L&B bandmill upgrades
Major improvement, low cost and impact BANDMILL GUIDE SYSTEM UPGRADES INCREASE SPEED, BOOST PRODUCTION A stud mill cutting Douglas Fir and Hemlock in the Pacific Northwest recently upgraded its 1973 L&B bandmill with the latest in automatic saw guide systems. This upgrade occurred in conjunction with some significant custom work to relocate the bandmill motors out of the tightly confined space below the bandmill, to a more open area that could accommodate larger motors.
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It was a major upgrade, and the mill took advantage of the downtime to do an upper sawguide conversion to further maximize guide precision and accuracy.
