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Automation in the craft sector

exactly knows which part is arriving at the robot that is positioned there. Or the robot shall let it pass because it is immediately needed in the assembly. Then - and this is the specialty of the cell solution [...] to the LIGNA presentation - the part will simply be transported to the assembly, because the robot passes beneath the robot, which stands as onto a bridge. If the part will only be needed later, it will

Everything at a glance — including rework!

Having a large number of jobs also means a large number of components that pass through several stations within production every day. As a result, it is quite conceivable that a component could be accidentally

Industry 4.0 in the Furniture Industry – a Snapshot

of a customer order at the point of sale to the final manufacturing process, the information flow passes three to four different software products. Each of these products is specially tailored to this field [...] can then be transferred to the ERP system via an interface. Parts or even entire parts lists can be passed to the ERP system. Billing and materials management are completely transferred to the appropriate [...] requirements in the furniture industry, such as cutting, nesting or batch size 1. Ideally, the data is passed to the existing or planned systems via standardized interfaces. Inventory changes should also be

When a progressive furniture production concept becomes reality

doors, floors, windows, wainscoting and wall cladding. The economic crisis of recent years did not pass without consequences for J&J Teixeira, however, thanks to the new projects, the gap was rapidly closed [...] with the same raw materials (panel thickness and decorative surface) <s>are</s> were batched and passed on to different production routes depending on subsequent manufacturing processes. This is one of

Dürr acquires majority shareholding in the HOMAG Group

Dürr and HOMAG Group AG. Dürr has a total of 77.9 percent of the voting rights for the purpose of passing such resolutions at the annual general meeting of HOMAG Group AG. The HOMAG Group will be fully

An extensive cultural change

recent years—to the extent that, despite a healthy number of orders, it is becoming more difficult to pass the increased costs on to developers. For timber construction companies, one option for improving [...] across three locations, means increased work effort and further additional costs. Haas does not want to pass these cost increases on to customers—around 65 percent of whom work in construction of detached and [...] y with a higher level of rework. In both cases my competitiveness would suffer. This allows me to pass on some of my cost savings to my customers and partially absorb price increases through efficiency

SCHULER Consulting in mourning: Gerhard Schuler passed away aged 92

Following an apprenticeship as a carpenter, in 1952 Gerhard Schuler passed his master’s examination with distinction. Next, he completed his studies to become a wood technology engineer in Rosenheim, Bavaria

Hammonds Furniture invests in HOMAG

producing 5,500-6,000 passes a day, this is an extremely slow process. Having a line with two edge banders means both sides of the work piece are edged during the same working pass. “Previously we would

JDH Joinery ramps-up production with new HOMAG equipment

us to label the panels ready to be moved onto our CNC or edgebanders. The machine’s software also passes production information to these other machines and assembly areas. These advanced features have

A practical test mastered: productionManager proves

well as with productionManager. With productionManager, there is a feedback that the component has passed a station." For the test, a small piece of furniture was designed with iX CAD at Binsch. After the