Description:

WESTERN PNEUMATICS HEAVY DUTY FINGER JOINTER WITH THE FOLLOWING EQUIPMENT & FEATURES: -- Right & Left Shaper Section: Thickness Capacity: 3/4" - 2" maximum; Width Capacity: 1-1/2" - 8" maximum; Length Capacity: 5" min. - 36" maximum; -- (2) Scoring Saws with 7-1/2 HP - 3,600 RPM motors; -- (2) Trim Saws with 7-1/2 HP - 3,600 RPM motors; -- (2) Shaper Spindles are hydraulically powered; direct driven @ 3,600 RPM by -- (1) 60 HP Hydraulic Power Unit with (1) cartridge unit per spindle. Hydraulic conversion was performed during the first year of operation. -- Western's 2-1/2" wide feed chain with lugs on 9" centers; 15 HP variable speed drive with up to 120-lug per min feed speeds; with angle transfer conveyor, air bag pressure head with quick-change feature & brush hold-downs -- APQUIP Extrusion Type Glue Applicator complete with mixing system. Currently arranged for 3/8 finger joints including (4) 3/8" glue combs -- Manual Corner Transfer to the assembly section. (allows for inspection and rejection of blocks for poor joint quality, missing proper glue spread, etc. prior to going into assembled boards) -- 12' Pre-Assembly Infeed Conveyor with feed speed ramp up/down; with side alignment rolls and dual top and bottom pre-assembly rolls -- Flying Cutoff Saw operating from below -- Assembly Press: 20' board capacity with hydraulically powered press -- Automatic Cycling Assembly Section: Feed speed varies automatically from 50 to 200 FPM, depending on incoming block lengths. Boards advance through the Cutoff Saw to a moveable limit switch where they are cut to length with a bottom-mounted 7-1/2 HP Flying Cutoff Saw arranged for continuous non-stop assembly. The cut to length board drops down into the squeeze chamber while the next board feeds out and above the preceding board where it is cut to length. Pressed lengths are pushed out onto material outfeed arms by the following board