FEI6000 CM – Updated (v2 Series)

• Intuitive Operator Interface (HMI) — Reduces operator training labor costs.
• Dynamically adjustable nailing pattern — Reduces nail consumption while achieving the engineering load specifications.
• Hydraulically actuated lumber compression rollers — Improves the straightness resulting in a higher quality of finished columns.
• Servo controller linear feed system — Provides flexible and accurate nailing patterns, increasing quality.
• Fully enclosed machine safety guarding — Inhibits work-related accidents and injuries.
• Finished column auto-stack and bundling system — Reduces labor and increases machine throughput.
• Rigid, heavy duty mild steel construction — Increase machine longevity while reducing the overall cost.
• Remote connectivity for machine diagnostic support (option) — Allows for quick, responsive service – keeping your machine running.
• Quick and easy column size change-over — Increases operator efficiency resulting in greater machine throughput.

FEI6000 CM – Click for Larger View

• Infeed Capacities:
  • 2″ x 6″, 8″ or 10″ commercially available lumber.

• Outfeed Capacities:
  • Minimum 8 foot laminated column.
  • Maximum laminated column length is limited only by your building size constraints.
  • Columns can be laminated between 3 to 5 layers thick.
  • Processing speeds of up to 13 inches per second on average using the 9″ nailing pattern.

• Nailing Station:
  

  Top View of Nailing Station – Click for Larger View

  • Utilizes four independently adjustable pneumatic nailing guns.
  • Adjustable nailing location by across-board-width (up/down) and distance-from-board (in/out).
  • High-powered clamping rollers to correct curved and warped lumber inconsistencies.
  • Lumber absence error detection.
  • Optionally, Low nail conditions can be detected by manually loaded nail guns.

• Auto Stacking Tilt Station:
  

  Auto Stack Station – Click to Enlarge

  • Fully automatic stacking of up to 6 columns.
  • Maximum bundle width of 8 stacks.
  • Safety strobe light and audible alarm activate while in motion.

• Machine Footprint; 14 ft x 67 ft  ^{*Adjustable by final length of desired outfeed station}
  • Infeed Station; 13 ft x 24 ft
  • Nailing Station; 5 ft x 11 ft
  • Outfeed Station; 14 ft x 33 ft  ^{*Adjustable by final length of desired outfeed station}
  • Electrical Cabinet; 4 ft x 6 ft

• Power Requirements
  • 460v AC 3-phase @ 100 Amps

• Pneumatic Requirements
  • 90 PSI @ 25 CFM  ^{*Adjustable based on nail gun usage}

The database can be preset with multiple combinations of configurations, nail patterns and splices:

• 999 Column Configurations (or Settings)
• 99 Nail Patterns
• 99 Splice Patterns

Database Stores Configurations – Click for Larger View

• Name the Recipes to associate them with other company workflows; such as part #’s or common names.
• Each board of each ply is specified to the inch for accurate nailing of varying ‘true’ length lumber.
• Specifying the distance to nail down each side of the column.
• Easily determine the distance left un-nailed at the end/top if desired.
• Easily accommodates ‘notched’ or ‘saddled’ columns and varying lengths.
• Each “Recipe” can use one of the 99 Nail and Splice patterns.
• The reuse of these customer-engineered  “Recipes” allows for quick reuse at any time.
• The Database has plenty of room for custom and unique patterns that are rarely used, but may be needed in the future.

Column Configurations – Click for Larger View

• Name the Pattern a common name or perhaps the column’s engineered drawing number.
• Indicate how many inches from the start of the column before beginning to nail; 3″ to 18″.
• Specify the distance between typical nail spacing; 3″ to 18″. Easily guarantee the last nail(s) are located a set distance before the end of the nailing lengths, per side.
• Per vertical row of nails that each row contains, set the location height of each nail, to the thousandth of an inch.
  • 1 nail on each side (called a 2 Nail Set)
  • 2 nails on each side (called a 4 Nail Set)
• Mirroring all splices to meet load specifications can be specified by the quantity of Plys and/or Height (2x 6″, 8″, 10″).

Nail Configurations – Click for Larger View

• Name the Pattern a common name or anything you like, up to 18 characters.
• Specify the inner splice distance (in both directions) away from the center of the splice to nail.
• Specify the quantity of rows of nails to produce using 2 nails per vertical row.
• The outer splice distance and quantity allow for another set of rows of nails to occur, but at different spacing than the inner splice.
  • The outer splice can be set to produce a pattern with 1 or 2 nails per vertical row.
• Set the height of the nails, again .. to the 1/1000 (ie, 0.125).

Splice Configurations – Click for Larger View

• 20+ Messages are displayed on the Touchscreen to easily assist with Recipe setup and management.
  • These messages indicate invalid data in the Recipes and thus inhibit Production.

• Optional remote system monitoring.
• Ability to disable the nail guns individually to provide more flexibility, as well as allow continued operation when maintaining or refurbishing a column
• Disable the nail pattern:
  • Only the splice pattern is nailed, unless disabled.
  • This would allow the splice pattern to be nailed in the event the previous splice joint nailing was insufficient (or the spliced joint was found faulty).
• Disable the splice pattern:
  • Only the nail pattern is nailed, unless disabled
  • This allows only the nail pattern to be nailed and the splice pattern (the entire ‘splice zone’) to be skipped if already nailed, for example.
• Mirror the pattern horizontally:
  • To avoid colliding with previously nailed columns, the patterns can be quickly flipped so that the high nails go low and the low nails go high.

5th Ply Safety Guide – Click to Enlarge

• Includes additional safety devices to allow automatic reversing of the column during production to reduce cycle time.
• 4 Plys are nailed together during the first pass and the 5th ply is added on the 2nd pass.
• The 4-ply column is automatically returned to the start position at a safe speed, allowing the 5th-ply to be quickly added.
• The ‘2nd Pass’  sequence can also be manually controlled to convert previous produced 4-ply columns into 5-ply as a secondary operation.

• Includes an additional sensor which measures the height of the loaded lumber
• Required for systems with 10″ or less physically spaced guns
• An additional level of Quality Control is achieved by inhibiting production of incorrectly loaded lumber.
  • Ensures the nail heights for the nail and splice patterns are at the correct location on the column
• Improves the detecting accuracy of columns which are shorter than specified.

• Includes additional equipment, such as:
  

  Auto Stack Station – Click to Enlarge

  • A secondary hydraulic pump is used to remove the additional load from the primary pump
    • This guarantees the lumber is clamped at the correct high hydraulic pressures
  • A second Column Drive with a brake to position the produced columns
  • A tilting station, comprised of conveyors and hydraulic actuators
  • Additional safety devices to help reduce/eliminate injuries
• Capable of arranging bundles of columns; 1-7 high by 1-6 across (depending on the column sizes).
• Bundles are automatically centered on the tilt station or can be off-set if necessary to balance load. Ready to be banded and removed by fork truck.
• Columns longer than the 33 foot bypass the tilt-station, to be removed by an auxiliary system.
  • Our standard station accommodates 33 foot columns; additional custom lengths are available.

• Planes/Shaves top side of the column after the nailing sequence has been completed (Optional Item).

• Not yet available, in development (Optional Item).
  • Helps position/jig lumber for glue.
  • Allow operator to queue more columns on the infeed.