Technology Carcass Furniture Manufacturing This six-part article series by the German Engineering Federation (VDMA), illustrates modern manufacturing processes carried out at the workshop of German carpenter Franz Huber. Part 1: CAD/CAM & Calculation Part 2: Sawing — Optimisation Part 3: Edge finish Part 4: Fittings — Boring & Milling Part 5: Tools for carcass furniture manufacturing Part 6: CNC processing centre
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Well W Finished Edges Franz Hubert has to edge different materials, from solid edges to very thin edges, that are used in his office furniture programme ‘Gloria’. For this reason, the carpenter started to think carefully about the features of an edgebanding machine. By Christian Härtel for VDMA
30 FDM Asia may/jun 2012 | www.fdmasia.com
hat is the perfect edgebanding machine for a carpenter who has to process relatively small quantities of edge materials and wants to economically manufacture high-quality products? This was the main question that Franz Hubert asked himself in the scope of his office furniture manufacturing process. Once the carpenter had defined his personal equipment requirements, he soon recognised that he also had to make a fundamental decision which would considerably influence the investment amount and the work method: whether the edgebanding machine should be equipped with a display-controlled motorised adjustment unit. This will mean considerable difference in terms of price and machine efficiency. He had no doubts whatsoever regarding the other machine parameters because these would secure the desired flexibility