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TECH UPDATE

Tech Update Editor:  Helen Johnson

PLANING EQUIPMENT

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RK Haskew & Co 
The Hasko FSM MatchMaster from RK Haskew & Company utilizes advanced technology to clear a jam anywhere in the machine and reset to exact position in one minute or less. The five-head, 6"x3" true matcher, with directly opposed sideheads, offers hydraulic feed rolls typically used for flooring and S4S moulding up to 500 lineal feet per minute. Hardwood strip flooring manufacturers are able to produce more than 200,000 lineal feet per shift of tongue and grooved material with a relief cut on the bottom side, processing material as short as 10 inches. Other features include cutterheads up to 16-knife, built-in top and bottom jointers (optional for sides), PLC control logic and electronic motor braking, touch screen operator console, eight 10" diameter hydraulic feed rolls and hydraulic and pneumatic upper section and left sidehead hoisting. The 22,500-lb machine (not including the hydraulic unit) is built for endurance, the company says. Typical horsepowers are: 50 hp top, 30 hp bottom, 30 hp left side, 25 hp right side, 20 hp second top and 75 hp hydraulic unit. Reader Service Card #960

Gilbert Tech Inc 
The unique "pull through" modular design of the Gilbert Tech modular planer is based on European technology that reduces downtime, increases planer flexibility and productivity and improves the surface quality of standard lumber, producing smooth wood finishes without waving. The design also provides stability, ease of maintenance and constant traction and allows for high feed rates of up to 3,000 fpm (916 mpm) with most softwood and hardwood lumber, the company says. Modular construction allows for fast replacement of all components and constant access to the wood. Other features include cantilever frame-cylinder and heads with Hydrogrip collars, reliable electric motors and timing belts, adjustable foot-presser system and high precision case bearings for improved lumber finish. Reader Service Card #961

Newman Whitney 
An industry leader in the development of planing systems for more than 90 years, Newman Whitney has developed the PM-1600 modular, high-speed, four-sided planer designed to produce a high quality finish on lumber ranging in size from 1"x2" to 6"x15". An electrically driven planer with computer controlled roll speed synchronization, cutterhead positioning, optimized speed control and touch screen operator interface, the PM-1600 comes standard with the company's Quick Change Head (QCH) modular assembly, allowing for a variety of tooling. It is capable of feed speeds of up to 3,000 fpm. The PM-1600 is available with an inboard or outboard profiler, an additional mid-roll to make it an eight-roll machine and a high quality finish module to make it a six-head model. The heavy-duty four-sided planer/matcher, with 16" diameter steel feed rolls, is built to last in a demanding environment, the company says, without sacrificing production or quality. Newman Whitney has led the industry with innovations such as Quietcut helical carbide cutterheads, quick-change cutterheads, computer diagnostics, electric and/or pneumatic feed works and fabricated steel frames. Reader Service Card #962

Weinig Group/Waco 
The Waco Maxi enables the planing and/or moulding of 15,000 to 40,000 cubic metres of wood per year in a one-shift operation, offering speed, durability and high surface quality, the company says. Available with feed speeds up to 1,000 fpm (350 mpm) and from two to 12 spindles, the Maxi can handle cross sections of up to 8"x11 3/4" (200x300mm) and is widely used to produce paneling, flooring and four-side planed or profiled material. The modular system allows configurations to match requirements for an optimum economic solution. At the heart of the design is the heavy-duty hydraulic feed system with patented double worm gears. The controls are easily accessible and features for reducing set up time allow for quick resetting of the machine. The Maxi offers a spindle speed of 6,000 rpm together with an automated jointing system. Other features include heavy cast frames that are low in vibration, a reliable feed system, heavy-duty drive systems through a frequency inverter, outboard bearings with hydraulic locking, spindles manufactured to an accuracy of 0.003 mm and hardened tables. The Waco Solid complements the Maxi and offers many of the same features and component parts, but with certain limitations to fit a niche market within the woodworking industry. It features a feed speed of up to 490 fpm (150 mpm). Accessories include the OptiControl and the OptiControl-LogoPac measuring systems that offer precise measuring through the 20-to-1 magnified viewer scope. Various types of tool systems can be measured, including solid cutters, insert knives, reversible-tip tools and saw blades. Waco cutterheads for planing and moulding offer precision for high-speed machine demands. The Waco MTS system tool cleaner cleans tools of resin and other debris, while the Weinig Rondamat grinder keeps planer and moulder knives sharp The Waco company is a member of the Weinig Group. Reader Service Card #963

PG Hard Chrome/PG Mill Supply 
Suppliers to planers and sawmills for 17 years, PG Hard Chrome and PG Mill Supplies are now offering a new and innovative technology for improving the chroming process used in planer mills. The process, which extends the life and hardness of chrome parts, enables chroming in hard to reach and dark areas as well as on already chromed planer mill wear parts, the company says. Reader Service Card #964

