{"id":8179,"date":"2026-08-11T10:37:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T02:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stoncncmachine.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=8179"},"modified":"2026-08-11T10:37:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T02:37:57","slug":"layout-da-linha-de-producao-de-armarios-tempo-de-ciclo-e-custo","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/stoncncmachine.com\/pt\/news\/cabinet-production-line-layout-cycle-time-and-cost\/","title":{"rendered":"Linha de Produ\u00e7\u00e3o de Arm\u00e1rios: Layout, Tempo de Ciclo e Custo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Uma linha de produ\u00e7\u00e3o de arm\u00e1rios liga o desenrolamento, o nivelamento, o corte a laser ou puncionamento por torre, a dobragem de pain\u00e9is e o empilhamento num \u00fanico fluxo de material controlado. Para um arm\u00e1rio de distribui\u00e7\u00e3o de 1,5 mm em a\u00e7o laminado a frio, preveja aproximadamente 3,5 minutos de tempo de linha por corpo de arm\u00e1rio, tr\u00eas a quatro operadores por turno em vez de nove ou dez, e 35 a 45 metros de comprimento de piso, incluindo os buffers.<\/p>\n<h2>As seis esta\u00e7\u00f5es, e quais pode ignorar<\/h2>\n<p>A maioria das f\u00e1bricas de arm\u00e1rios n\u00e3o precisa das seis. A ordem importa mais do que a quantidade.<br \/>\n<strong>Desenrolamento.<\/strong> O desenrolador desenrola a bobina de tira e estabelece um equil\u00edbrio de material sincronizado com o nivelador. <a href=\"https:\/\/stoncncmachine.com\/pt\/\">STON\u2019<\/a>s a base e o corpo do desenrolador s\u00e3o estruturas soldadas submetidas a tratamento de envelhecimento t\u00e9rmico. A capacidade da bobina \u00e9 \u226410 T.<br \/>\n<strong>Nivelamento.<\/strong> Rolos niveladores em 40Cr, com rolamentos autocompensadores ou de agulhas nos rolos de trabalho. A precis\u00e3o de nivelamento divulgada \u00e9 de \u00b11 mm\/m\u00b2, com precis\u00e3o diagonal \u22641 mm\/2000 mm. Esta esta\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e9 o que torna a alimenta\u00e7\u00e3o por bobina vi\u00e1vel \u2014 uma chapa n\u00e3o nivelada n\u00e3o manter\u00e1 o \u00e2ngulo de dobra em uma dobradeira de pain\u00e9is.<br \/>\n<strong>Corte a laser.<\/strong> Laser de fibra, de 1 kW a 6 kW, com base de dados de par\u00e2metros de corte e ajuste de par\u00e2metros em tempo real durante o corte. Esta \u00e9 a sua esta\u00e7\u00e3o de corte inicial para portas de arm\u00e1rio, pain\u00e9is laterais e pain\u00e9is traseiros com recortes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Puncionamento com torre.<\/strong> A esta\u00e7\u00e3o que se justifica quando as suas pe\u00e7as t\u00eam persianas, nervuras, grava\u00e7\u00e3o em relevo ou um elevado n\u00famero de furos. Puncionamento, corte, conforma\u00e7\u00e3o, forma\u00e7\u00e3o de persianas e prensagem de nervuras numa \u00fanica torre.<br \/>\n<strong>Dobragem.<\/strong> Uma dobradeira de pain\u00e9is CNC realiza dobras multiangulares num painel numa \u00fanica fixa\u00e7\u00e3o, com compensa\u00e7\u00e3o de \u00e2ngulo e troca de programa entre produtos.<br \/>\n<strong>Empilhamento e, opcionalmente, soldagem.<\/strong> Uma c\u00e9lula robotizada de soldagem com posicionador, dispositivos de fixa\u00e7\u00e3o e rastreamento de junta pode ser acoplada para soldagem de topo, filete e ponto no corpo do gabinete.<br \/>\nPara uma f\u00e1brica de gabinetes que opera com uma fam\u00edlia de SKU dominante, as esta\u00e7\u00f5es 1, 2, 3 e 5 formam a linha m\u00ednima vi\u00e1vel. Elimine a torre e voc\u00ea perde as venezianas. Elimine o nivelador e voc\u00ea perde a consist\u00eancia de dobra, o que n\u00e3o \u00e9 uma perda recuper\u00e1vel mais adiante no processo.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7356\" src=\"https:\/\/stoncncmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/img_00014.webp\" alt=\"STON turret punch press worktable and sheet positioning system\" width=\"904\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stoncncmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/img_00014.webp 1280w, https:\/\/stoncncmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/img_00014-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/stoncncmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/img_00014-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/stoncncmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/img_00014-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/stoncncmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/img_00014-18x10.webp 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Um layout na pr\u00e1tica: gabinete de distribui\u00e7\u00e3o de 1.800 \u00d7 800 \u00d7 600 mm, a\u00e7o CRS de 1,5 mm<\/h2>\n<p>Considere um inv\u00f3lucro padr\u00e3o de distribui\u00e7\u00e3o de baixa tens\u00e3o. Oito pe\u00e7as de chapa por corpo: dois pain\u00e9is laterais (1.800 \u00d7 600), painel traseiro (1.800 \u00d7 800), porta (1.800 \u00d7 800), topo e base (800 \u00d7 600 cada) e uma placa de montagem (1.600 \u00d7 700).