Panels & Furniture Asia March/April 2024

FURNITURE MANUFACTURING
Regeneration
of DP-tipped tools:
Cost-saving and sustainable
Leuco’s two jointing cutters, the DIAMAX airFace and the DIAREX
airFace now no longer get scrapped after use. Instead, they embark
on a new lifecycle. This service extends now to South East Asia.
Leuco has announced a new
service for two of its diamondtipped
types of jointing cutters.
The suppliers of tungsten carbide
and diamond-tipped machine tools
will now recondition them when
resharpening is no longer possible,
restoring them to new quality and
with a patent-pending design of
cutting edges.
With exclusive reactivation, Leuco
restores its tools to a new finish
or, more accurately, to restored
sharpness. Compared to the cost
of a new tool, this saves customers
money — depending on the number
of cutters and their cutting width.
Regeneration of a used special tool
based on the DIAMAX airFace and
DIAREX airFace jointing cutters
takes less time than the delivery
of a custom product that has to be
manufactured to order. In addition,
repeat use of the base body
conserves valuable resources such
as steel and energy.
Leuco replaces the used cutting
edges with new ones as part of a
service order. Once fitted with new
cutting edges, these jointing cutters
can be used just like new tools,
delivering the same performance.
After every regeneration, users get
their own cutters back. It is possible
One tool, several
lifecycles: In the
past, the tool would
be discarded upon its
end of life (top) but
a tool regenerated
by Leuco with new
diamond-tipped
cutting edges will
last longer (bottom)
36 PANELS & FURNITURE ASIA | MARCH / APRIL 2024