I’ve been to Boston a few times, but like most business and installation trips, it usually goes the same way: fly into the airport, drive a few hours, get the work done, and head straight back home. There’s never any time to actually pause and “stop to smell the roses.”
My trip a few weeks ago was different and didn’t go according to plan. Some unexpected utility delays meant we had to finish training the following week, since I already had commitments waiting for me back home. What I didn’t realize at the time was that the real disruption was still ahead. When I arrived at the airport late Friday night, ready to fly home, I learned my flight had been canceled thanks to a March snowstorm and mounting airport slowdowns. I was rebooked for late Sunday night.
I still had to be home on Monday — only to fly back on Tuesday — and now I had an extra 48 hours in Boston!
What began as an annoying, drawn-out layover quickly transformed into an opportunity: a chance to hit pause, catch my breath, and finally get to see Boston. And it just happened to be the weekend of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade! [For all photos, See PDF or View in Full Issue.]
Do you recognize the gold dome of the Massachusetts State House? (Hint: it’s in one of my favorite movies, “The Departed.”)
These floats by the Carpenters Union Local 327 and the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) caught my eye. I also got to see the impressive 40 foot high curved Glulam arches and beams that span the entire concourse of the Back Bay Transit station between the Dartmouth and Clarendon Street entrances.
Back to business, literally and figuratively, I was ready to complete the project and make sure everyone was trained on their impressive new system.
This installation features a forklift-fed RetroC using a raised bunk deck, spilling and flattening lumber onto an auto-feeding SmartConveyor equipped with an inkjet printer and Sawyer’s display. To top it off, SpeedCatch auto-fill carts eliminate manual catching labor, efficiently organizing lumber for the left, middle, and right sides of the truss build tables.
SpeedCatch is a labor-free lumber catching and sorting system that will efficiently organize lumber for any side of the truss assembly area.
This is efficiency in motion. It doesn’t take long for the RetroC and SpeedCatch system to fill carts, completely eliminating the need for manual catching and sorting.
Regardless of the type of trusses you’re building, this system will keep your business humming, and then you’ll have time to stop and smell the roses too!
Even though my two-day vacation in Boston was unplanned, it gave me an opportunity to put life into perspective. We all work hard at our jobs, so we should make improvements where we can to increase our efficiency, and then we can celebrate once in a while too — especially if it’s a holiday weekend.
When you’re ready to see how LimTek Process Organization Technology can help maximize your truss production, please let us know!