Industry

Black Bros. Co. provides equipment to major manufacturers of commercial, military and business aircraft, helicopters, aircraft engines, missiles, spacecraft, materials, related components, etc. Our equipment is used to laminate aluminum alloy flooring sections, panels and cabinetry in commercial aircraft.

Black Bros. Co. provides a wide variety of automotive services. From gaskets to auto interiors, we have the quality service and expertise to exceed all of your needs. Specific examples include the application of release agents on cylinder head gaskets, lamination and coating of truck flooring, application of sealants on tire carcass in a tire re-capping operation and lamination of foam and fabric for headliners.

Our coil coating machinery can be found in the production of noise reducing steel body panels and in general preparation of steel for painting.

Black Bros. Co. has the accurate equipment to manufacture the products that supply builders, remodelers, owners, developers and suppliers to the single family and multi-family residential construction industry.

Wood and Engineered wood product manufacturers have been a significant market segment for BBCO since we entered the machinery market in 1928. You will find Black Bros. Adhesive Spreader in plywood plants, countertop and worktop manufacturing facilities, cabinet and RTA furniture operations. More recently our Air Pod Presses have become the laminator of choice for the structural insulated panel SIP industry. But, our impact in the Building Product Industry doesn't stop there. Ceiling tiles, carpet, roofing, flooring, insulation and even electrical product producers use BBCO machines to create their products.

Black Bros. Co.'s new lines of heavy duty Coil Coating machines are state of the art development in the steel and other primary metal processing industries. Operations possible on our horizontal, S-Wrap or Vertical Designs include chromatin, phosating, oiling, painting or laminating.

Incredible volumes of hollow cork doors are produced each day around the world using a Black Bros. Co. adhesive spreader and one or more air pod presses. The loose lay-up method can be performed by (2) crews off one spreader feeding up to 10 or 12 Air Pod Presses. Black Bros. can also help you improve your lamination of solid cork doors. Regardless of size or laminated construction, call BBCO for your equipment needs in the residential or commercial door industry.

Looking for help on garage or warehouse doors; consider high thorough PUT, PUR adhesive, using a Black Bros. 775 Hot Melt Spreader.

Eps, open or closed cell foams can be coated and or laminated using BBCO spreaders, coaters and rotary pneumatic presses. It is likely we have created a solution in the past to address your needs.

Black Bros. provides a wide range of machines that cater to the Mattress industry. From glue spreaders to roll coaters, BBCO has the machine that will enhance your production in the mattress industry.

Space Age foam mattresses and pillows require special handling and adhesive to achieve the performance standards of the consumer and provide a long useful life. BBCO spreaders can handle the most difficult adhesives and the most awkward foam blocks.

 Black Bros. Co. serves the fast growing Metal Stamping industry. Metal Stamping is a cost effective process because it's able to produce material intensive parts at production rates that are much greater than possible using other traditional methods.  Black Bros. roll coaters are used to apply a broad range of lubricants, oils, and drawing compounds to metal before stamping or forming, Typical manufactured parts utilizing Black Bros. coaters include automotive parts and gaskets, barrel and pail, metal office furniture, aerospace and many others. With machines ranging from 20" to 175" wide located around the world, you will know you are working with the latest technology, experienced technicians and can expect outstanding service and performance.  

Black Bros. Co. provides panel processing equipment for the commercial, residential and ready-to-assemble furniture manufacturing industries.

Commercial industries manufacture furniture for use by the institutional, educational and governmental sectors -- primarily reserved for business enterprises.

The residential industry manufactures of all kinds and types of chairs, tables, cabinets, desks, sofas, bedsteads, chests and mirror frames, suitable for a private dwelling.

Ready-to-assemble industry serves the commercial and residential industries with knocked-down furniture components, assembled on site.

Regardless whether your laminate is high end veneer, HPL, PVC or low grade paper, we have the laminating system to improve your quality and production rates.

Also consider our new line of 3D Laminating Presses:

3D Thermoformer Vacuum Press

3D Thermolaminator Veneer Press

3D SmartPin Thermolaminator Membrane Press

Black Bros. Co. provides a wide range of industries and services to meet your customized specifications. Black Bros. experience with the metered application of fluid coatings and adhesive to substrates is unsurpassed. Our experienced Sales Associates and innovative engineers will develop a solution to your coating, laminating and assembly challenges.

Volume and flexibility is key to success for made to order panel laminators. Our line of spreaders and laminators, along with our custom engineered handling equipment, can shorten your lead times, improve quality and insure your commercial customers satisfaction.

Many blown and extruded plastic films require coating before further processing or to achieve important performance characteristics. BBCO has built coaters for this industry up to 174" wide and at speeds over 500 ft./minute.

This FRP/Foam/Metal/Luan construction of RV's, campers and other recreational units is done very efficiently with a roll coater and an RPP. Large panel sizes are no problem and high productivity can be expected.

Large foam panels used in the structural insulated panel industry hold special challenges for manufacturers. A BBCO spreader tackles that problem with ease driving the EPS foam cork through the rolls while accurately applying adhesive to one or both sides. After assembling the OSB skin to the cork, a stack of structural SIP panels are placed in the Air Pod Press where the critical structural bond can occur. BBCO regularly constructs 8' x 24' systems, but has several 12' x 50' systems in service around the world.

Black Bros. Co. serves the store fixtures, displays and graphics industry that includes companies directly involved in the manufacture of any product used to hold or present a product or service in a retail environment. These companies manufacture wood, metal, glass, marble, and acrylic fixtures for custom, semi-custom, and stock orders. Contact Black Bros. at 815-539-7451 for details.

Typically store fixture shops require small batch size of various colors and cut sizes of laminated panels. Many shops can enjoy this necessary flexibility with a 775 adhesive spreader and a panel express heat assisted roll laminator. This system is a very effective and quick method of laminating particle board of MDF with HPL or other sheet overlays. Panels can be further processed by saws, routers or point-to-point machines within 10 minutes of lamination.

Also consider our new line of 3D Laminating Presses:

3D Thermoformer Vacuum Press

3D Thermolaminator Veneer Press

3D SmartPin Thermolaminator Membrane Press

Black Bros. Co. provides durable, high quality equipment that caters to the Work Top/Counter Top Industry. Counter Top/ Work Top's have long enjoyed benefits of Black Bros. Machinery. Machinery Systems can be selected from the BBCO line, based on construction size or production volumes required by the manufacturers. All counter tops and work tops include reliable Black Bros. Adhesive Spreader, but various operations may select from rotary laminator or platen pressing.

Also consider our new line of 3D Laminating Presses:

3D Thermoformer Vacuum Press

3D Thermolaminator Veneer Press

3D SmartPin Thermolaminator Membrane Press