09/30/2024

HOMAG Treff 2024 – a great success!

Coming together, networking, and being inspired: A look back at HOMAG Treff 2024

Under the motto "Where sawdust flies and inspiration lands", HOMAG Treff 2024 thrilled over 2,000 visitors from more than 30 countries. After a wait of more than six years, the famous HOMAG in-house exhibition took place at the same time at two southern German HOMAG locations – in Schopfloch and Holzbronn. From September 24 to 27, 2024, visitors experienced the latest trends and developments in the wood industry live in action. In addition to machines and systems, digital products, exhibits from partner companies, and insightful presentations, HOMAG Treff offered the perfect platform for exchange and inspiration. 

Individual machines and complete production lines and were exhibited in the factory halls in Schopfloch and Holzbronn. The numerous machine demonstrations, on everything from the edge banding of narrow parts, soft forming, and nesting, to robot panel dividing saws, were supplemented by exciting technical and customer presentations on topics such as the interaction between software and machines for an efficient working day. The program was rounded off by factory tours, which provided a look behind the scenes at HOMAG.

Automation and digitization were once again the focus. At the Schopfloch site, visitors were even greeted by an entire exhibition area dedicated to HOMAG software, apps, digital assistants, and service. The experts from SCHULER Consulting were also on site to exchange ideas with interested parties about concrete automation potential for production in the furniture and timber construction segment. The focus was on measures to optimize the production process, reduce costs and increase digitalization.

For the first time, numerous trade exhibitors and partner companies such as BENZ Tooling, DÜRR AG, tapio and many more were also present. In short, the HOMAG Treff promised first-hand information and lots of innovations - from panel dividing, CNC machining and edging to software, automation and digitalization.

Presented live: Technical highlights and innovations

This year visitors were inspired by the diverse technical highlights and innovations. There were first-hand insights into multiple different technologies and solution areas, including: 

Robot efficiency at an entry-level price: The new SAWTEQ S-300/S-400 flexTec

With the SAWTEQ S-300/S-400 flexTec robot saws, HOMAG has a proven solution for fully automatic cutting in batch size 1 in its portfolio. Until now, larger companies in particular had benefited from their efficiency and the advantages of unmanned production. The shortage of skilled workers was also and especially in the skilled trades a major challenge. For this reason, HOMAG presented a new standard configuration of the SAWTEQ S-300/S-400 flexTec at the in-house exhibition. The further development offered robot efficiency at an entry-level price and could be flexibly expanded technically if necessary – ideal for growing companies.

More convenience, less storage activity: with quickTip and intelliStore AI – Offcuts

At the in-house exhibition, the latest development of the HOMAG storage software woodStore 8 was presented, which sets new standards in terms of ease of use and resource efficiency. The first is quickTip: The integrated assistant provides users with proactive support, provides setting recommendations, and helps the machine operator to systematically exploit the storage potential. This saves valuable space and reduces energy consumption. The fact that intelligent software solutions increase efficiency is also proven by intelliStore AI – Offcuts. This is because it can reduce warehouse movements by up to 40% for automatic scrap management. The new development enables automatic residual storage on defined panel stacks freely distributed in the warehouse – if necessary, also in combination with classic remnant storage locations.

Reproducing components and forming batches – now in the HOMAG productionManager!

Not everything in the production process always succeeds at the first attempt. But that doesn't matter if you can react easily and flexibly and quickly reproduce individual parts. For this purpose, there is now the "Reproduction" function in the productionManager app. It’s practical and easy: Components can be digitally recorded directly by the machine operator at the point of action and ordered for reproduction, with part-specific information for work preparation. Speaking of work preparation: With the new "Batch Formation" function, orders are intelligently combined into production batches. This allows orders to be bundled into batches in terms of time and material and transferred directly to a cutting optimization department or simply exported as a blank list – depending on the requirements. This not only saves money, it also reduces material consumption.

intelliDivide Cutting: three innovations for HOMAG cutting optimization

True to the motto "Always one cut ahead", HOMAG presented several innovations for the intelliDivide Cutting optimization software at the in-house exhibition.

• Optimize more intelligently with templates: If you want to produce certain components more frequently in a predefined arrangement or consciously keep components together, you can now create templates for this purpose and store them as templates in the intelliDivide Cutting library.
• Hand in hand with the woodStore storage system software: From now on, all material data, inventories and panel remnants stored in woodStore are automatically available for the intelliDivide Cutting optimization system. After cutting, leftovers are transferred to woodStore and offered for reuse during the next optimization. 
• AI-supported production time predictions: Until now, intelliDivide Cutting has calculated the expected production times based on fixed assumptions. With the help of artificial intelligence (AI), the predictions are now much more accurate. This improves planning and allows for more precise calculations.

The CNC accelerator for nesting – HOMAG STORETEQ F-100 single-axis feeder

The STORETEQ F-100 single-axis feeder ensures even more efficiency and flexibility in nesting – in a material-friendly, automatic, and fast way. It is an asset all along the line – and with minimal space requirements. The control is carried out via woodStore directly on the CENTATEQ N-210 or N-510 CNC machining center. This interaction creates a complete craft cell – including manual scrap management. The gantry uses a vacuum suction cup to fetch the next panel just-in-time from the stacking area next to or behind the CNC machining center, rotates the material up to 90° if necessary and places it on the roller conveyor. Everything is fully automatic.

The edge leap for the trade: LOOPTEQ O-400 and EDGETEQ S-200

Modern industrial technology at trade conditions: This is what HOMAG offers with the new LOOPTEQ O-400 portal return system as well as with the EDGETEQ S-200. Two solutions that are equivalent to a quantum leap in edge processing. The newly developed LOOPTEQ O-400 impresses with its high performance and extremely compact design. Thanks to its high degree of automation and the combination of stacking system and workpiece return, it sustainably increases productivity in production – with ergonomic and economical operation by just one person. 

With the latest technology from the industrial segment, the EDGETEQ S-200 also convinces. The smallest HOMAG edge banding machine already has highlights such as a servo edge feeder, flexible magazine height adjustment and vacuum suction cup-based strip separation. A new application unit is coming that enables the adhesive to be changed in less than three minutes. This simplifies and accelerates production considerably.

Even better drilling and doweling: DRILLTEQ D-110

With the DRILLTEQ D-110, HOMAG presented a new entry-level CNC that has exactly two tasks: horizontal drilling and dowels. And it does this particularly effectively. This is ensured by 3 individually retrievable drilling spindles and a space allocation of up to 4 workpieces. Practical: With the CNC programming software woodWOP 8.1, the height and depth of the drilling and dowel operations can be preset. These are then automatically retrieved during processing. The dowel technology of the DRILLTEQ D-110 has already proven itself many times over in higher HOMAG series.

Coming together and exchanging ideas

Personal contacts and discussions at eye level are essential for HOMAG, and so preparations are already in full swing for the next big live event: WEINMANN Treff.

SAVE THE DATE: This year's WEINMANN Treff will take place on November 13 and 14, 2024 in St. Johann-Lonsingen, Germany.

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