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Patented hot air edgeband, lean cells, among SCM debuts at IWF 2016
By Bill Esler
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ATLANTA - SCM Group will be showcasing more innovative technology per square foot than any other exhibitor at IWF 2016, with a number of new technologies making its debut. 

Featured equipment will include new edgebanders with SCM's patented AirFusion, PU Box L (PUR Glue system) and the SGP Glue Pot as well as new CNC machining centers designed for boring, routing and edging.

Also on display will  be SCM’s Flexible Panel Processing Cell that will be demonstrating flexible panel inventory management coupled with labelling and loading a nesting and sawing machine, along with other technologies.

  • LEAN Manufacturing Cell
  • Flexible Panel Processing Cell
  • CNC Machining Centers
  • Edgebanding
  • Sanding
  • Machines for the artisan
SCM Group's LEAN Cabinet Manufacturing Cell will be demonstrating nesting coupled with a Kawasaki Robot tending an Edgebander and CNC doweling machine. Parts will be produced for cabinet assembly in a CPC through feed case clamp. The cell will be producing cabinets - one base and one wall - which SCM will donate to Habitat for Humanity.  SCM and EdgeAutomation have designed the cell to show the viability of robotic installations in small to medium size shops.
 
SCM also will have subject matter experts who will share their industry knowledge and demonstrate:
 
• Automated Flexible Production: How to produce 60 – 80 cabinets per shift
• Low Labor Cost: How to operate with a maximum of two operators
• High ROI: How to achieve less than 24 months payback 
 
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Bill Esler | ConfSenior Editor

Bill wrote for WoodworkingNetwork.com, FDMC and Closets & Organized Storage magazines. 

Bill's background includes more than 10 years in print manufacturing management, followed by more than 30 years in business reporting on industrial manufacturing in the forest products industries, including printing and packaging at American Printer (Features Editor) and Graphic Arts Monthly (Editor in Chief) magazines; and in secondary wood manufacturing for WoodworkingNetwork.com.

Bill was deeply involved with the launches of the Woodworking Network Leadership Forum, and the 40 Under 40 Awards programs. He currently reports on technology and business trends and develops conference programs.

In addition to his work as a journalist, Bill supports efforts to expand and improve educational opportunities in the manufacturing sectors, including 10 years on the Print & Graphics Scholarship Foundation; six years with the U.S. WoodLinks; and currently on the Woodwork Career Alliance Education Committee. He is also supports the Greater West Town Training Partnership Woodworking Program, which has trained more than 950 adults for industrial wood manufacturing careers. 

Bill volunteers for Foinse Research Station, a biological field station staddling the border of Ireland and Northern Ireland, one of more than 200 members of the Organization of Biological Field Stations.

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