The Tri-Axis Truss Press
Clark Industries, Inc.’s Tri-Axis Press is a single pass hydraulic pressing system. No secondary operation is required for either roof or floor truss assembly, eliminating the need for additional equipment and optimizing valuable floor space.
A Continuous or Walk-Through table design is available for our standard gantry widths or for your custom needs. The walk-through design makes all areas of the table readily accessible for truss set up and handling. Either table design is available in lengths to meet your requirements. Jigging features, complete with bars and stops, that allow quick and efficient placement of truss members, can be ordered as an integral part of either table design.
Maximize your floor space with more than one machine per table.
The working surface of our tables is a durable, low maintenance, three ply system of steel, plywood, and HDPE plastic.
The Tri-Axis Press is a safe operating system that consistently produces high quality trusses. Its design and efficiency are ideal for manufacturers producing a high percentage of large commercial and agricultural trusses. Its single pass feature optimizes your production.
• 100% nail plate embedment on the assembly table
• Single or dual hydraulic pressing cylinder capability
• Pressing cylinders of 7” diameter with 50 ton pressing capability or 8” diameter with 63 ton pressing capability
• A high/low hydraulic system providing low pressure for standard truss plates and high pressure for difficult or larger plates
• Presses 2x or 4x trusses without any adjustments
• Pressure evenly applied via a 16” x 20” platen (pressing surface) eliminating the ‘banana’ effect sometimes caused by rollers
• Vertical pressing assuring true alignment of the truss plate and wooden truss members, no lateral forces such as those associated with roller gantries
• Standard gantry throat widths from 12 to 16 feet
• The ability to store tools, materials and supplies on the working surface without impeding press operation
• Easily expandable with additional tables
• Operate more than one gantry on one table system
• Hydraulically Positioned Pressing Cylinder
• Hydraulic All-Wheel Direct Drive System
• A patented joystick single point control to allow fast, efficient, movement of the pressing cylinder to any point on the table
• Positive safety stops
• Ease of maintenance
SIZE: The Tri-Axis Press is available in standard table widths of 12, 14, 15 and 16 feet. We will build custom widths to fit your needs.
SPACE REQUIREMENTS: Minimum ceiling height = 10 feet. Minimum width = assembly surface plus 4 feet. Min/Max length = your custom assembly length in 4 foot increments.
DIMENSIONS: Overall dimensions of the traveling gantry are: Length = 17 feet 9 inches (for standard 14 feet throat). Width = 6 feet 9 inches. Height = 8 feet.
ELECTRIC: Hydraulic pump motor: 20 hp, 60Hz, 3 ph, wired for 208, 220 or 480 VAC.
SAFETY: Safety bars run full length of the gantry and operator’s platform. Contact with a Safety Bar disengages all power. The valve package ram settings allow all hydraulic motors to be started and stopped in smooth, safe, controlled, manner.
PERFORMANCE: Gantry travel: up to 3.6 feet per second. Cylinder (transverse) travel: 3 feet per second. Hydraulic cylinder cycle time: 3 seconds.
JOYSTICK: Patented JOYSTICK allows the operator to be in full view and full control of all functions from one central location.