SCM Nova S 520 - Xylent 20" Planer

• Freight included in price*
• Estimated to ship May 2025

The Nova S520 X is a heavy-duty, 20” planer designed to meet the needs of the most demanding environments. It features a monoblock base, a work table with support rollers, and a breakthrough XYLENT spiral cutterhead technology. This technology gives an exacting finish while reducing ambient noise decibel output significantly.

Monoblock technology is used in the design and fabrication of this base. The solid, welded base undergoes a treatment called normalization, which stabilizes the metal and assures exact tolerances. All machine mechanisms are mounted, aligned, and referenced to the base. This design is vastly superior to frames that are bolted together and have no true reference point.

All SCM planers use four jack screws with acme style threads and dust covers for maximum table support. In addition to providing a stable lifting system that eliminates sniping, the acme threads greatly increase the longevity of what is normally the most common wear item on planers. Through a patented design, there is a special bushing between the drive chain, and sprocket which doesn’t allow any pressure from the chain to reach the jack screw, thus pushing the machine’s longevity to the extreme.

Used when planing raw, uneven lumber, the support rollers allow irregular material to be planed that would not feed on a standard table. When the material has been planed flat on one side, the rollers can be lowered to allow a clean pass on the other side.

The Nova S 520 comes with a XYLENT cutterblock featuring 3 spiral rows of cutterheads. The XYLENT cutterhead is the quietest and most durable knife option, making it suitable for heavier cuts. It also improves dust extraction since it produces very small chips. With each cutterhead, you will also receive 1 dynamometric key for the correct and safe use of the locking mechanism (think of a mini torque wrench), as well as two inserts for the dynamometric key.