CABINEO AND FIXCHIP FOR NESTING
Currently in Europe, the conventional technique used either in manufacturing kitchen items or panel-based interior designs is made via a concept of triple transformation:
- Sawing parts on a horizontal saw (or vertical saw, saw beam …)
- Edge banding treatment
- Cutting and drilling
The nesting alternative
The Nesting technique aims to optimize the interweaving of the parts to produce (rectangular or not) on one panel.
Many advantages are immediately obvious (ranked according to my point of vue)
- Lesser ground space required (two machines instead of three)
- The operator can go to other tasks (if you work alone, that’s really great)
- Less tool changes, no pods and rails setup
- Parts are calibrated
- Lower offcuts
But some disadvantages are obvious as well (ranked according to my point of vue)
- Traditional assembling methods like dowels cannot be processed easily
- Edge banding when hinges are present (however, this can be easily turn around)
- Lesser flexibility regarding special profiles
What about the dowel problem?
The tongue and groove assembly as performed by Anglo-Saxon joiners is excluded in Europe. For various reasons, but mainly because this type of assembly does not meet quality requirements. The dowel remains number one. The solution is to have a horizontal doweling machine next to it. But a small revolution could be triggered by a well-known brand on the market: LAMELLO (click here) and its CABINEO and an outsider: FIXCHIP (click here), the latter being totally invisible like the dowel, but a little more complex to implement
The market in Europe
Little by little, we are seeing that European manufacturers are starting to place machines with a Nesting table here and there. A big advantage of Nesting is the fact that you can do other work in the workshop while the machine works alone. In terms of floor space, this type of machine is also interesting.
Conclusions
Nesting machines currently represent 2% of the market in Europe. LAMELLO and FIXCHIP open up new opportunities for carpenters who are hesitant to cross the Rubicon. For this reason alone, CABINEO and FIXCHIP must be considered a serious asset and an aid for carpenters to take their future into their own hands. Because one thing is certain: