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Roseburg Steps Up For Oregon Private Lands
MT. HOOD FOREST PRODUCTS
Taking Care Of Business On The Back End
NORTH IDAHO ENERGY LOGS
Fire Logs, Pellets Markets Are Burning Up
CANTER & PROFILERS Getting The Most Out Of Your Cants
MACHINERY ROW
Biewer Lumber-Winona From The Air
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COVER: Mt. Hood Forest Products puts in a new planer mill at its Douglas fir sawmill in Hood River, Ore. Story begins on PAGE 10. (Dan Shell photo)
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THEISSUES
Rich Donnell Editor-In-Chief
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he story in this issue on North Idaho Energy Logs, written by David Abbott, caught my attention at the mention of Pres-to-logs. Much of the Idaho company’s success in wood energy markets is because of its energy logs or fire logs composed of shavings and sawdust, and as the article notes they’re made with the original machines from the 1930s. The article also says the Pres-to-logs trade name is now owed by another company, which is why the Idaho operation calls them North Idaho Energy Logs. I recalled that Pres-to-logs was a depression-era Potlatch product manufactured at its sawmill operation in Lewiston, Idaho. That’s about all I knew, but upon further research… The man shown here in the photo, a chief engineer for Potlatch Forests named Bob Bowling, invented Pres-to-logs and the machine with which to make them. This was in 1929. His process revolutionized the wood briquetting industry, relying on high pressures to make the briquette self-binding. The essential parts of the machine that were constantly enhanced over the next few years included the pressing screw, tip forming head, die wheel indexing mechanicsm, and the yielding control pressure mechanism. Bowling’s first machine, which made 8.5 in. briquettes, cranked up during the 1930-1931 fuel season, until it was rebuilt with the disc to watercool the logs. Potlatch then built two larger machines to make a longer briquette. The original short machine was overhauled and made into two separate machines so that by August 1932 Potlatch was running four machines and its Pres-to-logs business caught fire, so to speak. It got so hot in fact that Potlatch contracted Willamette Hyster Co. to build a fifth machine, which started up in early 1933. The sales growth of Pres-to-logs, which were actually sold by the Potlatch Forests Fuel Department and transported by raiload, was so strong that it prompted Potlatch to start a business in 1933 called Wood Briquettes, Inc. for the purpose of leasing Pres-to-logs machines to other companies, including to Oregon Lumber in Baker, Ore., Weyerhaeuser Timber Co., Rogue River Box Co., Shea Manufacturing in Los Angeles, Setzer Box Co. in Sacramento, Pacific Lumber in Scotia. Wood Briquettes, Inc. found some interesting applications as it marketed its Pres-to-logs product, such as for fuel in the dining car ranges of all of the Union Pacific trains, in rolling field kitchens of the U.S. Army, as galley fuel on intercoastal vessels, as fuel in CCC camps. Roy Huffman, general manager of Wood Briquettes, Inc., wrote in the Potlatch newsletter, The Family Tree, in June 1937: “Each year has shown a large gain in the tonnage of Pres-to-logs made and sold, and the increase is more and more pronounced as time goes by. Pres-to-logs are here to stay.” The patent for the Pres-to-logs machine apparently expired in 1960 and probably none were built after that. Potlatch remained in the Pres-to-logs business into the 1980s before dissolving Wood Briquettes, Inc. TP Contact Rich Donnell, ph: 334-834-1170; fax 334-834-4525; e-mail: rich@hattonbrown.com TIMBER PROCESSING
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NEWSFEED OREGON AGREEMENT SAID TO BE HISTORIC An historic agreement between the timber industry and environmental advocates that the Oregon state legislature recently passed into law forms a comprehensive set of changes to the Oregon Forest Practices Act, and is the result of months of negotiations facilitated by
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Gov. Kate Brown in which Roseburg Forest Products directly participated. Known as the Private Forest Accord (PFA), negotiations started in early 2020 when a delegation of Oregon timberland owners and conservation groups began working together in mediated sessions to update the state’s Forest Practices Act based on best available science. After nearly two years of work, the group reached agreement on October 2021 in a
move heralded as the end to the “Timber Wars” waged in the legislature and the ballot box over the past several decades. The legislature passed three bills that emerged from the PFA, codifying the agreement into state law. “This agreement is an investment in the long-term viability and sustainability of our industry in Oregon,” Roseburg President and CEO Grady Mulbery says. “Through the Private Forest Accord, we minimize the risk of unscientific ballot measures and never-ending bills before the legislature in favor of long-term certainty that allows us to maintain our commitment to our timberland resources in this state.” Roseburg was a key player in the negotiations from the beginning, with Eric Geyer, Roseburg’s Director of External Affairs and Strategic Business Development, among the six timber sector representatives at the negotiating table with representatives from five conservation organizations. Ultimately, 11 industry companies and the Oregon Small Woodlands Assn., together representing a total of roughly 10 million private acres in Oregon, were joined by 13 conservation groups as signatories to the PFA. The new rules are a significant compromise for Roseburg and other private timberland owners in the state. The agreement will reduce the amount of timber Roseburg and others can harvest, and will require landowners to provide $5 million per year in funding for aquatic conservation efforts while creating significant new protections for salmon habitat. Roseburg owns and responsibly manages approximately 400,000 acres of timberland in Oregon. “The additional encumbrances are not without pain for Roseburg and all private timberland owners in Oregon, and that was difficult to accept, particularly because we are proud of our current practices and the environmental protections they offer,” Geyer comments. “But compromise is always difficult. This process was particularly challenging given the long history between the two groups, but the outcome will ultimately provide a more stable and certain future for Roseburg and for our industry in this state.” Updates to forest management practices include: —Expanded riparian buffers for streams, rivers and bodies of water —Steep slopes buffers to minimize erosion and create high-quality habitat when natural slides do occur —An approach to identify historical for-
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NEWSFEED est road problems and make improvements as necessary —A process to make adjustments to forest practices in the future if science indicates a clear need for change As part of the agreement, the state must seek federal approval for a 50-year Habitat Conservation Plan that will cover all 10 million acres of private forests in Oregon. This approval will essentially be the federal government’s confirmation that the new
rules provide appropriate protection for aquatic wildlife. The new state rules will phase in over time, with stream buffers going into effect no sooner than summer 2023 and the remaining rules going into effect in 2024. “This is truly a paradigm shift and a movement in our state’s history for which all Oregonians should be proud,” says Chris Edwards, President of the Oregon Forest & Industries Council, an
industry trade organization for landowners and manufacturers. “This demonstrates it is possible to put differences aside and work together on viable solutions to tough problems. Today we leave the timber wars in the past and embark on a new collaborative era of forestry that ensures a future for sustainable active forest management and wood products manufacturing.” Signatories to the agreement from the timber industry perspective include: Campbell Global, Greenwood Resources, Hampton Lumber, Lone Rock Resources, Manulife Timberland & Agriculture (formerly Hancock), Oregon Small Woodlands Assn., Port Blakely, Rayonier, Roseburg Forest Products, Seneca Sawmill Co., Starker Forests and Weyerhaeuser. The Private Forest Accord was formed as part of an agreement by all parties to walk away from six competing ballot measures slated for the November 2020 general election that would have erupted in a costly and divisive fight over management of private forests.
