Asteberg Inredningssnickeri AB – custom-built kitchens from 3D to CNC with WoodLAB

About Asteberg

Asteberg offers custom-built furnishings that enhance weekend relaxation and simplify everyday life. Skilled and style-conscious designers and craftsmen create each product from scratch in the woodworking shop in Hyssna. There is no standard product line; everything is uniquely crafted, because every building has its own character and every person has their own style, taste, and functional requirements.

The Challenge

Asteberg designs kitchens and interiors in a wide range of styles, materials, and functions, with all production handled in-house. To streamline and optimize production down to the smallest detail, the company needed a tool that could quickly design new cabinets, reuse previous kitchen designs, and generate finished CNC programs for the advanced Biesse milling machine.

Why WoodLAB

After careful evaluation, Asteberg chose the 3D CAD/CAM solution WoodLAB. With its built-in tools, it’s quick to create new cabinets and drawers or to reuse previous kitchen designs adapted to new requirements. Dimensions, front panel designs, and the number of drawers can be changed with just a few clicks, and hole placements for hinges, drawer slides, and dowels are created automatically.

This Is How Asteberg Works Today

• New cabinets and drawers are built, or existing kitchen cabinets are reused and modified
• 3D models and 2D drawings serve as both production documentation and presentation materials for the customer
• The CAM module automatically generates a finished CNC program for the Biesse router, without the need for 2D drawings
• Nesting and traditional machining using pods and rails are performed on the same machine, controlled directly from WoodLAB without any third-party software

The machine rests on a 5,540 mm-long frame, where the operator can use the right side as a 2,800 mm nesting table while retaining the “pods and rails” on the left side. With a support panel featuring integrated suction channels connected to the vacuum pump, nesting is performed on a machine designed for “pods and rails.”

The result

Asteberg saves a lot of time: from cabinet design to a finished CNC program, with no intermediate steps. The on-site training and customization of post-processors have also gone well.

Using the built-in tools, it’s really quick to either create new cabinets and drawers or reuse previous kitchen designs that can be easily adapted to new requirements. When we’re ready to manufacture, the CAM module in WoodLAB automatically generates a complete CNC program for our advanced Biesse router, without the need for 2D drawings. This saves us a lot of time.

Anders Sörli, Asteberg Interior Carpentry AB