Automated buffers temporarily store product if downstream equipment is not ready for it. Product from upstream processing machines always has a place to go, therefore maximizing line throughput.

This 20-layer automated buffer can store one long panel or two shorter panels per level, for a maximum capacity of 40 panels. Empty levels collapse so no floor pit is required.

At the end of this production line, finished panels are collected on edge in a porcupine. Panels are easily removed by personnel who are kitting orders.

Automatic accumulator in this laminating line allows the laminator to empty when line disturbances occur downstream, helping eliminate rejects.

Dispensing door stops from hoppers on demand in a door jamb processing line.

Closeup of a pallet dispenser feeding a pallet.

Panel cooling section after a hot press.

Closeup of a cooling section in a particle board production line.

Stand-alone panel notcher with integrated air table.

In this system, bottom spacers are inserted automatically. The number of spacers is selectable.

Closeup of previous system.

Stand-alone bunk turnover in our facility prior to installation at the customer’s plant.

Bunk turnover that automatically measures the size of the material and adjusts hydraulic pressure so that the expensive product is not over-clamped and damaged.

This turnover system will invert irregular stacks of panels with no setup.

Cabinet panel feeding system with roller conveyors singulating panels for a double end tenoner.

Curved tabletop chain conveyor turning stacks of building siding 90 degrees.

Three robots simultaneously pick up cabinet panels from incoming loads on chain conveyors and set them down onto multi-level wide belt conveyors.

Wide belt conveyors with a pick and place serving as a queue area on a countertop stacking line.

Heavy duty chain conveyor used to stage loads of lumber as part of a lumber feeding system.

Chain conveyors as part of a lumber feeding system where individual pieces of lumber are singulated, the size of each based on the run list.

Heavy duty chain and roller conveyors on the infeed end of a high speed panel laminating line. Maximum size loads in this case were 5 feet wide x 12 feet long x 34 inches high and could weigh as much as 8,500 lbs.

Seven load roller conveyor lanes containing different sizes of panels being fed on demand into a countertop production line.

Rugged chain conveyor accepts charges of lumber from a remote controlled transfer cart.

Cabinet panel feeding system featuring 3 robots feeding simultaneously for two cabinet assembly lines.

One robot automatically stacking a bottom board while the other is feeding a cabinet panel.

This automated countertop stacking system utilizes five pick and place carriages.

Closeup of one of the high-speed servo-driven 4-axis gantries. Two gantries work simultaneously to stack countertops coming off the line.

Servo-driven stacker handling cabinet components.

Multiple stacks of siding are collected into a layer and the drop angle stacker places the layer on the pallet.

System laying up laminate and cores prior to a hot press.

Rake arm panel feeder with intermediate forks for uninterrupted, high-speed flow.

Belt feeders are a cost effective method for taking panels from a panel saw and feeding them into an edgebander.

Forked flipper inverting doors.

Clam shell flipper is ideal for turning over heavy or bulky product, eliminating injuries and increasing throughput.

Stand-alone bunk turnover in our facility prior to shipment.

Forked flipper turning over painted building siding prior to being stacked for packaging.

In-line barrel turnover inverting doors.

Vacuum flipper handling staging platforms.

Door inspection station where door is temporarily flipped so that the bottom is visible.

Overall view of the system in our facility.

Closeup of one of the three robots picking up two panels.

Closeup of a robot with the conveyors feeding the two assembly lines in the background.

Panels are flipped as necessary with barrel turnovers so that they are presented in the correct orientation to the assembly lines.

Creative Automation cabinet panel clamp turner.

This door feeder has an integrated 180-degree turner.

180-degree door turner.

Pivoting turner turning stacked building siding 90 degrees prior to packaging.

Vacuum turner rotating split panels.

In-line panel cone turner.

Large panel vacuum turner.