<br \/>\nNet blank area comes to about 7.12 m\u00b2 per cabinet. At 11.775 kg\/m\u00b2 for 1.5 mm steel, that is 84 kg of finished material per body.<br \/>\nCoil-fed nesting on a 1,500 mm strip lets you run the two 600 mm side panels two-up and the 800 mm panels one-up with the balance recovered by small parts. Working at 88% utilisation, gross consumption is 8.09 m\u00b2, or 95 kg per cabinet. One 10 T coil therefore yields approximately 105 cabinet bodies.<br \/>\nCompare that against sheet-fed blanking from 1,250 \u00d7 2,500 sheets, where a mixed cabinet nest realistically lands near 78% utilisation. Gross consumption rises to 9.13 m\u00b2 and 107.5 kg. The difference is 12.2 kg per cabinet, about 11%. At 25,000 cabinets a year, that is 305 tonnes of steel. Nobody in the SERP publishes this number, and it is frequently larger than the labour saving.<\/p>\n<h2>Line sequence and published footprints<\/h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Position<\/th>\n<th>Station<\/th>\n<th>STON Reference<\/th>\n<th>Published Footprint (L \u00d7 W)<\/th>\n<th>Height<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Coil Car + Uncoiler<\/td>\n<td>Line-integrated, \u226410 T<\/td>\n<td>Not published in product tables \u207d\u00b9\u207e<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Leveler<\/td>\n<td>Customised to thickness\/accuracy<\/td>\n<td>Not published in product tables \u207d\u00b9\u207e<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Unidade de corte a laser<\/td>\n<td>STON-3015L (1\u20136 kW)<\/td>\n<td>4,500 \u00d7 2,600 mm (single-table 3015 standalone)<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Prensa de pun\u00e7\u00e3o de torre<\/td>\n<td>SF Series servo<\/td>\n<td>5,200 \u00d7 5,000 mm<\/td>\n<td>2,230 mm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>M\u00e1quina de dobrar pain\u00e9is CNC<\/td>\n<td>Press Arm Type, C(2000) casting<\/td>\n<td>5,580 \u00d7 2,700 mm<\/td>\n<td>3,100 mm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Unload \/ Stacking<\/td>\n<td>Truss or Bronte robotic arm<\/td>\n<td>Not published in product tables \u207d\u00b9\u207e<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Uncoiler, leveler and stacker lengths are set by coil weight, leveling accuracy target and buffer sizing, and are issued on the project layout drawing rather than in the standard product tables. The three published machine footprints alone total roughly 15 m of length. Adding coil handling, leveling, inter-station buffers and stacking, 35 to 45 m of total line length is the planning figure to reserve. Confirm against the layout drawing before pouring foundations.<br \/>\nWorking height across the coil section is +800 mm, which sets your operator platform and buffer table heights.<br \/>\nOne layout decision that gets made too late: whether the laser and the turret sit in series on one flow, or in parallel branches fed from a common buffer. Series is simpler to control and cheaper. Parallel is what you want if your part mix splits into &#8220;high hole count, simple outline&#8221; and &#8220;complex outline, few holes&#8221; \u2014 a split that describes most cabinet plants running both bodies and vented doors.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-761 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/stoncncmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Laser-Cutting-Unit.webp\" alt=\"Unidade de corte a laser para produ\u00e7\u00e3o de chapa met\u00e1lica\" width=\"1920\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stoncncmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Laser-Cutting-Unit.webp 1920w, https:\/\/stoncncmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Laser-Cutting-Unit-300x109.webp 300w, https:\/\/stoncncmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Laser-Cutting-Unit-1024x373.webp 1024w, https:\/\/stoncncmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Laser-Cutting-Unit-768x280.webp 768w, https:\/\/stoncncmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Laser-Cutting-Unit-1536x560.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Station specifications to check against your own drawings<\/h2>\n<p><strong>This is the section to hand to your process engineer.<\/strong><br \/>\nCoil and material envelope (Uncoiling\u2013Leveling\u2013Laser Cutting line)<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 389px;\" width=\"978\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\">Par\u00e2metro<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\">Valor<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Mat\u00e9ria-prima<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Chapa de a\u00e7o laminado a frio, chapa galvanizada, a\u00e7o inoxid\u00e1vel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Espessura da chapa<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0,5\u20132,0 mm (a\u00e7o inoxid\u00e1vel \u22641,5 mm)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Largura da placa<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">1.000\u20131.500 mm \u207d\u00b2\u207e<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Peso da bobina<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\u226410 T<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Di\u00e2metro interno da bobina<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\u03c6508\u2013630 mm \u207d\u00b3\u207e<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Di\u00e2metro exterior da bobina<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\u03c61.000\u20131.600 mm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Precis\u00e3o de nivelamento<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00b11 mm\/m\u00b2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Precis\u00e3o diagonal<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\u22641 mm\/2.000 mm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Velocidade de rosca<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">5 m\/min<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Line Speed<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0\u201312 m\/min, adjustable<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Running Height<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">+800 mm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fonte de alimenta\u00e7\u00e3o<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3\u03c6 AC 400 V \u00b15%, 50 Hz \u00b12%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Air Pressure \/ Flow<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0.5\u20130.6 MPa \/<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>STON&#8217;s line technical parameter table states 1,000\u20131,500 mm; the company product overview states 200\u20131,500 mm. Both figures are reproduced here. Confirm the coil width range for your specific configuration with STON engineering before finalising nesting. \u207d\u00b3\u207e The line parameter table states \u03c6508\u2013630 mm; the product overview states \u00d8470\u2013630 mm. Confirm against your coil supplier&#8217;s mandrel specification.<\/p>\n<h2>CNC panel bender, Press Arm Type<\/h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Modelo<\/th>\n<th align=\"right\">Max. Bending Size (mm)<\/th>\n<th align=\"right\">Max. Bending Height (mm)<\/th>\n<th>Max. Thickness at Full Bend<\/th>\n<th align=\"right\">Servo Axes<\/th>\n<th>External Dimensions (cm)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>A (1000) Welded<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1,000 \u00d7 1,000<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">170 \/ 300 \/ 400<\/td>\n<td>CR 1.5 \/ SS 1.0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">15<\/td>\n<td>425 \u00d7 160 \u00d7 255<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>B (1400) Casting<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1,400 \u00d7 1,250<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">170 \/ 300 \/ 400<\/td>\n<td>CR 2.0 \/ SS 1.2<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">15<\/td>\n<td>450 \u00d7 206 \u00d7 290<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>C (2000) Casting<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">2,000 \u00d7 1,500<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">170 \/ 300 \/ 400<\/td>\n<td>CR 2.0 \/ SS 1.2<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">15<\/td>\n<td>558 \u00d7 270 \u00d7 310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>D (2500) Casting<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">2,500 \u00d7 1,500<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">170 \/ 300 \/ 400<\/td>\n<td>CR 2.0 \/ SS 1.2<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">15<\/td>\n<td>615 \u00d7 308 \u00d7 310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>D+ (2800) Casting<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">2,800 \u00d7 1,500<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">170 \/ 300 \/ 400<\/td>\n<td>CR 2.0 \/ SS 1.2<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">15<\/td>\n<td>630 \u00d7 338 \u00d7 310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Model designations appear as A \/ A+ \/ B \/ B+ \/ C \/ D \/ D+ in the product tables and as A2 \/ B2 \/ C2 \/ D2 \/ F2 on the official product page. A maximum bending length of 4,100 mm also appears in company overview material against 2,800 mm in the model table, and a \u00b10.01 mm accuracy claim appears against the \u00b10.1 mm\/m dimensional accuracy in the same table. Treat the model table as governing and request written confirmation of series naming, maximum length and accuracy basis on your quotation.<\/p>\n<p>For the 1,800 \u00d7 600 side panel in this example, C (2000) covers the envelope. The welded frame is rated CR 1.5 mm at full bend, which puts a 1.5 mm cabinet panel exactly at the ceiling. Specify the cast frame instead. The margin costs money on the quotation and saves it over five years of tool and angle stability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Turret punch press, SF Series servo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Maximum turret speed 40 rpm; machining accuracy \u00b10.1 mm; maximum load 150 kg; combined power consumption approximately 3\u20135 kW; air 0.55 MPa; 380 V \u00b15%; external dimensions 5,200 \u00d7 5,000\/5,500\/6,500 \u00d7 2,230 mm. Table structure is a brush and omnidirectional steel ball composite, which is the detail that governs scratch rate on pre-painted or brushed stainless cabinet faces.