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Panel, Wood & Solid Surface supports the work of Hearing Dogs for Deaf People Tel 01844 348100 (voice & minicom) Fax 01844 348101 email info@hearingdogs.org.uk www.hearingdogs.org.uk Hi-tech solutions at Weinig Intech <strong>2012</strong> THE 20th EDITION of Weinig’s in-house exhibition InTech once again proved to be a magnet for the solid wood sector. Some 1,000 professional visitors came from across the globe to Tauberbischofsheim, where Weinig, the specialist in machines and systems for the solid wood processing industry, demonstrated the entire value creation chain in solid wood processing between 7 and 9 November over 2,000 m 2 of space. Visitor magnet — Weinig InTech. More than 1,000 professional visitors came to Tauberbischofsheim. New at InTech: the Conturex Compact profiling centre. One of the big surprises was the announcement of a double-end machine. The new machine sees Weinig extend its end profiling product segment. While those interested in this technology will have to wait until Ligna <strong>2013</strong>, visitors were able to experience a further innovation live: the Conturex Compact completes the performance spectrum of the profiling centre at the lower end. That high-tech applications are now equally profitable for smaller operations as they are for larger ones was also clearly demonstrated by Weinig in the wood optimisation segment. Highlights here included the EasyScan and production software OptiPal. A new generation of controls with even more user-friendly operation completed the range of innovations on show at Weinig In- Tech <strong>2012</strong>. The accompanying talks by experts shared a central theme of profitability, evidenced by completed customer installations. Following the talks, the professional visitors had the opportunity to experience the systems presented in action. In doing so, they witnessed a new dimension to the Weinig inhouse exhibition. This year saw more customer installations in production than ever before. From linking individual system components with state-of-the-art control technology to perfect organisation of the machine environment Weinig continued to break new ground, ensuring the company’s strong position in the market. Particular interest was received by the highly developed Weinig planing technologies, which facilitate significant savings in materials and personnel over the course of a year. With freely-programmable 3D profiling on the Powermat 2400, Weinig is also opening up new prospects for customised production. Weinig experts from the cutting segment demonstrated how greater efficiency can be achieved at less expense. The systems for width optimisation and automatic saw blade adjustment met with great response. Besides the new double-end machine, significant performance gains with finger jointing lines were the main topic of conversation in the end profiling product segment. To that end, the current top version of the HS model with spinfeeder enables the production of up to 220 long parts per minute. The other end of the substantial Weinig finger jointing technology performance spectrum is marked by a recently completed system for the production of pencils, which even allows incoming lengths of 75 mm. Another of the main themes at InTech was window production. Here, Weinig illustrated the almost limitless range of applications of the successful Conturex concept using the example of ready-todeliver customer installations. the range extends from toys to the sector of the future, timber house construction. Here, Weinig has a selling proposition believed to be unique with CLT production inlaying technology. By using Weinig technology, the customer can achieve a wood saving of up to 25 per cent regardless of the processing volume, according to the company. CEO Wolfgang Pöschl expressed his confidence that Weinig has set the right course despite the persisting problems in the inter national economy. “In a challen ging climate, the comprehensive expertise of Weinig for the solid wood processing industry and small businesses is unrivalled,” he said. The results of the 20th Weinig InTech confirmed the fascination with production technology in Weinig quality. Over the three days of the exhibition, 25 machines and systems were sold. Michael Weinig (UK) Ltd Tel 01235 557600 Michael Weinig AG Tel 0049 (0) 93 41 86-0 Email info@weinig.com www.weinig.com Panel, Wood & Solid Surface <strong>December</strong> <strong>2012</strong>/<strong>January</strong> <strong>2013</strong> Page 3
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