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The main thing furniture makers expect from hogging tools are long service lives. The LEUCO PowerTec hogger is one of the most widely used hogging tools on the market. Now the new generation, by the name of Powertec 5 airFace, with new cutting blade geometry, is demonstrably opening up a new performance class in terms of tool life. The first customers for this new generation report tool life increases of up to 25% compared to their previous hoggers, and even more than that in some cases.

Wonderfully easy handling
The unique diametric consistency of the LEUCO PowerTecs also provides users with remarkable ease of use. Having a constant diameter means that the cutting circle diameter of the PowerTec hogger does not change after a sharpening operation. So after resharpening, it's 'plug & play': Just place the PowerTec hogger on the unit and, thanks to this feature, the machine is able to continue operating with the same machine parameter settings. This minimizes machine downtime.

Like its predecessors, the new PowerTec 5 airFace generation of hoggers is used for tear-free and low-noise formatting of wood-based materials from 8 mm panel thickness, regardless of whether they are unfinished, coated with melamine resin or paper, HPL, foil or veneer. By virtue of its tremendous tool life, the hogger can be used for longer, and its diametric constant simplifies handling. Both of these benefits shorten setup times which in turn reduces machine downtime very significantly.

PowerTec 5S airFace
For the first time, LEUCO provided users with the reinforced 'S' version in the previous PowerTec generation and this was very well received on the market. LEUCO adds a plus to the two typical strengths of this hogger with the PowerTec 5S airFace version: Length of tool life, even at high feed rates. The new PowerTec 5S airFace hogger is equipped with more cutting edges than before. By this, it achieves a higher material removal rate compared with the already powerful basic model. Reinforced DP cutting blades also makes them more robust and less prone to abrasive wear. That extends their tool life. The LEUCO-specific 'airFace' design of the base body reduces noise emissions when running without load and while machining to the lowest level that can be achieved with a hogger.

The new generation of PowerTec 5 airFace and PowerTec 5S Generation will be rolled out one after the other during the second half of 2023.

• Programm PowerTec 5 airFace
• Programm PowerTec 5S Generation