Panels & Furniture Asia January/February 2021

FURNITURE MANUFACTURING
Launched in early 2020 by Salvamac’s
Cross-Cutting Division, which focuses
on the cutting and optimisation of
wood, SalvaPush_2000 is the group’s
flagship cross-cutting optimising saw.
SalvaPush_2000 is greatly suited to
cut single wood pieces with length
optimisation, as well as to cut boards
using a prefixed cutting cycle. It can be
applied for use in a range of solid wood
market segments such as windows and
doors; furniture; beams and houses;
flooring; sofas; glue panels and lamellar
wood; and children’s toys, among
others.
The machine can be easily integrated
with other machinery and data within
a factory as it can receive cutting lists
directly from the office, and connect
to multi-blade machines or moulders
via automatic loading and unloading
systems. The instantaneous graphics
and a large touch screen, complemented
with digital communication among
all electric components, allows easy and
fast data entry.
TOWARDS INDUSTRY 4.0
Besides easy integration with the
company’s management, the recent
developments in barcode data
importing and the related “just-intime”
management systems (from the
development of the customer’s order to
the finished product) make it a unique
solution for single-batch production
processes. An operator is able to easily
manage a single piece by loading the
pieces after reading the relative barcode,
and leaving the management to the
“supervisor” – an additional software
that manages the entire data process.
Flexible and advanced technological
solutions allow, in fact, both upstream
and downstream communication with
the company software.
The application of SalvaPush_2000
in the construction component and
special pallet sectors fully confirms
the recent developments. The new
exclusive mechanical solutions are also
present in both the cutting and pushing
systems.
A special system, with a 55-milimetrewide
toothed belt and 33 strips of
hard steel, allows high precision and
capacity. The aluminium beam is
big and solid; at a height of 135 mm
and with of 120 mm, it is fixed in a
steel structure in two parts for better
solidity and reliability. The beam is
also covered and protected by a special
steel cover. All this guarantees a long
machine life with no dust and service
issues.
CASE IN POINT
The production of sofas is sometimes
is a complicated process due to the
variety of models offered. A small
batch size or even Batch Size 1 is also
not uncommon; it is thus necessary
to work job by job. Compared to older
and more traditional cutting systems,
the SalvaPush_2000 has become
a cost-cutting machine for a major
producer in Albania that exports about
95% of his production. The yield of
the wood has increased about 9%, the
number of operators needed is about
half than before, and they no longer
need skilled operators – cutting can be
done in complete safety and statistical
data can be easily generated.
Creator Christian Salvador defines
SalvaPush_2000 as a real revolution in
the market approach.
“Our network and its strength will
allow us to introduce new products for
the solid wood industry, but at a price
that allows more companies to choose
the technological path. The strategy is
clear: to optimise the process and use
every possible ‘country advantage’ to
produce machines with the highest
quality and affordable prices for the
customer,” shared Salvador
LOOKING FORWARD
The market growth of Salvamac
is increasing steadily and, despite
the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, has
increased another 50%. At the moment,
the company’s main markets are in
Europe, America and Australia. Moving
forward, the next goal for 2021 to 2022
is to develop the Asian market, starting
from West Asia and gradually moving
towards the East Asia regions. P
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