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In the woodworking and interior finishing industries, there is a demand for perfectly finished panels that are ready for immediate use. Until 2024, the Rothenthurm, Switzerland-based company had outsourced the final step – the joinery of Schuler solid wood panels – to third-party firms. With the commissioning of the modern VISION-III-TTT CNC machining center from Reichenbacher Hamuel, a new era …

A significant transformation is taking place in bridge construction: thanks to modern block gluing of laminated timber, structural components with previously unattainable cross-sections and lengths can now be manufactured. Combined with precise 5-axis CNC machining, this enables the creation of complex bridge components with spans of over 45 meters and more.

Serial timber construction is synonymous with speed, precision, and repeatability. However, companies must ask themselves how well their production processes are prepared for this. And whether they can reliably manufacture large-format components to a consistent standard of quality – even as production volumes increase.

Can entrepreneurship and the courage to repeatedly achieve extraordinary things be passed on to successors? The answer is yes: Treppenbau.ch, a company based in Ganterschwil, Switzerland, shows how innovative spirit can be seamlessly carried on.

Modern timber construction has long been a pioneer in prefabrication, demonstrating how numerous work steps can be transferred from the construction site to the factory floor. This saves time during assembly and offers advantages in terms of quality and precision. It requires digital planning and innovative plant technology …

Anyone can nest smooth panels. But guiding all panels, both suctionable and non-suctionable, fully automatically from storage to stacking using a CNC system clearly highlights the technological engineering expertise. At the Terhalle Group, all panels in timber construction pass through the modern VISION-III-U.

Machines are changing the way people think and act. A bold theory? Definitely not, says plant manager André Leipold, because the ECO-8126-A CNC system marked the start of a whole new era in production at Brüninghoff in Heiden, North Rhine-Westphalia: the thinking in terms of processes and machining strategies.

What if CNC manufacturing could be reinvented? If 3D printing and conventional machining were no longer thought of separately, but intelligently combined? Reichenbacher is planning to do just that: Under the motto ‘CNC rethought’, the company is preparing to merge additive and subtractive processes.

Aberle Kunststoffverarbeitung GmbH, based in the Black Forest, Germany, specializes in prototypes, one-offs and small series made from a variety of plastics. For the past two years, they have been using the high-precision, flexible VISION-I-H 5-axis CNC machining center from Reichenbacher Hamuel.

Making sophisticated concrete formwork from wood is often an art. What was once considered impossible or difficult, such as creating futuristic curves on large balconies, has become routine for experts thanks to modern CNC technology. Sometimes it only takes a few days from concept to realisation, and a customised concrete staircase, for example, is ready for delivery.