Assets from Hamilton Scientific's Round Rock, TX facility - saws, machining centers, routers, edgebanders, sanders, inserters, coaters and other wood manufacturing equipment - will be auctioned May 6, 2015. The plant, a high tech showcase opened in 2012, closed suddenly in March, with 67 layoffs, due to "unforeseen circumstances," according to a company spokesperson.
Among equipment being auctioned:
Panel Saws Schelling FH4, CNC Front Loading Panel Saw (2010); Schelling FL 430 Panel Saw (2000); Schelling Optimat HPP 250/32/32 Panel Saw (2005); Altendorf F90 Sliding Table Saw
Machining Centers & Routers two Weeke Venture 5M CNC Processing Centers (2007); Weeke Optimat BHX 500 Series CNC Gantry Processing Center (2007); Biesse Rover B- 7 CNC Router (2006)
Edgebanders Cehisa System 5 Automatic Edgebander, 55-10mm Cap. (2007); Homag Optimat KL 78/A20/S2 Edgebander; Ligmatech ZHR 01Return / Conveyer System; two Homag / Optimat KAL-700 Edgebander (2008); Brandt ProfiLine KDF 980 Edgebander (2007); Ligmatech ZHR 15 Return / Conveying System (2001)
Sanders three Heesemann MFA8 Wide Belt Sander (2009) Butfering SCO 213 Diamond, 53” Twin Head, Wide-belt Sander (2005).
Learn more about the Hamilton Scientific woodworking plant auction here.
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