FM368
Straight Edge Bander
The base of the 3 series: eight cells from gluing to polishing, with the rough and the fine cut on separate heads so the finish does not depend on one knife setting.
Overview
- Eight processing cells: gluing, pressing, head-and-tail trimming, rough trimming, fine trimming, scraping, cleaning and polishing.
- Rough trimming brings the band down to the panel faces; fine trimming takes the last overhang back to the face.
- 4,700 mm from infeed to outfeed, 9–60 mm panels, 16–23 m/min.
- Cleaning runs before polishing, so residual hot-melt lifts off instead of being smeared along the edge.
- 11 kW total, 380 V, 0.7 MPa air; frame at 1,750 mm.
FM368
CNSK · Dongguan
Feed rate16 – 23 m/min
Panel thickness9 – 60 mm
Panel width≥ 50 mm
Processing stations8
Total power11 kW
Station sequence
Set the job on the screen; the panel then passes eight cells from gluing to polishing.
01
Control screen
Job set-up runs from the screen — parameters entered by touch or input box — and a change shows its effect at once.
02
Gluing
Hot-melt adhesive is melted and applied to the panel edge before the band is pressed on.
03
Pressing
High-precision pressure wheels load the band evenly as it meets the panel, so the joint sits flat and holds.
04
Head-and-tail trimming
The band is cut flush at the leading and trailing ends — quickly, and without ragged corners.
05
Rough trimming
The first trim brings the band's upper and lower edges down to the panel faces and leaves the allowance for the finishing head.
06
Fine trimming
The finishing cut takes the overhang back to the panel face; this is the pass that decides how clean the joint reads.
07
Scraping
Upper and lower edges are scraped to remove trim knife marks, and surplus glue between band and panel comes off.
08
Cleaning
Residual hot-melt is diluted and isolated before polishing, so it lifts off instead of being smeared along the edge.
09
Polishing
Cotton polishing wheels clean the finished edge, leaving it smooth and even with the panel face.
Technical data
| Model | FM368 |
| Feed rate | 16 – 23 m/min |
| Panel width | ≥ 50 mm |
| Panel thickness | 9 – 60 mm |
| Edge band thickness | 0.4 – 3 mm |
| Edge band width | 12 – 65 mm |
| Pressure beam | Electric lift |
| Processing stations | 8 |
| Control screen | Numeric panel or industrial touch screen, per configuration |
| Input voltage | 380 V |
| Air pressure | 0.7 MPa |
| Total power | 11 kW |
| Machine size (L × W × H) | 4700 × 780 × 1750 mm |
Values from the FM368 technical data sheet and the 2026 configuration list.
What the machine is built to do
- Electric beam liftThe pressure beam is set from the screen rather than by hand crank, so a mixed batch of thicknesses needs no reset between panels.
- Two trimming headsA rough cut and a finishing cut on separate heads: the first takes the bulk, the second the last tenths.
- Compact 4,700 mm frameThe shortest bed in the 3 series, for a shop where floor space decides which machine is bought.
Edge samples
More from the 3 series
FM365
Straight Edge Bander
Seven stations on a four-metre bed: gluing, pressing, end trim, fine trim, scraping, cleaning and polishing on 9–60 mm straight panels.
7 stations9–60 mm16–23 m/min4 m bed
Read the specification
FM365J
Straight Edge Bander
Two glue positions and a separating-agent spray on a 5,600 mm bed.
9 stations9–60 mm16–23 m/min5.6 m bed
Read the specification
FM368C
45° Bevel Edge Bander
45° bevel cut, banded, trimmed and polished on a 5,700 mm bed.
9 stations12–40 mm45° bevel14 m/min
Read the specification
Put FM368 against your panel.
Send the thickness, width and band you run. You get a station list, the tooling and a price against your name.