Topic: Software Solutions

Performance-Based Manufacturing

The move to automation or new technologies is a considered process. It’s a decision you make based on confidence, capabilities and a trusted relationship. That’s why the professionals at Stiles work closely with you during the entire process to make the way you work simpler, more logical and more cost-effective. Evaluate To help maximize your [...]

Reduce Waste and Increase Volume

Cut Rite optimization and production software reduces costs and boosts production efficiency. This software generates the most cost-effective cutting patterns for sheet material, helping you reduce raw material waste by up to 30%. At the same time it allows faster machine setup, increasing your output by up to 20%. To ensure you operate at optimum [...]

woodWOP Programming

Every woodWOP program has its own special needs and design issues. At times it would be nice to have a ready made pattern to place anywhere on a main panel program.

NexGen Debuts

Read Bill Esler’s report from The Fall NexGen Event, which he referred to as “a roving woodworking technology event”.

Custom Cupboards Goes Robotic

Retrieve. Scan. Place. Repeat. Demonstrating both precise accuracy and flexibility, the robotic cell at Custom Cupboards builds face frames for the company’s line of traditional cabinetry. Launched several months ago, this fully automated production cell is the first of its kind in the United States, says Lance Johanson, vice president of operations for the Wichita, [...]

RFID Arrives on the Loading Dock; In-plant Use to Come More Slowly

New technology may impact different companies in different capacities. RFID — radio frequency identification — is coming into wider use as a tracking technology. RFID has been around for some time. It is used in a variety of fields from medical environments and many product areas to shipping and logistics. Basically, RFID involves attaching or [...]

WoodWOP Programming

Tech Tip # 4 WoodWOP Programming: Merge Programs Utilizing Components Utilizing Block Macros What are the advantages / disadvantages to each method? Every WoodWOP program has its own special needs and design issues. At times it would be nice to have a ready made pattern to place anywhere on a main panel program. Common patterns [...]