Wendy Boyd

Innovation, Pride, Passion, Professionalism

Wendy Boyd

Generally speaking, I write most of the editorials for Component Advertiser – but when I was speaking to Tony McCoy, our Sales Manager from Texas and South Central, he asked if he could write an article from the heart, and I just couldn’t resist publishing his thoughts. Tony has been...

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December 2022
Issue #14281
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Edmond Lim, P.Eng.

In-Line Truss Production Starts With Lumber Picking

Edmond Lim, P.Eng.

This month, we get a sneak peek at a greenfield truss plant that drank from the same punch bowl as some established truss plants to Feed the Beast! Previous articles have highlighted existing truss plants that have literally banked on Enventek’s proven in-line lean manufacturing system to...

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December 2022
Issue #14281
Page 54
Joe Kannapell, PE

The Last Word: The Last Word on Automated Material Handling

Joe Kannapell, PE

With automated saws and auto-jigging tables, what remains is automated material handling, and that’s what we find at Builders FirstSource’s (BFS) Austin plant. House of Design’s (HoD) robotic roof line there extends the floor truss pre-plating methodology found at their Atlanta...

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December 2022
Issue #14281
Page 144
Wendy Boyd

Reap the Rewards and Labor Savings From Wall Lines

Wendy Boyd

From the BCMC 2022 event, in which we displayed our Framing Line and several other pieces of machinery, it became apparent that our customers are hunting for ways to save labor and costs – which includes producing wall frames for their markets. We were overwhelmed in the Spida booth with...

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November 2022
Issue #14280
Page 19
Edmond Lim, P.Eng.

A Weekend Install and a Packers Home Game

Edmond Lim, P.Eng.

The majority of our machinery installs are requested to be done over a weekend, usually starting on Friday. A weekend install requires key personnel to give up their weekend in order to minimize production interruption. The weekend of September 30, 2022 in Green Bay, WI was a particularly...

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November 2022
Issue #14280
Page 52
Rob Bellian

How Important is Optimization

Rob Bellian

Today, linear saw technology provides unmatched efficiency with profound differences to productivity, service, and reliability. An automated linear saw can also reduce the lumber cut waste by batching and combining different cuts of various pieces known as lumber optimization. So what is the one...

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November 2022
Issue #14280
Page 60
Joe Kannapell, PE

The Last Word: The Last Word on Pre-Plating

Joe Kannapell, PE

Just as Trussmatic brought back hydraulic plate pressing, House of Design has resurrected pre-plating. Both practices proved themselves in the early days of our industry, but both required disciplined shop floor management, and each had limitations. [For all images, See PDF or View in Full...

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November 2022
Issue #14280
Page 132
Wendy Boyd

BCMC 2022—What an Awesome Event

Wendy Boyd

Throwing a show together is no easy feat—organization on this scale doesn’t just happen, rather it takes months and months of planning to have it evolve from planning to a show. Spida is grateful to SBCA for the outstanding event that was BCMC 2022. What a throwback to BCMCs of...

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October 2022
Issue #14279
Page 19
Edmond Lim, P.Eng.

The Most Automated, Most Toured Truss Plant

Edmond Lim, P.Eng.

In my humble opinion, since 2014, United Truss of Innisfil, Ontario, Canada has unofficially held the titles of “The most automated truss plant” in North America and “The most visited truss plant in North America.” United Truss was the un-named but featured truss plant in...

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October 2022
Issue #14279
Page 50
Rob Bellian

A Model of a Show at BCMC

Rob Bellian

By all accounts, it was a bumper year for BCMC 2022, and we were glad to see the significant increase in interest from not only attendees but also exhibitors across the industry. We appreciated the number of enquiries we had on our Direct Delivery Solution and there was significant interest...

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October 2022
Issue #14279
Page 60
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