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CNC OPEN HOUSE 2010

I am very happy to say that we have once again had a very successful Open House 2010 event thanks to all of our valued suppliers and customers. There is nothing more pleasing than seeing the interaction of all of our customers and their comments back to us as to the knowledge they gained during the two day event.

The CNC Automation team spent many weeks to put together the fully operational production facility so that all who attended could see exactly how each piece of machinery worked. We made the official launch of the Kentwood line having a rip saw, moulder and grinder being demonstrated. Stiles had seven specialists at customers' disposal to answer questions and present the benefits of the Kentwood range of products.

During each day we had open workshops surrounding our family of software products, eCabinets Systems, DXF Buddy, and Panelmetrix. Representatives from ArtCAM and 20/20 Technologies were also available to show their products and how they link to the Thermwood CNC routers that we had running continuously throughout the day.

 

 Stiles Staff with the Kentwood Moulder

 

 Thermwood CS43 - Nesting Cabinets with code from Ecab and 20-20.

 

 Bonacin Case clamp. Assembling Dowel construction cabinets.

 

 Robert Crowe ( CNC Automation Eastern Quebec Regional Manager ) in front of our Festool display.

 

 Gary Bensonen ( Timesaver USA ) in front of our 1300 Series Timeasver Widebelt sander.

 

Visitors in our Lunch area.

 20/20 Display

 

 Normand Tremblay and Christina Karagiannis 20-20.

 

 

 Makor Q-ONE : Spraying Reneer Water base Primer, Sealer , Stains and top coat.

 

 Mark Craig Giben USA.

 

 Shawn Brandstrom - CNC Automation Alberta /Saskachewan         sales

 

 Hettich Canada

 Robert Law ( CNC Automation ) demonstrating the Makor Q-One with Reneer Water base stain and sealer.

 

Dennis Palmer ( VP Thermwood Corp ) demonstrating the CS43 flat table nesting router.

 

 CNC BBQ - The real reason why people come to our open house.

 

CNC really started heating up to the point the fire department.

CNC Automation Holds Open House Event on June 10 - 11, 2010

CNC Automation is holding an open house event on June 10 and 11, 2010 from 9 am to 5 pm both days at our St. Zotique, Que., headquarters.

The event marks the official launch of our new Canadian Solid Wood Technology Division as well as the Kentwood by Stiles program of woodworking machinery. A number of machines will be in operation during the event, including a Kentwood 6 heard moulder, a Kentwood Profile Grinder and a Kentwood Multiple Rip Saw. In addition, Stiles solid wood experts will be on hand both event days.

On the panel processing side, we will have a complete nested based manufacturing cell in operation. The cell will consist of a Thermwood CNC router, Fravol & Lange edgebanders (straight and contour), Omal dowel drilling and inserting machine as well as a Giben computerized panel saw.

The open house will also feature finishing solutions in operation including Timesavers wide belt sanders, Loewer profile and moulding finishing sanders as well as a Makor surface staining and coating machine.

Representatives from hardware, software, tooling and dust collector manufacturers will also be on hand to address application questions.

 

For more information, click here.

Thermwood CabinetShop 45 Featured on HGTV Canada

Here is a video excerpt from the HGTV Canada program "House of Bryan", showing the creation of MDF door panels and the installation of custom cabinets for host Bryan Baeumler's house.  The NC code for the nested MDF door and drawer panels was created using Panelmetrix.

The machine making the door panels and all of the cabinets shown is a Thermwood CabinetShop 45 with a 5×10 table, and is owned by Top Notch Cabinets, of Oakville, Ontario.

 Click here to see the complete episode.

New DXF Buddy 1.1 for CNC Routers

Version 1.1 packs a whole lot of new features to do with DXF manipulation that we hope you will find useful .

• Geometry selection - individual, chain and windowed mode.
• Zoom and Pan.
• Create new layers.
• Copy or move geometry between layers.
• Delete geometry.
• Layer and geometry information.
• Keyboard "mouse" actions for use on a controller installation.

With some of the above features, you can basically take an unprepared DXF file and layer it on the fly with DXF Buddy ! ** The geometry has to be good to begin with though.

See the video -

DXF_Buddy_1_1_0_Preview_EN.avi

Voir la vidéo -

DXF_Buddy_1_1_0_Preview_FR.avi

The DXF List mode has also been enhanced in the DXF Buddy Pro version -

• Add DXF's to the list with drag and drop.
• Modify material and other common parameters across multiple rows.
• Interpretation of actual Z depths found in DXF files when layer names have not been defined.
• Support of the new CAB packaging of Control Nesting 5.49.

See the video -

DXF_Buddy_1_1_0_Pro_Preview_EN.avi 

Voir la vidéo -

DXF_Buddy_1_1_0_Pro_Preview_FR.avi

CNC OPEN HOUSE November 16th and 17th

 

 

On the 16th and 17th of November, CNC Automation will have our doors open to interested parties looking at new ways to automate their facilities.

- New Thermwood CS43 in operation featuring "Quick Cut"

-20/20 Cad and Design links direct to a Thermwood Router. Staff from 20/20 will be present to demonstrate and answer any questions you may have.

 

-Ecab Software presentation.

-Profile modeler. Curved mouldings , carvings, and more.

-Panelmetrix and CPG software. Whats new and how it can help your bottom line.

-Giben Smart saw and Hirtz throughfeed CNC boring machine presentations.

 

-Makor Q-one spray machine. We will be spraying water base RENNER products.

-Loewer Brush and Moulding sanders. Demonstrations will be done on solid and MDF doors both white wood and sealer. 

-Timesaver wide belt sanders.

-Fravol edgebanders. Mid to high end edgebanders that offer quality without endless adjustments.

-Lange Edgebanders: Entry level edgebanders for the small shop looking for a solid hot-melt solution.

-OMAL - Dowel insertors

-Festool: Demonstrations of the Festool range of industrial power tools.

 

As with all CNC event's, we will all be available to answer any questions during the demonstration of the machinery.

 

 

 

Quick Cut from Thermwood

About QuickCut:  QuickCut is available on all Thermwood CabinetShop series machines and offers the fastest, easiest and simplest possible way to make custom cabinets. Everything is done right at the machine. You don't need separate computers, design software, networks or anything else other than the machine.