Routers Boost Manufacturing Capacity at Carvist

The Carvist Corporation (Placentia, CA) is a glass and glazing contractor and consulting firm specializing in composite aluminium panels and energy saving canopies and sunshades. The company has been benefiting from the use of two AXYZ CNC Routers in their manufacturing operation for the last four years.

According to Bill O'Connell, one of Carvist's owners, "We are at our most competitive when we're able to utilize our specialist engineering capabilities along with our computer-aided design and manufacturing systems to supply a custom and cost effective solution to our customers."

The first AXYZ machine at Carvist was purchased in 2006 after they were awarded a very large and complex aluminium composite panel project, which would have been difficult to complete using their existing, less-automated methods. At that time they were aware of CNC routers but were not sure which one to buy. Alpolic, their supplier of aluminium composite panels (ACM), recommended they look at the AXYZ machines.

After further research, they purchased an AXYZ 5018 router with a triple routing head and dedicated pneumatic drill attachment. The AXYZ 5018 Series machine has a 216-in x 70-in process area, perfect for full sized ACM sheets, and the three cutting heads can be configured for grooving, drilling and profiling operations, which eliminates time-consuming tool changes and allows large jobs to be run with little or no operator intervention.

The company purchased a second unit one year later. According to O'Connell, "We have increased our capacity by six times, and we are now able to handle more complex designs than before. This means that we have been able to confidently sell many more jobs knowing that we have the production capacity and the technical ability to handle large, challenging projects."

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