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..."It is a balancing act," says Franz Hausmann "The p-System offers us a lot of possibilities. We can go to the limits". He is referring to the unique shear angle of the patented tool from LEUCO which sets new standards. An angle of unprecedented 70 degrees offers an exceptionally wide range of processing solutions adapted to the requirements even if a great variety of materials are to be processed. For this revolutionary tool technologies, LEUCO was honored with the German Innovation Award 2018.

What is more important for Franz Hausmann: "The tool alone, however, is not crucial. We need the professional advice of LEUCO so that we are always able to set highlights in our furnishing production even in the future." One thing is certain: Not only the number of special surfaces produced by F/LIST will continue to grow.

F/LIST is able to realize a lot of extraordinary designs. Up to 300 different special surfaces can be produced for only one single project. The surfaces are often provided with highly sensitive varnishing. Therefore, F/LIST must not only buy a large variety of unusual materials, it must also be able to process them.

Franz Hausmann, pre-production department manager, who has been working at F/LIST for almost 20 years questions how the problem is supposed to be solved. "We have a lot of experience and try things out but for this, we need first-class tools." For more than 25 years, these tools have been delivered by LEUCO Among the delivered tools there are circular saw blades for panel sizing and table saws, jointing cutters for sizing on edge banding machines as well as cutting out and sizing tools on CNC machines. Diamond tips are a matter of course – and rather the rule than an exception with regard to the extremely high demands of F/LIST.

...One such example is to demand that concrete and film should belong together - entailing the need for them to be processed together as well.

Franz Hausmann, always a practical man, has this to add: "We accept this, but we have always had to engage in combat with incredible challenges". One of the greatest of those is fire protection. In buildings, it is always a mandatory stipulation. On yachts, it is not a formal compliance requirement until the vessel exceeds 100 meters - 330 feet - in length.

Franz Hausmann still has an accurate recollection of a "Super worst-case scenario": A composite material consisting of a mineral fiber slab, a highly-compressed (HP) laminate, a brittle oak veneer and a high-sheen lacquer finish. There was no latitude whatsoever over the choice of material, and this mineral-based slab was required for fire protection. To work with this, a miter edge first had to be produced. A seriously intricate task.

Nonetheless, Roman Edelhofer, a technical adviser from LEUCO, was confident of his ground: "LEUCO doesn't believe in 'Can't be done'. We always get a result here". And so it proved to be. On the LEUCO testing ground in Horb, various tools were tested and an appropriate set of application data was devised. This even involved choosing a different machine configuration. A genuine team effort that was crowned with success on this occasion yet again.

...That is why companies tend to send materials of this kind to the LEUCO Test Center. There, highly specialized experts work with these original sample slabs until they have discovered the best possible processing solution. There is nothing unusual about that process involving changes being made to the tool design.

Franz Hausmann knows what that means: "For us, the LEUCO Test Center is a guarantee of quality". Not only for F/LIST because, just like with standard tools, everything is documented very precisely. Interested users can obtain information about LEUCO recommendations for tools and application data on the website at www.leuco.com.

...F/LIST uses the LEUCO TRIBOS family of products right across the board. Just recently, the company location in Canada has also been able to benefit from the remarkably precise concentricity of this clamping equipment. Accordingly,

F/LIST is progressing confidently down this same path: Wherever and however it may be needed, demanding customers receive nothing less than the highest level of quality. With this motto, this family-owned Austrian company has built itself an outstanding reputation both at home and around the world.

...They learn that a lot of expertise is involved in tackling the wide variety of materials used in their company. On location, in theory and in practice. In particular, the use of diamond-tipped tools is an acquired skill. These tools are so "sensitive" that you have to develop a special sense for them. Once that skill has been acquired, these tools reward the operator with impeccable performance.