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Lumber:
The entire top and bottom chord lumber Champion
Truss uses, is machine stress rated lumber. Each
piece of lumber is run through a machine and put
through a test of compression and tension. Then
it is rated and stamped by the machine. The quality
and accuracy of this lumber is the best. Most
of the lumber comes from northern United States
and Canada.
Equipment:
Champion Truss uses the latest in cutting and
manufacturing trusses. The saws used are computerized
and design for mass cutting. Three MiTek saws
are used. The operator does not use a measuring
tape at all. Each saw is equipped with five high-speed
blades that adjust to assigned angles to the tenth
of a degree. The lumber is fed into in saw where
five different cuts are performed including the
length with accuracy to the sixteenth of an inch.
The to saws a capable of cutting six thousand
pieces of lumber in a normal shift. The manufacturing
equipment used is extremely versatile. Champion
Truss, Inc. has twelve manufacturing stations.
Two of which includes the latest in automated
production. The MiTek roof glider is a manufacturing
machine that is designed to accurately and quickly
produce roof trusses. The set up is assisted with
a computer generated jig placement sheet. The
operator sometimes will not even know what the
truss looks like when he 's setting up.
Software:
Champion Truss, Inc. uses the latest in CAD and
engineering software. Five full time designers
will take a set of plans and create a structural
roof system. A complete roof and floor layout
showing truss profiles and exact placement, is
available. Every truss manufactured by Champion
Truss is backed up with an engineered sealed drawing.
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