A method to manufacture, on one or more production or manufacturing lines, an integrated roofing product, such as a roofing panel or roofing plank. A blank panel of engineered wood is cut or sawn into a plurality of raw planks or raw panels, each with an outer face, an inner face, a top edge, and a bottom edge. Each raw plank or panel is then processed by cutting or routing a profile into the top edge, the bottom edge, or both; affixing a gasket seal to the profile in the top edge or the bottom edge, or both; coating at least some or all of the outer face with a silicone-based or silicone-containing coating; applying a mix of granules and/or sand to the silicone-based coating while wet; and curing the coated plank or panel. A plurality of panels or planks can then be installed on a roofing structure.

Apparatus for producing wooden members for wooden trusses includes a control computer receiving a batch list, a series of infeed chutes for automatically transferring wooden members of different types to a conveyor, a scanner to detect defects, a defect saw for trimming such defects, a finger-jointer for joining wooden members end-to-end, a flying saw for cutting wood discharged from the finger-jointer, a cutting saw for cutting wooden members processed by the first flying saw into web member blanks, and a component saw for cutting angles on the ends of the web member blanks. The control computer analyzes the batch list for causing a first infeed chute to feed in wooden members of a first type sufficient to produce all web members formed from wood of the first type, and then causes a second infeed chute to feed in wooden members of a second type. A related method is also disclosed.

Apparatus for producing wooden members for wooden trusses includes a control computer receiving a batch list, a series of infeed chutes for automatically transferring wooden members of different types to a conveyor, a scanner to detect defects, a defect saw for trimming such defects, a finger-jointer for joining wooden members end-to-end, a flying saw for cutting wood discharged from the finger-jointer, a cutting saw for cutting wooden members processed by the first flying saw into web member blanks, and a component saw for cutting angles on the ends of the web member blanks. The control computer analyzes the batch list for causing a first infeed chute to feed in wooden members of a first type sufficient to produce all web members formed from wood of the first type, and then causes a second infeed chute to feed in wooden members of a second type. A related method is also disclosed.

A shingle cutting machine having a frame having an upper frame assembly and a lower frame assembly is disclosed. The upper frame assembly is pivotable relative to the lower frame assembly between a shingle loading position and a shingle cutting position. The shingle cutting machine has a receiving area defined in the lower frame assembly for receiving a shingle therein. An upper blade assembly is provided on the upper frame assembly and a lower blade assembly is provided on the lower frame assembly. The upper and lower blade assemblies are operable in the receiving area to cut a shingle in the receiving area. A collection area defined vertically below the receiving area does not extend outwardly beyond a perimeter of the lower frame assembly. Shingle tabs cut from the shingle drop directly from the receiving area and into the collection area.

A shingle cutting machine having a frame having an upper frame assembly and a lower frame assembly is disclosed. The upper frame assembly is pivotable relative to the lower frame assembly between a shingle loading position and a shingle cutting position. The shingle cutting machine has a receiving area defined in the lower frame assembly for receiving a shingle therein. An upper blade assembly is provided on the upper frame assembly and a lower blade assembly is provided on the lower frame assembly. The upper and lower blade assemblies are operable in the receiving area to cut a shingle in the receiving area. A collection area defined vertically below the receiving area does not extend outwardly beyond a perimeter of the lower frame assembly. Shingle tabs cut from the shingle drop directly from the receiving area and into the collection area.

A shingle cutting machine including a frame having an upper frame assembly and a lower frame assembly. The upper frame assembly is pivotable relative to the lower frame assembly between a shingle loading position and a shingle cutting position. The shingle cutting machine further includes a receiving area defined in the lower frame assembly for receiving a shingle therein. An upper blade assembly is provided on the upper frame assembly and a lower blade assembly is provided on the lower frame assembly. The upper and lower blade assemblies are operable in the receiving area to cut a shingle in the receiving area. A collection area defined vertically below the receiving area does not extend outwardly beyond a perimeter of the lower frame assembly. Shingle tabs cut from the shingle drop directly from the receiving area and into the collection area.

A shingle cutting machine including a frame having an upper frame assembly and a lower frame assembly. The upper frame assembly is pivotable relative to the lower frame assembly between a shingle loading position and a shingle cutting position. The shingle cutting machine further includes a receiving area defined in the lower frame assembly for receiving a shingle therein. An upper blade assembly is provided on the upper frame assembly and a lower blade assembly is provided on the lower frame assembly. The upper and lower blade assemblies are operable in the receiving area to cut a shingle in the receiving area. A collection area defined vertically below the receiving area does not extend outwardly beyond a perimeter of the lower frame assembly. Shingle tabs cut from the shingle drop directly from the receiving area and into the collection area.

Apparatus for producing wooden members for wooden trusses includes a control computer receiving a batch list, a series of infeed chutes for automatically transferring wooden members of different types to a conveyor, a scanner to detect defects, a defect saw for trimming such defects, a finger-jointer for joining wooden members end-to-end, a flying saw for cutting wood discharged from the finger jointer, a cutting saw for cutting wooden members processed by the first flying saw into web member blanks, and a component saw for cutting angles on the ends of the web member blanks. The control computer analyzes the batch list for causing a first infeed chute to feed in wooden members of a first type sufficient to produce all web members formed from wood of the first type, and then causes a second infeed chute to feed in wooden members of a second type. A related method is also disclosed.

Apparatus for producing wooden members for wooden trusses includes a control computer receiving a batch list, a series of infeed chutes for automatically transferring wooden members of different types to a conveyor, a scanner to detect defects, a defect saw for trimming such defects, a finger-jointer for joining wooden members end-to-end, a flying saw for cutting wood discharged from the finger jointer, a cutting saw for cutting wooden members processed by the first flying saw into web member blanks, and a component saw for cutting angles on the ends of the web member blanks. The control computer analyzes the batch list for causing a first infeed chute to feed in wooden members of a first type sufficient to produce all web members formed from wood of the first type, and then causes a second infeed chute to feed in wooden members of a second type. A related method is also disclosed.

An apparatus for profiling a shake, includes two opposed sets of rollers configured and arranged to support a wooden blank and to transport the wooden blank from an infeed end of the apparatus to an outfeed end of the apparatus along a transport path, the wooden blank having a pair of opposed major faces, and a pair of opposed rotatable cutting heads, configured and arranged to engage the major faces of the wooden blank as it is conveyed through a cutting region of the transport path, wherein each of the cutting heads comprises a plurality of knives having respective varied profiles such that as the wooden blank passes between the cutting heads, a selected profile is imparted to each of the major faces.