Method for coating a workpiece which preferably consists at least in sections of wood, wood-based materials, plastic or the like, comprising the steps of: supplying a coating material to a surface to be coated of the workpiece, and bonding the coating material to the surface to be coated using a bonding agent.

A method for processing panel-shaped workpieces having the steps of providing a large-format panel, and feeding the large-format panel to a detachment station; detaching panel-shaped workpieces by dividing the large-format panel in the detachment station by making cuts in the large-format panel using a detachment unit; and feeding the workpieces thus detached to a downstream processing station in order to complete the panel-shaped workpiece. In step b) at least a part of each detached workpiece acquires from the detachment unit an alignment section for engaging gripping elements and/or introducing reference bores. After the workpiece provided with the alignment section has been detached it is taken over by a gripping element, engaging element or grasping element which engages the alignment section. After the workpiece is taken over, the gripping element, engaging element or grasping element engaging in a form-fitting manner on the alignment section of the workpiece runs through a cycle.

A wood-processing system having a buffer, which receives and buffers planar workpieces of wood materials or wood substitute materials, and a deposit device, onto which workpieces removed from the buffer can be deposited. At least one robot is included to remove the workpieces from the buffer and to deposit said workpieces on a deposit element of the deposit device and/or at another deposit location in the buffer. The system can be operated continuously, with workpieces being loaded sequentially into the buffer, removed from the buffer by the robot, and sorted onto the deposit device.

A device for providing edge strips, which device comprises a storing unit having individual storage places, which are designed to be at least indirectly loaded with edge strips, in particular edge strips that each form an edge roll at least in some parts. The storing unit is linearly movably arranged in or on a base frame.

The invention relates to a method for coating a narrow side (1) of a plate-shaped workpiece (2) with a coating material (3), in particular a strip-shaped or band-shaped coating material (3), using a coating apparatus, wherein, before being applied to the narrow side (1) of the workpiece (2), the coating material (3) is colored with a basic color (4) at least in a peripheral area (5), which is assigned to an adhesive surface (6) of the coating material (3), or the coating material (3) is entirely colored with the basic color (4), wherein the basic color (4) is color-matched to a shade and/or pattern and/or decoration of a surface (8) of the workpiece (2) such that, after the coating material (3) has been applied to the narrow side (1) of the workpiece (2), a matched color transition between the colored coating material (3) and the shade and/or pattern and/or decoration of the surface (8) of the workpiece (2) is formed, and to a coating apparatus carrying out such a method.

A device for coating workpieces preferably consisting at least in parts of wood, wood materials, plastic, aluminium or the like, comprises: a feed device for feeding a coating material; a pressing device for pressing the coating material onto a surface of a workpiece; a conveying device for inducing a relative movement between the pressing device and the respective workpiece; and an activation device for activating an adhesive on a coating material fed in the feed device and/or for activating an adhesive on a surface of a workpiece to be coated. The activation device comprises at least one supply line for supplying an activation medium as well as a nozzle body having an inlet duct and an outlet region. The activation device comprises at least one acoustic element that is configured to reduce the sound pressure resulting from the flow of the activation medium and/or to effect a frequency shift.

A hydrophobic fluid includes a solvent-based solution of at least one aliphatic and/or aromatic hydrocarbon, with a chain length of C9 to C15 and at least one ether, ester, ketone and/or an alcohol, in particular a non-flammable alcohol. The hydrophobic fluid also has a fluoropolymer, in particular a non-combustible fluoropolymer with a flash point>60° C. in a proportion of 0.1 to 30 wt. %.

An edge-banding apparatus is provided and configured to apply an edging strip having a heat activated layer to a substrate or work piece. The apparatus uses localized heat generated from a controlled flame from combustible fuel to apply heat to the edging strip to active the heat activated layer.

Construction board is made by first hot-pressing particles in a continuous belt press to form a longitudinally extending, continuous and hot composite strand that is conveyed downstream from the press. Before substantial cooling of the boards and while it is at a predetermined temperature above ambient temperature, an edge of the strand is profiled into a nonsquare profiled contour. Then the strand is transversely severed to form a succession of boards.

The invention relates to a method and apparatus for activating an adhesive for composing veneers. A method for activating an adhesive for composing veneers according to an aspect of the invention comprises providing the adhesive on a surface of a veneer, and radiating the adhesive on the surface of the veneer. The method may comprise providing a reinforcing material on the adhesive; or providing an adhesive tape on the surface of the veneer, wherein the adhesive tape comprises adhesive coated or impregnated with a reinforcing material. The method may further comprise radiating the adhesive between the surface of the veneer and the reinforcing material.