<br \/>\nThe mechanical JT Series runs 30 rpm turret speed at \u22642 kW combined consumption. Lower energy, lower flexibility.<br \/>\nIf your part mix genuinely needs both punching and contour cutting on the same part in one clamping, the SFL punch-laser combined machine handles it: 300\/400 kN (30\/40 T) punching force, &#8220;O&#8221; type closed frame, X-axis 2,500 mm in one position and up to 5,000 mm with secondary positioning, Y-axis 1,250\/1,500 mm, step pitch 405 times\/minute at 5 mm, and a die layout of 16A, 11B, 3C, 2D including 1B and 1C rotary stations. STON states it occupies approximately 40% less space than a separate punch press plus laser cutter, and removes the handling, re-clamping and re-alignment time between them.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7456 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/stoncncmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/17b2b3bbd25872a85c6f06bbbece1952-1024x464.jpg\" alt=\"Turret tooling inside a STON STP-30 punch press\" width=\"1024\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stoncncmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/17b2b3bbd25872a85c6f06bbbece1952-1024x464.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stoncncmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/17b2b3bbd25872a85c6f06bbbece1952-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stoncncmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/17b2b3bbd25872a85c6f06bbbece1952-768x348.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stoncncmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/17b2b3bbd25872a85c6f06bbbece1952-1536x696.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stoncncmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/17b2b3bbd25872a85c6f06bbbece1952-2048x928.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/stoncncmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/17b2b3bbd25872a85c6f06bbbece1952-18x8.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Cycle time: the bottleneck is not where buyers expect<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The station that limits a cabinet line is almost never the punch press. It is either the laser or the bender, and which one depends on hole count versus bend count in your specific part family.<br \/>\nHere is the model for the eight-part cabinet body above. Every assumption is marked.<br \/>\nLaser station. Cut path per cabinet set: blank perimeters total approximately 30.2 m; internal features (DIN rail cutouts, fixing holes, cable entries, ventilation) add roughly 12 m; shared edges in coil nesting recover about 4 m. Net \u2248 38 m.<\/p>\n<p>Assumption: effective cutting speed for 1.5 mm cold-rolled steel at 3 kW falls in the 12\u201320 m\/min band under normal parameters. Using 15 m\/min for planning: 2.53 min of cutting. Add 25% for piercing, rapid traverse and indexing: \u2248 3.2 min per cabinet set. Verify against the cutting-parameter database supplied with the machine, not against this article.<\/p>\n<p>Turret station. Approximately 180 hits per cabinet set for fixing holes, louvers and cutouts.<br \/>\nAssumption: 200\u2013300 effective hits\/min including axis moves. That gives 36\u201354 s of punching, plus sheet handling. \u2248 1.2 min per cabinet set. This station has spare capacity in this example. It becomes the bottleneck the moment you add a louvered ventilation door: 800 louvers pushes the same station past 4 minutes.<br \/>\nBending station. Approximately 36 bend cycles per cabinet set (four edges with return flanges on the two sides, back and door; single flanges on top, bottom and mounting plate).<\/p>\n<p>Assumption: 2.5\u20133.5 s per bend cycle including axis repositioning, and 8\u201312 s per part for load and unload with truss or robot handling. That gives 90\u2013126 s of bending plus 64\u201396 s of handling. \u2248 2.6\u20133.7 min per cabinet set. STON&#8217;s tables publish 15 servo axes and the 0\u2013180\u00b0 range but not a per-bend cycle figure; request a simulated cycle time against your own DXF files before committing to a throughput number.<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Station<\/th>\n<th>Cycle per Cabinet Set<\/th>\n<th>Utilisation at Line Rate<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Uncoil + Level<\/td>\n<td>Regido pela velocidade de linha de 0\u201312 m\/min; ~5,4 m de bobina por arm\u00e1rio<\/td>\n<td>N\u00e3o limitante<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Corte a Laser (3 kW)<\/td>\n<td>3,2 min<\/td>\n<td>Gargalo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Puncionamento por Torre (SF)<\/td>\n<td>1,2 min<\/td>\n<td>34%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dobragem de Pain\u00e9is (C2000)<\/td>\n<td>2,6\u20133,7 min<\/td>\n<td>81\u2013100%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Empilhamento<\/td>\n<td>Absorbed by buffer<\/td>\n<td>N\u00e3o limitante<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Line output<\/strong>. Bottleneck 3.2\u20133.5 min gives 17\u201318 cabinet sets per hour theoretical. At 85% availability, which is the realistic planning figure once you account for coil changes, program changes, nozzle and lens maintenance and tool changes, output is 14\u201315 sets per hour, or 115\u2013120 cabinet bodies per 8-hour shift.