Format Changeover — Wood Processing

Changing formats with today's machines — Preventive maintenance and batch size 1

"It's quality that counts!" Whenever a purchasing manager in the furniture industry was going to buy a wood processing machine ten or twenty years ago, that was the advice his production colleagues gave him. Naturally the purchase price had to be right too, and not least the delivery time.

It's more complicated nowadays. Of course, the quality, price and delivery time still have to be right. But the production manager in a furniture factory must make sure of two things in particular: that he can change to new formats as quickly as possible and that the expensive machine keeps running and doesn't stop suddenly.

Becherer Möbel-Innenausbau GmbH in Elzach is the perfect example. Here, in a workspace covering an area of 4,000 square meters, 45 highly motivated employees manufacture modern wooden furniture and interior furnishings using state-of-the-art CNC machines from the renowned manufacturer HOMAG — all equipped with halstrup-walcher positioning systems.