Giguère & Morin Inc. decided to invest in the System TM solution. One of the recent investments is a vacuum infeed Opti-Feed 6000 Vack, batch feeder and planer outfeed from System TM. This infeed solution will automate the entire infeed process to a planer and ripsaw, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.
The packs are placed on the roller conveyor and transported to the automatic feeding system, Opti-Feed 6000 Vack. The Opti-Feed 6000 Vack de-stacks one layer at a time and creates a batch and transports it through the planer.
This solution posed some challenges i. e. the removal of drying sticks. Being aware of the limited space available, System TM developed a system where the sticks are brushed off each layer onto a conveyor. On the conveyor, a door ensures that the sticks stay in position for the stick elevator which transports the sticks into the bundler. Each stick bundle will be transported across the pack roller conveyor and removed by a forklift.
After the planer the workpieces are singulated and fed one by one into the ripsaw. After the ripsaw the workpieces continue in the production of furniture components.
Giguère & Morin Inc. was established in Canada in 1968 as a manufacturer of customized hardwood components.
System TM is a leading global supplier of customized solutions to the solid wood industry.
