Stud Machine

This heavy-duty roll former produces framing members for everything from a house to a hotel, safely, rapidly and to exact specifications.

Full automation permits operation without special skills. Our training will bring operators up to speed in mere days. Built-in safeguards protect operators.

Raw materials go in one end, finished products come out the other. It takes just 90 minutes to produce basic framing members for a 2,000 square foot home.

Adapts quickly to changing requirements for web widths, leg heights and material gauges. Designed for easy maintenance, setup and changeovers.


Productivity and long life

• Makes up to 190 different parts.
• Makes the patented Strong Stud, Strong Track and Strong Truss.
• Daily maintenance takes just 10-15 minutes a day.
• Durable construction works day in and day out for decades.
• On-board printer labels all individual parts for identification and to match piece marks on the structural drawings
• Knock-out punch lays out the spacing of framing members to further aid in speed of construction.
• Tension decoiler/recoiler preserves unused material, eliminates waste.

Specifications

• 5 stand Roll former desinged with 3" (73 mm) spindles
• On-the-fly hydraulic shear
• Capable of speeds up to 160 feet per minute (48.768 m/min)
• Material thicknesses range from 20 gauge to 12 gauge (0.9 mm - 2.87 mm)
• Produces parts from 3-5/8" (7.62 cm) to 14" (35.56 cm) stud and track
• Fully programmable
• Self-calibrating closed-loop measuring system for high-tolerance accuracy
• Requires 480 volt, 200 amp, 3-phase power

Output

• 3-5/8" (7.62 cm) stud and track
• 6" (15.24 cm) stud and track
• 8" (20.32 cm) stud and track
• 10" (25.4 cm) stud and track
• 12" (30.48 cm) stud and track
• 14" (35.56 cm) stud and track

Each framing member has flange widths from 1-5/8", 2", 2-1/2" and 3" (2.54 cm, 5.1 cm, 5.08 cm and 7.62 cm)

Shear

• Cuts correct lengths to high tolerances
• On-the-fly cuts at speeds up to 160 fpm (48.67 mpm)
• Shears thicknesses from 20 gauge to 12 gauge (0.9 mm - 2.87 mm)
• Computer control eliminates human error
• Will cut parts as small as 2 feet