Layup Lines & Equipment
In addition to press lines, SparTek Industries designs and manufactures a wide variety of equipment to move veneer, plywood panels, and a variety of other materials from simple transfer applications to complete panel assembly, saw, and glue applications. We build complete panel assembly lines for the leading high-volume panel producers in North America.
Our layup line systems are configured from a range of individual machines including:
Material handling equipment
- Roller chain conveyors for high efficiency movement of loads
- Roll case conveyors for careful handling of sensitive materials
- X-Lifts with extreme high cycle ratings with high capacity lifting
- Curved conveyors to pass material around corners
- Vacuum veneer feeders for automated panel assembly systems
- Tilting rollcases for assisted core feeding onto run down belts
- Belt conveyors for careful handling of fragile materials
Specialized sawing equipment
- Double ended trimming of veneer stacks
- Splitting stacks of sheets into core sized stacks
- Band saws for trimming the ragged edge of a stack
- Flying saws for separating panels on a layup line
- Fishtail saws for preparing stacks for core
- Panel and veneer feeders
- High-speed panel stackers and feeders
Glue application equipment
- Spray glue booths
- Glue heating, pumping, and filtration systems
- Liquid extruded glue applicators
- Foamed glue applicators
- Precision glue metering equipment
- Two-part glue metering and mixing systems