2017 International Forest Industries Magazines May 2017 SHOW Special | Page 26

LUMBER PROCESSING
PLANERS – GILBERT
Gilbert moulder planer
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The Gilbert Planer-Moulder
For over 30 years, Gilbert has been the market
leader in the design and manufacturing of
planermill equipment
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rom molding applications,
to high speed mills, Gilbert
says it has the right model of
planer for every mill. With its four
planer models, Gilbert has helped
customers worldwide reduce
their mill costs by improving their
productivity, wood quality, mill
efficiency and safety.
Gilbert high-speed planer
The Gilbert high-speed planer
features eight feed rolls, a 16
in cutting circle, can fit up to 42
knives for the “nicest finish on
the market”, and will run at feed
speeds up to 4,000 ft/minute and
over 300 lugs/minute.
This model of planer is offered
to mills that want high speed
production and require the most
heavy-duty machine. Or, this model
can also be very beneficial to mills
looking at improving their lumber
finish the best way possible with
the biggest cutting circle and the
most amount of knives to have the
highest knife mark per inch.
Gilbert 6-roll planer
The Gilbert 6 Roll Planer is
designed for mid-to-high planermill
speeds and production. This model
features six feed rolls and a 14 in
cutting circle. It can fit up to 36
knives for an impeccable finish.
It runs at speeds up to 3,000 ft/
minute. Its compact design will fit
very well in an existing layout.
Gilbert S Series planer
The Gilbert S Series planer is a
smaller model designed to run at
lower speeds. It was developed for
mills that wanted Gilbert’s state-of-
the-art technology, but didn’t have
the needs for a bigger planer.
It features eight feed rolls, an 11
in cutting circle and can fit up to 26
knives. It runs at speeds from 300
up to 2,000 ft/minute.
“This model is the solution to
diversified value added products
like moulding; remanufacturing,
finger jointing, cedar, pine and
rip saw operations,” the company
said.
“The Gilbert moulder planer
is recognized for its strength,
versatility and high quality
results,” the manufacturer said.
Additional cutterhead modules
offer the “most exquisite” lumber
finish on the market. It is designed
to produce all profile and special
products, as well as high quality
construction lumber.
Gilbert offers the Moulder
opportunity to all of its models of
planer, either with the S Series, 6
Roll or High Speed planer models.
Unique to Gilbert: The pull-
through technology
The Gilbert planer pulls the wood
into the machine. It is an innovative
design compared to the push
feed technology, and has proven
its efficiency for the past two
decades and over 100 planer mill
installations.
The Gilbert Planer is completely
designed to operate with a gap.
With the Pull-Through technology,
each piece of wood is dragged
through independently from one
another, no matter the space
between each piece.
This exclusive technology
ensures high efficiency: Gilbert
guarantees 95% running uptime
and higher.
Another important advantage of
the Pull-Through technology is the
planer capacity to run all boards
– twisted, crooked and bowed do
not need to be removed. Since the
wood is not being pushed in the
machine, it doesn’t break.
With the Pull-Through
technology, a bridge is not required
between the feed table and the
planer. The purpose of a bridge is
to close the gap, but the Gilbert
runs with the gap, so there is no
need for a bridge. Therefore the
Gilbert Planer will fit in a very
compact layout, which helps in
building space savings.
Also, the planer can run without
an infeed operator: one operator at
the tilt hoist is all that is required.
The Gilbert Planer is completely
electric driven, which results in
high energy savings and less
maintenance.
Progressive cutterhead
technology
The Gilbert feed table devours lumber!
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Over the years, Gilbert has
continued to work on developing
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the best and most progressive
cutterhead technology. The Gilbert
cutterheads use a hydro-grip
system to tighten the knives,
therefore there are no bolts to
install. It allows for more knives
in the same cutting circle for nicer
finish and high quality lumber.
Gilbert has also designed
straight knife side heads. Straight
knives are more robust than LV
knives which ensures a better
finish. Gilbert flat, corrugated and
reversible knives are easy to grind
with any conventional machine.
Straight
knives allow for more
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knives in the same cutting circle for
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nicer AND finish.
TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
Gilbert has developed triple-
pattern side heads to keep heads
three times longer in the planer.
The height adjustment is automatic
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from a pattern to another. Both
these features considerably
increase operating hours.
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