1. THE COMPANY
ORMAMACCHINE, leading Italian factory specialized in the production of automatic pressing
plants for: wood, PU sandwich panels, composite materials, plastic, rubber and metal.
With a production capacity of 900 plants/year, 150 employees and 5 production units (all
located in Italy), and 40 years experience, Ormamacchine grants an high professionality,
competence and experience.
With its production units integrated network, R&D laboratories and service centres,
Ormamacchine fulfill its customer needs with high efficiency with high performance products in
different fields.
OUR CONTACTS
ORMAMACCHINE SPA
VIALE LOMBARDIA 47
TORRE BOLDONE (BG)
ITALY
TEL +39 035 364011 - FAX +39 035 346290
E-MAIL: comm@ormamacchine.it - WEBSITE: www.ormamacchine.it
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2. EDGE GLUED PANELS
for the following applications
Kitchen tops
Table tops
Shuttering panels
Interior decoration
Doors
Stairs
Work tops
………..BOTH HARD AND SOFTWOOD MAY BE USED FOR THESE APPLICATIONS
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3. TWO CHOICES
BUYING
It is the easiest way but :
quantity not always available
quality not always available
sizes not always avialable
waste of material/money when cutting from big sizes to
small ones
MANUFACTURING
FLEXIBILITY IN PRODUCTION
DECISION TAKEN ON YOUR OWN
TOTALLY INDIPENDENT FROM THIRD PARTIES
QUANTITY/QUALITY ALWAYS AVAILABLE
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4. MANUFACTURING: WHAT AVAILABLE?
MANUAL CLAMPING DEVICES
CLAMP CARRIERS
SHUTTLE PANEL PRESSES
ROTARY COMPOSERS
VERTICAL PRESSES
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5. MANUAL CLAMPING DEVICES
ADVANTAGES
Low investment
Little area needed
Modular
DISADVANTAGES
Long pressing cycle (cold presses)
Vertical misalignement
High sanding cost
High quality board, pratically
unachieveable
High timber consumption
High glue consumption
Low capacity
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6. CLAMP CARRIERS
ADVANTAGES
High capacity (at least with 20 stations)
Possibility of customized production
Relatively low investment
DISADVANTAGES
Long pressing cycle (cold presses)
Waste of time (loading, vertical aligning
and clamping)
Waste of time when changing panel width
Low quality of the boards due to:
low side pressure (mechanically applied)
weak hold-down device (warped panels)
High maintenance cost (customers' experience)
High glue cost and consumption
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7. ROTARY COMPOSERS
ADVANTAGES
Powerful units
Suitable for production of structural beams
High Capacity
DISADVANTAGES
High investment cost
Poor side pressure
Poor panel flatness
High waste of wood on panel planning
High glue cost and consumption
High maintenance cost (customers' experience)
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8. EDGE GLUING LAMINATION PRESSES
Standard composition:
LOADING UNIT
EDGE GLUING PRESS
UNLOADING UNIT
HEATING SYSTEM
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9. EDGE GLUING LAMINATION PRESSES
The panel is subjected to a double, hydraulic and perfectly consistent pressure both
from the top and the side.
These performances guarantee the production of high quality laminated panels.
Vertical thrust
Fixed platen
Side trust
Fixed platen
Laminated panel
Furthermore the application of an even distributed pressure onto the surface of
the panel allows the production of perfectly flat laminated panels. The single
timber will not slide thickness-wise and, consequently, the planning cycle will be
avoided. The laminated panel will only have to be sanded / calibrated for few tenth
of millimeter on each face with great wood saving (i.e.: producing 1500 laminated
panels per month with the following sizes 3000 x 1300 thickness 25 mm, the wood
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save can rise up to 27 cubic meters per month).

10. EDGE GLUING LAMINATION PRESSES
another big advantage is the possibility to produce, contemporaneously,
laminated panels with different width and, above all, the press width (i.e. 1300
mm) is not a limitation. This means that it is possible to produce panels with
theoretical infinite width due to the panel clamping system adopted.
Vertical thrust
Rear pressor to clamp the panel
Movable platen
Side trust
Fixed platen
Laminated panel
the types of glue that can be used with this machine allow, due to the heating, a
perfect and complete catalysis. The practical consequence is a perfect stabilization
of the laminated panel which will not “move” anymore. Using a heated press it is
possible to apply, practically, all the types of glue commonly available on the market.
