VISION‑U / ‑L

Tho­se loo­king for exclu­si­ve fur­ni­tu­re with aes­the­tic design, but abo­ve all for sophisti­ca­ted living space con­cepts, will find what they are loo­king for at Schrei­ne­rei Johann Raß­ho­fer. Each pie­ce of fur­ni­tu­re is uni­que and impres­ses by its 100-per­cent pre­cis­i­on. Sin­ce 2013, ever­y­thing made from wood has pas­sed through the 5‑axis CNC machi­ning cent­re VISION-II‑T.

Style is not all the same – that is the maxim Göbes and schutz in form at Hard­heim in Baden app­ly when manu­fac­tu­ring spe­cial doors that meet the hig­hest requi­re­ments not only with respect to appearance and qua­li­ty, but also to fire and smo­ke pro­tec­tion, as well as noi­se and burgla­ry pro­tec­tion. In order to achie­ve this eco­no­mic­al­ly, the com­pa­ny reli­es on modern CNC-technology.

Wood pro­ces­sing has a long tra­di­ti­on in the den­se­ly woo­ded Erz­ge­bir­ge and the peo­p­le the­re have per­fec­ted their work­man­ship for gene­ra­ti­ons. Die­tel Trep­pen­bau feel a strong com­mit­ment to this tra­di­ti­on, too. Many years ago, the com­pa­ny adopted our CNC-pro­ces­sing tech­no­lo­gy, thus updating pro­duc­tion for the future.

Ammann stair­ca­se manu­fac­to­ry had bought one of our CNC-machi­ning cen­tres; but its rou­te into the pro­duc­tion faci­li­ties was bar­red by a sto­rage buil­ding. How to resol­ve this situa­ti­on? Seven hours later — a truck-moun­ted cra­ne of 150 metric tons with 50 metric tons of bal­last to pro­vi­de a coun­ter­ba­lan­ce, and the unit’s being lifted through the air for 22 met­res — the machi­ne had arri­ved in its future position. 

The Derix group of com­pa­nies has spe­cia­li­sed in glued lami­na­ted tim­ber for con­s­truc­tion pur­po­ses. Their prio­ri­ty is on hall struc­tures, which includes also high­ly com­plex shapes. They are working with three iden­ti­cal lines of type VISION-III-TT 5‑axes, each of which is equip­ped with a beam table 16,500 x 3,600 mm that con­sists of 23 steel tra­ver­ses with woo­den beam tops, as well as with a conveyor.

A long-stan­ding machi­ne sup­pli­er of Hoba had tho­rough­ly dealt with the requi­re­ments of the inten­ded unit. It took two years until this sup­pli­er final­ly rejec­ted the pro­ject, but made a recom­men­da­ti­on in our favour. We took up the chall­enge – basi­cal­ly spea­king, this machi­ne should be capa­ble of per­forming tasks that would other­wi­se have requi­red three machines.

In an era domi­na­ted by jet pla­nes, pro­pel­ler air­craft seem some­what nost­al­gic. Aero­ba­tics, such as Mar­tin Albrecht, mem­ber of the natio­nal aero­ba­tics team, howe­ver, give impres­si­ve pro­of with their flights that the­re is cer­tain­ly not­hing nost­al­gic to their acti­vi­ties. The blades are mil­led from woo­den blocks on our high-qua­li­ty CNC-machi­nes accor­ding to CAD/CAM specifications.

The major cli­ents of Sten­ge­le Holz- und Kunst­stoff­tech­nik GmbH, such as Hymer, Car­tha­go, Dethl­effs, Fendt and others, install its com­pon­ents in all vehic­les. Their pro­duc­tion sec­tor uses most advan­ced tech­no­lo­gies, such as the 5‑axes CNC-machi­ning cen­tres from Rei­chen­ba­cher, to ensu­re con­ti­nuous top machi­ning quality.

At first, “a deli­be­ra­te invest­ment in future capa­ci­ties” sounds dar­ing, abo­ve all when it refers to a big CNC-mil­ling unit inclu­ding robot sys­tems. For MN Coil, an important sup­pli­er of the auto­mo­ti­ve and air­craft indus­try, howe­ver, it con­sti­tu­tes a well-con­side­red step to reach a posi­ti­on whe­re they can react to chan­ges in the mar­ket at any given time and ensu­re eco­no­mic stability.

„The craft­sman­ship of a manu­fac­to­ry com­bi­ned with the effi­ci­en­cy of modern mecha­ni­cal engi­nee­ring and com­pu­ter tech­no­lo­gy,” this is how Mey­er & Gra­ve sees its­elf. The pre­mi­um stair­ca­ses from solid wood are always indi­vi­du­al­ly cus­to­mi­sed to the cli­ents‘ wis­hes and requi­re­ments. As top qua­li­ty is of importance for them, the use of modern machi­nery is a must.

