantage of the new extraction system is its ability to provide precise old equipment employed fixed speed fans, running constantly at over extraction volumes only when they’re needed. This is achieved by 100kW for 10 hours a day, wasting vast amounts of valuable energy. utilising variable speed control and multiple high-efficiency clean air In contrast, the new extractor uses only 24kW to 40kW, operates fully automatically, and gives us optimum extraction volume, just when we need it.” Crystal Doors has certainly put its woodwaste to positive use – 95% is now recycled. The 20,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility is fully heated in winter, without the need for other heat sources, whilst waste disposal and energy costs have been dramatically reduced. This new ‘green technology’ extraction, with the added benefit of a genuine payback on investment, adds up to both environmental and commercial sense.

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Richard Hagan with one of the company’s latest designs of Shaker kitchen doors

May/June 2009

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Savings Materialise with Egger Eurolight ight deadlines, demanding clients and stiff competition have always characterised the furniture fabrication sector, but the onset of the recession means it really is survival of the fittest. When it comes to making a business leaner, managers often look at areas where immediate savings can be made. But one area often overlooked is material selection, which offers excellent opportunities for savings. EGGER UK, Europe’s leading manufacturer of wood-based panel products has developed Eurolight, which is designed to offer the best of both worlds; lightweight, easy to work boards combined with excellent stability and a fashionable, hard-wearing finish. 50mm Eurolight panels are approximately 41% lighter than 38mm panels of equivalent area dimensions because of the rigid honeycombe structure sandwiched between two layers of melamine faced chipboard (MFC). Paul Watson, MD of specialist shop-fitting manufacturer and panel processing firm, SW Watson in Preston, Lancashire, is well placed to talk about Eurolights advantages. In January 2009, a major nationwide retailer commissioned his company to construct 24 wardrobe and 134 luggage table display units that had to be designed, built and distributed to stores around the country. The project’s turnaround time was four weeks and the units are expected to last three years. Paul’s project required 214 of Platinum White 50mm Eurolight. “I would say that using Eurolight meant we probably halved the time it took us to complete the project because of their lightness and the fact that we didn’t have to bond the boards up to achieve the required thickness. The project was also challenging from a delivery point of view because of the tight deadlines and

complicated logistics,” said Paul, “and as with most projects at the moment, protecting margins is more important that ever. “In order to meet the client’s needs, which was a hard wearing, contemporary looking shelving display, we came up with a design built of EGGER Eurolight. We chose Eurolight because of its versatility, light weight, durability and because the client liked the chunky, modern finish. “Lighter panels have direct money saving advantages,” said Paul. “Fewer hands are required to work the material and production turnaround times are reduced because the boards can be ordered pre-finished. And at the end of the day lighter materials save fuel getting the unit to the shop as well.” Paul added: “Eurolight has great stability for a surprisingly light product, which makes it ideal for furniture and worktop uses. Many of the displays are in heavy consumer traffic areas and in spaces where they could be frequently bumped by trolleys and cleaning equipment. Most have been n the shop floors since January and they’re probably going to be in a position for three years. As you’d imagine, durability was a key client specification. “We’ve also been working on ways to reduce the carbon footprint of our operation,” said Paul, “so using Eurolight also helps us achieve that aim because we’re using less wood to create the same displays.” Katie Burton, EGGER UK’s Marketing Coordinator said: “Paul’s large scale project demonstrates the versatility and advantages of Eurolight very clearly, and it’s great to hear that his client thought the project was a success. “The economic client is forcing interior designers and fabricators to assess their operational efficiency and many have found that a careful choice of material can produce savings throughout the production process. Eurolight’s décor, versatility and robustness means there are now more opportunities to use a material that is better value for money and doesn’t sacrifice the final look,” concluded Katie. Eurolight has recently been paired with Egger’s 2008-2010 selection of decorative laminate finishes. The range offers appealing shades and textures and features contemporary trends like quartzite alongside traditional evergreen finishes such as beech. All finishes are available in 38mm and 50mm Eurolight thicknesses and surface dimensions can be customised according to distributors’ requirements.