<br \/>\nSingle shift, 250 working days: approximately 28,750 bodies a year. Two shifts: 57,500.<br \/>\nA note on how this differs from what the market publishes. Compared with the European line-builder category, which typically advertises a single headline figure such as seconds per part or products per minute, the number above is deliberately built from station cycles multiplied by an availability factor. A six-second headline figure describes one station running one part under ideal conditions. It is not a line rate, and quoting it back to your board as a capacity plan will cost you credibility when the line commissions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6074\" src=\"https:\/\/stoncncmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ston_machine_800x500.webp\" alt=\"STON CNC turret punch press product rendering\" width=\"674\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stoncncmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ston_machine_800x500.webp 800w, https:\/\/stoncncmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ston_machine_800x500-300x188.webp 300w, https:\/\/stoncncmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ston_machine_800x500-768x480.webp 768w, https:\/\/stoncncmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ston_machine_800x500-18x12.webp 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>An eight-step evaluation sequence<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Freeze the part family. Pick the three cabinet SKUs that represent 60%+ of volume. Export DXF files. Everything downstream is calculated from these, not from a category description.<\/li>\n<li>Count bends and hits per part. Not per cabinet. Per part, because that is how station balance is calculated.<\/li>\n<li>Nest against your actual coil widths. Ask the supplier for a nesting output at your widths and get the utilisation percentage in writing.<\/li>\n<li>Request a simulated cycle time per station against your DXF files, with the availability factor stated separately from the theoretical cycle.<\/li>\n<li>Resolve the specification conflicts before the contract. Coil width range, coil inner diameter, panel bender series naming, maximum bending length and the accuracy basis. Get one number per parameter, signed.<\/li>\n<li>Verify the utility gap. Installed kVA, air flow at pressure, crane hook height, floor loading, drainage for the chiller.<\/li>\n<li>Audit the manufacturing basis of the quotation. Ask which components are made in-house and which are bought in. STON keeps casting, heat treatment, machining, welding, assembly and inspection inside a 20,000 \u33a1 factory with a published \u00b10.05 mm assembly accuracy, and holds ISO 9001 certification along with Shandong &#8220;Gazelle Enterprise&#8221; and &#8220;Specialized and Innovative Enterprise&#8221; recognition. A trading company cannot answer this question, which makes it a useful filter.<\/li>\n<li>Fix the training and spares terms. Named trainees, hours, location, spare parts list with lead times, remote support scope.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Safety and CE documentation for a linked line<\/h2>\n<p>A production line is not a machine. Under Machinery Directive 2006\/42\/EC, linked machinery placed on the EU market as a functional unit is treated as an assembly of machinery, which means the line as installed requires its own risk assessment, technical file and Declaration of Conformity \u2014 not simply a folder of CE certificates for individual stations. Regulation (EU) 2023\/1230 now governs new placements.<br \/>\nAsk specifically for:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Risk assessment for the assembly, conducted to EN ISO 12100, covering the interfaces between stations rather than each station in isolation<\/li>\n<li>Safety-related control system performance level to EN ISO 13849-1, with the PL and category stated for each safety function, including line stop propagation across stations<\/li>\n<li>Where a press brake sits in or adjacent to the line, conformity to EN 12622 and EN ISO 16092<\/li>\n<li>Guarding and interlock drawings for the coil section, where the highest-energy hazards sit<\/li>\n<li>Documentation language matched to your operators&#8217; working language, which the Directive requires and which is skipped more often than any other item.