Edmond Lim, P.Eng.

Batch Cutting vs. Cut By Truss

Edmond Lim, P.Eng.

What weighs more, a pound of muscle or a pound of fat? In truss jargon, the question would be: What produces more trusses, 200 pieces of batch cutting or 200 pieces of cut-by-truss cutting? The answer, of course, is that both cutting methods produce the same number of trusses. So what’s...

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March 2024
Issue #16296
Page 44
Todd Drummond

Mistake-Proof Your Process with Must-Have Communication Features

Todd Drummond

Last month’s article, Continuous Improvement (Kaizen) for Enhancing Performance to Ensure ROI Retention, is a natural lead-in to Poka-Yoke. In lean terminology, roughly translated from Japanese, Poka-Yoke means to mistake-proof the process. A more accurate translation could be...

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January 2024
Issue #16294
Page 24
Todd Drummond

Continuous Improvement (Kaizen) for Enhancing Performance to Ensure ROI Retention

Todd Drummond

Over twenty years ago, I struck out to help companies improve their operations through best practices based on lean manufacturing and industrial engineering practices. Helping hundreds of companies improve their operations has been an extremely rewarding experience. After all of the 35 years I...

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December 2023
Issue #15293
Page 24
Todd Drummond

Better Than 10% Labor Savings Proven Method Endorsement By Scott Arquilla

Todd Drummond

For years, TDC has promoted the idea of using reliable estimated work minutes (R.E., S.U., Man-Minutes) for scheduling, pricing, and understanding true labor efficiencies. The most important aspect of properly developed work minutes is that you can create a short scheduling time standards...

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November 2023
Issue #15292
Page 25
Triad | Merrick Machine Company Team

The Game Changer for Wall Panels—Triad’s Ai Sub-Component Nailer

TRIAD / Merrick Machine Company Team

If you were able to attend this fall’s Building Component Manufacturers Conference (BCMC) in Indianapolis, then you may have gotten your first look at the latest game changer in wall panel manufacturing—Triad’s Ai Sub-Component Nailer. [For photos, See PDF or View in Full...

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November 2023
Issue #15292
Page 54
Todd Drummond

TDC’s Educational Session on Component Manufacturing Operations

Todd Drummond

If you were unable to attend my educational session at BCMC, Component Manufacturing Should Not Be Operated as an LBM Supplier by TDC, or if you attended and still have questions, I invite you to download the presentation, now available as a PDF. During the presentation, we discussed what...

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October 2023
Issue #15291
Page 27
Edmond Lim, P.Eng.

Pick, Cut, Build—Talking Shop at BCMC 2023

Edmond Lim, P.Eng.

We had non-stop traffic in the Enventek booth at BCMC 2023 in Indianapolis. Enventek (Dave and Larry Dalson, Michael Bell) and LimTek (Ed Lim) are the only turnkey in-line automation suppliers for existing truss plants. We are gaining installed base momentum as word is spreading about our proven...

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October 2023
Issue #15291
Page 48
Todd Drummond

Component Manufacturing Should Not Be Operated as an LBM Supplier

Todd Drummond

As an industry veteran who has attended BCMC for many decades, I’m very pleased to be presenting an educational session on Tuesday, September 19th at 1:00 pm — Component Manufacturing Should Not Be Operated as an LBM Supplier. In this session, I will call upon my 20 years of...

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September 2023
Issue #15290
Page 26
Edmond Lim, P.Eng.

Let’s Talk Shop at BCMC!

Edmond Lim, P.Eng.

At BCMC 2023 Indianapolis, let’s talk shop and start planning your next incremental process re-organization or complete plant makeover. From simple process improvements to extreme plant makeovers, we have the expertise, proven solutions, technology, and field personnel to get the job done...

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September 2023
Issue #15290
Page 66
Edmond Lim, P.Eng.

Feed Any Component Saw with a Lumber PickLine

Edmond Lim, P.Eng.

Did you know that any existing automated saws output can now be boosted by switching from a forklift lumber picking process to that of a Lumber PickLine? That’s right, we have proven that a Lumber PickLine will boost the cutting output of all the major automated linear saws out there,...

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August 2023
Issue #15289
Page 46
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