Video Guide

2024 Video Guide

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Find the piece of equipment you need to boost production. We list suppliers, their websites, a brief description of one of their videos, and the link to the video.

This guide covers a wide variety of machinery including equipment for pallet manufacturing, pallet recycling, sawing, grinding, and other products and services.

 

CUTTING TOOLS

 

Profile Technology

www.profiletech.com

Profile Technology Inc. manufactures custom-designed and engineered cutting tools for the primary and secondary wood industry. Video illustrates a tool operating on a Pendu gangsaw to cut 1-inch wide grooves in 2×2 material for metal banding.

https://profiletech.com/video/

 

FASTENERS AND NAILING TOOLS

 

Everwin Pneumatic Corp.

www.everwinpneumatic.com

Everwin Pneumatic Corp. is a manufacturer of pneumatic nailing and stapling tools. Video features the Everwin PN70CL clinch nailer for repairing block pallets.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8FHR3Wx_D4&t=3s

 

Legacy Fasteners

www.legacyfasteners.com

Legacy Fasteners manufactures machine quality bulk nails and wire collated pallet nails. It distributes staples and pneumatic tools to support its fastener program. Video illustrates production of small coil nails.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrxGfTEe6qs

 

Mid-Continent Steel & Wire

www.mcswusa.com

Video celebrates Mid-Continent’s 35th anniversary showcasing its Missouri nail manufacturing plant. Mid-Continent is the largest domestic manufacturer serving the pallet and crating market with a complete assortment of machine quality bulk nails, collated nails, staples, screws and hand-drive bulk nails.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=h96JZ_ffO7M&t=38s

 

GRINDERS AND SHREDDERS

 

Boulware Equipment

www.boulwarellc.com

Boulware Equipment specializes in turnkey pallet scrap grinding systems and dust collection systems. It is a dealer for new Cresswood grinders and also used and rebuilt grinders from other manufacturers. Video illustrates Boulware wood grinding system in action featuring a Destroyer shredder.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXXW0MuYD44&t=19s

 

Cresswood Shredding Machinery

www.cresswood.com

Cresswood manufactures grinding systems for wood material and pallets that include material handling, infeed and outfeed solutions, metal separation, and trailer/container loading. Video shows Cresswood Model HF-60LR low RPM wood shredder processing blocks, pallets, and a variety of materials.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQFeNc7jJwI

 

Rotochopper

www.rotochopper.com

Rotochopper manufactures and markets wood grinding and shredding equipment to produce biomass, mulch, colored mulch, and other commodities. Joshua Fookes explains why he chose to go with Rotochopper when buying a new grinder instead of a company with a dealer model.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGkuPwm8-vA

 

MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT

 

Automated Industrial Technologies

www.autoindtech.com

AIT designs and manufactures automation machinery for the wood pallet industry and other industries. Video demonstrates AIT’s M2L-400 Ultra High-Speed Board Stacker.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FQ91B7jGpM

 

PALLET ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS

 

BD Solutions – Pneumatico

www.pneumaticousa.com

BD Solutions imports and distributes the Pneumatico brand of pallet assembly jigs and repair stations. Video illustrates the Pneumatico PT-1900 nailing jig.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I6g302P8Ks

 

JF Industrial Technology

www.jfwoodtech.com

JF Industrial Technology Inc. is the North American branch of Qingdao Saifan Wood Packaging Machinery in China, which manufactures pallet and crate assembly equipment and wood processing equipment. Video illustrates the company’s SF1000 tandem nailing machine for assembling pallets.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMANPQlgDd4

 

Midwest Machinery & Automation

www.woodpeckermachine.com

Exclusive distributor of Woodpecker pallet nailing machines and the MASTer Recycler, which assembles pallets made of 100 percent recycled lumber. Vimeo site features videos of several different pallet nailing machines.

www.vimeo.com/user78833622

 

GBN Machine & Engineering Corporation

www.nailerman.com

GBN manufactures block and stringer pallet nailing machines, pallet stackers, lumber stackers, and branders. Video demonstrates a GBN Excalibur II assembling PECO pallets.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIN7lvCY4uU&t=130s

 

Pallet Chief Mfg.

www.palletchief.com

Pallet Chief manufactures low-cost pallet assembly equipment that uses compressed air and collated fasteners. Video shows the Pallet Chief PCIV pallet nailing machine in operation.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOOZglpSAjs