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stoncncmachine.com\/pt\/sobre-a-ston\/\">PEDRA<\/a>&#8216;s machines carry ISO and CE certification, and safety hardware including laser protection devices with real-time area monitoring and immediate stop, over-tonnage protection on the mechanical turret, and fully enclosed rear guarding on the flexible edge bending machines. Certification of the individual machine is the starting point. The assembly file is what your factory inspector will ask for.<\/p>\n<h2>FAQ<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q: What throughput should I actually promise my customers after installing a cabinet line? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: Use the bottleneck station cycle multiplied by 0.85 availability, then apply a further 0.9 factor for the first six months while your programmers build the parameter library. For the 1.5 mm distribution cabinet example, that means promising 100\u2013105 bodies per shift in year one against a theoretical 17\u201318 per hour.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: Can one line handle both 0.8 mm galvanised and 2.0 mm cold-rolled steel? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: Within the published 0.5\u20132.0 mm envelope, yes, but not without consequence. Leveling roller settings, cutting parameters and bend compensation all change, so treat each thickness as a separate setup with its own changeover time. At 2.0 mm cold-rolled on the panel bender, you need the cast frame; the welded frame is rated CR 1.5 mm at full bend. Stainless is capped at 1.5 mm on the coil line and SS 1.2 mm at full bend on the cast panel bender.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: How much floor space do I need to reserve? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: The three published machine footprints in a typical cabinet configuration total roughly 15 m of length. Reserve 35\u201345 m of line length and 6\u20138 m of width to accommodate coil handling, leveling, inter-station buffers, stacking and maintenance access. The layout drawing governs; treat this as the space you ask your landlord for, not the space you build to.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: What does a cabinet production line cost?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: It is quotation-based. Installed cost varies with laser power (1\u20136 kW), coil width, panel bender model and frame type, turret series, and how much of the loading and unloading is automated. Rather than accept a range from any website, use the capex recovery arithmetic in this article: each US$100,000 of installed cost adds about US$0.57 per cabinet at 25,000 bodies a year over seven years. That converts a quotation into a per-part number you can defend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: Is a punch-laser combined machine a substitute for separate stations? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: It is a substitute when your parts need both punching and contour cutting in one clamping and your volume does not justify two machines. STON&#8217;s SFL states approximately 40% less floor space than a separate punch press plus laser cutter, with the handling and re-alignment time between them removed. It is not a substitute at high volume on either operation individually, because both functions share one gantry and one clamping cycle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: How long from contract to production? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: Ask for it in four separate numbers rather than one: manufacturing, shipping, installation and commissioning, and ramp to rated output. The fourth number is the one that gets omitted and the one that determines when you can accept orders against the new capacity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: What happens to my existing press brakes? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: Keep at least one. Frames, base channels, heavy brackets and anything outside the 2.0 mm coil envelope still belong on a press brake, and a machine in the 100 T\/3200 mm to 320 T\/4100 mm range covers the residue. Factories that sell off all their brakes on day one tend to buy one back within eighteen months.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A cabinet production line connects uncoiling, leveling, laser cutting or turret punching, panel bending and stacking into one controlled material flow. For a 1.5 mm cold-rolled distribution cabinet, plan on roughly 3.5 minutes of line time per cabinet body, three to four operators per shift instead of nine or ten, and 35 to 45 metres [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-8179","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news_category-industry-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoncncmachine.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/8179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoncncmachine.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoncncmachine.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoncncmachine.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoncncmachine.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}