The func­tion of a stair­ca­se is a prac­ti­cal and at the same time a deco­ra­ti­ve one. Whe­re crea­ti­vi­ty is con­cer­ned, the limits of indi­vi­dua­lism seem to be rea­ched — not so in the opi­ni­on of Dutch­man Frans Son­nem­ans. His company’s spe­cial­ty are stair­ca­ses made from extra­va­gant mate­ri­als and varia­ti­ons regar­ding the type, style and design of a staircase.

Büh­nen­bau Wert­heim GmbH have spe­cia­li­sed in pro­ces­sing exclu­si­ve lum­bers into first-class stage flo­ors. In 2007, they had no lon­ger any other choice than the use of a CNC-unit for pro­ces­ses, such as sawing, mil­ling and dril­ling, to ensu­re effi­ci­ent finis­hing of the plates.

If enter­tain­ment elec­tro­nics com­pa­nies are to be sup­pli­ed with glos­sy acrylic panels for high-end appli­ca­ti­ons, the sur­faces won’t tole­ra­te even the sligh­test flaw. In order to remain com­pe­ti­ti­ve, the two direc­tors had to ensu­re plan­ning relia­bi­li­ty for the enti­re work pro­cess. This abso­lut­e­ly neces­si­ta­ted the expan­si­on of their machi­nery by an effi­ci­ent 5‑axes CNC-mil­ling machine.

With about 15,000 pre­fab hou­ses, Gus­sek Haus is among the most renow­ned manu­fac­tu­r­ers in Ger­ma­ny. A VISION-II-ST Sprint has been in use sin­ce 2013, the intel­li­gent con­fi­gu­ra­ti­on of which dra­sti­cal­ly redu­ces tool chan­ging times and has thus made the line the core of stair­ca­se manufacturing

If someone in Switz­er­land wants to have an extra­or­di­na­ry stair­ca­se, he will ine­vi­ta­b­ly come across the crea­ti­ve minds of Treppenbau.ch AG. Their stair­ca­se con­s­truc­tions start at a point, whe­re others lea­ve off becau­se it gets too com­pli­ca­ted. „The inno­va­ti­ve gene of our employees when deal­ing with CNC-tech­no­lo­gy distin­gu­is­hes us from our competitors.“

Its out­stan­ding degree of spe­cia­li­sa­ti­on when deal­ing with dif­fe­rent tech­no­lo­gies for the pro­ces­sing of orga­nic mate­ri­als makes Gaug­ler & Lutz uni­que in the mar­ket. The busi­ness sec­tor, whe­re they have achie­ved an excel­lent repu­ta­ti­on as a manu­fac­tu­rer of semi-finis­hed pro­ducts over more than three deca­des, is the pre­do­mi­nant one at a share in the sales volu­me of up to 80 percent.

Kauf­mann Ober­hol­zer AG pro­du­ces almost ever­y­thing you can dream of from wood. When it came to imple­men­ting 5‑axis CNC sys­tems in the com­pa­ny, it beca­me clear that Rei­chen­ba­cher was one step ahead of others: becau­se sup­port befo­re and during pro­ject plan­ning and instal­la­ti­on is indispensable.

If it comes to being whis­ked off into a lively world full of fasci­na­ting dis­co­veries, most pro­ba­b­ly Hüt­tin­ger will have been invol­ved. In kee­ping with the mot­to: the visi­tors should enjoy the set­tings and have the pos­si­bi­li­ty of making full use of the latest didac­tic deve­lo­p­ments to absorb the tech­ni­cal and sci­en­ti­fic facts pre­sen­ted at various inter­ac­ti­ve stations. 

Iku­form GmbH offers cus­to­mi­sed solu­ti­ons for almost any field of modern pla­s­tics engi­nee­ring. At first sight, they sup­p­ly unspec­ta­cu­lar parts, but wit­hout the­se parts an effi­ci­ent pro­duc­tion flow would often be impos­si­ble. For tho­se in char­ge, tech­no­lo­gy is a key com­po­nent of success.

How can high-pre­cis­i­on holes be made into dou­ble-wall V2A- or sheet steel panels in an eco­no­mic­al­ly sen­si­ble way? Spe­cia­lists from AL-KO Therm had set out to find an ans­wer to this ques­ti­on. The­re, ven­ti­la­ti­on and air con­di­tio­ning units of all sizes and ver­si­ons are deve­lo­ped and tes­ted for most dif­fe­rent appli­ca­ti­ons in their own test centre.