Metriguard Catalog

• Introduction
• Lumber grading -- MSR Brochure
• Veneer grading -- Brochure
• Tensile Proof Testing
• Hydraulic Power Options
• Force Measurement Systems
• Field & Lab Equipment
• Ink marking option
  
  

• Mobile MSR system

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Metriguard Inc
2465 NE Hopkins Court
PO Box 399 Pullman WA 99163 

PHONE - 509-332-7526 -- FAX 509-332-0485 
Emergency after-hours pager 509-332-0554

sales@metriguard.com

Last revisions to this web site -- 25 Nov 2008

Precision Testing Equipment for Wood

Number 1 in Machine Lumber Grading - Worldwide

Metriguard produces the finest line of equipment in the world for producing MSR (Machine Stress Rated Lumber), MEL (Machine Evaluated Lumber), MGP (Machine Graded Pine), MSG (Machine Stress Graded Lumber)  and E-rated lumber grades.  Metriguard's full line of MSR products include production equipment, off-line quality control equipment, mounting hardware, accessories, parts and supplies.  Check the News page to see how our customers profit from producing MSR lumber using Metriguard equipment. for the fastest MSR in the world, contact Metriguard

Features

• Fastest MSR grading at more than 3,600 ft/min speeds
  
  
• Fastest installation/calibration/certification -- up in 11 days after installaton typical
  
  
• Fastest delivery with in-stock equipment ready to go
  
  
• Fastest route to profit with MSR lumber grades for all operating speeds
  
  
• Unmatched r2 = 0.98+ with offline E
  
  
• Best in-control MSR grade recovery
  
  
• ALSC approved since 1962
  
  
• Windows graphic user interface with touch-screen controls
  
  
• Versatile data logging capabilities
  
  
• Easy convenient adjustments
  
  
• Low ownership cost
  
  
• Correct response to specific gravity, moisture content, temperature, slope-of-grain and microfibril angle in juvenile wood
  
  
• Backed by wrold-wide dedicated expert field service & FREE 24/7 phone support
  
  
• In-Control shift after shift after shift...
  
  
• World's most successful MSR lumber gradiing system
  
  
• More than 150 units delivered world-wide
  
  
• Reliable -- World-wide fleet is serviced by just FOUR service technicians
  
  
• New symmetric bar calibration system eases fleet calibration

Now producing more than 2 Billion board feet of MSR annually
Metriguard has delivered more than 150 machine stress rating systems.  In 1988 Metriguard equipment was used to produce more than 2 billion board feet of lumber in MSR, MEL, MGP, MSG and E-rated Lumber grades in North American and metric lumber sizes.

Metriguard’s testing equipment has been installed in many countries including the US, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China, Korea, Finland, Sweden, Germany and Austria.

Need more information? Find out what Metriguard MSR can do for you with Metriguard's mobile MSR system.

Metriguard's Model 7200 High Capacity Lumber Tester is the most profitable equipment you will find anywhere in  the world for grading lumber at planer-line speeds.  Off line testing equipment includes the Metriguard Model 312 Bending Proof Tester and a full range of Tension Proof Testers to meet your every need.  The versatile Model 403 Tension Proof Tester is the most popular tensile proof testing machine.

New Products at Metriguard

New for 2008, Metriguard has acquired a line of panel testing equipment from TECO and will be manufacturing and servicing this equipment under license from TECO.

 

Metriguard 830 Panel Bending Tester

Metriguard 820 Panel Performance Tester

Number 1 in Veneer Testers -- Worldwide

The Metriguard Model 2600 FX (2650) ultrasonic veneer tester is the industry standard for sorting veneer for Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL).   New models include 2650 DFX with digital processing and temperature compensation, 2700 VITKA high-speed density and moisture content, and the Model 2800 DME which enhances measurement of ultrasonic velocity with compensation for moisture content, temperature and wood density to compute Modulus of Elasticity.  

Metriguard Model 2800 DME Veneer Tester
Dry-weight basis density, Modulus of Elasticity, ultrasonic velocity
Wood temperature compensation, width, thickness (opt)

New for 2008 Model 2805 DME Veneer Tester, now faster than ever

Now with Windows ® graphical user interface, USB ports, Ethernet, Touch Screen Controls
All the capabilities of the 2800 DME at 600 ft/min production speeds.
All models delivered after 1994 can be field upgraded to full 2805 specifications.

New in 2007, the Metriguard Model 2805 DME offers even faster performance with full grading capabilities to 600 ft/minute line speeds to keep up with the fastest veneer dryer lines.   Please check the veneer tester products pages (links at the top of this page) or give us a call. 

Designed for demanding production line use,   this equipment computes modulus of elasticity from measured ultrasonic velocity and specific gravity measurements.  Includes digital data processor, ultrasonic velocity measurement, wood density (specific gravity) measurement, MC measurement and infrared temperature measurement / compensation. 

Installation in belt conveyor lines is made simple by the split-frame design that allows the top of the machine to be removed.  The lower transport mechanism is then installed under the conveyor flights and the top sensor package is then replaced.   Drive speed is automatically matched by routing the return flight of the conveyor around the large drive pulley under the machine. 

Metriguard Inc
2465 NE Hopkins Court
Pullman WA 99163
PH 509-332-7526
FX 509-332-0485
www.metriguard.com

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