Driving Modeling and Marking Advancements with EstiFrame Coby Gifford Although EstiFrame Technologies is mostly known for our EasyFrame Automated Marking System, we have provided estimating and framing design services since we were founded in 2017. We can handle anything from commercial buildings to multi-family housing and have done thousands of single-family... Read More November 2021 Issue #13268 Page 79
The Last Word: Witnessing Integration at BCMC Joe Kannapell At each BCMC, we’re able to see the evolution of our industry in real time. Right now, we’re seeing how to integrate machines that used to operate independently. These machines, the saws and the tables, have had sixty years of improvements, and a billion dollars of CM investments.... Read More November 2021 Issue #13268 Page 134
Sixty Years of Machines, Part XXIII: Linear Saw Wave Joe Kannapell As the new Millennium dawned, it still hadn’t dawned on CMs that a linear saw was a sure bet. Jim Urmson was getting great results with his rough prototype, but he didn’t know whether other truss shops would. Fortunately, Jim’s plate salesman, Sid Gwyn, was so confident in... Read More October 2021 Issue #13267 Page 10
Beyond Products, It’s People Who Make the Difference Tracy Roe At Eagle Metal, our TrueBuild® software gives you an advantage in efficiency. Our software gives our customers the flexibility they need to build more. We offer fabricators the options they need to make operating their facility as simple or as complex as they want it to be. From design to... Read More October 2021 Issue #13267 Page 50
MiTek Measures Seismic Forces to Develop Stronger, Safer Products Katie Kormann MiTek, a building industry innovator and enabler, continues to uncover ways to improve efficiencies and transform the building industry with better building solutions. In its latest endeavor, MiTek has designed and built a custom piece of equipment to perform lateral-load testing on walls that... Read More October 2021 Issue #13267 Page 56
Triad Machines Introduces: ProFusion Sheathing Bridge with Autonomous Operation! TRIAD / Merrick Machine Company Team For over 60 continuous years, Triad has helped builders produce hundreds of thousands of homes and multi-family dwellings on our cutting-edge machinery, making the American Dream a little more affordable for thousands of families. Once again, Triad is proving that we are not only pioneers but... Read More October 2021 Issue #13267 Page 62
Strengthen and Rebuild with Vekta Ed Serrano For Vekta USA, for our customers, suppliers, and the whole world, 2020 was a challenging year! For us, our strength as a global team was tested as we worked all hours to stay connected and support our US customers. In 2021, the pandemic is still causing chaos, with lumber shortages, supply chain... Read More October 2021 Issue #13267 Page 66
Business is Sweeter with Partnerships Chris Scott I recently had a chance to visit Weinmann and Hundegger in Germany. Having partnerships that we can talk about and advertise is great, but having partnerships where we take steps to learn each other’s products, procedures, and people is what allows us to grow into a stronger machine vendor... Read More October 2021 Issue #13267 Page 71
Panels Plus is Headed to BCMC Tim Kaasa Our team is looking forward to attending BCMC next week! We will be debuting our new Platinum Series Automated Sheathing Bridge as well as showcasing a few other products at our booth #1233. We also will have our Wide Plate Framing Station located in MiTek’s booth #1201 for... Read More October 2021 Issue #13267 Page 77
Taking It to the Next Level: Hundegger + Simpson Strong-Tie Steve Shrader Have you heard the news? On September 10, Simpson Strong-Tie announced the formation of our new partnership. Officially, Simpson Strong-Tie has begun “a direct investment into the North America Hundegger equipment sales and service representative partner, Hundegger USA, LC.” So,... Read More October 2021 Issue #13267 Page 79