He also estimates ALPHACAM’s Cabinet Door Manufacturing (CDM) module saves a further five hours a day on door production. It cuts them out, drills does everything.” “We’ve designed macros for different sizes, then we just key in the number we want and Screen-To-Machine produces the nests, completely optimising material usage on our 9 x 7 mdf board. Screen-To-Machine analyses the part geometries and automates the process of selecting the proper tools and order of operations, along with feeds and speeds, and sends the ready G-Code to the selected machine.”Īnother new service Agetek could not have taken on without Cabinet Vision, is regular drawer manufacturing.
“I’ll feed the information about the customer’s order into Cabinet Vision, draw the plan, layout the carcasses on the walls, and then when everything’s ready the software takes over, creating the cutlists. As well as the carcasses for kitchens, wardrobes and office furniture, they also produce veneered cabinet doors along with bath panels and headboards, serving a customer base of around 500 from their 42,000 square foot premises.Īdrian Colton says the simple procedure for designing cabinets in Cabinet Vision Solid Ultimate Version 8 and then sending those designs to the CNC machinery with their Screen-To-Machine option, saves around three hours a day compared to the time taken to do those tasks manually. Now, with Cabinet Vision and ALPHACAM driving their SCM Record 130 and two Ergon routers – one of which is fully automated – turnover has reached 2-million Euros and business is thriving. “Before we invested in Cabinet Vision two years ago we didn’t touch carcasses, apart from drawing up the occasional three-drawer lockers in ALPHACAM.” Demand for doors declined as the recession hit, and Production Manager Adrian Colton says they realised kitchen cabinets were the way forward.
The combination of Cabinet Vision and ALPHACAM woodworking software saves a kitchen and door manufacturer a full eight hours every working day.Īgetek Kitchens and Doors was one of the first companies in Ireland to use ALPHACAM, as the software’s predecessor was already installed when the Colton family bought the business in Tullamore, Ireland, 15 years ago.īut Cabinet Vision allowed them to diversify into manufacturing carcasses, which is now the major side of their business. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.Diversify And Save Time – Software Did It For Agetek Read all the Latest News, Trending News, Cricket News, Bollywood News, They are also conferred for effective implementation of identified priority programs and innovation. Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration have been instituted with a view to recognize the extraordinary and innovative work done by Districts/implementing units and Central/State organisations for the welfare of common citizens. However, in the last few years, under the able leadership of PM Modi, efforts are being made to make this day more meaningful,” Gauba added. “The Civil Services Day is being observed in India since 2006. This year, 2105 applications were filed from 715 districts, 40% of which are from the 'innovation category'.” “The PM's awards on Civil Services Day have a great significance in encouraging innovation and healthy competition among civil servants.
“We cannot make any compromise on integrity and unity of country,” PM Modi added.Ĭabinet secretary Rajiv Gauba underlined the significance of the awards. Meanwhile, addressing the bureaucrats, PM Modi said, “We should spell out our vision for 'India at 100', each district in the country should set its objectives and aims for the next 25 years. We have the target of reaching 100 airports and 1,000 routes by the year 2024,” said Usha Padhee, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation. “Till date around 67 destinations have been connected & 419 new air routes have been started.
On the occasion of Civil Services Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi conferred the ‘Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration’ at Vigyan Bhawan. Ministry of Civil Aviation flagship regional connectivity scheme UDAN was on Thursday awarded the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration 2020 under the category Innovation.