A moulder was added later to machine corner components on the line vs. them coming to the line premachined. The moulder in our facility.

Two beads of glue being extruded onto one of the corner parts.

Vinyl fins can optionally be stapled to corners and trim. This vacuum fin feeder picks up two fins from a rack and places one in each of two lanes.

In each of two lanes, a fin is evenended with its respective component and is stapled on the fly.

Outside corners are flipped to expose the correct surfaces to the paint line.

Trim example.

Every other piece is inverted by a forked flipper. The vacuum stacker collates a stack.

Vacuum stacker working in unison with the protective material dispenser to collate a stack.

Collated stack of siding.

Collated stacks being turned 90 degrees prior to being sent lengthwise into the wrapping equipment.

Fork stacker stacking packaged bundles of siding.

Panels are automatically fed into the line.

Stacks of panels are aligned and crosscut.

Haunching (profile machining) is performed.

Haunching cutters are on a removable cart for easy profile changes and maintenance.

Multiple stacks of shake siding are stacked on a pallet with a drop angle stacker. Shakes are ready for final painting.

Resulting shake.

Each part is flipped prior to machining.

Machining section in our facility.

Servo-operated spline feeding. Spline material is fed off a roll.

Spline insertion is on the fly.

Finished product.

Siding pressed together, referenced by the inserted spline.