The increasing proliferation of solid wood machines at this year’s Ligna was evidenced on SCM‘s stand.
SCM UK managing director Ian Brown said the trend towards building three-storey homes because of the cost of land had created demand for a lot more joinery products.
He said the shortage of skilled labour and the realisation that the CNC machining route could be a cost-effective solution with rapid payback had also proved factors.
New technology on show included an updated version of the Record 132 NT Prisma, which SCM bills as a benchmark for 5-axis machining centres.
The unit features a new high-power and compact electrospindle and a more powerful and rigid machining head which SCM says can perform every operation on all five component surfaces due to its capability to continuously move from vertical to horizontal and to orientate itself at 350O.
Other solid wood machines on show included a Windor 100 flexible door and window frame line and an Aries CNC centre for frame accessory processing.
