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Above: Tooling for all applications In Hannover in May, SCM Group will add to their digital range by combining digital technologies with high added-value targeted services, displayed in the innovation control centre at the heart of the SCM display. SCM Group will also present new solutions for CNC processing centres and drilling machines.
The Weinig Group includes a huge range of equipment and machines for processing solid wood in addition to the Holz-Her range of furniture production equipment. Expect to see more than fifty machines operated live on a huge five thousand square metre stand in May. A special highlight will be a complex production line where all areas of Weinig’s competence are directly or indirectly integrated. Weinig will present the new Hydromat generation with a performance potential of up to three hundred metres a minute, fed by a new SF-200 accelerator as it’s not possible to hand-feed any machine at these incredible speeds. A new integrated tool changing aid; fully automatic aggregate positioning and spindle temperature monitoring will also be on display. The new Powermat 2400 3D that allows contour profiling from the
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right and left during the through-feed of the workpiece will also be on show. This is a technology that was not possible before. With the Weinig Group Holz-Her brand the company focuses on a high degree of transparency of production processes with ‘plug-and-play’ a requirement for all their new developments. This will be demonstrated across the entire range at Ligna. So, this is what we know from the preview in February. Of course, this is only a small selection of the exhibiting companies but it’s a snapshot of the size and scope of this year’s show and of the wide range of new technologies you will see there. Ligna 2019 is promising to be the biggest, best and most visit-worthy show in the last decade and you shouldn’t miss it. ❚