NEWLIFE SECURES ADDITIONAL FUNDING NewLife Forest Restoration LLC has raised new funding to scale its forest restoration activities and reduce the incidence of catastrophic wildfires. The company closed a $200 million “sustainability-linked” bond financing to fund the expansion of NewLife’s wood products manufacturing facilities and forest restoration capacity, enabling a significant increase in annual acreage restored. The “sustainability-linked” bond issued by the Arizona Industrial Development Authority is one of the first of its kind in the U.S. “green bond” market and mandates specific forest restoration targets. “These funds transform our company’s ability to lift Arizona’s forest restoration efforts to the much-needed level of scale,” says NewLife CEO Ted Dergousoff. “Not only will we accomplish our core mission, which is to restore the health of the forests and prevent wildfires, but we will make the whole industry sustainable and profitable.” NewLife has developed a manufacturing system to extract value from the lowquality fiber removed from the forest as part of its restoration initiatives. The expansion program will dramatically increase the total industry process- ➤ 42 8
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NEW GENERATION
PLANER By Dan Shell
Ongoing improvements at Mt. Hood Forest Products’ green Douglas fir mill are headlined by a new planer line.
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ell known for its commitment to investing in its mills and infrastructure, the Wilkins’ family sawmills which include WKO in Carson, Wash. and Mt. Hood Forest Products (MHFP) in Odell, Ore. have continued their growth in the Columbia River Gorge. Almost a year ago MHFP added a new planer mill at its innovative green Douglas fir mill south of Hood River following several key improvements in the sawmill that have boosted production and quality. The new planer has made the all-green sawmill that produces 2x4s and 2x6s up to 20 ft. long an even more efficient and productive part of the family owned company’s group of facilities. During the past 10 years, output at Mt. Hood Forest Products has roughly doubled, going from 75-80MMBF annually to right around 150MMBF produced in 2021. The past five years have been especially busy at the mill, which recovered from a January 2017 snowstorm that destroyed an outside green chain building and storage building by embarking on a series of mill improvements that same year:
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l The green chain building was rebuilt along with some storage areas, and some additional paving. l Adding a USNR multi-track trimmer fence (The WKO Carson, Wash. mill has the first one USNR ever built.) and a Comact tong & dog lug loader. l The end of 2017 saw a gang conversion that’s been a big change for the mill: Converting the existing gang from a single arbor 6 in. to a double arbor 6 in. has enabled target size and kerf reductions while keeping feed speeds up.
“That’s been a big improvement for us,” says company President Mike Engel. By cutting through a full 4 in. cant with the bottom saw and only touching a 6 in. cant with the top saw, the mill is able to maintain sawing and feed speeds on 6 in. cants. “We used to have to slow down with the single arbor, but now we can keep up the same speeds on four- and six-inch,” he adds. The mill also added an operator to the resaw that handles multiples coming off the DLI. The operator creates a smoother
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Mike Engel
Both the WKO sawmill and MHFP operate USNR LHG grading systems.
Check grader monitors board solutions and grades.
flow by allowing a grouping of like sizes to reduce saw set positions and feed speeds. “Before, constantly changing set positions would slow the machine down,” Engel says. “Now, we have a pass-over tray where we can take like sizes and hold them and run them later.” In 2018, the mill converted an existing USNR board edger with new motors and guides that enabled a speed feed increase of almost 50%, from 850 FPM to 1,200 FPM. Also in 2018, the mill added a lath
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placer and upgraded hydraulics on the stacker.
