Honeycomb Factory

Honeycomb Factory

To make veneers:

-Boil timber for three days- reduce moisture level to 15%

-slice it in wet condition- .3 thickness. The width of the slices is the width of the timber.

-pass it through a dryer

-parallel clipping so that the different layers are joined to form a veneer with the help of a gluing machine

-taken to the press (first cold and then hot)

-last stage-white belt sander to give a smooth finish

Other activities, machines or types of wood found at the factory:

Edge banding

Bamboo veneers: the width of the slices are much thinner according the width of naturally found bamboo)

Press membrane used for raised surfaces: MDF is cut and shaped on the machine with raised surfaces and then the veneer is cut accordingly and pressed on to it. The air is sucked out first and with high pressure, the veneer is pressed on the sides and top surface of the MDF.

Honeycomb paper

The hexagon is the strongest shape, especially a grid/or tessellation of hexagons.

For opening/expanding the honeycomb structure it is heated with a machine and stretched. Once, opened, it permanently remains stretched.

Multiple circular saw

Like the circular saw in college, this machine has 4-5 circular saws operating at the same time, located parallel to each other. A big piece of wood can be sliced into 4 equal parts in one go, when passed through this machine.