 

Pallet Machinery Group

www.palletmachinery.com

Pallet Machinery Group offers block and stringer pallet nailing systems, center split resaws, board stackers, and robotic and automation equipment. Video is an overview of company’s products and services.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0CVc764XUE

 

Rayco Industries

www.raycoindustries.com

Rayco Industries manufactures a complete line of semi-automatic pallet nailing machines that use collated nails. Video explains the features of the Rayco Pallet Pro, the company’s flagship pallet nailing machine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpMnUh6MO50&t=44s

 

RT Pallet Equipment

www.rtpalletequip.com

RT Pallet Equipment manufactures semi-automatic jigs for nailing pallets as well as stacker. Equipment is fully pneumatic. Video illustrates jig operation to assemble a 3-string wing pallet.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=neasnfT8_fo&t=25s

 

STORTI

www.storti.it/en

Storti manufactures complete plants to process wood from logs to finished pallets and mats. Block and stringer pallet nailing machines are just one portion of the wide range of machinery produced. Video shows fully automated nailing line with quick format change-over for building 4-way pallets, 2-way pallets, perimeter pallets, and special pallets.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vygWRo6GpVM

 

Viking Engineering & Development

www.vikingeng.com

Viking Engineering manufactures automated pallet assembly systems and supplies bulk nails. Video showcases Viking’s Voyager nailing machine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvxfTipIuAM

 

Viper Industrial Products

www.viperindustrialproducts.com

Viper Industrial supplies pallet nailing machines, nailing tools, and coil nails and machine quality bulk nails. Link is to two videos illustrating features of the Viper Woody nailing machine and an introduction to Viper Industrial Products.

https://vimeo.com/user55914354

 

PALLET RECYCLING EQUIPMENT

 

Alliance Automation

www.allianceautomation.com/pallet-industry

Alliance Automation is an industry leader in automation equipment for pallet recycling. Its Robotic Pallet Dismantler, Urban Sawmill, and pallet repair & sortation equipment have helped to revolutionize automated pallet recycling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drpZ1bBH9Og

 

Automated Machine Systems

www.automatedmachinesystems.com

Automated Machine Systems provides turnkey manufacturing of automation supporting pallet sortation, repair, stacking, dispensing, painting and stenciling, and washing, along with robotic solutions. Video is a virtual tour of AMS facilities.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJFEF08VPgE

 

PRS Group

www.prsgroupinc.com

PRS Group leverages over 35 years of pallet machinery experience to give customers the edge in the evermore competitive pallet industry landscape. Applying technologies like PRS Automax trim saws can increase yield, lower labor, and provide smarter, data-driven solutions. Look to PRS for innovative answers to your pallet business needs.

https://youtu.be/eY0AkHMZhn4?si=zaBB60Fz2vRHwj1-

 

Smart Products

www.palletrecyclingequipment.com

Smart Products manufactures and supplies machines and systems for pallet recycling and lumber recovery, including pallet dismantlers and dismantling systems, pallet prep equipment, trim saws, notching machines, and more. Video shows pallet dismantler integrated with conveyor and trim saw for production of recycled boards.

www.palletrecyclingequipment.com/pallet-dismantlers/pallet-dismantler-system

 

Universal Machinery Sales

www.universalmachinerysales.net/index.html

Universal Machinery Sales offers machinery for the pallet industry, including pallet disassemblers, stackers, trim saws, resaws, nailing machines and much more. The video illustrates a Run-A-Gade disassembler in operation.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJtF4t0CWIg&t=1s

 

SAWS/WOOD PROCESSING EQUIPMENT

 

Baker Products

www.baker-online.com

Baker Products manufactures a complete line of sawmill equipment to process logs into lumber, including complete systems, sawmills, edgers, band resaws, notchers, scragg mills, and more. Video is a walkthrough of Baker Tri Scragg and other equipment in operation.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVga_qOgWy0

 

Brewer Machine and Parts

www.brewermach.com

Brewer offers heavy-duty equipment for manufacturing grade lumber, pallet components, rail ties, and barrel staves. Video shows undercut trim saw cutting cants.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t89pdsGWCx8

 

Cooper Machine

www.coopermachine.com

Cooper Machine manufactures machinery and equipment for sawmills and wood processing. Video demonstrates a Cooper system to recover boards from slab material.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4smhHwc6Opc

