The term "floating table" is used differently. Some manufacturers (e.g. Sandingmaster, Costa Levigatrici) use it to describe the table setting "springy" for the veneer sanding and lacquer sanding in contrast to the table setting "rigid" for the calibrating. Other manufacturers (e.g. DMC, SbF, Viet) refer to tables in which resilient table segments are intended to compensate for the thickness tolerances of different workpieces. These segments can be set rigidly for calibration grinding. See also technical term segmented table.

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In the operating mode "lacquer sanding" the pressure rollers are set to rigid and the table to springy. This setting allows the smoothing of workpieces with differences in thickness of up to 2 mm.

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In the "Calibrating" mode, the table is set to rigid and the pressure rollers to springy. This allows the infeed of raw panels of different thicknesses, which are ground to the same dimension in the machine.