One-Operator Coating Lines: The Combined Coat-and-Cure Advantage
Feed unfinished timber in one end, stack dry, primed boards at the other — with just one person running the entire line.
Why Combined Lines Make Sense
In traditional timber finishing, coating and drying are separate operations — often in different parts of the factory, handled by different people, with work-in-progress stacking up between them. A combined coating and drying line eliminates this by making finishing a single, continuous operation.
The operator feeds unfinished boards at one end. The vacuum coater applies primer to all four sides. The infrared drying tunnel cures the coating. Dry, primed boards emerge at the other end, ready for immediate stacking and dispatch. One person, one continuous flow, no intermediate handling.
Combined Line Benefits
Single Operator
One person manages the entire coating process — feeding, monitoring, and stacking. No team coordination required.
Compact Footprint
The combined line runs inline, taking significantly less floor space than separate coating and drying stations with rack storage between them.
Continuous Flow
No work-in-progress buffers, no spacer laths, no overnight drying. Boards flow from coating to drying to stacking in a single uninterrupted process.
Production Performance
For the complete finishing process
Typical single-shift throughput
Total process time per board
VC6 + DS6 Combined Coating Line
The Palmer Primer combined line pairs the VC6 vacuum coater with the DS6 infrared drying tunnel in a single inline configuration. Quick-change templates on the coater and variable speed/power on the dryer accommodate a wide range of profiles and coating types.
The line is designed for timber processors who want to bring finishing in-house without committing a large team or floor area to the task.
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