MAXI MILL® OVERHEAD CARRIAGE SYSTEMS
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Mill® Sawing Systems utilize an overhead
carriage that clamps logs on the ends. End dogging gives the
overhead carriage the unique ability to clamp a log after it is fully
scanned and optimally positioned for processing. |
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Maxi
Mill® carriages run on heavy duty precision machined vee and
flat rails with hardened alloy steel wheels mounted utilizing Timken
tapered roller bearings. Carriage movement is achieved by an
electric regenerative DC carriage drive featuring all solid state
controls. A special low inertia electric motor is paired with low
inertia, high ratio, planetary reduction gears to provide precise
carriage control, high performance, and reliability. |
| Maxi Mill®
offers systems with, or without, on-carriage 90 degree log rotation.
Non-turning carriages are available for smaller logs that require higher
processing rates of six to eight logs per minute. Non-turning systems feature
pivoting end-dogs for quick reciprocation and positive log discharging. |
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Maxi Mill® systems featuring on-carriage 90 degree log turning are
available for processing larger logs at rates of four to six passes per
minute. Turning Maxi Mill® systems utilize Temposonics® controlled
hydraulic cylinders at both ends of the log to assure smooth, accurate, variable speed, log
rotation across a large range of log sizes. Each turning dog is equipped
with a tapered pin to assure a positive lock at precisely 0 and 90 degrees. |