ERNST

Paul Ernst Maschinenfabrik GmbH

Manufacturer of wide-belt sanders and deburring machines, based in Eschelbronn/ Germany. Since 1 January 2015, the company Ernst is part of the Wintersteiger association/ Austria.

History

2015	The Paul Ernst machinery company is taken over by the Wintersteiger group.
2014	Standard machines for woodworking are no longer offered.
2010	Paul Ernst GmbH is one of the technology leaders in the field of plate deburring machines and sanding machines for lacquer and wood (doors and furniture industry). It is a medium-sized German, owner-managed company. The export share amounts to 70%.
2008	June: Acquisition of the shares and the management by Martin Freudenberg and Markus Lindörfer.
2007	Delivery of a complete grinding line (top and bottom) to Case New in Fargo, USA.
2004	Development of a machine releasing oxide from laser sections (up to a thickness of 25 mm) at the front sides.
2003	Delivery of a high-performance grinding machine for veneer sanding with feed speeds up to 50m feed per minute.
2002	Establishment of the sales subsidiary ERNST-Schweiz GmbH.
2000	Development of a machine with an automatic tool changer, that incorporates one set of abrasive flaps - brushes for extreme edge rounding. Moreover, there is an additional pair of wire scratch brushes of stainless steel that enables (normal) edge smoothing and oxide-removal from the strips.
1999	Development of the plate deburring machines to a modular construction kit (which makes it possible to respond to specific requirements from the customers), inclusion of the wide-belt unit in the programme.
1998	First grinding machine worldwide with a touch-screen interface, that can be used intuitively (only the type of wood and paint has to be entered).
1993	Development of the Duplex-System: Two independently switched, electronically controlled pressure beams work in a wide-belt unit; receipt of the Innovation Award of Baden-Wuerttemberg (honoured for examplary innovative, entrepreneurial achievements in the development of new products and processes and for the application of modern technology in the production).
1989	Electronic passage measurement and setting system MES.
1983	Tele-diagnosis system for remote access to grinding machines.
1981	Electronically controlled lacquer sanding machine with continous adjustment of the cutting speed.
1980	Energy saving system for grinding machines, development of a device for fault detection.
1979	Development of a wide-belt unit with electronic individual control of the pressure elements, construction of the first machine for grinding irregularly shaped parts.
1978	Presentation of the first floating beam components.
1977	Several developments: construction of the roller pressure beam (no more sliding friction), beam with 35/40 mm link spacing, development of the segment belt drive and a grinding belt slideway on three rolls (to avoid tearing of the grinding belt).
1968	Introduction of the cross-sanding mode: a cross-grinding longitudinal belt performs the pre-grinding, the following wide belt unit(s) do the polish.
1963	Construction of the 100th buffing machine.
1962	Production start of grinding machines: breakthrough with an intermediate lacquer sanding machine that was used in coating lines and sold over 2,500 times.
1960	Development of a buffing machine for polishing polyester-painted surfaces, due to the high demand from the local furniture industry.