Production engineering for furniture manufacturers

Exact by design. Repeatable by process.

We turn furniture designs into products a factory can make, repeat and scale. From the designer's concept to engineering, CNC programming, prototyping and series production, every stage is developed for the client's own machinery and delivered as one integrated package the client owns.

Discuss a project What we do

maßgenauGerman, adj. Dimensionally accurate.

Exploded CAD assembly of the chair: legs, seat, arms and backrest pulled apart with their dowels
CHAIR · EXPLODED ASSEMBLY
SOLID WOOD

Work

Seamless outside. Engineered inside.

01

Chair

Material
Solid walnut
Connection
Floating tenon, dowels
Machining
5-axis CNC
Finished walnut joint between the front leg and the solid-wood seat
Exploded CAD view of the joint: solid-wood seat, floating tenon and dowels pulled apart from the front leg
Detail 01 · ExplodedSeat · tenon · dowels · leg
02

Bookshelf

Material
American walnut veneered multiplex, solid American walnut, black steel
Connection
Flanges, recessed connector plates, threaded inserts, fasteners
Machining
3-axis CNC
Bookshelf in American walnut veneered multiplex, with wooden columns between the shelves and no visible fixings
Exploded CAD view of the bookshelf: veneered shelves, wooden columns, black steel flanges, recessed connector plates, bolts, threaded inserts and dowels
Detail 02 · ExplodedShelf · connections · fasteners

Services

Engineering between the designer's drawing and the factory floor.

Product engineering

Every piece modelled as a validated solid, with joints, tolerances and assembly resolved for solid wood, veneer, stone, glass and metal. Structural simulation proves it carries its loads before a prototype is made.

  • Parametric 3D
  • Joinery
  • Static stress analysis
  • Nonlinear static stress
  • Structural buckling
  • Production drawings

CAD/CAM, CNC and robot programming

Each product is broken down into components, with fixtures, templates and stock defined for every part. Machining is programmed for 3- to 12-axis CNC and robot cells, and validated on the machine, not only in simulation.

  • Component breakdown
  • Fixtures
  • Templates
  • Stock definition
  • 3- to 12-axis CNC
  • Tooling
  • Robot programming

Prototyping and quality control

The first prototype is built on the client's own machines, and every part is checked against the CAD model. Design adjustments go back into the engineering model, and the process is reworked until the piece is right.

  • On-site prototype
  • Program validation
  • Inspection against CAD
  • Design iteration

Industrialisation and transfer

Once the prototype is approved, the design is frozen and the process rebuilt for series production, with final programs, fixtures and operation sheets. We stay on site for the first run and train the operators.

  • Design freeze
  • Series programs
  • Production fixtures
  • Operation sheets
  • On-site start-up
  • Operator training
  • Plant transfer

Process

  1. 01Design review
  2. 02Engineering model
  3. 03CAM and programs
  4. 04Prototype
  5. 05Industrialisation

Experience

Proven in production, not on paper.

100+products engineered into series production
3–12CNC axes programmed, from routers to multi-axis cells
100%of files and programs owned by the client
We don't hand over drawings. We hand over a process that runs.
Sector
High-end residential and contract furniture
Scope
Product engineering, CAD/CAM, CNC and robot programming, prototyping, industrialisation and on-site start-up
Robotics
FANUC, ABB
Software
SolidWorks, Fusion 360, Alphacam, Bacci Pitagora, ROBOGUIDE, RobotStudio

Contact

Let's talk about your next collection.

Shorter development, fewer prototype rounds, and a process your team can run on its own. Tell us what you're developing and we'll show you the path to series production.

Email info@massgenau.com
Based in Iași, Romania