Furniture & Cabinet Manufacturing Case Studies
Business Activities That May Qualify
- Developing a new or improved melting system
- Designing and developing new or improved metal forming process (hot or cold form)
- Developing improvements to the molding line
- Developing improvements to the pollution controls, including baghouse improvements
- Developing improvements to the furnace factory lining
- Testing and development of a new casting types
- Developing automation of furnace charging systems
- Developing improvements to the welding processes
- Developing techniques to eliminate coating waste
- Developing ways to recycle excess coating
- Developing new and improved heat treatment processes
- Conducting design validation testing to determine the optimal gating and risering system designs
- Implementation of automated processes
- Developing new or improved technologies
- Optimizing strength during the molding process
- Testing conducted for new composite materials (mold coatings, deoxidizing compounds, etc.)
