Gateway Fabricating Introduces Its New Raptor 3000 Trim Saw
Gateway Fabricating is a new company to the pallet industry but not new to providing useful business products. It is introducing a new trim saw, the Raptor 3000. Gateway’s projects range from access and work platforms to large pipe bridges and entire industrial buildings. Its clients include some of the major industrial firms and contractors in the St. Louis area. Its experience includes bridges, refineries, petrochemical plants, mining facilities, power plants, elevated storage tanks, ground storage tanks and waste/water facilities.
Add the pallet industry to Gateway Fabricating’s impressive list of varied customers. It says that its Raptor 3000 trim saw is the next generation of trim saws. It was designed by someone with years of experience in the pallet industry and is constructed in the USA. According to Gateway, the key features of the Raptor 3000 are its precise measurements, speed, safety, and efficiency. See a video of it in operation at GatewayFabricating.com.
The Raptor 3000, made in the USA, uses circular blades that run at 1700 rpm with five hp saw motors and a two hp motor chain drive. It has adjustable locking arms, adjustable speed chain drive, adjustable heights, and two emergency start/stop buttons. The Raptor 3000 occupies approximately a 7 ft. x 5 ft. space. It will cut to length up to 20 2×4’s per minute and up to 45 boards per minute. It is available in either three phase or single phase.
For more information call 314-202-1039 or visit the web site info@gatewayfabricating.com.
PMG Now Offers EUROBLOCKS™
Pallet Machinery Group (PMG), which offers a wide variety of new and used equipment for the pallet and lumber industries including a full line of Storti equipment, has added EUROBLOCK composite blocks to its product offerings.
PMG now supplies EUROBLOCKS to customers in North America looking for ways to more efficiently produce block pallets. Instead of cutting your own blocks, EUROBLOCKS are manufactured to strict tolerances and consistency, which helps control quality.
According to PMG, some of the advantages of EUROBLOCKS include: no splitting, no drying costs – 8% moisture content on delivery, ready to use with no processing needed, no mold or insect damage, high nail retention resistance and long service life.
In addition, pre-made blocks eliminated investments in crosscutting or planning equipment and do not require a large space for storage. For more information, call 540-644-9220 or visit www.palletmachinery.com.
Wood-Mizer Introduces Bi-Metal Turbo 7 Bandsaw Blade
Designed for the toughest sawmill operations, Wood-Mizer has recently unveiled its unique and aggressive Turbo 7 blade profile as part of its Bi-Metal blade product line.
With increased air flow and higher tooth penetration while sawing hardwoods, the Turbo 7 degree profile has received positive reports from high production, high horsepower, and high feed rate sawmilling operations throughout the world since its introduction in 2013. Previously only available in a standard 10 degree profile, the Bi-Metal blade product line now offers the Turbo 7 profile for a higher cut quality, faster feed rate, and longer-lasting blade especially when cutting abrasive and exotic wood species. Due to the high-alloy backing material and hardened tooth tip, Bi-Metal blades offer a combination of durability and fatigue resistance, enabling a sharp life that is, according to Wood-Mizer, up to three times longer than carbon blades.
Continuing its commitment to provide a variety of high-quality bandsaw blades to the market, John Storm, Wood-Mizer Blades manager stated, “The Bi-Metal Turbo 7 blade… is ideal for sawing exotic and frozen hardwoods in a production sawmilling operation.”
Offering more than 60 basic blade profiles, Wood-Mizer makes blades for any type of sawing application from softwoods to hardwoods.
The Wood-Mizer Bi-Metal Turbo 7 blade is now available to order in .042 x 1 ¼ and .050 x 1 ½ in a variety of lengths. Call 800/522-5760 or visit www.woodmizer.com/bimetal to order.
Pneu-Fast Supplies U.S. Manufactured Pallet Nails
Pneu-Fast® is one of the few companies that manufactures nails in the United States. It is expanding its outreach to supply more pallet manufacturing and recycling companies with both bulk and collated pallet nails. Pneu-Fast manufactures collated nails and staples for use in name brand pneumatic tools including Bostitch®, DeWalt®, Duo-Fast®, Hitachi®, Makita®, MAX®, Paslode®, Senco® and others.
The company, original founded as Chester Brothers Manufacturing, has been in business for more than forty years. It operates a 40,000 square foot manufacturing plant in Evanston, Illinois. Pneu-Fast fasteners are available through authorized distributors and retail outlets and its online store.
Pneu-Fast started making bulk nails to supply its pallet division that uses Viking machines to assemble pallets. It knows about the competitive pallet industry and offers both a competitive price and speedy delivery, according to Pneu-Fast. It offers one price shopping regardless of size. Domestic manufacturing provides short lead times that buffer customers from wrapping up capital in nail inventories.
For more information, call 847-866-8787 or email www.pneufast.com.
Universal Machinery Sales Announces Incline End Trim Saw
Universal Machinery Sales is introducing its Incline End Trim Saw, a labor saving, high production machine for the pallet industry. Universal Machinery Sales indicates its new Trim-Trac Incline style End Trim Saw will crosscut up to 15,000 boards per eight-hour shift.
The Incline End Trim Saw uses a three-chain precision infeed with multiple dogs for automatic alignment to use automatic stops to cut board lengths from 16" to 56" on a standard machine. It includes an 18" diameter carbide blade with 30 teeth. Machine options include extra stops and single phase power or Canadian voltage.
For additional information about this new trim saw or any of the other Universal Machinery Sales machines, visit the web site at www.universalmachinerysales.net. Contact the company by phone at 855/298-8890, or email sales.universalmachinerysales@gmail.com.
