Flooring Pretreatment Unit
Controlled surface structuring for wood flooring production
The Flooring Pretreatment Unit is a standalone process machine for mechanical surface preparation in wood flooring production. It performs treatments such as wire brushing, sanding, and texturing, while defining a controlled and repeatable surface state aligned with the intended finishing process.
The unit can operate independently or be integrated as an upstream, digitally coordinated stage within a complete finishing system. When used inline, pretreatment parameters are aligned with downstream finishing requirements, allowing the surface condition to be prepared consistently before coating and curing.
Process-oriented machine design: mechanical surface treatment is configured according to finishing intent rather than fixed tooling behavior.
Multi-aggregate architecture: multiple independently adjustable processing aggregates combined with dedicated dust removal stages.
Digital operation: treatment parameters are set via touchscreen interface, enabling repeatable surface conditions across production runs.
System-ready configuration: optional inline operation allows synchronization with finishing lines where required.
Standalone Surface Pretreatment for Wood Flooring Production
As a standalone machine, the Flooring Pretreatment Unit performs mechanical surface preparation for wood flooring, conditioning the board surface before finishing, between coating layers, or where defined surface textures are required.
Unlike conventional brushing machines with fixed tooling behavior, the pretreatment unit allows surface interaction to be configured through multiple processing aggregates with independently adjustable parameters.
This process-oriented approach improves stability, repeatability, and control across different flooring dimensions, species, and surface requirements, while maintaining a compact standalone machine footprint suitable for existing production layouts.
Standalone Flooring Pretreatment Unit shown during a walkaround, illustrating machine layout and construction.
Digital Process Control and Configuration
The Flooring Pretreatment Unit is digitally configured through a touchscreen interface that allows processing parameters to be defined and adjusted without mechanical reconfiguration.
Working modes are used to store and recall predefined parameter sets, enabling repeatable surface preparation across different flooring formats, materials, or finishing requirements.
Automatic adjustment of processing aggregates reduces manual setup effort and supports consistent process conditions when switching between production scenarios.
The operator interacts with the machine at process level, focusing on defining surface outcomes rather than adjusting individual mechanical components.
Touchscreen interface used for digital configuration and control of the pretreatment process.
Integration into Modular Finishing Systems
The Flooring Pretreatment Unit is designed as a modular process machine that can be integrated into Deck Art Machines finishing systems as an upstream surface preparation stage.
Integration is achieved through standardized mechanical interfaces and digital coordination, allowing the pretreatment process to be aligned with downstream finishing requirements.
Within modular system configurations, the pretreatment unit operates as a defined process block that can be combined with finishing lines, conveyors, and layout elements according to production needs.
Pretreatment Unit integrated as an upstream process module within a modular Deck Art Machines finishing system.
Inline Integration in Modular Finishing Systems
The following examples illustrate how the pretreatment unit operates as part of an inline modular finishing system, both at system level and at process level.
Walkaround view of the pretreatment unit integrated inline with the flooring finishing line within a modular system configuration.
Example of an oak flooring plank processed through the pretreatment stage and finishing line, showing surface condition after deep brushing and finishing.
System Layout Context and Material Flow
In basic inline configurations, the Flooring Pretreatment Unit connects directly to the finishing line, maintaining continuous material flow between process stages.
In multi-step configurations, standard motorised conveyors are used to link pretreatment and finishing stages while preserving the defined process sequence.
Depending on factory layout and production concept, additional transfer elements may be applied outside the core pretreatment–finishing sequence.
These layout options provide flexibility in system design while keeping the pretreatment process functionally upstream of finishing operations.
Inline system layout with pretreatment feeding directly into the finishing line for straight-through material flow.
U-composition layout combining pretreatment and finishing in a compact footprint using a 90° transition conveyor.