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◄ throughfeed moulder for solid wood machining, expanding SCM’s automatic throughfeed moulders, with spindle speeds of up to 12,000rpm.
Homag’s vast stand at LIGNA will also feature Group companies SYSTEM TM, KALLESOE, and WEINMANN to demonstrate compatible solutions. Under the motto Building living spaces, the Homag stand will dominate Hall 14. With the new SAWTEQ S-200 flexTec,
HOMAG is opening up new panel cutting possibilities for numerous companies: The first entry-level robot saw model is making high-tech automation accessible for medium-sized companies. The hybrid concept combines manual flexibility with robot- assisted efficiency.
With the EDGETEQ P-200 for the joinery trade, HOMAG promises to take digital edge printing, customisation, efficiency and creativity to a new level.
In Hall 27, Salvamac will unveil for the first time a new push-fed cross-cut saw featuring a completely innovative loading system, both technically and functionally. Among the featured machines are the new Legend 500, Legend 550, and Legend 600, innovative semi-automatic cross-cut saws that complement the best-selling SalvaPush_2000, an automatic optimising saw developed from over 20 years of experience. Salvacut, a high- speed optimising saw capable of processing up to 3,500 linear meters of profiles per hour, will also feature.
Kallfass is another company celebrating 50 years of exhibiting at LIGNA. A stacker was
exhibited at LIGNA in the 1970s - Kallfass was one of the pioneers in the stacking of sawn timber.
This year in Hall 25, Kallfass will display a multiple cross-cut saw for unedged goods with four saw aggregates; three of which can be individually positioned. In a live demonstration at the trade fair booth, Kallfass will show how a robot can handle timber fully automatically. (See also feature on p67.) Also in Hall 25, USNR will demonstrate its latest advances in machine technology solutions for lumber and panel production. Its teams will discuss the latest technologies to improve yield, reduce resource requirements, and expansion of markets. Whether it is production of dimensional lumber, plywood, panels, finger-jointed components or engineered wood products, USNR has a wide array of solutions.
The France-based Finega Group brings together five French manufacturers of sawmill machines and developers of digital IT technologies for the sawmill industry: MEM, GILLET-M1TB, SEGEM, and CIRIS. With more than a century of experience in the sawmill process, the company’s stand in Hall 25 will cover log yard, debarkers, bandsaw and carriages, circular saws, twin resaw, circular edgers, chippers and profiler, 3D optimisation and scanners. It will communicate leading technologies and AI for sawmills: 5.0 Smart Sawmill. Finega Group’s sawmill machines are connected to the world of 5.0 Industry through OSIA 5.0 IT solution and STARLINK satellite network.
Solid wood machining specialist Weinig will be celebrating its 120th anniversary at LIGNA. Its show focus will be automation, efficiency and futureproofing. Visitors will experience, among other things, the self- setting Powermat 3000, the WLP 200 vacuum gantry for fully automatic workpiece handling and the HS 200 with delta robot loading. Weinig System Solutions will also be presenting innovative production concepts, including a 3D-animated CLT system. With HOLZ-HER, HIT and Essetre, the Weinig Group will be demonstrating its strength as a full-range supplier.
Spark detection and measuring
technologies specialist Fagus-GreCon, one of the exhibitors present at the media preview, will highlight smart, remote-capable solutions and systems designed to conserve materials and resources – helping companies cut costs and enhance quality. Visitors can experience the EDGEINSPECT laser-based edge inspection system first-hand.
Into Chemicals, a flame-retardant innovator which is active in a number of industries, will launch a new flame- retardant additive for MDF. According to the company, its technology is designed to give treated panels an improved internal bond strength, compared to other FR additives. The company is also active in solid timber flame retardants.
Materials handling will be an important LIGNA feature and Ireland’s Combilift, innovator of the multi-directional forklift, has an extensive stand in the outdoor area, as well as on a stand in Hall 13. The company’s product range, which encompasses small pedestrian stackers, multi-directional forklifts and large straddle carriers, will be well represented at this year’s event. Around 18 Combilift models will be on
show, all of which have been designed for the safe, space saving and productive handling of the various loads that the timber sector needs to lift, transport and store, whether it is at sawmills, furniture manufacturers, timber suppliers, joineries or other companies.
Germany-based Hubtex will also demonstrate materials handling innovations, including its FLUX electric multi-directional counterbalanced truck – a 2-in-1 forklift truck suitable for transporting both long loads and pallets.
Above: Combilift’s dancing trucks are a feature at Ligna’s open air exhibition area TTJ | May/June 2025 |
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The new Hubtex MSL 50 is an electric sideloader developed for the efficient transport of long and heavy loads in outdoor applications. With a load capacity of 5 tonnes and an ergonomic cab, it offers a high level of driving comfort over long distances. And Hubtex’s MAXX standardised multi- directional sideloader features a particularly high level of ergonomics, with five series available and load capacities from 3 to 6 tonnes. ■
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