NB. Mortising of sash stiles is made off-line
Soukup Crafter CNC Window Machining Centre
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The Soukup CRAFTER CNC machining centre is the UK Best Selling Window Machine Center which has been developed for small & Large workshops focused on special UK types of windows, doors and conservatories.
The UK SERIES is specially designed for manufacture of British windows. It is the only machine on the market optimized not only for casements but also for sliding sashes. The horizontal milling unit can easily provide the typical horns on sashes or trench slots for pulley stiles. The effective manufacturing of traditional boxes for sliding sashes includes the cutting operation for lining beads, pulley stiles, head and cill. A list of all components can be downloaded from the office design environment allowing the operator to easily supervise machining of the window components.
Integrating the CRAFTER with our WinCreator software offers you a new level of workshop organization. The capacity is about 15-20 one-leaf casements, 30-40 single sashes or 8-12 complete sliding sash windows.
The sliding sash operation
- open tenons and slots
- milling of horns in different moulds
- adapting of meeting rail slots to parting bead
- profiling of traditional bevelled meeting rails
- outside profiling and grooving for cord, gasket or balance springs
NB. Mortising of sash stiles is made off-line
The sliding box operation
- profiling of divided cill in part
- notching of cill part for interior lining bead
- trenching of slot in cill and head for pulley stiles
- cutting operation for moulded pulley stiles, lining beads, cill extension
- tenoning and profiling of box parts intended for balance springs
NB. Lining beads, pulley stiles, head and cill extension are moulded off-line
Casement operation
- recovering of glazing beads and sticking bars from frame rebate
- tenoning and profiling of frames
- tenoning and profiling of casements with shorted rails tenon for stormproofing
- tenoning and profiling of casements with full machining of components without stormproofing
(flush, stormproof & high performance windows)
Configuration of the machine
The original Soukup solution doesn’t need any antisplitting spindle jumping on the corner. The cross wood is milled out during the double cycle of tenoning. For outside milling remains only longitudinal wood without tearing off. This system makes milling of small sashes easier where the stability causes problem.
Horn unit on the tenoning side of the Crafter
Description
The sliding sash operation
- tenoning and profiling of box parts intended for balance springs
- notching of cill part for interior lining bead
- profiling of divided cill in part
- trenching of slot in cill and head for pulley stiles
- cutting operation for moulded pulley stiles, lining beads, cill extension
NB. Pulley stiles, lining beads, head and cill extension are moulded off-line
The sliding box operation
- milling of horns in different moulds
- open tenons and slots
- profiling of traditional bevelled meeting rails
- adapting of meeting rail slots to parting bead
- outside profiling and grooving for cord, gasket or balance springs
Casement operation
- tenoning and profiling of frames
- tenoning and profiling of casements with shorted rails tenon for stormproofing
- recovering of glazing beads and sticking bars from frame rebate
- tenoning and profiling of casements with full machining of components without stormproofing (flush, stormproof & high performance windows)
Configuration
Antisplitting spindle jumping on the corner has been minimised with the original Soukup machine. During the double cycling of tenoning, the CRAFTER makes sure that any cross wood parts have been suitably milled out. As a result, this woodworking system means that milling of small sashes is easier than ever, where stability had once been an issue.
