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SAWLINES - OPTIMIL
LUMBER PROCESSING
Horizontal Gang
constant control of the piece.
With over 100 - 6ft and 7ft
Bandmills installed worldwide,
their unique overhung bearing
design achieves maximum sawing
accuracy with minimum saw
deviation, while allowing them
to close couple the bands, and
achieve continuous control of the
piece.
Board Profilers and Gangsaws
allow them to produce a multiple
of products from a single piece,
while reducing the machine centers
required.
Their VDAG features a unique
swing out door, for ease of saw
change and maintenance.
Optimil’s PLC Group programs
equipment to achieve maximum
performance, and maintain smooth
operation including Primary Log
Breakdown, Log Bucking PLC,
Edger Controls and Planermill
Controls.
Top and bottom profiled
boards through VDAG
Optimil top & bottom board Profiler with VDA Gangsaw
Head Office: Canada
8320 River Road, Delta,
BC, Canada V4G 1B5
Phone: [phone]
Sales: Bill LeGentil
Birmingham, Alabama
One Independence Plaza, Suite 412
Birmingham, Alabama, USA 35209
Phone: [phone]
Manager: T. Mike Hubbard
Optimil’s profiler for top and bottom board solutions. These machines reduce the flow to edgers and
provide increased production rates. Close coupled to a vertical gang, these machines operate with four
independent axis to chip a profile solution to the top and bottom board, if required.
www.optimil.com
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