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WEINMANN Treff 2017 leaves an impressive industrial programme

 Monday, December 11, 2017

weinmannAt St. Johann-Lonsingen near WEINMANN, carpenters, prefabricated home builders, suppliers and industry experts met on November 23 and 24. In addition to the latest machine technologies, new industry trends and future developments were presented. The specialist lectures and the accompanying trade exhibition provided the perfect setting for this. Around 300 visitors came to St. Johann to WEINMANN.

 

Producing small quantities efficiently: the Zimmermeister bridge WMS 060

Already at the premiere at the Ligna in Hanover, the WMS 060 was consistently well received. So also with the first customer where the machine has been in use for almost 3 months. Also at the WEINMANN Treff, the Zimmermeister bridge impressed with its wide range of applications – it can be used for different wall structures and geometries as well as for roof and ceiling elements. Especially in weak wood markets such as USA or UK, the WMS 060 finds its use.

 

Equipped with fixtures for staplers or nailers and a milling unit, the mounting and processing of the planking is made possible. In addition to openings for windows, doors or sockets also include free forms such as circles, curves or bevels. The result is elements with high dimensional accuracy. The machine is configured to enable small and medium-sized carpentry companies, which produce in small quantities, to enter CNC-controlled production.

 

As another highlight, the Zimmermeisterbrücke is equipped with the newly developed easyRun software tool, which offers tremendous ease of data creation. With this tool, the data can be entered easily and quickly directly on the machine when needed. For simple operations such as nailing the planking, milling the openings and formatting the panels, no CAD system is needed.

 

But also the fully automatic data transfer from the CAD is possible. The operator opens the data record on the machine and starts processing. With the intuitive powerTouch operating system, the machine is easy to operate without special expertise.

 

The brackets and milling machines were demonstrated live on the Zimmermeister bridge. The planking was automatically fastened with the two staplers. The machine adopts the clamping distances specified in CAD and converts them exactly, thus ensuring the statics of the elements.

 

The built-in milling unit introduced door and window openings as well as socket cut-outs into the element. The interpolating processing, which allows shapes such as circles, curves or bevel cuts, inspired the visitors. Existing thickness variations in the element are tracked and compensated with the aid of the momentary milling unit.

 

 
LignoLoc® – the first fireable wooden nail: for the first time in combination with the WMS 150 multifunction bridge

Beck has developed a new fastener – nails made of wood, which can be injected with compressed air without pre-drilling. It was exactly these nails that were introduced fully automatically at the WEINMANN Treff for the first time with the WMS 150 multifunction bridge. With a nail device including magazine, which is mounted on the WMS 150, the wooden nails are inserted into the element for attachment. The data are taken from the CAD fully automatically and the nails are inserted in the appropriate places in the element. The process is fast, accurate and ecological. The multi-function bridge again shows its versatility and flexibility. Regardless of the fastener or device, the planking is fully automatically fastened. No matter if with screws, nails, clamps or now also wooden nails.

 

wein 1Robot technology in timber construction

After a robot solution was already on display at WEINMANN in 2016, another production cell with robots was also presented this year. The plant will be delivered to the Lindbäcks company in Sweden, where the most modern production plant in Europe is currently being built. The wall production line is to complete a wall every 7 minutes. To achieve this throughput time, the system is equipped with many new technologies and also the robot.

 

The fact that robot technology is increasingly finding its application in timber construction was described in the presentation by HOMAG. Various fields of application as well as the features and advantages of the use of robots were presented, as well as the production cell, which has been in use at Bien-Zenker for almost a year.

 

The combination of man and machine achieves flexibility, precision and speed that were previously unknown in timber construction.

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