How can one saw so dramatically change my profitability, when I am already doing everything I can to be as efficient as possible? Let’s look at a typical small truss plant that is currently building 10 to 12 thousand board feet per shift with 16 to 18 men. This shop has a component saw cutting cords and a linear saw cutting webs. There is also a pull saw cutting any odd pieces. Somehow the saws never seem to keep up, either the builders slow down to meet the pace at the saws or you find yourself running a night shift on the saw line just to keep up. Lots of manpower is being spent on sorting pieces for the build table and there are constant interruptions at the table because of missing pieces or just poor piece marking. Coupled with that, your scrap level is running in the 5 to 6 percent range. What could be worse? You also have a big national company in your market that is pretty much dictating what you can sell your trusses for. What can I do? Truss manufacturing is a fairly simple operation. We are assembling wood members with steel plates. We are assuming that you have negotiated the best plate price possible, so there is not much there to talk about. You are also getting the best price on lumber, but how much are you throwing away. The XL-Saw with its advanced optimization can consistently run at scrap levels below 2%. This alone could be saving you $500 to $1000 per week. The next obvious savings is labor. How many board feet per man hour are you getting out of your saw operation today? Chances are it may be as low as 3 to 4 hundred board feet per man hour. The XL-Saw can easily push that number up to 1500 board feet per man our. That is an amazing 75% reduction in saw labor or about $400 per shift. The added benefit is that the XL-Saw is cutting “truss by truss”, saving any need to spend even more time sorting pieces prior to assembly. This has proven to improve table productivity by 25 to 35 percent. That is another $300 per shift. So what does this all mean? It means that you have lowered your costs across your whole shop. The final analysis comes in at around a cost savings of 8 cents per board foot, and where you were barely breaking even selling trusses at 80 cents, you are now showing a profit. Having Trouble Playing Video? CLICK HERE

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