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Innovation Highlights The Rover A Plus uses the same pod and rail systems
as the Rover A and there is a choice of Advanced Table-
Biesse: Compact CNC Machining Centre Setting System (ATS) with fast manual positioning of the
The Rover A itself has been around for a while. Its proven clamping systems; Set-Up Assistance (SA), which includes

frame can be configured for nesting operations on flat tables linear sensors in the work table and an anti-collision function;
or for any shape of material in a pod-and-rail specification. Electronic Positioning System (EPS) for automatic positioning;
There are many different operations for making windows, Feedback Positioning System (FPS) with self-learning function
doors and stairs. And while a pod-and-rail-equipped Rover A for manually selected positions of vacuum modules and clamps;
handles complex shapes with ease, producers who needed and Extreme Positioning System (XPS), which has a motor on
even more tooling or more flexibility often had to upgrade each worktable and slide that enables simultaneous automatic
to the more expensive and much larger Rover B to get the positioning of all locking systems in 16 fully independent
functionality they wanted. locking areas.
This is where the new Plus version of the Rover A comes

in, a twin-head machine that is not as big or as expensive as Homag: Single-axis Feeder
a Rover B, but has space for 83 tools on board and offers As one of the world's leading suppliers of integrated solutions
some very clever technologies that are said to offer users up for production in the woodworking industry and trade, the
to 24 percent more productivity than a Rover A. Homag Group knows that for many companies, two factors
A standard Rover A can hold a maximum of 45 tools in in particular are decisive when it comes to nesting: flexibility
different tool changers. With the Rover A Plus, Biesse has and efficiency.
increased this number to 83. However, the ability to hold more With the Storeteq F-100 single-axis feeder for the Centateq

tools comes with another problem: if the machine has to travel N-210 and N-510 CNC machining centres, Homag aims to
further distances to find the right tools, this takes longer. make precisely this possible: work gently, automatically and
To solve this problem, the company has added a function quickly - while taking up as little space as possible.
called Toologic to the machine. With Toologic, it recognises This is particularly interesting for companies that decide in
the program that will be executed next and moves all the favour of nesting when dividing and that need direct access
required tools to the high-speed tool changer that travels to several stacks of panels.
with the machine. With the Storeteq F-100, the user can determine where the
The program is automatically optimised without the operator stacking stations are located—customised to the respective
having to intervene. It checks the required programs and nesting processes. This means that customised layouts can

goes through the list in real time, listing the required tools be put together according to requirements.
and positioning them based on how often they are needed. According to the developers from Schopfloch, another
advantage is that the single-axis feeder is available in various
configuration levels and can be customised according to
performance requirements. Several machines and stacking
stations can even be integrated.
According to Homag, operation is intuitive and simple

using the PowerTouch control directly on the CNC processing
centre via the WoodStore storage software, which ensures