AXYZ router cuts costs for RSC
Buying new equipment is often the key to cutting down production time and one company seeing the benefits of this is the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in Stratford-upon-Avon. The famous British theatre company employs over 1,000 people and puts on around 20 productions a year, all of which require a variety of sophisticated scenic constructions crafted by hand.
Wednesday, 06 Sep 2017 10:11 GMT
The AXYZ 6010 router has enabled the Royal Shakespeare Company to remove the need to outsource work
Following the installation of an AXYZ 6010 CNC router in February this year, the RSC is said to have achieved considerable savings in production time and on outsourcing costs.
The router is designed to process plywood and polycarbonate sheets used to create the floors of stage sets and other scenic elements. The device has a processing area of 2,159 x 3,048mm and incorporates a seven-station AXYZ automatic tool change (ATC) facility to accommodate multiple tooling requirements.
Head of scenic resources at the RSC, Rebecca Cubitt, says: “Having been impressed by the performance and reliability of the AXYZ 6010 CNC router installed at other scenic workshops, coupled with the quality of the on-site operator training provided by AXYZ International’s technical engineers, it was decided to purchase the same machine for the RSC carpentry department.
“This has enabled us to bring in-house all of our routing and cutting requirements and removed the previous need to use outside suppliers for the more intricate stage set and scenic designs required for RSC’s many and varied productions.”
In addition to the performance and reliability of the AXYZ 6010 router, I was pleased with the on-site operator training provided by AXYZ International and to the support demonstrated throughout the entire installation process”
Cubitt comments that since installing the router, it has been working non-stop and has enabled a much faster turnaround on work, which fits better with the tight deadlines of the RSC’s productions.
She adds: “Typical applications for the AXYZ 6010 machine have included a new stage set for RSC’s outdoor theatre the Dell and for cutting and profiling polycarbonate sheets used in a stage set for a recent production of ‘The Tempest’.
“The router was also employed to create the floor, senate steps, and colonnades used in the current ‘Rome’ season, as well as providing stage sets for the new play, ‘Vice Versa’, presented in the RSC’s Swan Theatre.”
Cubitt concludes: “In addition to the performance and reliability of the AXYZ 6010 router, I was pleased with the on-site operator training provided by AXYZ International and to the support demonstrated throughout the entire installation process.”
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