What Equipment is Required to Start a Cabinet Making Workshop

We often meet some customers who want to set up a cabinetmaking workshop and they do not know what equipment is required to run this business. We are china cnc router manufacturer who manufacture nesting cnc router, auto tool changing cnc router, standard 1325 cnc router and cnc mould router. General speaking, these equipments may be used in the process of cabinetmaking: cnc router, plate cutting equipment, drilling equipment, edge banding equipment, vacuum pressing machine, sanding machine and so on. 

1. CNC Router Machine

CNC Router is also a kind of plate cutting equipment. Nesting cnc router with nesting software is more popular now. Nesting software has function of online design, optimizing layout, automatic row holes and one-key take apart. It improves the utilization of material to 95%. Meantime, it can save 50% labor source because no need professional woodworker to do layout jobs. Nesting cnc router can do cutting, slotting and drilling vertical holes in the production of cabinet; also it can do routing and engraving in production of cabinet doors. It is the necessary equipment for cabinetmaking. Nesting cnc router is multi-purpose machine, the price is generally from several thousand dollars to tens of thousands of dollars due to different configuration.

2. Plate Cutting Equipment

a. panel saw

Panel saw is traditional woodworking machine with low cost. It is around two thousand dollars. It needs carpenter do layout jobs, and needs two workers to operate the saw. Undoubtedly, it is low efficient and the usage of material is depend on the carpenter skills, normally 70% to 85%. Panel saw is replaced by nesting cnc router in china now.  

b. electric running saw

It can cut several pieces of plates one time, high efficiency. It is very suitable for big quantity production. But it can only cut straight line and cannot do special cutting such as arc. Cost is around thirty thousand dollars.  

3. Edge Banding Machine

a. hand-held edge bander: about 450 U.S. Dollars, low efficiency

b. manual edge banding machine: about 700 U.S. dollars

c. Semi automatic edge banding machine: about 5,000 U.S. dollars

d. Automatic edge banding machine: more comprehensive function, the price is about 12000 U.S. dollars, high efficiency.

4. Drilling Equipment

a. Semi-automatic gang drill

It is the equipment which is widely used, such as double row gang drill, three-row, four-row and so on. In operation, it needs to adjust size of hole.

b. CNC drilling machine

It can be matched with nesting cnc router. CNC drilling machine is special for purpose of side hole drilling. It can automatically recognize the correct position of hole drilling via infrared ray.

c. CNC P.T.P machining center

It can automatically recognize the position of hole drilling via scanning bar code. When making cabinet, CNC P.T.P machining center can drill holes on five faces include top and four sides; also can do slotting. When making cabinet doors, it can do routing and carving works. Price is generally from thirty thousand U.S. dollars to forty thousand U.S. dollars.

Except the four kinds of equipment mentioned above, the equipments may also be used in cabinetmaking are vacuum pressing machine (automatic and semi-automatic) and sanding machine.

The above is all the equipments which is used in cabinet production. Some customers take all of them while some customers take some of them only and use labor instead of other equipments. You are suggested to choose the equipments according to your actual needs. Last, if you are looking for reliable and cost-effective nesting cnc router, auto loading cnc router, cabinetmaking cnc router, cnc mould router or wooden mould cnc router, please contact Jinan EagleTec CNC Machinery Co.,Ltd. 

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