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Gilbert: High productivity no matter the conditions! For over 35 years, Gilbert Products has been the market in leader in the design and manufacturing of sawmilling, construction and forestry equipment as well as snow groomers. Totally oriented towards innovation, quality and production, Gilbert offers highly profitable methods and technological equipment surpassing the industry standards.
20 International Forest Industries | FEBRUARY / MARCH 2022
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nce again, Gilbert has pushed the limits of its Planer Equipment. New options have been designed, installed and proven, to adapt to the specific requirements of its Planermill customers. There are more and more customers that receive their wood supply from different sawmills. The products can be very different from day to day. The Gilbert planer has proven to be significantly high performing when planning boards with large thickness variation. It will handle thick and thin boards as
well as boards with a total different quality of fiber. Flexibility and the capacity to easily adapt to new products becomes essential. For this reason, Gilbert developed the GRIP system: Gilbert Roll Intelligent Positioning. (Grip system installed on a Gilbert 6 Roll Planer.) This system can be offered with each model of Gilbert’s line of planers. It is controlled with the Gilbert Automatic Positioning System. This system moves the top rolls to a certain position and holds contact on the board. It keeps a well sustaining sufficient force without damaging the lumber. It optimizes the feeding of the boards that are too thick, too thin and too fragile. All can be fed keeping
