Nowadays, design and eco-sustainability are the two main trends defining wooden window production. The design dictates windows’ finish quality and shape, while eco-sustainability mainly involves the way in which they are manufactured.
As concerns the execution of wooden windows, the level of perceived finish quality is steadily growing. Therefore, in order to optimise production rates and flexibility, it is essential to pay significant attention to the machine’s constructive features.
Being a technology partner of the world’s leading window and door manufacturers for 70 years gives SCM the opportunity to continuously listen to customers’ most detailed requirements and allows the company to constantly come up with advanced responses.
Based on these prerogatives, SCM designed Windorflex, the machining cell for the production of windows and doors.
Windorflex has a fixed gantry structure that enables high machining speeds whilst ensuring the best accuracy.
The configurability of the machining units with four- and five-axis electrospindles allows for performing all the necessary operations for the production of complete windows, regardless of the type. The alternate use of the two routing units reduces the cycle time: while one unit is working, the other performs the tool change in masked time.
The innovative automatic worktable, available in a single or double version, is equipped with dedicated clamps for the constant holding of the work-pieces. It is possible to process from one to four work-pieces in sequence. The worktable modularity allows managing three work-piece lengths: 3500, 4500, and 6000mm. The work-piece repositioning, from the internal side machining to the external one, is direct between the clamps, without needing additional devices, to ensure excellent finish quality.
Another advantage is the automatic work-pieces loading/unloading systems that enable the machine to work autonomously, without the continuous input of the operator. These systems are available in two solutions: with a loading/unloading bench or with an anthropomorphous robot that picks up the rough elements and unloads the finished work-pieces on special trolleys.
Moreover, depending on the customer’s needs, the machine can be fitted with two handling devices for the work-pieces loading, with the aim to increase performance and productivity, and the front loading bench, to reduce the longitudinal footprint.
The exclusive Maestro active windoor software, specifically developed for the control and the programming of Windorflex, is capable of meeting any demands related to windows and doors production thanks also to Maestro connect, the SCM IoT system.
