https://www.pendu.com/case-studies Read how Pendu has helped pallet mills, sawmills, material handling operations, and custom fabrication customers solve difficult production challenges. en Wed, 02 Sep 2026 19:59:00 GMT 2026-09-02T19:59:00Z en https://www.pendu.com/case-studies/custom-material-handling-system-for-steel-trusses <div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://www.pendu.com/case-studies/custom-material-handling-system-for-steel-trusses" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://www.pendu.com/hubfs/truss-img.webp" alt="overtop view of truss automation system" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <h2>How DL Truss Modernized Truss Stacking with a Custom Hydraulic Solution from Pendu</h2> <p>When a production system has run for over a decade, the problems don't show up all at once. They pile up. The workarounds turn into habit until fixing them costs less than living with them.</p> <p>For DL Truss, that moment came when their chain-driven truss stacker reached the end of its useful life. After 12 years, the system had become a source of recurring downtime and a hard ceiling on the truss lengths they could process. DL Truss knew they needed a replacement. What they got was more than a replacement.</p> <div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://www.pendu.com/case-studies/custom-material-handling-system-for-steel-trusses" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://www.pendu.com/hubfs/truss-img.webp" alt="overtop view of truss automation system" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <h2>How DL Truss Modernized Truss Stacking with a Custom Hydraulic Solution from Pendu</h2> <p>When a production system has run for over a decade, the problems don't show up all at once. They pile up. The workarounds turn into habit until fixing them costs less than living with them.</p> <p>For DL Truss, that moment came when their chain-driven truss stacker reached the end of its useful life. After 12 years, the system had become a source of recurring downtime and a hard ceiling on the truss lengths they could process. DL Truss knew they needed a replacement. What they got was more than a replacement.</p> <img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=51257063&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pendu.com%2Fcase-studies%2Fcustom-material-handling-system-for-steel-trusses&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.pendu.com%252Fcase-studies&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "> Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:57:09 GMT dev-team@ciscoco.com (Dev Team) https://www.pendu.com/case-studies/custom-material-handling-system-for-steel-trusses 2026-08-04T19:57:09Z