Estes Design and Manufacturing, a full-service sheet-metal fabricator, uses advanced automation and a collaborative approach to produce exterior aluminum architectural panels that install quickly and easily. The firm’s fully automated fabrication cell, Max Velocity, starts with the raw material being loaded into the Salvagnini MV Warehouse. Next, traceability information for each bundle of raw material is recorded and stored in the cell’s software, following the part throughout the fabrication process. Estes’ automated warehouse runs through the cell’s center and automatically delivers materials and parts to and from the four pieces of equipment in the cell: two Salvagnini CNC S4 shearing/punching machines, a Salvagnini CNC L5 fiber laser system and Salvagnini CNC panel bender. An additional freestanding Salvagnini CNC P2 Panel Bender is a fully automated machine that bends sheet-metal blanks into their final shapes. Its advanced capabilities allow it to form complex parts in a single setup.
Automated Fabrication Ensures Aluminum Panels Install Quickly and Easily
By Retrofit Magazine Editor1 Min Read