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Thermwood’s FrameBuilder Series systems are available in a variety of sizes and configurations with one that is ideal for every customer. www.thermwood.com P.O. Box 436, Dale, IN 47523 Phone: 800-533-6901 , 812-937-4476 Fax: 812-937-2956 FB53-510 FB53-512 FB53-516 FB53-520 Thermwood provides complete packages for nested machining of upholstered frames. We will configure a system for your unique requirements, right down to the tooling and then demonstrate this package doing your job. You can’t get much safer than that. We have extensive experience in this application, have developed much of the underlying technology ourselves and have many successful installations. We are happy to share this knowledge and experience with you. When a sheet of material is needed, the gantry moves forward and lifts the top sheet using a series of vacuum cups. As the gantry moves back, it pulls the sheet onto the machine table. The operator squares up the sheet and starts the cycle. If you want to stack machine, you can either have the gantry pick up a second sheet and pull it over the first, or, you can screw the sheets together with plastic screws and have it load both at once. After machining, the gantry again moves forward and drops a bar in front of the machined sheet. As the gantry again moves back, the bar pushes all the machined parts off the back of the table to a sorting Table Size 5’ x 10’ 5’ x 12’ 5’ x 16’ 5’ x 20’ Table Type Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Part Handling Roller Hold Down Standard Standard Standard Standard Automatic Load and Unload Available Available Available Available Spindle 18 HP, 3,000-18,000 RPM Standard Standard Standard Standard Tool Changer 5 Position At-The-Head- Style Available Available Available Available Auto Tool Length Available Available Available Available Control Networking Standard Standard Standard Standard Virtual Service Standard Standard Standard Standard Hand Held Programmer Available Available Available Available table. Another sheet is loaded and the process continues. This simple system has proven itself with years of reliable service, many times 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Before you can machine something, you must be able to hold it down. Plywood and sheet material, commonly used for upholstered frames, present special hold-down problems. Their rough surface and tendency to warp make them difficult or impossible to hold with vacuum. In many frame applications, nests are random, so conventional vacuum fixtures cannot be used anyway. The only answer is roller hold-down, a system first developed by Thermwood. Rollers in front and behind the cutting head pinch the material to the table. It even works on stacked material and warped sheets and the surface finish...