In the contemporary era, the business of customizing whole-house panel furniture has emerged as a highly profitable venture for modern kitchen manufacturers, wardrobe makers, cabinet creators, closet fabricators, door manufacturers, shopfitters, and providers. The advent of new CNC nesting machines, equipped with advanced functional features and technological enhancements, has revolutionized this industry. These machines can automate the entire process of cutting, drilling, and grooving furniture boards as per your design, requiring only assembly thereafter.
If you are considering upgrading your panel furniture production line with a new nesting CNC machine for the creation of cabinets, closets, wardrobes, home doors, home decorations, and other personalized panel furniture, it would be prudent to initiate the buying process sooner. Such a machine can fully automate your panel furniture manufacturing process, saving labor and production costs while enhancing production efficiency. The sooner you invest, the sooner you reap the benefits.
This guide aims to simplify your journey towards purchasing a new automatic CNC nesting router machine. It provides insights into the research, understanding, location, pricing, and negotiation aspects of the buying process. With the convenience of smartphones, these steps can be undertaken anytime, anywhere.
Understanding a Nesting CNC Machine
A nesting CNC machine is an intelligent machine tool integral to customized panel furniture production. This includes the making of cabinet doors, closet doors, home doors, wardrobes, home decorations, cabinets, home furniture, and shop and office furniture. During the production process, the operator merely functions as a porter. The intelligent CNC nesting machines can automatically execute tasks such as pasting barcodes, feeding, drilling, slotting, cutting, uploading, and retrieval processes for cutting side holes, slots on the back, and back holes. This entire process requires no human judgment, enabling automatic processing and eliminating the dependence on woodworking professionals and technical workers.
Moreover, automatic feeding CNC nesting machines replace traditional push table saws or precision saws, preventing work-related injuries and ensuring the health of employees.
What is a Panel Furniture Production Line?
A panel furniture production line refers to the machine tools and software used in the entire panel furniture manufacturing process. This includes an automatic labeling row drilling and cutting center, a customized cabinet and wardrobe smart hole machine, CNC six-sided drilling, CNC panel saw, cabinet intelligent connection, cabinet and wardrobe molded door line, multiple six-sided drilling and cutting machine connections, production process planning and design, and solid wood assembly machining center.
Working Principle
The working path is automatically generated by the software. Through intelligent design software to split single 3D modeling, it can realize the real effect of map rendering. Customized furniture shape and size at a glance. After the automatic assembly generated a single panel report and hardware statements, and outputs all sheet drawing format (DXF format drawings belonging to a common format, it can be open in all the software), each piece of plate holes, slots are automatically generated. Through the optimization by the automatic layout software to optimize the layout and generate the processing path (NC program), to maximize use of raw materials.
Specifications
- Brand: Hymson Laser
- Model: S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6
- Price Range: $5,500.00 – $56,000.00
- Table Structure: Vacuum system
- X, Y Structure: Gear Wheel Transmission
- Z Structure: Ball Screw, linear square rail
- Working Voltage: AC380V,3PH/50/60Hz,3PH
- Command: G Code, *uoo, *mmg, *plt
- Operating System: Taiwan Syntec control system
Features
A nesting CNC machine boasts of versatile functions, capable of not only cutting straight lines but also complex curve lines, integrating punching, slotting, and cutting. It enables a single operator to manage multiple pieces of equipment simultaneously, allowing an ordinary worker to accomplish the tasks of several senior skilled workers concurrently. With the aid of nesting software, it transcends the original manual extensive production to realize intelligent operation. Here are its ten salient features:
- Automatic Nesting: The nesting software can intelligently optimize the layout, maximizing the utilization rate of the board and saving material cost to the greatest extent.
- Automatic Output Tool Path: The nesting software can automatically output tool path G code files, simplifying the process that previously required semi-automatic generation by professional layout workers.
- One-Stroke Tool Path Optimization Technology: The tool path output by the nesting software is optimized by mathematical methods. It adopts one-stroke technology for ordinary rectangular material contour line cutting, realizing the cutting of the entire board by one drop of the knife without lifting the knife, significantly improving cutting efficiency.
- Co-edge Cutting Tool Path Optimization Technology: Co-edge rectangular cutting adopts the shortest path optimization technology to achieve efficient cutting through the shortest tool path and the least number of knife lifts.
- Unique Anti-drift Technology: It provides special-shaped path export, and also provides a unique anti-drift technology. The cutting sequence of the board and the position of the cutting point are all optimized and selected by special mathematical methods, so that the possibility of small board drifting will be minimized.
- Punching & Slotting Functions: The typesetting software supports the functions of punching and slotting, so that only one process of material cutting is needed to realize the traditional three-process operation of material cutting, punching, and slotting, which improves work efficiency and reduces equipment investment.
- Support Tool Change: The optimized typesetting software supports automatic tool change. During the cutting process, the tool can be changed automatically according to the preset tool number.
- Support Row Drilling: Optimized typesetting software supports drilling operations. The software can print barcodes and QR code labels when cutting materials, and include the drilling operation instructions in the barcodes and QR codes.
- Support Automatic Loading & Unloading: The optimized typesetting software supports fully automatic machines with loading and unloading devices. When exporting the path, the cutting instructions and loading and unloading instructions of all orders can be combined to generate a G-code file to realize fully automatic cutting operations.