To view or find out more, visit www.egger.co.uk Alternatively contact Katie Burton: Tel: 01434 613376 Fax: 01434 613302 Email: kathryn.burton@egger.com

Contemporary shelving display units constructed with Eurolight

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Brackets (Furniture Fittings)

Panel Saws (Sliding Table)

Dudley Tool Presswork & Engineering Co. Ltd

Holz-Her Great Britain Ltd

Spray Booth & Finishing Facilities

www.dudley-tool.co.uk

www.holzher-gb.co.uk

Hi-Tec Spray Ltd

SCM Group UK Ltd

www.hitecspray.co.uk

CNC Machinery

www.scmgb.co.uk

Holz-Her Great Britain Ltd

O’Meara, J&C Ltd

www.holzher-gb.co.uk

www.ukpanelsaws.co.uk

Spray Paintings & Adhesive Equipment

Panel Saws (Vertical)

Hi-Tec Spray Ltd www.hitecspray.co.uk

SCM Group UK Ltd www.scmgb.co.uk

Holz-Her Great Britain Ltd

Design & Manufacturing

www.holzher-gb.co.uk

Classic Joinery Software

Striebig

www.cjsoftware.co.uk

www.tmpartnership.co.uk

Dust Control Systems

Panel Handling

WoodWaste Control Engineering Ltd

Allwood Machinery Essex Ltd (inc Interwood)

www.w-w-c.co.uk

www.interwood.co.uk SCM Group UK Ltd

Edgebanders Allwood Machinery Essex Ltd (inc Interwood)

www.scmgb.co.uk

Timber & Panel Products Distributor James Latham Ltd www.lathamtimber.co.uk

Tooling ATA Engineering Process www.ataeng.com

Throughfeed Drills SCM Group UK Ltd www.scmgb.co.uk

www.interwood.co.uk

Presses

Holz-Her Great Britain Ltd

Allwood Machinery Ltd (inc Interwood)

www.holzher-gb.co.uk

www.interwood.co.uk

Veneering Equipment

www.uniwood.co.uk

PVC & Veneer Edging

Allwood Machinery Essex Ltd (inc Interwood) www.interwood.co.uk

SCM Group UK Ltd

Uniwood Ltd T/A Camco

www.scmgb.co.uk

www.uniwood.co.uk

Woodworking Machinery

Routers (CNC)

Biesse Group UK www.biesse.co.uk

Uniwood Ltd T/A Camco

Trimbridge Ltd www.trimbridge.com

ATA Engineering Processes

Machining Centres (CNC)

www.ataeng.com

Holz-Her Great Britain Ltd

www.holzher-gb.co.uk

SCM Group Ltd

Uniwood Ltd T/A Camco

www.scmgb.co.uk

www.uniwood.co.uk SCM Group UK Ltd

Manufacturing Software 20-20 Technologies www.2020technologies.com

www.scmgb.co.uk

Allwood Machinery Essex Ltd (inc Interwood) www.interwood.co.uk Holz-Her Great Britain Ltd www.holzher-gb.co.uk Uniwood Ltd T/A Camco www.uniwood.co.uk SCM Group UK Ltd www.scmgb.co.uk Schelling UK Ltd www.schelling.co.uk

Woodworking Machinery (New & Used) Allwood Machinery Essex Ltd (inc Interwood) www.interwood.co.uk

Sanders (Speed) Allwood Machinery Ltd (inc Interwood)

Panel Saws (Beam)

Felder Group UK – FORMAT 4 www.format-4.co.uk

www.interwood.co.uk

Sanders (Wide Belt) Boere Machinefabriek www.boere.nl Kundig Ltd www.kundig.co.uk

Software Space 3D www.space3d.uk.com

A.L. Dalton Ltd www.daltonsmachines.com Uniwood Ltd T/A Camco www.uniwood.co.uk

Wood Burning Equipment Talbott’s Biomass Energy Systems www.talbotts.co.uk WoodWaste Control Engineering Ltd www.w-w-c.co.uk