PLANER PROJECT One unique feature at the mill is the close-coupled planer line that feeds directly from the sawmill. Starting in the third quarter of 2020, the planer project finished in June 2021 included a 10,000 sq. ft. building expansion that allowed the planer line to extend an extra 40 ft. both in front and behind the planer—80 ft. total—to increase surge capacity. Adding the space at infeed makes it easier to deliver a steady flow of boards to the planer, Engel says, and the extra space at outfeed means the planer can continue to run for longer in case of a downstream foul-up. For the new planer line, the company chose Gilbert for several reasons, Engel says: They liked the pull-through planing technology; the new system is almost allelectric; and of course a competitive proposal. He believes the planer’s pull-through system provides more consistent board gaps in less space. Also, the old planer had a more than 200 HP hydraulic requirement and all the pump, hose and fluid issues that went with it, while the new line works
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Mill’s all-green output goes directly from sawmill to planer and on to a 38 bin sorter.
with 14 servo positioners. There’s only a small hydraulic requirement on the planer’s GRIP press roll system that increases traction and helps detect and adapt to any thickness variation. The new planer line consists of a Gilbert high-speed 6-roll planer with triple pattern sideheads, GRIP system and Gilbert 4.0 Intelligent Planer control system, and a USNR Linear High Grader (LHG) with USNR AI upgrade, USNR ID spray system and grade mark reader. The line’s in-
feed wood flow is controlled by data from three Cognex cameras, one at the unscrambler and two leading to the infeed area. A team that included a top notch inhouse crew, Gilbert and USNR technicians, T&L Electrical, Jeff King Construction and Christiansen Construction personnel put the new planer line together in late 2020 and into the spring of 2021. They initially put the new planer in and built back on the infeed to the previous pineapple rolls. Then the new out-
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feed was tied in. The team waited for a weekend in June and shut down on a Thursday, then went in and removed the old planer, moved the LHG system, slowdown belts and spray box and tied in the new infeed. The new line was up and running by Monday morning.
MILL FLOW The log yard handles all Douglas fir, in 16-40 ft. lengths, up to 24 in. diameter. A Wagner log handler unloads trucks and feeds the mill’s step feeder that lifts logs to a Nicholson A5 debarker system with self-centering infeed. Primary breakdown is a USNR DLI line, with logs initially passing through a Porter Engineering scanning (Hermary heads) system with Optimil controls before going through a set of Optimil chipping heads running Iggesund knife systems followed by a McDonough twin band. Sideboards from the DLI go to a McDonough resaw with merry-go-round and passover system to smooth production. Boards requiring edging are sent to the USNR board edger with feed speed upgrade and Baxley scanning and optimization system. The edger features the patented cut-in-two value-added system
Forty feet of surge area both in front and behind the planer provides more consistent uptime.
that’s marketed by Baxley Equipment as the CrossCut Edger system. When the board edger scanner/optimizer identifies a 16 ft. or longer board containing different board solutions between the far end and near end board that would yield higher value or better recov-
ery, a crosscut saw pops up and cuts the board in two. This allows the mill to get the extra recovery and value from the two-board solution in the first pass, instead of the traditional approach of executing one of the solutions, then trimming the other end and reintroducing it to
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the mill as a reman piece at some point. Developed as a joint patent between company CEO Bill Wilkins (listed as inventor) and Baxley Equipment, the cutin-two system has been running well since its initial installation in 2012. WKO has the same system at its Carson, Wash. facility. Cants from the DLI flow to a Denis horizontal twin. Doubles and triples are broken down into 4 in. cants, while 4- and 6 in. cants flow on to a USNR 6 in. gang edger with USNR canter heads and Baxley Equipment scanning/optimization to go with its double-arbor conversion. Instead of traditional lumber packs introduced to the planer via tilt hoist, lumber exiting the sawmill flows to three long transfers and is staged for planing. The planer operator keeps space ahead of each product on the transfers, and size changeovers can happen frequently. The new planer is able to change sizes in barely 30 seconds, and in case of a sidehead foulup, the operator can press a button and be back running in 15 seconds. Lumber exiting the planer flows through the LHG lumber grading system, encountering x-ray, laser profile and vision sensors in a lineal scan zone. Leaving the LHG, boards are sprayed with an invisible
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Mt. Hood Forest Products’ production has roughly doubled the past 10 years.
ID, hit a series of slowdown belts and are deposited onto a camelback landing table. Boards move transversely to a Comact tong and dog lug loader, and pass under an ID reader that projects the board’s grade and trim solution onto the piece as it passes by a check grader. The check grader can pass the board, make a mark
to re-grade the piece, or adjust the trim locations. A grade mark reader scans any changes the check grader has made and sends that information to the optimizer to regenerate a solution. Then the PLC positions the fence paddle accordingly before the board is trimmed. Boards flow to a USNR 38 bin sorter,
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controlled by USNR’s WinTally system. Lumber receives an anti-stain spray and end-seal, and is packaged with a Signode strapping and packaging system. The mill recently made improvements to expand its railroad spur access from five to 10 cars.
MAJOR PLAYER Based in Carson, Wash., the Wilkins family has been in business since 1962, initially as a logging company, then a veneer producer before building its first sawmill in 1972 in Carson. The company acquired Hanel Lumber in Odell, Ore. near Hood River in 2001 and renamed it Mt. Hood Forest Products. The Carson mill is a high speed random length mill that handles a number of species, while Mt. Hood Forest Products is a green Douglas fir mill. The two mills combine to produce more than 300MMBF annually. The Wilkins family significantly expanded its footprint in the Columbia Gorge area with the fall 2021 acquisition of SDS Lumber in Bingen, Wash. The purchase includes a sawmill, plywood plant, cogen plant, marine division and whole log chip mill.
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Ongoing improvements at MHFP, Carson mills reflect emphasis on re-investing.
In addition to the acquisition, Engel cites multiple in-mill investments at the Carson facility, as well as doubling rail car access at Mt. Hood Forest Products, and paving more than seven acres of mill yard at Carson as signs of ownership’s willingness to stay competitive. “Reinvestment has been the policy here for so long,” says Engel, noting that
after he met with Wilkins and laid out the new planer line project and what it would do for the mill and organization, the CEO green-lighted the investment in less than 24 hours. “Keeping money in the company and investing to stay competitive—that’s something ownership has always been TP steadfast about,” Engel says.
