Do You Have CapEx Room for 2026?

As this year rapidly comes to a close, it’s time to prepare for 2026. In addition to our daily tasks, it’s important to step back and view the bigger picture too. My question for you today: Do you have CapEx room for 2026?

To answer my own question, I have to say: the best investment I know is purchasing the Enventek Lumber PickLine. This one upgrade for your plant provides a slam dunk ROI, or as I like to say, “An Accelerated ROI.” Many PickLine customers tend to say afterwards “it is a no-brainer, one of the best investments we should have done years earlier.”

Forget about agonizing over NPV, IRR, or cost-benefit ratios—a PickLine delivers overwhelming value with minimal risk, especially when utilizing an existing forklift path to feed an automated saw without any repositioning.

Here are some “Cheat Sheet Benefits” to help you win CapEx approval for the investment in a PickLine, as it accomplishes the following:

• Solve Legacy Sawing Issues – Fix material handling and in-feed bottlenecks (see “Optimize Your Saw with a Lumber PickLine”)
• Boost Output – Reclaim saw idle time for 10%–30% more cut pieces (see “Incremental CapEx and Accelerated ROI”)
• Slash Operating Costs – Eliminate dedicated forklift picking (see “Debunking the ‘Automation Takes Too Much Space’ Myth”)
• Optimize Labor – Cross-train float labor; WiFi tablet picking is easy (see “Passive Lean Can Tame Lumber Chaos”)
• Streamline Workflow – “Cut-by-truss” build scheme for faster assembly (see “Batch Cutting vs. Cut By Truss”)
• Improve Quality Control – Cull outside; fewer recuts and downtime (see “To Cull or Not to Cull (at the Saw)”)
• Enhance Safety – Reduce forklift traffic, especially on night shifts (see “Giant Kanban!”).

But if words aren’t enough for you, here are some photos that show how easy it can be to integrate a new PickLine into your plant. For all photos, See PDF or View in Full Issue.

There is less wear and tear on sawyers as lumber is semi-automatically fed to the saw. Shown here is a PickLine breathing new life into a decades old Servo-Omni Robotic component saw.

Automated saws are designed to setup fast and PickLine controls will stay ahead of the sawyer. Shown next is a PickLine control panel (the foot pedal lumber advance is beside the sawyer) feeding a Masik component saw.

A PickLine’s integration to an existing automated saw’s auto feed deck uses a simple light sensor to signal the PickLine to “drop a board.” No programming required. Shown here is a TCT auto feed live deck (blue).

Very rarely do we need to modify existing saws to accommodate a PickLine. Shown next is an easy lumber stop cut away on an ALS 4.0.

A PickLine adds touch controls and visuals to the sawyer on upcoming lumber, and pickers use WiFi tablets to pick lumber and control the PickLine.

When you’re ready to Feed Your Beast and see our efficient and effective systems for yourself, let us know! Inside and out, LimTek Process Organization Technology will help you squeeze out more truss production and deliver quality trusses with shorter lead times to better service your customers by organizing your truss fabrication processes to maximize your investment in automation. https://limteksolutions.com/#solutions