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Industry 4.0 is now the norm for Erfi

to do something," says Andreas Fischer, the junior manager at erfi, describing the situation of his wood production with manually operated joinery machines. "We were no longer able to meet market requirements [...] earlier, however — as soon as order-based data from production preparation is merged with data from the CAD/CAM system and the parts list management. Finally, the ControllerMES production control system from [...] production as well. Because the system is connected to tapio, the world's first digital platform for the wood industry (see HK 6/17), digital products such as the MachineBoard allow you to query the current status

Simple steps to digitalization – with a sense of proportion

and an edgebanding machine; everything this carpentry business requires for processing panels, solid wood and veneer. The final surfaces are applied to the individual items of furniture and interior fittings [...] fittings in a small paint shop. "Panel processing makes up around two thirds of our work, but solid wood and veneer are still very important to our business," says Fritz Strom. He continues, "We don't participate [...] start," there is still plenty of scope for further optimization. For example: with an upstream "real" CAD system or cabinet generator, he could supply the cutting optimization software with consistent and

Batch size 1 at furniture factory Rudolf

production planning and organization. The data is created in an upstream design software such as woodCAD/CAM and transferred to ControllerMES. This guarantees consistent data processing. Labels with barcodes

Best possibly way to manage the diversity of materials in cutting

2019. Standard: Batch size 1 in production Under the brand motto "Holz. Raum. Passion." (English: "Wood. Space. Passion."), today at Schurig around 30 specialists produce a portfolio of modern interior [...] workflow with the acquisition of the new hall: from the room layout and the transfer of information to a CAD system in the work preparation department to the data transfer to the processing machines. The advantage:

The digital job folder brings transparency to the workshop

the user imports all data for a job from any software systems, such as Excel, industry software or a CAD/CAM system, into the productionManager app. Alternatively, the user can create the data directly in [...] the important information about a job in one place. And because it's a web-based app, employees of wood-processing companies can access it from anywhere where they have access to the Internet: in the office

Wood frame construction - efficiency with a small footprint

A wood frame construction firm from Schopfheim transitioned entirely to cutting-edge CNC technology over a period of just two years - in a pre-existing, non-custom-built workshop. What prompted M. Räuber [...] interest among building owners and architects. In the words of Stefan Räuber, "We've never seen as much wood as we have over the past two years. What we do has changed a lot, and now encompasses everything from [...] " Räuber Holzbau has gradually shifted its focus away from renovations and towards new builds and wood frame construction - meaning that its capacities were pushed to the limit. "Our joining operations

Fahrerlose Transportsysteme automatisieren die Intralogistik

process and data quality. Since the company Kitzberger has configured and used the existing ERP and CAD|CAM system very well, this was not an issue. Also in the choice of part carriers, the current selection [...] advantage of the selected AGV system TRANSBOT is the integrated stacking management system called “woodStack”. Due to the connection to the MES an exact part tracking during the production is possible in

Shaping the prospects of timber construction together.

are interested in increasing the value of the building structure aside from the end customers and wood construction companies? Stefan Bockel (SB): It is certainly also an important topic from a banking [...] optimize serial renovation processes and tap into the potential of the sector. Regarding the use of CAD (computer-aided design) programs, there are only a few obstacles in this sector that would prevent [...] renovation? MS: As a participant in this industry, I consider the developments to be extremely positive. Wood as a renewable raw material has now become very appealing to customers. There is also a significant

Responsibility

their original building in Schönderling, the Hummel joiners have been creating experiences made of wood for more than 150 years: first as traveling joiners, later in the fine village joinery. In 1998, Thomas [...] frequently produce items for fellow joiners with capacity problems – also thanks to the high level of CAD expertise in the technical center. This received another strong boost last year. To make it as easy

„Saudisierung“ führt zur Automatisierungswelle in der Möbelindust

cupboards. Until a few years ago, the manufacturer was very well known for its kitchens with solid wood fronts. This trend has changed: Today, flat, melamine-coated fronts are in demand. Al Joaib enjoys [...] digitalisation of production and work preparation. Among other things, the implementation of a new CAD/CAM system and the use of digital value stream optimisation by Schuler are on the list. The investments