Merchant selects Striebig saw from TM Machinery

A Striebig Standard vertical panel saw has been purchased by timber and builders' merchant WG Powell for its ease of use and maintenance.

WG Powell is a small, family-owned Oxford-based business, that has built up a loyal customer base amongst local tradesmen and DIY customers.

It stocks a wide selection of soft and hardwoods, stairs, decking, doors, windows and ironmongery, has a glass department, and delivers a personal service.

A growing part of the business is a cut-to-size service for timber and sheet materials.

The Striebig will be sizing mainly MDF, timber and plywood, as well as plastics used in the glass department.

With its 80mm cutting depth, the versatile Standard TRK 6224 model sizes sheet materials from 1.5mm to 30mm thick, rips timber and sizes 40mm thick timber and laminated worktops as well as 44mm thick door blanks without any difficulty.

The robust Striebig model features a built-in strip cutting gauge that makes repeat cuts easier.

The fixed dimension setting ensures reliable operation for recurring dimensions.

The version chosen by WG Powell has a 5.3m long bed that enables two 2.5m long sheets to be put on the bed next to one another, enabling it to cut 12x6ft sheets.

Both tasks could not be done before.

When cutting jumbo sheets an arm conveniently comes out to pull the saw head in to aid sizing.

It features Striebig's TRK2 integral extraction system which has a dust limit value considerably below 2 mg/m3.

A TRK 1 extraction version is also available that operates below 1 mg/m3.

The Standard was chosen after months of careful market research by Powell's director Paul Quarterman and mill foreman Mick Aust.

It replaced an elderly German-made wall saw that was not up the job and was loosing business.

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