2026 is a special year for Leitz Tooling. The company celebrates their 150 year anniversary with a series of product developments, focused on furniture and panel production, that pass on cost savings to their customers. The company’s new tooling designs and continued product development has led to Leitz winning two awards so far this year: The Design & Build Awards and The Corporate LiveWire awards.
Material costs have increased dramatically over the last few years. In addition to raw materials, tooling costs have increased significantly after tungsten carbide, tool steel and diamond cutting materials reach recent highs. It’s never been more important to prioritise efficiency and sustainable tooling, which is why Leitz has re-developed its tooling for increased tool life and cost-effectiveness.
Ben Mitchell, Marketing Manager at Leitz comments on the new product designs: “These innovations are customer led, we always listen to feedback from the market and we are working to make sure we are ahead of changing demand. We are constantly hearing about growing costs, so we’ve looked at how we can make our tooling work harder and faster to compensate”.
Leitz Diamster WhisperCut milling cutter heads are staples of panel processing and edgebanding that are used by some of the largest furniture and fire door manufacturers across the UK. Leitz has been redesigning its PLUS version ahead of the Holz Handwerk show in Nurenburg, to become more economical than ever. Adding a 0.5mm resharpening area onto every diamond tip, Leitz have increased tool life as now cutters can be sharpened an additional 1-2 times, making them suitable for up to 10 sharpens per head. Combined with the lightweight body and noise reduction, this makes the Diamaster WhisperCut significantly more sustainable than other milling heads on the market as its requires less power, creates less noise and lasts much longer. Passing on these cost savings straight back to manufacturers.
Leitz have also released the new ProfilCut Q diamond for edge finishing. Based on the industry leading ProfilCut Q system, this new diamond cutter head is designed for high volume profiling in edgebanding applications. Saving 2-3 hours of adjustment time over its life compared to tipped solutions, it uses a constant diameter and constant profile system, eliminating time consuming set ups, even after sharpening. Knives are sharpened by Leitz in the tool body for maximum concentricity, allowing for up to a 40% reduction costs per linear running meter based on downtime reduction, long tool life and economical sharpening. The reliability of this system also means profile integrity is the same on the first meter and the thousandth, eliminating the need for rework and wasted material.
For CNC routing operations, Leitz have released the new Diamaster PRO EdgeExpert. Combining the tried and tested designs of the Diamaster PRO router cutters with their economical Edge Expert technology, this router offers tear free finishes for panel materials with difficult top layers. With feed rates of up to 15 m/min-1, this router utilises shear cut and axis angles for tear free top layers, reducing the cutting pressure in the middle layer. This translates to reliably high quality finishes across different coated and laminated panel materials, meaning far less material wastage and reworking. The Diamaster PRO EdgeExpert is suitable for 5 sharpens, combining high quality finishes with tool-economy.
Previously, users lacking a scoring unit often reached their limits when attempting to size coated panels accurately and without tear out. However, the new FineCut circular saw blade from Leitz brings a new dimension to panel processing; thanks to its innovative tooth geometry, it produces chip-free cutting edges even in difficult to machine materials. This entirely eliminates the need for scoring as the specialised geometry creates finish quality cuts on the bottom and top layer of panels. When combined with high-quality diamond cutting material, it ensures maximum process reliability and outstanding edge quality alongside an impressively long tool life. Suitable for 3 sharpens, this new saw blade offers a sustainable and economical alternative to traditional sawing setups.
Leitz Tooling will be showcasing these new innovations for furniture manufacturing and panel production at the Professional Woodworking Expo on the 23rd-25th June 2026.
Visit the Leitz Tooling stand or contact Leitz Tooling today to learn how these innovative solutions can improve your production, make you more efficient and keep rising costs at bay.
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