Yates-American Machine Co 
Yates-American's new A95-E electric drive high-speed planer utilizes a 40-hp frequency drive gear/box drive system and features the exclusive Dura-Change cutterhead system. With feed speeds from 200 to 700 fmp, the A-25 and A20-12 planer/matchers offer helical gear driven rolls interconnected by chain and sprockets with an automatic lubricator. With 12" feed rolls, the A-25 has a 40-hp, 1200-rpm drive motor with reversing starter and sheaves for one fixed speed and has up to 14 knives per head and an 8 1/2" cutting circle. The A-15 Boardmaster planer/matcher offers electrical or hydraulic drive with a maximum feed speed of 400 to 900 fpm. With 14" feed rolls, the A-15 features upper rolls that are hydraulically positioned and tensioned. All feed rolls are reversible and interchangeable and cutterheads have 8" diameter cutting circles. The A-15 SK planer/matcher offers feed speeds up to 1,000 fpm, 14" feed rolls, individual electric or hydraulic motors with relief valves and upper rolls hydraulically positioned and tensioned. All feed rolls are reversible and interchangeable. With a feed speed of up to 2,000 fpm, the A-95 planer/matcher also has electric or hydraulic drive, with 16" feed rolls. Reader Service Card #965

Auburn Machinery Inc 
The versatile Pinheiro 1000 series of planer/moulders from Auburn Machinery produces mouldings and custom millwork, wide flooring, profiled log home timbers, full round posts and full house and log home wood products packages and sizes 12"-thick straight and curved beams. Handling both rough and finish S2S planing jobs, the machines plane 18" short stock and surface wide glue panels. Its QuickSet tooling system allows many jobs to be changed over in five to 10 minutes, even when going from a siding product to a large D-style log home timber, the company says. Pre-planing heads are available for processing oversized and dirty stock and remote sidehead setting controls are available. Models include the 1000/2 double surfacer through to the 20"- and 33"-wide, four- to six-head planer/moulders Reader Service Card #966

Coe Manufacturing Company 
High-speed planers from Coe Manufacturing feature removeable top and bottom heads or conventional in-place top and bottom head machines, all-steel fabricated frames with wide flange sub-bases, larger diameter feed rolls, increased horsepower on cutterheads and larger diameter cutterheads for more knives in the heads. Capable of speed feeds of 2,000 fpm or more, the planers have hydraulically positioned and tensioned top feed rolls, high-speed gap sensing with top roll control, water-cooled one-piece guide, air operated chipbreakers with remote control, hydraulic locks on top, side and bottom heads, linear bearing top and bottom jointers and sidehead plunge jointers. The top pressure bar offers quick release, wedge adjustment and remote control. The user-friendly PLC-based control systems feature synchronized feed speed control, high-resolution cutterhead positioning and electric or hydraulic roll drives. Coe designs and installs equipment upgrades to meet manufacturers' specification, even if existing equipment doesn't carry the Coe Coastal brand name. Reader Service Card #967

USNR 
The next generation of high-speed planers from USNR includes the Model 618-8EQ and the Model 613-6HI. The 613-HI hydraulic drive planer joins the electric drive planer 618-8EQ, first installed five years ago. The 613-HI offers feed speeds of up to 1,500 fpm and features a hydraulic motor on each roll. In-place top and bottom cutterheads have 12 to 16 knives. The 618-8EQ offers feed speeds electrically driven to 2,000 fpm and has an electric motor on each roll. Its quick-change top and bottom heads have 16 to 24 knives. Air-tensioned and quick-release top head chipbreakers, pheumatic sidehead chipbreakers and top and bottom dust hoods are standard on the 618-8EQ and optional on the 613-6HI. Both machines feature high-speed gap sensing on infeed rolls, auto jointing for all heads, 2" heavy steel, stress-relieved fabricated frame, modular type construction and programmable controllers with Panelmate control panels and come pre-wired. With planers for all production levels, USNR continuously updates its products-especially planers-with the latest technology, the company says. Reader Service Card #968 

Guerette/For-Min Group 
For more than 50 years, Industrie Guerette has specialized in supplying and installing new planers, repairing and rebuilding planers and supplying planer parts. A subsidiary of the For-Min Group, the company also carries out conversions of mechanical drives into electric or hydraulic drives and conversions of direct drives into V-belt drives. Guerette also produces planers and peripheral equipment adapted to specific technical requirements and user preferences. With advanced engineering, top quality components and cast frames, Guerette planers offer value and excellent operating capacity. Guerette's experienced design teams and broad range of production and machining tools mean the company's planers offer long-term effectiveness, precision and durability. Control points at every phase of parts and component production ensure the equipment runs hitch-free, the company says. Guerette also revitalizes old planers of various makes, which can be converted to planers capable of producing 1,500 fpm, the company says. Rebuilt planers are stripped down to the frame and all new components are installed, providing a reconditioned planer with significantly increased output. With engineering tailored to specific requirements, Guerette produces a complete planing line, including an automated infeed table, a planer and outfeed conveyor, plus a slowdown table. Guerette will also set up the line, ensuring optimum performance, and can produce infeed and outfeed systems for planers manufactured by other companies. The company also has a complete inventory of replacement parts for many other planer brands. Reader Service Card #969

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