Why Automation Can Improve Your Garden Furniture Production

Maximise your materials 

Whilst using solid wood to create your garden furniture pieces can increase its durability, large and irregular pieces of solid wood present unique challenges due to the material’s natural variations, such as grain patterns. These variations, while adding character to the finished product, can pose challenges during production. 

However, automatic crosscut saws and CNC machining centres can make precise cuts that account for irregular shapes and dimensions, ensuring minimal material waste and consistent results. Many of these machines are designed with sensors or measurement tools that can identify and adapt to the unique properties of each piece, allowing for smoother processing and fewer defects. Using automation to cut and shape ensures that the character of the wood is preserved and reduces the need for recuts. 

Improve your quality

CNC joinery machines offer unmatched precision and consistency, making them ideal for creating strong and seamless joints in woodworking. They excel at producing complex joint designs, such as dovetail, which distribute stress evenly for greater durability. Additionally, CNC machines streamline the joinery process, reducing production time and material waste while maintaining high-quality standards. This combination of efficiency, accuracy, and flexibility makes CNC joinery machines a fantastic resource for manufacturing robust and aesthetically pleasing wooden structures.

Improve Your Sustainability

Woodworking automation is designed to maximise efficiency and minimise waste by optimising cutting patterns and material usage. Advanced machinery ensures precise measurements, reducing the amount of scrap generated during production. Additionally, offcuts can be repurposed into other applications, such as creating wood pellets, or decorative inlays for your garden furniture. By integrating automation with creative reuse strategies, you can reduce your environmental impact while enhancing your sustainability. As a recipient of the King’s Award for Enterprise, we understand the importance of increasing sustainable practices and our woodworking experts are happy to advise you about this. 

In a rapidly growing garden furniture market, automation offers a compelling solution to meet rising demand while maintaining high-quality and sustainable practices. By utilising automation and investing in CNC machines and woodworking automation, you can optimise material usage, reduce waste, and enhance production efficiency. 

You can check out our range of new and second hand machinery or contact one of our woodworking experts to answer any questions you may have.