Minimax ME25 Edgebander

The ME 25 is a compact automatic edge bander designed for professional cabinet makers and joiners who require consistent, high-quality results across a range of edge materials without the footprint of a larger production machine.

The machine accepts wood veneer, melamine, and ABS edges up to 3mm thickness, and solid timber strips up to 5mm, with all operating units synchronised automatically to the selected panel thickness. A high-adherence feed belt with rubber top-pressure rollers ensures stable panel travel throughout the process.

The hot melt glue pot features a quick heat-up system, an internally PTFE-coated chamber for clean glue changes, a digital thermostat for precise temperature control, and an automatic glue recovery function to reduce waste during idle periods. Glue is applied via a spreading roller directly to the panel edge.

End cutting is standard, with a copying device ensuring accurate 90° trimming of front and rear edges under varying working conditions. The superposed trimming unit uses 72mm diameter combination cutters with both a radius section for 2mm radius edges and a straight section for solid timber edges up to 5mm. Changeover between the two modes is tool-free and fast.

The edge scraping unit is designed for finishing 3mm PVC and ABS edges, with a rigid structure to minimise vibration and horizontal and vertical copying pads with chrome-plated surfaces for repeatable knife positioning. The brushing unit, standard on most configurations, uses two independently driven, tilt-adjustable motors for edge cleaning and polishing.

The stock machine is supplied as the ME 25RC CE version with an automatic strip-edge loading device as standard.

Applications: edge banding, cabinet making, shopfitting, joinery, panel processing

Key Features:

— Accepts edges from veneer and melamine to 3mm ABS and 5mm timber strips — covers the full range of edge materials used in professional cabinet and joinery production without machine changes
— Automatic synchronisation of all operating units to panel thickness — eliminates manual unit-by-unit adjustment when switching between panel thicknesses
— Mechanical digital indicator for panel thickness selection — provides a repeatable, readable reference for consistent set-up across operators
— High-adherence feed belt with rubber top-pressure rollers — maintains stable panel contact and consistent feed rate throughout the edging cycle
— PTFE-coated hot melt glue pot with quick heat-up system — reduces warm-up time and allows clean, fast glue changes without residue build-up
— Digital thermostat for glue temperature control — maintains consistent application viscosity across different edge materials and ambient conditions
— Automatic glue pot temperature reduction during inactivity — reduces glue degradation and energy consumption during unplanned stoppages
— Automatic glue recovery device — recovers unused glue rather than discarding it, reducing material waste and running costs
— Copying-device blade alignment on end cutting unit — ensures accurate 90° cuts at front and rear edges regardless of minor panel variation
— 72mm diameter combination cutters on superposed trimming unit — radius and straight sections on a single tool — trims both 2mm radius edges and solid timber edges up to 5mm without a full cutter change
— Dual numeric readouts on trimming unit for edge thickness — allows precise, repeatable tool positioning when switching between edge profiles
— Edge scraping unit with chrome-plated horizontal and vertical copying pads — maintains accurate knife positioning relative to the cutting point for a consistent finish on 3mm PVC and ABS edges
— High-rigidity scraping unit structure — eliminates vibration during finishing passes, producing a clean surface on harder edge materials
— Brushing unit with two independent, tilt-adjustable motors — allows optimisation of brush contact angle for effective cleaning and polishing across different edge thicknesses and materials
— Supplied with automatic strip-edge loading device (ref. 58.03.54) as standard — reduces operator handling time and supports higher throughput on strip-edge production runs