Truswal Systems Corp based out of the Dallas-Ft Worth region designed and built the first Rolsplicer in the early 80's. A revolutionary piece of equipment for its time when hydraulic units were populating the industry. Early marketing efforts even included a trailer mounted, traveling demo unit. Success in sales led to Klaisler Manufacturing being commissioned by Truswal to take over production for the ever increasing demand. Klaisler assumed the rights to the machine in the early 90's. The design platform remained the same, but with several mechanical updates. Produced throughout the years until passed on to Square 1 Design & Manufacture, Inc in 2009. Again, the same basic design principles applied, yet the time had come for another "refinement". Changing times and technology have afforded us the ability to incorporate laser steel processing and a more precise weldment. Additionally, electrical and air components have been elevated to a higher standard ensuring the owners more reliability and operators greater safety. It is truly a "plug-n-play" machine offering the highest level of efficiency and the longevity you would expect from quality machinery. Continuing through with the Klaisler legacy, Square 1 Design & Manufacture proudly builds today's ORIGINAL Rolsplicer, just as we have for the last 2-1/2 decades!
The Rolsplicer Chord Splicing System produces spliced chords in seconds, reducing splicing time by up to 60%. The Rolsplicer uses a completely unique method of splicing lumber. Two sets of synchronized half rollers are driven by a chain and sprocket system. As the two sets of rollers simultaneously push and pull the wood, a tight abutment is held throughout the entire splice cycle, assuring a perfect splice.
Easy Plate Placement
Old-fashioned hydraulic splicing systems often require the wood to be held in the horizontal (4x2) plane, making bottom plate placement blind. The Rolsplicer holds the wood in the vertical (2x4) position, affording full vision, with drop-in plate placement.
When one of our staff members brought a competitors brochure to my attention I found it humorous when they claimed “Our splicer's unique roller design”. The history of the Original Rolsplicer certainly predates me and my 25+ years of manufacturing equipment for the building components industry, but continues to be one of the market leading products.
Letter to the Editor, April 2016
One of our readers submitted a bit of additional information on this article. The article correctly states how Truswal Systems Corp manufactured this revolutionary piece of the equipment in the early 1980s, but our reader has added one more detail: The rolsplicer was invented by a Canadian customer of Truswal, and Charles Gore of Truswal purchased the rights to build it.
Thank you to our author, Sean Hubbard of Square 1 Design & Manufacture, for bringing us this story, and to our reader for one more detail in the rolsplicer’s evolution from Truswal to Klaisler to Square 1.