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By David Abbott
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MOYIE SPRINGS, Id. ocated in Boundary County, about 30 miles south of the Canadian border, the headquarters of North Idaho Energy Logs sports both the U.S. and Canadian flags. “That’s a common thing in the community,” says Clark Fairchild, coowner of the company and General Manager at this facility. “We do pull quite a bit of shavings and sawdust out of Canada.”
Fairchild has two partners, Rob Pluid and Tom Oxford, both of whom are also in other businesses. Pluid runs a logging operation while Oxford’s Oxford Inc. does municipal road work and dust control for several counties and some logging roads. Fairchild and Plant Manager Bob Warrell oversee the Moyie Springs plant day to day. The company started in 1986: Fairchild’s and Pluid’s fathers were part
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of the original ownership team, along with two other partners. Their original focus was on energy logs, an 8 lbs. product made of sawmill residuals. In 1992 they added one pellet mill. Since the current generation bought the business in 2007, they have expanded both sides of the operation. Now they have nine log machines and three pellet mills.
ENERGY PRODUCTS Home heating is the primary application for North Idaho’s products, sold primarily to feed and farm stores, lumber yards and hearth shops. Marketed as an alternative to traditional firewood, energy logs (or fire logs) have several benefits over cordwood, Fairchild says. Moisture content runs around 7%, compared to 1820% in cordwood. The lower the moisture content, the higher the BTU. Fire logs are also very dense. “Douglas fir (firewood logs) weigh roughly 34 lbs. a cubic foot,” Fairchild estimates. “Our logs…would weigh close to 80 lbs. a cubic foot.” As such, the size can be deceiving. The logs are relatively small, around 4 in. diameter and 13 in. long, but they pack a big punch in a small package. “Most people, when
The company has experienced tremendous growth in the past 15 years.
using a wood stove to heat their home, will shove it as full as they can with cordwood, which they’re designed to do,” Fairchild says. “But with these we always tell customers no more than two at a time. When you put that load in, it doesn’t look like your stove is full enough, but they achieve a very long burn time because of the density.” Each
log generates about 68,000 BTU and can burn for up to 10 hours, with variation based on draft location. North Idaho’s market for pellets is similar to its log market: residential heating. Like the logs, the pellet blend is designed to make a very low ash, high BTU product. “The species we have available in this area lend themselves
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well to that,” Fairchild says. The company has two different branded pellets: the North Idaho Energy Log brand, which is produced in Moyie Springs, and Purcell pellets, made at a sister plant 90 miles southwest in Hauser, Id., which the company acquired in 2013.
PROCESSES The material for both pellets and logs is the same: sawdust and shavings, sourced from multiple sawmills in northern Idaho, eastern Washington and British Columbia. The plant does no whole log chipping whatsoever. “We are looking for clean fiber; we don’t want any bark whatsoever,” Fairchild explains. “Bark is where all the dirt ultimately ends up. It is abrasive to our machines and results in high ash content.” Shavings, he goes on, work well, especially because it takes less to dry since it has already been through the kiln process. “Unfortunately there just aren’t enough shavings to supply the
Co-owner/GM Clark Fairchild, left, and Moyie Springs Plant Manager Bob Warrell
demand. Sawdust also works great; it just takes a little more energy to dry it.” At the start of the process, sawdust can be as high as 50-55% moisture content; shavings can be 15-20% moisture. Before it is compacted into pellets or logs, everything, sawdust and shavings alike, runs through a large rotary dryer here to bring it down to roughly 8%. The material loses some additional moisture in the manufacturing process; logs end up around 6-7% moisture, pellets around 4-5%. Incoming truckloads are dumped by tipper onto an asphalt pad and residuals are segregated into piles by species and by sawdust or shavings. “Once the material is separated, we build a blend that we have found over the years works really well to achieve a high BTU and low ash content,” Fairchild explains. “Ultimately that is what we are looking for.” A wheel loader dumps mixed piles to a feed bin, from which the material flows to a collection screw that conveys it to the infeed
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Regional log species enhances BTU in premium pellets and energy logs.
of a Solagen rotary drum dryer, with heat supplied by a Coen 33 million BTU burner. After drying, a Williams hammermill grinds the combined material into a consistent size—roughly 1⁄8 to 3⁄16 in. From that point it is blown over to a surge bin in the production facility. A distributor tank feeds nine log machines and three pellet mills. How much of the material feeds to the log side or the pellet side is determined by market demand. “We always run some of each but we might drop a log machine or a pellet machine out to maintain our production at the most efficient level,” Fairchild explains. If they ran all 12 machines wide open at the same time, the plant would exceed its permitted tons per hour with the DEQ (Department of Environmental Quality, a state agency) on the dryer system. “So we do have to watch that closely.” The log machines were designed in 1929 and manufactured in the ’30s-’50s; they are the original Presto log machines. “That trade name is now owned by another company so that’s why we call them the North Idaho Energy Log even though it is made with the same equipment,” Fairchild says. “To my knowledge we are the only company still running the original Presto log machines.” In the log machines, a motor drives a tapered screw, which forces sawdust into the die on a wheel. A hydraulic ram holds resistance against each log as it is formed in the die, about 20,000 lbs. per square inch. The friction creates heat that warms the lignin and under pressure it binds that back together into log form. Cooling as it exits the die allows the log to solidify in its shape, as the lignin sets up and binds the sawdust back together; if it came out hot, it would accordion and break apart, Fairchild explains. As a new log is pushed out, it acts as a plug for the next log being formed behind it. The machines on average turn out four and a half or five units of logs per hour—at 240 logs per unit, that’s 1,080-1,200 logs an hour. ➤ 53 26
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CANTERSPROFILERS EDITOR’S NOTE: The following companies submitted these editorial profiles and images to complement their advertisements placed elsewhere in this issue. Please refer to those advertisements for web site and contact information. All statements and claims are attributable to the companies.
