Processing Technolgy

TECHNOLOGY

PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY AND SURFACE AND PANEL MATERIALS HAVE REACHED A LEVEL OF SOPHISTICATION THAT FEW COULD HAVE EXPECTED.

Creating speed and efficiency is paramount to the latest innovations in moving materials though the shop. The latest in production and material-handling equipment can help save on labor and optimize any panel processing operation.

Drilling machines, panel saws, edgebanders, CNC machining centers, material handling, assembly and packaging are all highly automated. Set-up and programming have become surprisingly easy and flexible. Highly automated panel processing systems radically reduce labor costs and “level the playing field” so that a facility in the heartland of the United States can successfully compete with a comparable factory in China. In fact, with so much of the machining technology imported globally, the two facilities—halfway around the globe from each other—might look identical.

A lights-out factory, where no humans exist on the shop floor, is not a futuristic concept. It exists today. Making products as close to consumers as possible saves shipping costs, improves speed to market, and increases domestic GDP. When it comes to manufacturing in North America, the future is bright. n

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TECHNOLOGY PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY MANUFACTURERS

CIM-TECH.COM

www. cim-tech.com Orlando, FL (877) 549-8211

DAK Engineering

www.dakeng.com Guilford CT

Hexagon

www.alphacam.com US Headquarters Tuscaloosa, AL (800) 461-2015

Inventables

www.inventables.com Chicago, IL (312) 775-7009

KCD Software

www.kcdsoftware.com Cataumet, MA (508) 760-1140

Panel Process Like a Pro Without the Pro Price Tag

With a ShopBot CNC, you can increase production throughput while minimizing material handling. For example, you can drill shelf pin holes, cut rabbets and dados, and profile-cut the completed panel. The operator only needs to handle the full sheet once to load the machine, and then remove the perfectly cut parts that are ready for assembly.

Thanks to the affordability of ShopBot’s professional grade CNC tools, the technology of manufacturing cabinet boxes, doors, drawer fronts, shelves, and even countertops, is now well within the reach of smaller shops, not just large cabinet manufacturing facilities.

See our full line of tools at ShopBotTools.com. Then give us a call at 888-680-4466. We’ll find the tool that works best for your needs.