Our machines
JOOS BEU 80 veneer press
Veneer and laminate bonded flat and true, with even heat across the panel.
What it does
A veneer panel is only as good as the press it came out of. The JOOS BEU 80 puts heat and pressure evenly across the full platen, so glue cures properly right to the edges and the panel comes out flat rather than hungry in the middle. That is what stops a veneered door twisting a month after it is hung.
Key capabilities
- Heated pressing — Even platen heat, so the glue line cures fully rather than only in the middle.
- Veneer and laminate — Real wood veneer, laminate and backing sheets bonded to MDF or ply.
- Curved lay-ups — Formers pressed for curved doors, columns and reception fronts.
- Stitched leaves — Veneer leaves stitched and matched before pressing, so the grain runs how you drew it.
Where it sits
Between the veneer and the lacquer
Leaves are laid up, pressed flat and balanced here, then the panel goes to the saw to be sized and on to the booths to be lacquered. Nobody hands it to a specialist and nobody waits three weeks for it to come back.
Why trades choose us
Why we press veneer ourselves
Heat and even pressure across the whole panel — the two things a vacuum bag in a small shop struggles with.
Even pressure, corner to corner
A heated platen bonds the whole face at once, so there are no soft spots that show up later as bubbles.
Balanced both sides
A backing veneer goes on as standard, which is what stops a large panel curling in a heated room.
Your setting-out kept
Leaves are stitched to your drawing, so a book-match lands where you drew it and not half a leaf out.
Why this matters
Why this matters to your job
What JOOS BEU 80 veneer press changes about the price, the date and the finish you get back.
- 01
Panels that stay flat
Even heat and pressure is what stops a veneered door bowing later.
- 02
No veneer subcontractor
Pressed, trimmed, edged and sprayed here, so nothing is posted around the country.
- 03
Matched grain
Book, slip or random match agreed before we press, not discovered on site.
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Sprayable straight after
Pressed panels go to our own booths for lacquer without leaving the building.
How it goes
On the floor
JOOS BEU 80 veneer press, photographed in our own Croydon workshop.
Straight answers
Questions about the JOOS BEU 80 veneer press
Can you press my own veneer?
Yes. Send the bundle with your setting-out and we will lay it up, or we can source oak, walnut, fumed and dyed leaves to a sample.
What is the largest panel?
3,050 × 1,530mm in one press. Bigger faces are made as joined panels with the joint placed to suit the design.
How it fits our process
One programme, start to finish
JOOS BEU 80 veneer press is one stage of a run that stays in the same building, start to finish.
- Stage 1
Drawings and pricing
You send a DXF, a model or a sketch. We redraw if needed and price it in writing.
- Stage 2
Board cut to size
Sheets cut on the beam saw, nested for yield.
- Stage 3
Machined and drilled
Routed, drilled and grooved on the 5-axis and vertical CNC machines.
- Stage 4
Edged, veneered, assembled
Tape applied and pressed work bonded before the bench builds it.
- Stage 5
Sprayed and delivered
Finished in our booths, checked, wrapped and brought to site on our vans.
Next step
Put it to work on your job
Send drawings, a cutting list or photographs and we will price it in writing, usually within two working days. If it is quicker to talk it through, call 020 8944 2817 and you will get someone who knows the machines.
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