BID GROUP Technology enables sawmills to increase productivity and profitability. But increased throughput can create an operational bottleneck at the edger. To address this issue, BID Group, through its Comact brand, has been integrating profiling heads in its primary breakdown systems, such as the DDM, as well as secondary breakdown systems, such as the TBL3. Over the last few years, BID Group delivered various projects where profiling heads were integrated into the twin canter (primary breakdown) in order to profile sideboards and limit handling, not to mention relieve existing edgers. BID Group recently introduced sawing lines with double limitless profilers combined to a splitter at primary breakdown. Now, this is a game changer for the breakdown of logs with a wide diameter! Unlike the “pocket” type profiling heads, the new Comact double limitless profilers allow the production of two side pieces of BID double limitless profilers different widths. In addition, it offers an endless range of widths and up to 4 in. for the thickness of a block or a side cant. As for the splitter, it is a perpendicular saw that allows the resaw of the first and/or second side board, in two pieces of different widths (2x4-2x4, 2x4-2x6, 4x4-4x4 …) with high accuracy to avoid damage to the central cant. This module, which may saw in skew, also has two profilers to finish the pieces to the proper width. Without limitless profiling, it would be impossible to produce two pieces of different widths in the second side board. The main benefits are: —Increased production performance —Increased breakdown line speed (up to 30%) —Improved sawmill flow: fewer pieces in re-run —Reduced edger operating costs: less workforce, less maintenance, improved safety For companies that don’t sell wide lumber or that want to adjust quickly to the market demand, this is the ideal technology since a simple adjustment of the optimization parameters will maximize the production value. Everything is done in the same process, there is no additional manipulation. There are several cutting tool layout options, and the BID team will discuss your sawmill production issues to find the optimal solution.
CONE-OMEGA A crude form of profiling was common in the early Chip-N-Saw canter machines. In recent years profiling has made a comeback as a way of increasing profits by boosting productivity. Our profiler produces pre-edged sideboards that are trimmer ready. With almost no edger boards being generated, bottlenecks throughout the mill are reduced. When square edged, easy to handle boards are produced at the primary breakdown, overall mill flow improves, labor requirements are reduced and unnecessary downstream sorting and extra handling are eliminated. We offer the profiler in twin and quad configurations. Designed for use with our sharp chain systems and any Chip-N-Saw style 4sided canter system, the profiler is placed between the top head and saw section modules. Only minimal modifications are required to add a profiler to an existing line, allowing profiled boards to be created anywhere on the side of the cant. During operation the chipCone-Omega offers profiler in multiple configurations. ping modules are inside the main frame and chips are completely contained. Chips are discharged out the bottom, making housekeeping a breeze. We are now using our Linear Motion Log Turner (LMLT) in the four sided canter lines. The LMLT was originally designed for use with our Tru-Position sharp chain lines and is the most accurate and dependable log turner on the market. Log faces are chipped, side boards profiled and our shifting quad sawbox takes off the side boards. Trimmer ready boards are sepa30
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CANTERSPROFILERS rated from the center cant and head to the sorter. Center cants are transported downstream to either a VSA or VDA that can be supplied with a shifting timber pocket and a 5⁄4 bank that can shift below bedline until needed. An optional top profiler module can be added to the VSA/VDA that will eliminate the remaining 2-3% of edger boards that would have been created on the top. Since the introduction of our profiler in 2017, we’ve installed nine complete high speed profiling canter lines and retrofitted another line. We currently have two more systems in production for delivery in Q3 2022 and another in the queue for Q4 2022. We commissioned a quad profiler on a sharp chain line with adjustable inside board thickness and another in the queue for a Q3 2022 startup.
LIMAB LIMAB was founded 40 years ago and has a long tradition of developing and manufacturing laser-based technology. Headquarters and manufacturing plant is located in Gothenburg, Sweden. LIMAB has regional offices in the USA, UK and Germany as well as approved distributors and partners in other regions. We supply 2D ProfiCura and 1D PreciCura laser sensors and complete systems for dimensional and profile measurement in sawmills, panel production and steel mills. BoardProfiler is the system for the wood industry that was developed more than 30 years ago, and it has to date been sold to more than 250 customers. We call our latest version of the system BoardProfiler 3D, which today is available in four versions. The great thing about our system is that the software is almost identical for all versions, which has proved interesting for several customers as they have invested in both edger and trimmer in their lines. All versions are also available for transverse and longitudinal processes: block control (optimization for chipper or rip saw), edger, trimmer, classifer (sorter, dimensional control). LIMAB BoardProfiler Block Control system builds on our edger which has been a success since the first system was sold about 10 years ago. The system is easy to install, takes up little space in the process, is easy to integrate with sawmill automation systems and has a simple and easy-to-understand software. The sensors used in Block Control and edger are normally our own 2D sensor, ProfiCura 600, 700 or 800. Each sensor has a high resolution of 640 measuring points across the line. The number in the series indicates the length we have on the laser line that measures the LIMAB sawline block measurement block or board. In that way, we can optimize the measurement and use the sensor that provides the best measurement performance and consequently the highest yield. Block Control functions include: rip saw (up to eight sawblades), positioning for chipper, dimensional positioning of block, dimensional control of block.