 

Crosscut Solutions

www.crosscutsolutionsinc.com

Crosscut Solutions offers a wide variety of up-cutting saws in both mechanical cut off saw and pneumatic cut-off saw designs. Video illustrates pneumatic cut-off saw with rollover conveyor.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=97tsBrx47Fo

 

Go Fast Manufacturing

www.gofastmfg.com

Go Fast Manufacturing designs and builds a wide range of machinery and equipment for the pallet and sawmill industries. Video depicts the Go Fast UpSTAK stacking machine behind a double-head notching line.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUp3UIEiRCE

 

Newman Machine

www.newmanwhitney.com

Newman Machine manufactures industrial wood processing equipment, including multi-trim saws and planers. Video shows a Newman KM-16HD Heavy Duty Multiple Trimmer in action.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=52FPdtWamIU

 

Pendu Manufacturing

www.pendu.com

Pendu Manufacturing produces standard and custom automated machinery for the pallet, sawmill, railway tie, log home, and other industries. Video demonstrates a Pendu multi-head trimmer cutting material to length and feeding directly to a gangsaw.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd_DrLcsah8

 

Sering Sawmill Machinery Co.

www.seringsawmillmachinery.com

Sering Sawmill Machinery offers Blue Babe portable and stationary package saws. The company also manufactures log turners, hydraulic power units, carriage drives, log deck saws, and other sawmill equipment. Video shows one of the company’s log turners in action on a head rig.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HONjYAxfkJ8&t=77s

 

West Plains Resaw

www.westplainsresaw.com

West Plains Resaw Systems manufactures heavy-duty band resaws and material handling equipment for the grade lumber and pallet industries. Video shows 600 Series grade resaw in action.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScFkaovx_ok

 

UNIT OR PACKAGE SAWS

 

Holtec

www.holtecusa.com

Holtec manufactures systems that are used to cut whole bunks of lumber to length with precision. Link is to Holtec website page with videos about different systems.

www.holtecusa.com/media

 

L-M Equipment Co. Ltd.-CANADA

www.lmsaws.com

L-M Equipment Co. (CANADA) is a leading manufacturer of package crosscut saw systems. Video shows features and performance of Model HMPC-7-24 traveling arch saw.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=r94-noZCRnU&t=4s

 

L-M Equipment Co.-U.S.

www.lmequipmentusa.com

L-M Equipment Co. (U.S.) manufactures package saws, from portable yard saws to fully automated systems, as well as deck saws and high-speed circular chop saws. Video is a brief overview of the company’s product line.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg1yFeWnZ7E

 

Pacific Trail Manufacturing

www.ptmi.net

Pacific Trail Manufacturing provides crosscut unit saws for cutting packages of lumber to length and deck saws for bucking logs to length. Video explains the features of Pacific Trail Accu-Cut, the company’s most sophisticated crosscut unit saw.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrLb_ic4ycs

 

SAW Blades/Sales and Service

 

Fuelbox Industrial

www.fuelboxindustrial.com

Fuelbox Industrial manufactures and supplies circular saw blades and saw blades for pallet dismantling machines. Video highlights benefits of Fuelbox Industrial Butter blades for pallet dismantling.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mESwxCdl7tw

 

WIKUS Saw Technology Corp.

www.wikussawtech.com

WIKUS manufactures high-quality band saw blades for special applications in wood processing and other industries, check out the 34SPECIAL Pallet Dismantling blade. Video explains features and benefits of WIKUS GENERO® universal bimetal bandsaw blade for wood cutting applications.

www.wikussawtech.com/en/products/genero

 

Wood-Mizer

www.woodmizer.com

Wood-Mizer is a leading wood processing equipment company offering narrow band portable and industrial sawmill equipment, resaws, edgers, planer-moulders, pallet dismantlers, and bandsaw blades and blade maintenance equipment. Video illustrates the operations of Wilson Enterprises, which recently invested in a Wood-Mizer WB2000 industrial sawmill.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gl4Z5IDD4I

SPECIALTY EQUIPMENT, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

Air Burners

www.airburners.com

Air Burners offers air curtain incinerators to eliminate wood debris, including whole pallets, logs, and stumps without hauling or grinding. Video features owner of Carolina Pallets discussing benefits of an Air Burners S330 FireBox.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMQ84SvTNbw

