Topic: CNC Machining

Interface plays a large role in wood CNC machines’ usability

CNC routers and other machinery can provide significant advantages to workflow and production, but firms need to be sure they are optimizing these tools to gain the full benefits.

News from Ligna: CNC Updates

Homag Group introduces a full range of flexible 5-axis machining options at LIGNA 2013. As production rates move closer and closer to true “batch-size-one” scenarios, flexibility and capability of the machining center becomes increasingly important. From the Innovation Center through to the actual production machine, Homag has continued to push the envelope with highly capable [...]

You shouldn’t have to be an engineer to use a CNC router

Wood CNC machines can be incredibly beneficial for a manufacturer.

Weeke BHX 055 HSK ̶ the hottest CNC at IWF2012

Why is the Weeke BHX 055 HSK Machining Center one of the hottest selling CNC platforms in the world?  Find out at the IWF2012 fair where it will be on display in the Stiles Machinery booth (Hall B, Booth 7935). Since its launch, the Weeke BHX vertical machining platform has been a popular choice among [...]

Adapting CNC machines for novel uses

As technology progresses, those who adapt wholeheartedly to it are likely to save time and money.

The impact of a new tool

Whether it’s being able to do something you never could before, or serving as an introduction to a whole new field, new tools can unlock a previously inaccessible route.

Updating furniture for the 21st century

With this in mind, it is interesting to see how modern woodworking tools – especially wood CNC machines – can keep innovation alive and well.

1,000 convinced customers in 900 days – the BHX 050/055 series is proving to be a global success

A milestone was achieved this past November: the 1,000th customer chose to purchase a solution from the BHX 050/055 series by WEEKE. This purchase decision marks the 1,000th machine sold since the series’ market launch at the 2009 LIGNA event – just 900 days. The success of the machines speaks for themselves. “It was the [...]

CNC machinery add to manufacturing’s options for the future

Wood CNC machines have become the equipment of choice for machine shops of all sizes as the equipment’s flexibility in design applications grows along with its ability to handle a diversity of materials.

Manufacturing grows at ‘steady pace,’ latest economic report from the Fed shows

The Federal Reserve Board’s November report showed manufacturing growing at a steady pace in most regions of the country, with increases in orders, shipments or production.