- Automatic Bill Splitting: The order dismantling module, which will realize the automatic dismantling of orders into work orders, and realize the intelligentization of the production process of furniture enterprises.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- High Efficiency & Cost Saving: The design software automatically optimizes the typesetting, which greatly improves the utilization efficiency of the board. One person can operate several machines, reduce labor intensity, save the wages of master craftsmen who push table saws, and use 0.3 square meters more for each plate.
- Fast Processing Speed: His work is continuous, and he can work continuously for eight hours without interruption, which greatly improves the work efficiency and reduces the labor intensity. One piece of equipment can produce 60-80 boards a day, and the production efficiency is greatly improved.
- Good Dust Collection Effect: It adopts a 3 kW full set of dust removal controlled by a solenoid valve, which realizes the dust-free factory, greatly improves the environmental quality of the factory, and enhances the dust collection effect of the machine. The suction is clean and its suction is strong Can reach more than 95 percent.
- Smart Operation,Zero Error, Zero Failure Rate: The operation is simple, and any small worker can go to work directly after 3-5 hours of training from the manufacturer.
- Flexible Operation: The machine can pause at any time, increase or decrease the speed, adjust the depth at any time, and can preview the plane and three-dimensional diagram of the cutting path. The stepless speed regulation is convenient for cutting different materials and is suitable for different industries.
- Strong Special-shaped Processing Ability: It is very suitable for customized production.
Cons
- Tool Loss: It is generally suitable for plates with less impurities, otherwise the tool loss will be large. Ordinary cutting knives can open 20-35 particle boards.
- Batch Processing Not Supported: It is processed one by one, unlike electronic saws that can process many sheets at a time.
- Risk of Use: Small and medium-sized panel furniture factories are highly dependent on equipment. Once the equipment fails, if the manufacturer does not sell it in time, the production will be paralyzed. This is a problem that most custom furniture factories worry about.
- Higher Requirements for Software: The software is the brain of the machine, and whether the machine works well depends to a large extent on the selected software. Therefore, the equipment needs to be equipped with mature software for furniture design and disassembly.
Buyer’s Guide
- Consult: We will recommend the most suitable CNC nesting machine to you after being informed by your requirements.
- Quotation: We will offer you with our detail quotation according to the consulted CNC nesting machining center. You will get the most suitable specifications, the best accessories and the affordable price.
- Process Evaluation: Both sides carefully evaluate and discuss all the details (technical parameters, specifications and business terms) of the order to exclude any misunderstanding.
- Placing Order: If you have no doubt, we will send you the PI (Proforma Invoice), and then we will sign a contract with you.
- Production: We will arrange the production as soon as receiving your signed sales contract and deposit. The latest news about production will be updated and informed to the buyer during the production.
- Quality Control: The whole production procedure will be under regular inspection and strict quality control. The complete machine will be tested to make sure they can work well before out of factory.
- Delivery: We will arrange the delivery as the terms in the contract after the confirmation by the CNC nesting machine buyer.
- Custom Clearance: We will supply and deliver all the necessary shipping documents to the buyer and ensure a smooth customs clearance.
- Support and Service: We will offer professional technical support and free service by Phone, Email, Skype, WhatsApp, Online Live Chat, Remote Service. We also have door-to-door service in some areas.
Utilizing Your Nesting CNC Machine: A Comprehensive Guide
Before initiating the operational process, it is highly recommended to perform a dry run of the nesting CNC machine. This precautionary measure ensures the optimal functioning of all machine components and guarantees safety.
Step-by-Step Instructions
- Power Activation: Initiate the power supply, ensuring that the emergency stop button remains untouched.
- Software Activation: Power on the computer that is interfaced with the machine. Navigate to the designated operating system, locate the software that governs the machine, and activate it by double-clicking.
- System Check: Conduct a thorough examination of the machine’s operating system. If any error messages pertaining to the machine surface in the system, halt all work operations. The error source must be identified and rectified before resuming work.
- Workpiece Measurement: Ascertain whether the dimensions of the workpiece exceed the capacity of the machine’s pneumatic clamp. If the workpiece is excessively large, it could disrupt the machine’s normal operation or inflict damage. Make necessary adjustments to avoid such issues.
- Pressure Device Activation: Initiate the machine’s pressure device. Normal processing operations can only commence once a successful inspection has been conducted.
Considerations for Operators
Operators must possess a comprehensive understanding of the nesting CNC machine, including its structure, application scope, technical specifications, and safety regulations. Familiarity with these aspects is crucial to prevent accidents during operation. Moreover, operators are typically required to pass an examination before they are permitted to operate the machine officially.
Pre-Operation Inspection
Before officially commencing work, a comprehensive inspection of the machine is mandatory. This includes checking for any loose bolts in each part of the machine, ensuring the smooth running of the machine’s transmission, verifying the normal functioning of the machine’s buttons, and confirming the good condition of the machine’s lubrication system, pneumatic system, and various safety systems. The machine can be powered on normally only after all these checks have been completed without any issues.
Safety Precautions
While the machine is in operation, the operator must prioritize their own health and safety. Whether loading or unloading, strict adherence to safety requirements is essential to prevent accidents.
Warning Against Illegal Operations
Illegal operations can easily lead to accidents, resulting in severe damage to the machine and potential harm to equipment operators. Therefore, it is imperative to draw the attention of all users to the serious consequences of such actions.