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February 2022 #14271 Page #54
Threading the Needle with a High Rise Lumber PickLine
Edmond Lim, P.Eng. LimTek Solutions Inc.
ebruary means different things to different people – Valentine’s Day, the Super Bowl, Family Day (in Canada) – but to me, February is also the anniversary of my most complicated and challenging installation. What’s more, the installation was completed in the middle of the pandemic and a Polar Vortex to boot!
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In February 2021, my team showed that sub-zero temps and some snow aren’t enough to stop us from feeding the beast! We’re always ready to tackle a challenger tougher than Mother Nature – the challenge of limited space. Many truss plants are producing trusses within buildings with loading dock “constraints.” In most cases, the loading dock is the ideal location for an automated saw, however, there is no practical way to get lumber up to the loading dock. This job uses a “High Rise” Lumber PickLine plus a unique RetroC saw install.
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