A smart upgrade for Sunshine

Purchasing a new CNC router was a good move forward says Rick Martin owner of joinery and kitchen manufacturing business Sunshine Joinery Ltd based in Onekawa, Napier.

“We had an existing CNC router from Proform CNC Ltd out of Levin for a number of years but with the business growing and moving to our new showroom and workshop a couple of years ago we needed to look at upgrading to keep up with demand,” Rick comments.With this in mind and talking to Rob Hutchings at Proform they decided on a new CNC router but with some significant enhancements.

The Proform 28/13AL CNC Router offers all that Rick had with the existing router, a solid, gantry style machining centre to process solid wood, MDF and particle board while maintaining a small footprint in the factory.

In addition it includes three important enhancements: an automatic labelling applicator, an automatic board loader with an automatic unloading and belt feed table, and a 12 drill rotary tool changer.

“We have had the machine a wee while now and we are beginning to see the positive effects on our productivity” says Rick.”The flatbed size is a bit bigger as well (from 2.5m to 2.8m) which means we can process bigger sheets.” All these new features save time and money. “The rotary tool changer was a big time saver in particular and being mainly a cabinetry maker these days the auto loader and labelling system using a Honeywell laser printer has made production quicker and more efficient. All this with a good price and service from Proform ticked all the boxes for us.”

Rick uses his own design software from CadMaster to augment this machine for all his kitchen cabinetry. The business has steadily grown since it was first established back in 2005 to now have some thirteen staff including Rick and his wife Felicity. They design and produce mainly kitchen componentry and cabinetry for the residential market in Napier as well as some commercial market work. The business is a Master Joiners member and part of the Mastercraft Group. An interesting part of the business core values is something called ‘Kaizen” meaning pure innovation and continuous improvement. That is something they are continuing to do. For more information contact Sunshine Joinery Ltd 1c Wakefield St, Onekawa, Napier on 06 844 6105 of email rick@ sunshinejoinery.co.nz or visit www. sunshinejoinery.co.nz