LINCK The family of VPM profiler units was extended by an additional machine model. In addition to the high end machine VPM 450, the smaller VPM 350 was developed to be used for cant heights of up to 350 mm (13.8 in.) and cutting depths of up to 75 mm (2.95 in.). The smaller adjustment paths and chip removal volumes made it possible to simplify drive and cutting tool design. There is only one drive motor per side whose power is distributed to the two profiler heads of one side according to requirement. The reduced adjustment paths allowed a shortening of the profiler head drive shaft with positive effect on the machine width and thus to keep to the dimensions of the VPF profiler unit. As a result, the VPM 350 corresponds to the VPF machine in size and processing possibilities and is perfectly suited to be installed in existing saw lines. Downsizing the machine dimensions allowed for a further reduction of the masses to be moved, thus resulting in smaller gaps VPM 350 is new addition to Linck profilers line. between cants for operating modes with sawing optimization. And with the new VPM 350, you also benefit from the special features of the VPM profiler unit series, namely sawn lumber surfaces without tear-outs, the possibility of diagonal profiling by using tilting tool axes and the possibility of curve profiling by pivoting cutting tools.
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CANTERSPROFILERS MEBOR Mebor presents its BM CDH log sawing lines. They are based on circular saw technology in combination with chipper canters. Log diameters range from 4 in. (100 mm) to 19.5 in. (500 mm), while the sawing lengths are adapted to the needs of each customer. It is equipped with a 3D scanner with operator controlled visual log turning or with automatic turning of logs and positioning of cants. The new CDH-Q 500 circular saw for logs may use various blade diameters (16 in.-23.5 in./400-600 mm) to optimize kerf depending on the log diameters sawn. Cutting is distributed evenly between bottom and top shafts, allowing equal load on all the motors. The machine is able to cut 1/2/3 cants from the log, allowing a better recovery on certain cutting patterns. Cants are sawn by a double arbor VC DE multi rip saw. Variable speed of chipper canters allows a uniform chip size in relation to feeding speed. The main sawing line is controlled by one operator only. Mebor BM CDH sawing line with chipper canters Boards are edged by Mebor’s optimized FRC chipping edger that includes 1-3 additional circular rip saws. The BM CDH line may also include automatic board stackers and all needed waste removal conveyors. Production rates of the lines range from 65,000-140,000 BF/8h (approx. 250-500 m3 of log input), depending on the design and the customer’s needs. The recently installed line, which is shown in the photo, was designed for a minimum log length of 70 in. (1.8 m).
OPTIMIL Optimil offers canter-profilers and the “balance cut” saw box. A heavy duty auto rotation conveyor, a log turner and a skewing-slewing and tilting infeed are key components of Optimil’s canter-profiler log breakdown system. An extended (DLI) length infeed precisely positions the log to achieve maximum yield as calculated by optimization software. Logs are fed through the infeed system on a permanently tensioned, high speed roller chain working in conjunction with the coupled overhead hold down rolls. In order to pre-position spiked rolls and control logs entering the bottom head chipping assembly or sharp chain system, linear positioners are seamlessly incorporated along the line. The two-sided canter systems, typically used in conjunction with secondary horizontal curve-sawing systems, Optimil canter-profiler with balance cut saw box use conical side heads to produce two-sided cants in logs which feed through on a sharp chain. These conical disc chipping heads incorporate low friction linear bearings to produce high quality chips and achieve optimum accuracy. The patented non-rotating anvil provides superior log guiding and minimum deviation. The four-sided caner utilizes drum type heads and a mini spline guiding with feed rates of 750 FPM. Low friction linear bearings achieve fast accurate sets on the cutting tool and longer wear life. The new four-sided canters have been developed to promote dust and chip containment. More feedrolls ensure better control through the entire system and all chip heads and feed rolls are driven by U joint drive shafts operated through remote Rex gear boxes. Side board profilers can be added to both two and four sided canters to help eliminate the load at the board edger system. The heads are fully adjustable to machine the desired board on either or both sides of the center cant. The side board solution can be skewed up or down the side of the cant. The Balance Cut saw box features a unique method of setting the saws to balance the depth of the cut on cants being processed. The Optimil system connects the upper and lower saws and shifts both vertically at the same time. The repositioning of the saw guides decreases the feedroll center, enabling better control of the cants as they are processed. In addition, the drive assembly of the saw box is remote mounted, allowing for smoother and faster setting of the saws.
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CANTERSPROFILERS USNR USNR has a long history of manufacturing gangs and has developed upgrades that can increase production levels, efficiency and profitability in your mill. We combine the latest technology with innovative design to develop high performance, end-to-end, value-focused solutions. Whether your goal is improving yield, expanding production, or entering new markets, we can help you get there. l Run faster and produce more lumber while avoiding saw wrecks with Saw+ADD. USNR offers the Saw+ADD anti-deviation system as an upgrade that enables you to produce more lumber and eliminate saw wrecks by selectively speeding up the sawing operation. Sawmills tend to saw at conservative speeds to accommodate the occasional tough piece that will wreck a saw. Now mills can cut as much as 15% faster because Saw-ADD automatically slows the feed-speed only when necessary. The system works on both round saw and band saw applications. l SMARTGuides reduce operating costs, increase profit. USNR offers SMARTGuides, powered by the SAWSense Temperature Monitoring System that accurately measures the performance of a saw when in the cut for both circular and band saws. This technology provides real-time feedback of saw performance, enabling mills to moniUSNR gang upgrades improve performance while reducing tor the effect of varying sawing parameters. maintenance. l Eliminate knife changes between and during shifts with Cortex. USNR now offers the Cortex knife system, known for quality and precision. This is a cost-effective, long life solution featuring chip heads and disposable knives. Cortex knives deliver a smooth surface finish. Made from the highest quality alloy with refined grain structure for durability and wear resistance, they typically last longer than competitive disposable knives. Conical and drum style chipper heads apply to slabbers, canters, profilers and reman heads on edgers. Knives and parts are a direct replacement for existing units. Profiler upgrade expands primary breakdown capacity without creating edger bottleneck. Adding a profiler to your shape-sawing gang eliminates re-edge boards, and significantly improves the throughput of your breakdown line. Expand your primary breakdown capacity without creating a bottleneck at the edger, by adding a profiling module to your shape-sawing gang.
