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LEUCO is granted the Innovation Award at the LIGNA

LIGNA 2013
The "LEUCO p-System Profile Cutter" ranked third at the LIGNA 2013 Innovation Symposium in the category "Mechanical Processing Innovations". The prize was awarded on the LEUCO stand: Frank Diez (LEUCO chairman of the executive board), Dr. Martin Dressler (LEUCO R& D), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frieder Scholz (Technical College Rosenheim), Uwe M. Schreiner (DRW-Verlag Weinbrenner GmbH & Co. KG), Steven Robinson (Schuler Consulting GmbH)

 

LIGNA 2013
At the awards ceremony for EWD and LEUCO from left to right: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frieder Scholz (Hochschule Rosenheim), Dr. Martin Dressler (LEUCO research & development), Klaus Klett (EWD), André Fey (EWD Managing Director), Frank Diez (LEUCO chaiman of the executive board)

World innovation gained third place

The "LEUCO p-System Profile Cutter" ranked third at the LIGNA 2013 Innovation Symposium in the category "Mechanical Processing Innovations". LEUCO developed the cutter together with the saw mill specialist EWD (Esterer WD GmbH).

LEUCO wants to thank the expert visitors for their votes.

The "LEUCO p-System Profile Cutter" revolutionizes in saw mills the removal of the wood edge before cutting off the side boards. So far, this process was made by means of a combination of wood chip knives and saw blades and after 60,000 running meters the machine had to be stopped to change the tools.
The "LEUCO p-System Profile Cutter" is a cutterhead with a completely new tooth geometry and methof of knife fixation. Thus, the customer reaches overwhelming edge lives: after 2,000,000 running meters the machine has to be stopped for the first time. However, only for turning the knives. In addition, a chip-free surface is reached and the chips can be directly used for pellet production.

The Innovation Symposium presents outstanding innovations which are a novelty for the industry segment. The presentations are based on extensive research of the organizers. The organizers are the trade magazines "Holz-Zentralblatt" and "Holz- und Kunststoffverarbeitung" published by the DRW-Verlag Weinbrenner GmbH & Co. KG as well as the Technical College of Rosenheim and the SCHULER Consulting GmbH, a business consultancy for the international woodworking and furniture industry. The question "Which is the most important innovation of the LIGNA 2013"? was answered by means of a multitude of criteria. Expert visitors voted for the leading innovations.

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