What constitutes an efficient off-line material handling system and sawing operation?
Such considerations as space for the in-feed material handling system, the out-feed material handling system, and the saw itself are important items to consider. Most of these items are dependent on the size of the material to be cut, the size of the final product, and the availability of cranes and/or forklifts. 2. How much space is available for the in-feed staging area? To make a successful off-line material handling and sawing operation, one of the necessary components is a staging area to hold the material as it is being fed into the sawing machine. This allows the plant operator to load enough material on the transfer trucks to free up the crane so that it can be used for other tasks. Some systems use feed transfer trucks on both sides of the in-feed roller tables so that material is fed alternatively from either side. In this system some type of squaring pop-up roller system is required. Other systems load material from one side only. We will be specifically concentrating on the