WEMA PROBST Wema Probst, Freigericht, Germany, is a well-known manufacturer of machines and plants for the processing of small wood. Our profiling line technology enables processing pre-sorted wood in bark from 10 up to 25 cm (9.8 in.) on top and from 1 m up to 6 m (20 ft.) long. This profiling technology can economically process “simple” wood like spruce as well as “difficult” wood like maritime pine. Depending on the diameter, up to 50 m3 of sawn timber (at 120 mm) and up to 120 m3 of sawn timber (at 250 mm ) can be produced per shift. You can benefit from the economic advantages of the profiling technology—such as top output of weak wood, up to 65% depending on the sawing patterns and the Wema Probst profiling technology for small timber lengths; low requirements for the installation area (the total length of the plant for processing wood up to 3 m is 30 m); low primary energy costs - approx. 360 kW - 450 kW; high throughput capacity up to 50,000 fm. The engineering and production are made according to individual ideas and special requirements of the customer.
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MACHINERYROW BIEWER LUMBER’S NEW MILL IS ON PACE Biewer Lumber’s new SYP sawmill in Winona, Miss. is coming together nicely, as depicted in this March 11 drone photo provided by the company. The sawmill and kilns are running and the planer line is in testing. Based in St. Clair, Mich., Biewer Lumber already has one new sawmill in operation in Mississippi, at Newton, while operating four red pine sawmills, two in Michigan and two in Wisconsin.
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Britton Lbr. Announces Optimized Edger Line
McDonough Mfg. will supply an optimized linear edger to Britton Lumber.
Britton Lumber Co. announced the planned expansion of its eastern white pine sawmill in in Bath, NH. Britton Lumber operates a 30,000 sq. ft. facility which produces 9MMBF annually. The addition will see a new 6,500 sq. ft. structure built onto the existing sawmill which will include a new optimized linear edger, unscrambler, and new belt conveyors and transfer decks. The new edger and equipment from
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McDonough Manufacturing will replace Britton’s 35-year-old manual edger which is a significant bottleneck and the most labor intensive position in the sawmill. While no jobs are being created or eliminated, a key component to the mill upgrade is to improve workflow and create safer and more desirable jobs. Britton Lumber expects an increase in production of 5% and the project to be completed and operational by the end of 2022. Founded in 1946 by the Britton family, and celebrating its 75th anniversary last year, the company was acquired by Robert Moses in 2014. The company operates two divisions: Manufacturing, which produces boards with the sawmill, dry kilns and planer mill in Bath; and Wholesale Distribution, which sells building materials from warehouses in Fairlee, Vt. and Gray, Maine. In 2018, Robert Moses welcomed his two sons into the business. John is the current mill manager and oversees the manufacturing division and Brian oversees the wholesale division. There are approximately 65 employees company wide.
BID Group Partners With Yaskawa Robotics BID Group has entered into partnership with Yaskawa America, Inc, Motoman Robotics Div. The focus of the partnership is to implement robotic systems into BID’s operations and develop new wood processing innovations. Yaskawa Motoman is a leading industrial robotics company in the Americas. The partnership will support BID in its mission to deliver its customers top performance, innovation, service and results through the continuous improvement of its operations, products and services. “We continue investing in the modernization of our installations to maintain them at the leading-edge of technologies,” comments Simon Potvin, President of BID Wood Processing. “The application of the Yaskawa systems will have a positive impact on our production capacity. We are very excited to be implementing these precise and quick robotic systems into our operations, and product solutions.” BID is actively working on innovations for its customers using new robotic sys-
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MACHINERYROW tems. The company has several ideas for applications that will help its customers deal with their daily challenges and maintain high security standards in their plants. BID is actively recruiting team members specializing in these new technologies.
Anthony Plans New Optimization For Gangs Anthony Timberlands operations at Malvern and Bearden, Ark. are updating their 1999-era gang lines with the latest optimization and scanning systems from USNR. These lines have provided excellent return on investment over the years, but with technology advances there is great opportunity to improve performance and recovery. The investments include the latest USNR optimization version release, providing the most advanced solutions for edging, trimming and curve-sawing gang lines, paired with state-of-the-art scanning systems. Curve-sawing optimization uses advanced fit logic to ensure the highest value sawing solution. The optimization platform is paired with the BioLuma 2900XL transverse sensors, designed specifically to collect data for curve-sawing cant applications. These sensors meet all the requirements where speed, accuracy and durability are essential to achieve the performance and recovery demands of the marketplace. These projects are scheduled to be started up in Q1 2023.
has developed new wood processing machinery such as the new Retract-to-Load (RTL) log singulator, BioSizer high speed grinder, and SmartVIBE conveyor.
