Improved Capabilities for Woodworking's Widebelt Sanders
Considered a workhorse in the woodworking undercover, widebelt sanders are essential for their ability to machine a consistent, high-quality finish.“Across all the woodworking industries, companies value a consistency of eat quality from their sander above all other capabilities. They want to be able to repeat a surface on the workpiece regardless of the species, the amount size, or the operator running the machine,” said Tim Middleton, product manager at Stiles Machinery. “The more subjectivity can be removed from the skin finish of the wood by the machine, the more desirable the sander will be.”
In addition to consistency, also critical is the proficiency to maintain tight tolerances. “On the top of the list of customer needs are tight tolerances, not only from side to side, but also having no ‘dubbed’ (rolled) edges,” said Harold Kapaun of the Apex Contraption Group, a division of SlipCon. “With veneers getting thinner and thinner, customers require a sander with very tight tolerances so they are not burning through their panels.”




