“The average nest has between 20 and 30 components, and once I’ve designed them all I nest them on to our standard 2800 x 2700 chipboard sheets, and it keeps waste to an absolute minimum. The former hands-on chippy says it was simple to edit a unit to provide the holes in their unique positioning.Īnother Cabinet Vision benefit is optimising material usage.
For instance, if it’s a base unit I simply edit the size, depth and height, and then optimise it in Screen-To-Machine and send the NC code to whichever Andi has been assigned to the job.”Īs an example of how easy Cabinet Vision handles Turin Components’ bespoke speciality, he cites a recent case where 18 cabinets for a customer’s showroom were all different off-standard sizes, and one of the display units required a full line of 2mm centred holes to fasten dividers in place. If I move a shelf, Cabinet Vision automatically moves the shelf studs…if I change a door size it moves all the assolciated fixtures and fittings. I have a database of existing units in the Cabinet Vision library, and it’s so easy to manipulate one of those to come up with what the customer requires. “I input every job into Cabinet Vision, and finalise the design, and type and colour of material, along with drawers and hinges. Padraig Mullin is Project Manager and programmer for the nesting process. Today they have two Andi nesters programmed by Cabinet Vision’s Screen-To-Machine module, and are considering investing in a third next year. The company also produces hospital cabinets manufactured in the revolutionary waterproof and anti-bacterial material, Sealwise.
“The average nest has between 20 and 30 components, and once I’ve designed them all I nest them on to our standard 2800 x 2700 chipboard sheets, and Cabinet Vision keeps waste to an absolute minimum,” says Padraig Mullin, Project Manager.Īnd having seen how efficient nesting could be on a visit to a company in England, he decided to focus on nesting as the most cost effective way of cutting MFC and MDF carcasses for kitchens, bedrooms, offices, bathrooms and student accommodation. “At the time there were a lot of imported carcasses, but we were the first to manufacture curved units of any shape and size that the customer required. By Niraj M Wanikar, Chief Editor,, 12:10:00Ī company which pioneered both bespoke carcasses and nesting in the Irish Republic says the Cabinet Vision software which designs their products and drives their two CNC nesters, beam saw and boring machine, means they can produce exactly what customers want, and it saves on waste.ĭonal Walshe saw an opening in the Irish furniture market for bespoke carcasses in 2008, and established Turin Components to begin manufacturing them.