If you're looking for another option to recover your slabs then a VSA is a great option. When adding vertical edgers to your Overhead or Sharp Chain machines, put this machine in to process 3 1/2" up to 5 1/2" wide material. Options to cut up to 6" thick slabs. Lengths can vary depending on the length of your slabs. Comes with infeed with two double sharp top chains and two sets of pushover feed rollers over the #80 roller chain. The VSA can have a single or double arbor that is on linear slides for easy maintenance. Also includes outfeed with safety cage and an optional hand stacking belt option. Comes with control panel with PLC to run the system. Also comes with starters and VFDs included for the whole package. Give us a call to find the best option for your application. Feed speeds of up to 350fpm. This machine is a great option to replace multiple band saws and to reduce the number of employees needed to process slabs.

Cooper Machine offers several options for Slab Recovery. From the Scragg saw, slabs head to a trimmer and the strips gets separated on a Slat Table. Once trimmed, the slabs go to a VSA which optimized, can process up to 40 boards a minute. All with just one operator. If you need to up your production and cut down on labor, ditch those bands saws because this is the way to go. However, if you prefer bands, we offer those as well. Let us know what you need, and we can help you make it happen.

Cooper Machine is now providing an Optimized Slab Edger to process your slabs efficiently. This machine can have hogging or chipping heads added to it to hog or chip the strips to make it even more efficient. Pictures and video to come.

Trimmer can be set up from two to give heads. Can by automatically fed or manually fed. 20" saws for up to 7" tall cants. Comes with guard cages, dust guard, and trim block and sawdust waste belt built into the frame. For more information or a quote, please give us a call. Trimmers also available for three sided flitches and boards.

MIT Carousel Block Cutter has a carousel with ten clamping stations, mechanical press and a manual regulation cutting head with digital measure. Will process up to a 5.5" cant. Has a minimum height cut of @" and maximum of 28". Comes with a special flat WEG motor 7.5hp 60htz. Optional belt conveyor for block output. Uses a 19 11/18" saw blade (not included). Comes with power and control panel. Weighs approximately 4500lbs. This is a great machine to cut up to 90 blocks per minute!