Customer wishes fulfilled to the letter

The IMA Schelling group develops tailor-made solutions for its customers.
Swiss kitchen manufacturer Veriset is an example of just how specific customer requirements can be.

Due to the ever-growing demand for its kitchens, the Swiss kitchen manufacturer needed a large plant with two interlinked edge processing machines.
These had to have a special plant layout and satisfy four very specific requirements:
 

Customer requirement
It had to be possible to operate the edge processing machines, arranged longitudinally one behind the other, on the same side. 

IMA Schelling solution
On machines arranged one behind the other, the reference line usually changes, and with it the side from which they are operated. To solve this, the IMA Schelling project team developed a double turning station, which turns the workpiece by 180° rather than 90°. As a result, it is now possible for one employee to operate both edge processing machines on one side.

Customer requirement 
If one edge processing machine were to fail, the other had to be able to continue with production.

IMA Schelling solution
The turning station was mounted on guide rails. If one machine fails, the machine operator can move the station manually and the other machine can continue with production.

Customer requirement 
Superimposed or milled-in handle strip fronts had to be produced in an automated manner. 

IMA Schelling solution
As part of a sophisticated concept, several grooving units work together in an interlinked formation. The particularly high precision of this groove machining directly benefits the furniture fitters, who are able to build the furniture faster.

Customer requirement 
The plant had to machine extremely long and narrow workpieces.

IMA Schelling solution
IMA Schelling established test production specifically for this purpose at the site in Lübbecke. Workpieces with a length of 2700 millimeters and a width of 104 millimeters, which are used as base faceplates, were produced. Test production tested whether the IMA Schelling infeed and end stop system could cope with such unusual dimensions. The results of the test were impressive.

Veriset kitchens

– Largest Swiss kitchen manufacturer
– Family business in the Canton of Lucerne
– 20,000 kitchens per year​​​​​​​
– 350 employees

The Veriset plant

– Combi.cut cutting system
– Combima edge processing machines with laser edging​​​​​​​
– Handling units, return line​​​​​​​
– Plant size: approx. 70 metres

„Exciting challenges are our daily bread and we gladly accept them.“
Jochen Fink, Key Account Sales Manager

INSTALLATION AND START-UP

The tailor-made solutions were implemented in a customised 70-metre-long processing line with two Combima combined sizing and edge processing machines. The delivery from IMA Schelling comprised a total of 20 truckloads. The plant manufacturer was on site with eight experts to support the customer during installation and set-up. The training of the Veriset employees began even beforehand; the plant operators from Switzerland were already involved in the installation of the plant at the IMA Schelling factory in Lübbecke.

Veriset has now been successfully working with the IMA Schelling plant for more than a year and neither edge processing machine has failed during this time. "IMA Schelling were the best at recognising and implementing our sometimes quite specific needs," emphasises Christian Kramis, Head of Production & Logistics at Veriset.
 

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