This year’s BCMC theme is “No Slowing Down” and that sums up the activities at Spida! We’re now in full production mode with the exciting task of putting together our booth for the next Building Component Manufacturers Conference being held September 12–16 in Columbus, Ohio. As we plan, we ask ourselves: what is our most important piece of equipment to Show, what is the message we want to convey, and what do we want our customers to learn about Spida? Safety, economies of scale, production efficiencies, reductions of labor – these are ways we’re not slowing down!
Regardless of their size, Spida saws are built on certain criteria: labor savings, safety, reliability, and economics. Let’s take part of the range, for example. Our PieceMaker, Tornado, and Sprint M600 started with one thought: jobs require precision but expert staff are difficult to find. Meanwhile, builders want a quicker turn-around from order to delivery and workplace safety is a must for the fabricator. So, our solution: all three models focus on precise cutting and all offer the fabricator alternatives in size and price range, while safety remains paramount with enclosed saws and intelligent rollers.
First on the list is the PieceMaker, Spida’s “top-end” automated linear saw. It can optimize, feed, cut, print, and eject multiple timber components from stock timber lengths. And, you don’t need to take my word for it because you can believe the numbers: more than 50 PieceMakers have been sold around the world in four years, the saw is just that friendly, safe, and competitively priced!
Then comes the Tornado M500, a predominantly frame-cutting saw with the added capability of cutting webs when required. Cutting, printing, and optimizing, with an enclosed blade for safety and a three-stack high maximum means this saw has everything a truss and frame plant could need. This saw could take the place of two manual saws in a heartbeat and is economically priced.
The next saw for our Top 3 in the mix at BCMC 2022 is the Spida Sprint M600. Smaller than its big brothers, it’s designed to optimize, cut, and mark framing components. The Sprint handles raking and angle components down to 20° and marks plates on the fly, top and bottom where possible. It cuts waste into custom sizes to avoid double handling and is available in a square-cut only version.
Of course, we’d like to bring everything to the Show while presenting the most intelligent, safe, and well-rounded display for everyone to see. That’s means we’ll have machinery from cutting, pressing, and framing to machinery handling, so we have all aspects of your plant covered.
Super exciting as well is the fabulous new Wall Line that we are bringing to the Show. Capable of Raking Wall Frames as well as Common Wall Frames, you can produce all your walls on one line. Then, to finish the line, we have the Sheather with its one-touch wall sheathing, which is just too good not to come to our booth and have a look!
And, not to be forgotten, we’ll cover Truss production as well, with finishing rollers, our Universal Gantry, as well as so much more.
Make plans to come see Spida Machinery and say hi!!