Holzbau Driendl expands operations with new compact CLT production plant

 Tuesday, October 1, 2024

The family-owned business Holzbau Driendl, an eco-friendly wood processing company with its own small sawmill in the Oberallgäu region, has chosen to expand its operations by investing in a flexible CLT production plant. This new venture not only complements their existing activities but also brings the younger generation of the family into the business.

The compact size of the plant posed a significant challenge for the development team, as they had to navigate space limitations and devise cost-effective technical solutions that could still deliver the desired capacity and flexibility with minimal staffing. The plant includes an automated finger-jointing line with manual marking before defect cutting and features the new Ledinek BSP press, which supports manual layup and automatic gluing, housed separately from the main production area.

The press is equipped with both, side pressure and front pressure. Press closing and pressing is done by the operator by means of a control panel. Also, the size of the CLT panels is limited to 14 m x 3.5 m x 0.36 m. A CNC processing centre is also installed in the same building in order to process finished CLT elements in a timely manner.

The system consists of high-end features:

• Automatic vacuum destacking of the raw material
• Moisture measurement
• Reject gate for whole boards
• Manual marking station for wood defects
• High-performance cross-cut saw for defect cutting MPC 400 FAST
• Feeding of the finger jointing machine
• EUROZINK Compact 6-300 kN finger jointing machine up to 6 pieces / min
• Curing storage for lamellas
• Line-integrated cross-cut saw for cross lamellas
• Feeding of the lamella planer PROFILES 220-4V
• Automatic stacking system with integrated roller conveyor and cross chains for single-row packages
• Layup table for manual panel assembly
• Stationary LEDINEK surface gluing with PUR (1-component polyurethane adhesive)
• XE-PRESS 14 cross laminated timber press with high specific pressure up to 0.8 N/mm²
• Raw pressed CLT panels
• Freshly CNC machined panels from a Hundegger PBA

Facts of the machine:

• Up to 14 m x 3.6 m x 0.36 m panel size
• Production capacity up to 5,000 m³/year
• Operators 2+1
• PUR adhesive for higher capacity
• High flexibility of the production process

Holzbau Driendl GmbH & CO. KG is located in Wertach, Germany. They mainly use spruce for making their production efficient. Sustainability and environmental protection are the major concerns to the company. Additionally, they produce the energy required for production in a climate-neutral way using their hydroelectric power plant and photovoltaic system.

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