Method for manufacturing panels

A method for machining profiled edge areas on a panel, the method comprising:

• providing the panel having a lower area that forms with first and second lower edge areas on opposite first and second sides of the panel, each of the first and second lower edge areas having a first ascending transition zone extending in a first direction to a top surface of the panel, and a second ascending transition zone spaced apart from the first ascending transition zone and extending in a second direction different from the first direction and to a machinable portion of the panel;
• optically determining a position or an orientation of the second ascending transition zone;
• adjusting the position or orientation of the panel into a fixed orientation based on the first ascending transition zone due to the optical determination of the position of the second ascending transition zone;
• and then
• feeding the panel through a first milling machine in the fixed orientation wherein the fixed orientation is transverse to first milling tools of the milling machine such that the first milling tools remain in position relative to the fixed orientation while the panel is fed through the first milling machine as first and second profiled edge portions are formed along each of the first and second lower edge areas, respectively;
• wherein the second ascending transition zone and machinable portion of each of the first and second lower edges areas is removed by the first milling machine, and at least a portion of the first ascending transition zone remains at a top edge of the profiled edge portion leading to the top surface of the panel.