This allows a wide product diversification possibility
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11. ORMAMACCHINE'S PRODUCTION RANGE
NPC/L
LS/CA/ECO
LS/ECO
LS/V
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12. ORMAMACCHINE'S PRODUCTION RANGE
NPC/L
Standard dimension: 2500x1300 - 3000x1300 - 3500x1300
This is the simplest machine
It comes from the NPC range
adding the side pressing unit
Can be equipped with loading
and unloading device
Standard configuration for side pressing unit:
2500x1300 mm - 5 pistons 40/25 mm
3000x1300 mm - 6 pistons 40/25 mm
3500x1300 mm - 7 pistons 40/25 mm
Other technical features as per the standard NPC presses
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13. ORMAMACCHINE'S PRODUCTION RANGE
LS/ECO
Standard dimension: 2500x1300 - 3000x1300 - 3500x1300
The best seller
It has been projected and
designed for the solid wood
boards edge gluing
Main features:
2 hydraulic groups
back presser unit
Standard configuration for side pressing unit:
2500x1300 mm - 5 pistons 40/25 mm
3000x1300 mm - 6 pistons 40/25 mm
3500x1300 mm - 7 pistons 40/25 mm
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14. ORMAMACCHINE'S PRODUCTION RANGE
LS/CA/ECO
Standard dimension: 2500x1300 - 3000x1300 - 3500x1300
It comes from the LS/ECO adding both an automatic ledges feeding and glue spreading
devices. It is advisable for mass production saving labour costs .The automatic feeding group
can be selected among:
manual feeding
cage feeding
belt feeding
chain/belt feeding
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15. "LS/V" LAY OUT OF THE PLANT
1 Laying up
2 Glue spreader
3 Translation group
4 Loading area
5 Press
6 Unloading area
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16. ORMAMACCHINE'S TOP RANGE
LS/V
Available dimension: 2500x1600 - 3000x1600 - 3500x1600
2500x3000 - 3000x3000 - 3500x3000
The LS/V is the TOP of our production range.
It is an high capacity machine suitable mainly for factories
having a standardized production. The high speed does not a
allow to change often the working parameters unless
jeopardizing the plant performances
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17. WORKING CYCLE ON THE LS/ECO PRESSES
Step 1 : take the ledges and spread the glue on them
This operation can be carried out:
Manually
Using a glue spreader both one and two roller glue spreader are suitable for
this job
Using the automatic gluing device (LS/CA/ECO)
Step 2 : lay up the ledges onto the loading table (automatic on the LS/CA/ECO)
Step 3 : pushing the foot-pedal load the ledges into the press
Step 4 : the pressing cycle starts
Step 5 : at the end of the pressing cycle the board is unloaded
Step 6 : the board is manually moved from the unloader to somewhere else
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18. FOCUSING ON THE PRESSING CYCLE
HOW THE PRESSING CYCLE IS CARRIED OUT (1)
1 - When loading of the material into the press
is completed, the lower platen closes until it
reaches the set "min. pressure".
Simultaneously the presser closes until it
reaches the set "max pressure".
2 - The platen opens for the set "first opening
opening time", in order to guarantee that during
the thrust of the side pressing blades the splines
though held by the platens can freely move.
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19. FOCUSING ON THE PRESSING CYCLE
HOW THE PRESSING CYCLE IS CARRIED OUT (2)
3 - When the set "first opening time" has elapsed
the side pistons start working in order to reach
the set max pressure.
4 - The lower platen closes until it reaches
the set max pressure.
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20. FOCUSING ON THE PRESSING CYCLE
HOW THE PRESSING CYCLE IS CARRIED OUT (3)
5 - When the pressing time is completed the
platen opens for the set "second opening time"
simultaneously also the presser opens for the
set "presser detachment time".
Those times are necessary to be sure that the
panel can move freely, even though it remains
between the two planes.
6 - When the second opening time is elapsed
the side pistons start to work exerting pressure
on the panels for the set time.
This helps the detachment of the panel in case it
is sticking to the press platen
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21. FOCUSING ON THE PRESSING CYCLE
HOW THE PRESSING CYCLE IS CARRIED OUT (4)
7 - When the detachment is completed, the side
pistons move back and the platen along with the
presser open completely to let unload the already
processed panel and load a new one.
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22.
Press performances
Clamp carrier
Rotary composer
Fluid heated
press
High
Medium
Very poor
Poor - good
Excellent
Very poor
Even side pressure
Poor
Excellent
Poor
Panel flatness
Vertical pressure
Low
Cost
Poor
Very good
Very high
Wood waste panel planning
High
Very low
Glue waste
High
Low
Medium-high
Timber quality
High
Medium - high
High
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23.
Press performances
Clamp carrier
Rotary composer
Fluid heated press
Medium
Medium - high
High
Low
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
Low to high
10 to 150 mm
10 to 150 mm
10 to 80 mm
Panel thickness
Press (panel) length
2,5-3-4,6-6,2 m
2,5-3-4,5 m
2,5-3-3,5-4,5-5,3 m
1to 1,3 m
Press (panel) width
Soaking test (JAS)
Production
Press maintenance
Medium
Unit operator skill
Medium
Smooth finish timber
Medium
Moisture content
1to 1,3 m
Any **
Good
Very good
Poor
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