The Inciser
About The Inciser
Two Machines in One!
posted by pfptechsite on 07/21/08
Turn your Razer into two machines using the innovative router option!
Truss Tech Ltd in Cromwell, on the South Island of New Zealand, began operations only six years ago but already has a staff of 13 and a strong clientele base of major builder/merchants in the area.
Managing director, Paul Robertson, started Truss Tech after some 24 years in the industry manufacturing roof trusses and wall frames.
A MiTek certified plant, Truss Tech handles many difficult manufactured projects in both the domestic and commercial arena.
Paul’s foresight and embracing of new technology appears to be one of the company’s strengths as he constantly looks to make improvements to his facility.
The newest addition to the plant includes the installation of a Razer Saw from PFP Technologies.
Paul said, “We needed a saw that was capable of doing all our cutting requirements, including those needed on some of the more difficult jobs we were undertaking.”
Visiting Australian shores to see the Razer Saw in operation at a number of plants already using it, Paul was impressed with what he saw and decided it would fit perfectly into his business – it was installed in the plant in late May.
“We spoke to a number of the Aussie plant owners using it and heard about its reliability,” he added. “Some them had had it in operation for three or four years or more, and the Razer was still performing well.
“That was an important issue for us because we’re a reasonable distance from any major centre.”
Paul commented that they have to be as efficient as possible because of the sub-contract situation and are always looking at as much automation as possible.
“We’re fairly innovative in our approach and use a lot of laminated wood products in our jobs, so I guess you could say we push the boundaries in terms of products and machinery.
“When the Razer was put in, we set it up with a fully automated infeed and outfeed system. We also have an innovative option which allows us to trench wall panel members using the Razer’s routing option.
“When manufacturing wall frames, this means we can trench the top and bottom plates for placing the studs rather than just marking them.
“We had a machine that would do that previously - but that’s all it could do,” he added. “The Razer can do this as well as the rest of our cutting requirements.”
Paul explained the process, saying the saw has a router bit in the hub and once the necessary cut is made by the Razer with the standard saw blade, the router bit then makes a check in the plate.
“Using the old system it would take about one and a half minutes to complete this process. Now it takes less than a minute to trench a particular member.”
Paul said the training given by PFP Technologies went very well, the staff have found it easy to adapt to the new machinery and the installation - “it has all gone well. Our staff are very familiar with computerised machinery and adapted to it well.
“While we’ve only been using it a very short period of time, I can see it making a big difference to our cutting operations,” Paul concluded.
