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CUSTOMER APPLICATION

Quality Custom Cabinetry cab·i·net·ry  
n.
Cabinetwork: finely detailed cabinetry.

Noun 1. cabinetry - the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality)
cabinetwork
 based in New Holland, PA, started manufacturing custom cabinetry in 1967. Today, the company's products are considered high-end high-end
adj. Informal
1. Appealing to sophisticated and discerning customers: a high-end department store; high-end video equipment.

2.
 custom and can include unique details on the door designs, along with custom finishes, to create the look the customer wants to achieve.

With a recent expansion and a redesigned production floor layout
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, Quality now has a 126,000-square-foot facility with 285 employees. "We completely revised our production flow," explains Galen Galen (gā`lən), c.130–c.200, physician and writer, b. Pergamum, of Greek parents. After study in Greece and Asia Minor and at Alexandria, he returned to Pergamum, where he served as physician to the gladiatorial school.  Newswanger, vice president process engineering. "You have to be willing to make the change, but as a company you gain everyday you operate."

MANUFACTURING PROBLEM/SOLUTION

Quality produces more than 300 doors a day, with about one-half of those doors incorporating an applied moulding. "We have a number of door styles where we fit a moulding around the panel," Newswanger explains. "It fits into an opening that is a very precise measurement. The only way to measure that was with a tape rule and then enter the information into the TigerStop, which would set the length."

Depending on the accuracy of the operator and the limitations of using a tape measure, the operators were having to recut and refit many of the doors each day. This became extremely time consuming and generated a lot of rework re·work  
tr.v. re·worked, re·work·ing, re·works
1. To work over again; revise.

2. To subject to a repeated or new process.

n.
 and waste.

A local distributor saw the operation and suggested using an Accurate Technology ProPanel, a linear measurement device which measures in fractions, decimal Meaning 10. The numbering system used by humans, which is based on 10 digits. In contrast, computers use binary numbers because it is easier to design electronic systems that can maintain two states rather than 10.  inches or metric, an Accurate Technology ProRF wireless data transmission system, and a TigerStop automatic stop and fence/pusher system. Using the ProPanel, the operator takes four measurements of each individual cabinet door where moulding is to be applied. With the push of a button, the dimensions are relayed to the TigerStop wirelessly via the ProRF. The TigerStop stores the information in a cutlist until the operator is ready, and then automatically sets the stop to the exact length for the miter saw A miter saw (also called mitre saw) is a tool used to make accurate crosscuts and miters in a workpiece. Manual Miter Saw
A miter saw used to refer either to a large unpowered backsaw or metal frame saw with replaceable blades suspended on rollers in a metal
 to cut each of the moulding pieces perfectly, every time.
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Date:Jul 1, 2005
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