We've won the Design in Manufacturing Awards 2012!

We've just found out that we've won the 2012 Design in Manufacturing Awards. We feel fantastic about the result and are honoured and privileged to be chosen as the winners.

Thanks to all the judges and every one's support in our first year.

Hope to meet some of you at the W12 show this Sunday 7th to Wednesday 10th October. 

http://www.w12exhibition.com/

Here are the results

DIMA RESULTS:

SUE CALVER:

• 1st CURVOMATIC
• 2nd FINSA
• 3rd TRADE MOULDINGS

EDDIE CHU

• 1st CURVOMATIC
• 2nd MOVAC
• 3rdFINSA

MARTIN ALLEN-SMITH

• 1st CURVOMATIC
• 2nd DP
• 3rd TRADE MOULDINGS

JOHN LEGG

• 1st CURVOMATIC
• 2nd FINSA
• 3rd TRADE MOULDINGS

WINNER: CURVOMATIC (Unanimous)
HIGHLY COMMENDED FINSA
HIGHLY COMMENDED TRADE MOULDINGS



Thank you!

Korte - Latvians with big curves!

Andris Pukitis of Korte tells us about how he feels that Curvomatic has helped him and the business.

"We are very glad that we found this easy molding system.

1. It helps us save time: previous making some moulds its take a time aprox. 4 hr now 45min We make them lot. IT MEANS SAVE A LOT.

 

2. Easy storage in previous we made a molds and then, after job we throw out. Now any moulds takes only 4 cm in thickness and we can easy storage and make a moulds library. IT MEANS SAVE A LOT


 

3. The mold is made from aluminum, it is a very good heat conductor, it mean that warm detail cooling is faster than in wooden molds. When we made repeating details in previous we calculate 1.5-3 hr for cooling detail and, this time, all time grows, because moulds is warming up now it is all time, same time 45 min. IT MEANS SAVE A LOT 

Thanks for inventing so good system for molds." 

Best regards 

 Andris Pukitis

 Director

www.korte.lv

Thanks to Andris for sending in the photos and for his kind words.
If you have photos of Curvomatic in action, get in touch and we'll show them here!

Stunning speakers from Dallas [update!]

We've been blown away with the final out come of the speaker system that we featured below back in March. The thread has had quite a few posts since then and we can see the development of these awesome speakers. 

We have a few pictures from the thread but urge you to take a look at the whole thread here. It really is great to see such craftsmanship!

 

Latvian Curved Doors

We've had some great photos from Ainars Kivulis from Kesa Interiors & Joinery in Latvia who has been using Curvomatic to curve doors. The first project to show that even shallow curves can be achieved with great results!


"I'm sending you some pictures after the  
finished work because, just to show you how good is your Curvomatic is. Its really good, 
I cant even imagine how I would make two 
massive veneered oak commodes without it.Its very simple, but unique."


Take a look at the website for more in depth look at their work: www.kesa.lv

Review - British Woodworking Magazine

John Lloyd explores Curvomatic in this month's British Woodworking Magazine. They have published a great two page article about Curvomatic. Take a look below or maybe you'd like to subscribe to their magazine here?

BIG Thanks to British Woodworking Magazine! 

Speaker Cabinets in Dallas, Texas

AV Science Forum's user Passing Interest has been using Curvomatic to design and build curved panels for a set of speakers he has made.

Head over to the AVS forum and take a look at his awesome thread with plenty of photos from the former design right through to the end with the use of Curvomatic.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1362170&page=2 

Lewis & Hill Kitchens

"We have been using the Curvomatic system for the manufacture of our curved cabinet doors and panels, and have found it to be an extremely accurate, quick and easy to use method of making formers for curved components.

It has proved to be extremely versatile and saved us considerable costs as the system is reusable. Materials, waste and dust are minimal compared to the traditional method of making laminated MDF formers,added to which is the benefit of lower labour costs with this much quicker system. I would highly recommend this product."

Simon Lewis

Director 

Lewis&Hill Ltd 

www.lewisandhill.co.uk

Carpow Logboat

3000 year old solid oak bending at almost 90 degrees

The National Museums of Scotland have been working on the excavation, recovery and conservation of a 3,000 year old Carpow Logboat. They have used Curvomatic to build formers to reshape a Neolithic oak logboat that was found waterlogged on the Tay estuary.


"Here are some workshop photo’s of some of the bending in action.The logboat has to be heated with industrial heating blankets , we get the wood up to core temperature of about 70-80 degress c, remove the blankets and apply the curvomatic former. 

It has worked really well and the beauty is that we can remake the formers very quickly to suit the areas which we wanted to bend. It is really strong and robust and we have managed to some really tight bends. One gunwhale of the boat (top right) has had to bent almost 90 degrees, previously this was almost a flat piece"



Charles Stable, National Museums of Scotland

Niche Designs

The creators of Curvomatic
"We developed this system due to the large number of Bagpress moulds that we were having to make and then store. Curvomatic moulds can be constructed in 10 to 15 minutes and the formers can be stored easily if you wish to keep them at all. We never expected that the system would actually work to a higher standard than all the other systems that we have used. The accuracy and strength of the Curvomatic  mould is unparalleled by any other non CNC method and the lamination system works 100% of the time with a mere scraping of glue. The running cost of the system is practically nothing once you have purchased it as the extrusions are extremely durable."