 

Pallet Trader

www.pallettrader.com

Tutorial explaining the buying process in the revolutionary Pallet Trader online pallet marketplace. Covers key features and benefits of using this system. It is designed for pallet producers and buyers to discover one another and finalize transactions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpSKINe5Pe4

 

Biolube Inc.

www.biolube1.com

Biolube manufactures the Lubie brand of saw lubricating systems and lubricants. Video explains use of Biolube Spray System and Lubie lubricant for West Plains Resaw equipment.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=00RMJJMh4is&t=32s

 

Creekside Manufacturing

www.creeksidemanufacturing.com

Creekside Manufacturing makes hoppers, dumpsters and bins. Video shows an open end low-profile, self-dumping hopper.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFaYJKpYT7w

 

Group Archimbaud

www.groupe-archimbaud.com

Group Archimbaud manufactures Archiblock composite blocks for the construction of block pallets. Video is an overview of production of Archiblock composite blocks.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZafhjjxSEYg

 

HUB Industrial Supply

www.hubindustrial.com

HUB Industrial Supply offers pallet dismantling blades and other parts and supplies for the pallet industry, including PPE and MRO items such as belts, bearings and fuses. Video demonstrates the benefits of Pallet Mask paint for covering heat-treating labels.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhr93PyaU7I

 

Iron Bull Mfg.

www.ibullmfg.com

Iron Bull Manufacturing makes a full line of scrap hoppers for any type of application. Video demonstrates forklift trailer mover from Sidekick Attachments, a subsidiary of Iron Bull.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT_iF4sSDAo

 

J&J Machinery

www.jandjmachinery.com

J&J Machinery specializes in upgrading pallet nailing machines with modern operating systems and offers proven hardware and software for any machine. Video shows a nailing machine retrofitted to assemble pallets made of new and used lumber and equipped with the J&J machinery Smart Turner.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryLKy7OVIkM

 

Metal Detectors Inc.

www.mdiblue.com

Metal Detectors Inc. manufactures industrial conveyor line metal detectors to protect sawmills, hogs, chippers, and other equipment from metal in logs and other wood. Video is an overview of the company and its products.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmLDHnxr4Ac

 

Recycling Equipment Inc.

www.gogreenrei.com

Recycling Equipment Inc. manufactures, sells, installs, and services balers, shredders, roll shears, conveyors, and other equipment for recycling certain types of material. Video is an overview demonstrating some of the company’s various products.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=foizo5-lEXM

 

Sellick Equipment Ltd.

www.sellickequipment.com

Sellick Equipment manufactures rough terrain forklifts and truck-mounted forklifts. It also distributes JCB Teletruk telescopic forklifts. Video showcases one of the company’s forklifts.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmHRyEd_0gk&t=1s

 

SII Dry Kilns

www.siidrykilns.com

SII Dry Kilns specializes in kilns for drying hardwood and softwood lumber, including predryers and fan sheds, as well as heat-treating systems for pallets and firewood. Video is an overview of the company and its products.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPTriWOfkUk&t=35s

 

PALLET SOFTWARE AND ERP SYSTEMS

 

Helioz Technologies

www.helioztechnologies.com

Helioz Technologies offers software programs for industrial manufacturing business. The company’s Pallet Insights application is used for monitoring and managing pallets. Video is an introduction to Pallet Insights.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Gwg6VwIBpw

 

Pallet Connect

www.palletconnect.com

Pallet Connect offers cloud-based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) management software for the pallet industry to help manage and connect customers, vendors, warehouse and financials in real time while simplifying workflow. Video is an overview of the Pallet Connect system.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiJEZKl5Qps

 

The PalMate Group

www.thepalmategroup.com

The PalMate Group offers solutions for the pallet and lumber industry through software like PalMate ERP as well as other software products and technology. The video features an overview of PalMate ERP.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZYCJQH4ebk&t=13s

 

White & Company

www.whiteandcompany.net

White & Company is an innovative consulting and software development firm with 45 years of experience in the pallet, packaging, and materials handling industries. Founded by Dr. Marshall S. White of Virginia Tech in 2007 with services and custom software products for pallet and unit load design optimization and supply chain efficiency. Video illustrates the company’s Best Load unit load optimization software.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJvXDMuReLY

 

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