Guide to beamsaws | 5

Equipment: What do I need?

Air cushion table, pre-scoring machine and side aligner belong to the standard as with all providers. Moreover there is in some way or other additional features where, depending on the requirements, it's worth ticking the box when ordering the saw.

Micro infeeds are required for a reliable feed of the saw with thin and wavey panel materials through lifting tables. They are installed at the programmable stop next to the collet chucks. Also, the saw in the back machine table should be equipped with additional roll circulation in order to prevent the sagging of thing and wavey panel material.

When carrying out head cuts with workpiece packages of very large panels a rotary table in the area of the back supporting tables can be of hugh benefits, as thus can be ensured that the package, whilst correctly aligned, can be refed to the sawing process. Further aids when aligning packages, when creating stacks through panel storage or through lifting tables, are head aligners and aligning tables which get the panel material exactly into position.

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Front aligner for positioning panel packs
Micro inserts for thin plates
HOMAG, 2018