Nested-Based Manufacturing:
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| Part 1. Overview of the NBM Process | |
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Komo Machine is the pioneer in this form of productivity enhancement. No one knows more about panel processing on CNC routers than Komo. Nested-Based Manufacturing (NBM) arose from our partnership with our sister company, CIM-Tech. Their software allows far more efficient utilization of sheets of material by grouping, or nesting, pieces together on a sheet with common toolpaths. Material use goes up, scrap goes down. The Komo/CIM-Tech Nested-Based Manufacturing solution offers you a faster, more efficient way to create finished parts from sheet materials. |
| Nested-Based Manufacturing (NBM) can be used by many woodworking and plastics fabricating companies; particularly those that manufacture kitchen cabinets, commercial cabinets, store fixtures, furniture, displays and/or any other product assembled from flat panel components. NBM differs from traditional manufacturing environments where sheets of raw material such as acrylic, HPL, MDF, plywood, etc. are "busted up" into square and rectangular parts on a saw. These parts are then further processed on several manual machines or a CNC machining center to produce completed components that are ready to assemble or be packaged. Nested-Based Manufacturing eliminates these needless, repetitive processing steps by combining program geometries onto a single large sheet for machining. | |
| In a company set up with a Nested-Based Manufacturing cell, the sheets of material are placed on a CNC router and all finished components are machined complete in a single setup, without any material handling. The CNC router sizes, machines, rabbits, dados, grooves, bores, shapes, pockets and performs any other operation required on each part in the nest! The CNC router is equipped with a high volume vacuum pump (350+ CFM and 24"+ Hg.) that allows users to vacuum chuck nests of components without custom fixturing. The elimination of custom fixturing provides one-of-a-kind as well as high volume parts to be produced at the same rate. Nesting also provides maximum material utilization especially on shaped and non-symmetrical parts. | |
| Part 2. Levels of NBM | |
| Part 3. CNC Router Production vs. CNC Point-To-Point Production | |
| Part 4. Machine Production Considerations | |
| Part 5. Justification for NBM Implementation | |
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