B & H Millwork and Fixtures, Inc.  |  Telephone : (336) 431-0068  |  1130 Bedford St, High Point, NC 27263  |  Contact Us
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To give you a little more insight about our company and how we process and deliver your casework, here is a narrative tour of our procedures.

 

After being awarded a bid, the contract documents are reviewed and compared to the bid scope to insure that we are fully aware of what is expected by the contractor and architect.   We then sign the contract and begin issuing work orders and generating submittals.   A submittal package consisting of project drawings, a scope of work, samples and specifications for hardware, and color samples as indicated in the original specifications, is sent to the Architect for approvals. 

 

Once the submittals have been approved and returned, we move to the next phase of ordering materials and scheduling both production and installation.  Ordering material is one of the most important elements of production process.  As much as the material and colors chosen for each project vary, so does the availability of the material.   By asking you to make those decisions as soon as possible, allows us to secure material for your project early and prevents delays later in the project.     For our smaller to medium size jobs, we now have the capacity to lay up plastic laminate on a variety of substrates, thus allowing more control of lead times and quality of our finished product.

CNC Machine

Lamination

Clamping

B & H Millwork and Fixtures, Inc.  |  Telephone : (336) 431-0068  |  1130 Bedford St, High Point, NC 27263  |  Contact Us

PEOPLE

PROCESS

PROJECTS

PRODUCTS

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As construction on the job site progresses we send our field supervisor out to visit the job site to familiarize himself with the physical aspects of the project, taking field measurements and meeting the contractor superintendent.  Working closely with the contractors allows us to coordinate installation from the beginning and to prevent problems from occurring. 

With field dimensions confirmed and job site conditions noted, we begin the manufacturing process. The drawings are revised in Cabinetvision as necessary to match field conditions.  On a large project, we will  break the job down into several smaller runs to take full advantage of our JIT (Just-in-Time)

manufacturing process.  

Once the project is released to the floor, cabinet construction begins. The first stop is our panel

processing cell, where our two CNC routers and our CNC panel saw begin machining the sheet goods.

The parts are cut, labeled, bar coded, and then moved to the conveyer system. 

 

They are then transported to the next cell which involves banding the edges of the cabinet parts.  We have the capacity to band a wide variety of materials such as; plastic laminate, PVC tape, PVC 3mm, wood 3mm and even hardwoods up to 3/8” thick.

 

After banding, parts are bored and doweled as necessary using our automatic horizontal doweling machine.  Dowels are placed according to AWI standards, one dowel every 4”.  Tolerances are then checked against a sample piece to ensure the part will fit every time.

From here, all the parts are sorted and inspected according to a cabinet number, and staged for the clamping process.    Cabinets are glued and assembled by hand then sent on the conveyer into the automated case clamp, one of the newest machine additions to our shop.   This clamp uses a series of electronic eyes to detect the size of the cabinet and adjusts to the exact settings required to clamp the cabinet properly. Within five minutes, a complete cabinet emerges from the clamp, ready for doors and drawers, as required. The cabinet bar code is scanned and sent via conveyor to the next station.

The cabinet is now ready for hardware, one of the final stages of production.  The cabinet is inspected again, cleaned and all doors and drawers are mounted.  It is then scanned again, and is ready to be packed for shipping, the final stage of the manufacturing process.  An inspector checks each cabinet one final time to insure it us up to standard and then signs off on the barcode.  Each cabinet has the corners padded and then wrapped in cardboard.  It is then scanned for the final time as it is loaded onto a trailer, which is then locked and sealed.  Cabinets are then ready for delivery to the job site for installation.

B&H Millwork and Fixtures, Inc.