MERCERSBURG, PA— The Mellott Tie/Timber Let-Down Sorting System recently installed at J.M. Wood Products, Allensville, PA was custom designed to fit the customer’s space requirements, according to Stacy Mellott of Mellott Manufacturing, located here. The material exits the Mellott drop saw trimmer where boards and cants are automatically separated using live air operated belted tipples. The boards automatically go to the lower level and feed onto a curved conveyor and then continue onto an unscrambler and grading system. Cants and ties are raised to an upper level transfer system that feed onto forks with skate wheels that can release the ties onto three different sorting levels.
The Mellott Tie/Timber Let-Down Sorting System raises with a RC160 chain loop on a vertical column by a 4” bore cushioned hydraulic cylinder. Also, the lift tube houses a RC60 in a “Z” pattern for fork leveling.
This system consists of three levels of storage with 4” heavy duty gravity skate wheel conveyors. It features an automatic control system with limit switches and a PLC control system with programing to allow the trimmer operator to determine appropriate sorting level. For more information, you can go to www.mellott mfg.com.