Parton Plans Upgrade Of Edger Scanning Parton Lumber in Rutherfordton, NC is updating its edger optimization system to vision-based scanning with Bi-
oLuma 2900LV sensors. This new system from USNR will be installed later in 2022. The mill’s edger optimization system was installed with BioLuma 2900L laser profile sensors in 2015. With BioVision and Deep Learning AI technologies coming mainstream with proven benefits, Parton Lumber decided it was ready to take advantage of these technologies. Along with an advanced scanning sys-
Brunette Brings Portable Sawmills Into Mix Brunette Machinery Co. Inc. announced the acquisition of D&L Timber Technologies Ltd. D&L develops, manufactures and distributes portable sawmills and wood processing equipment. D&L handcrafted SwingBlade sawmills are renowned for their quality, versatility and low maintenance requirements. “We are thrilled to welcome this global leader in the portable sawmill industry into our family,” says Kirk Forbes, President and CEO of Brunette Machinery. “The acquisition of D&L Timber Technologies is well-aligned with Brunette’s strategy to grow and diversify our international operations.” D&L will maintain its identity and retain its manufacturing operations in Lac La Hache, BC. Brunette is well known for its debarkers, hogs and chippers. Recently, Brunette TIMBER PROCESSING
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Allegheny Adds New Bandmills McDonough recently shipped two 67A bandmills to Allegheny Wood Prod-
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Knowing they will see a production increase with the new bandmills, AWP has also been making improvements to the rest of the mill to be able to accommodate the additional flow from the McDonough headrigs. This project makes a total of eight McDonough bandmills in operation at various AWP facilities.
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NEWSFEED 8 ➤ ing capacity within the Four Forests Restoration Initiative (4FRI) operating area, enabling large-scale forest restoration efforts across Arizona. The company will restore 25,000 acres of forestland per year, dramatically expanding the capacity to proactively address the rising concerns of wildfire. Through its subsidiary, NewLife is contracted by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) as part of the 4FRI. The land-
scape scale restoration project was designed to combat the impact of climate change and reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire by restoring the forests to a more natural state while protecting large healthy trees, wildlife and the watershed. NewLife has managed Phase 1 of the 4FRI contract, the nation’s largest forest stewardship contract, since 2017 and partners with the USFS on mechanical thinning initiatives throughout Arizona,
with plans to expand to neighboring states. The company will use the proceeds of the bond to complete the build-out of its 425,000 sq. ft. industrial facility in Bellemont, Ariz., which will include a new high-speed sawmill, planer mill, and dry kilns. NewLife will also double the capacity of its engineered wood products plant and significantly expand the capacity of NewLife’s Lumberjack sawmill located near Heber, Ariz. Production from the new sawmill will commence in the next six months and scale to full capacity in 2023, in a multiphase roll-out that will create hundreds of jobs with opportunities in the sawmill, remanufacturing facilities, forest operations, and hauling operations. NewLife is majority owned by Lateral Investment Management, a San Mateo, Calif.-based private equity investment firm focused on transformational growth companies in the U.S. middle market. Lateral has invested more than $100 million in NewLife and was a participant in the bond offering.
SAWDUST FIRE CAUSES BIG LOSSES The Idaho Timber Corp. southern yellow pine mill in Carthage, Ark. suffered significant losses from a fire that broke out on Sunday night, February 20. While the mill was not in operation, an explosion reportedly at an air compressor caught sawdust on fire. By the time the fire department arrived on the scene, roughly half the mill had burned, including the headrig and gang saw. “It didn’t burn it all to the ground, just the most important part of it,” according to Idaho Timber timber buyer Mack Smith. “It dealt us and the entire south Arkansas area a rather big blow in trying to sell the bigger pine logs,” says Gregory Givens of Gene Givens Logging, one of the contractors who supplied the Idaho Timber. “We are still buying some rough green lumber, stacking and drying it and running it through the planer, to keep our people working so we don’t lose everybody,” Smith says. The mill estimated losses at around $25 million. It’s reportedly fully insured. “We will be building back, hopefully starting before long,” Smith says. “We may be back up and running by the end of the year.” 42
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NEWSFEED BIOMASS-BASED FACILITY PLANNED Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and Origin Materials, a carbon-negative materials company committed to the global transition to sustainable materials, announced that the company plans an investment of at least $750 million to develop a biomass manufacturing facility
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in Ascension Parish that will result in 1,057 new direct and indirect jobs. The plant in Geismar will utilize sustainable wood residue sourced partly from Louisiana’s timber mills and managed forests—to produce plant-based polyethylene terephthalate (PET) used in packaging, textiles, apparel and other applications. Hydrothermal carbon, which can be used in fuel pellets, also will be produced at the site.
Made with renewable feedstocks, Origin’s patented technology platform is designed to reduce the carbon emitted during the production of widely used products ranging from food and beverage containers to parts for the automotive industry. The project will create 200 direct jobs with an average annual salary of more than $90,000 plus benefits. Louisiana Economic Development estimates an additional 857 indirect jobs will result in Louisiana’s Capital Region. The company estimates 500 construction jobs will result at the peak of development for the new facility. The plant will be located on an LED Certified Site—the 150 acre Parks Geismar site in Ascension Parish—signifying that it has been deemed developmentready after an extensive review. The company expects construction to begin in mid-2023 and for the plant to be mechanically completed and operational by mid-2025. “The demand for ‘net zero’ enabling materials is extremely strong, and we believe this plant will be instrumental in addressing demand for our products in the United States and internationally,” Origin Materials Co-Founder and CoCEO John Bissell says. “We are grateful for the partnership of Louisiana Economic Development, the Baton Rouge Area Chamber and Ascension Parish for the support they have provided in the site selection process.” The site sits along the Mississippi River with easy access to barge and rail and plentiful local wood residue feedstock. The proposed incentive package for building in the area is compelling and the local industrial cluster can provide access to hydrogen, ethylene, water treatment and more.” Headquartered in West Sacramento, Calif., Origin Materials was founded in 2008. The company has partnered with leading consumer brands including Danone, Nestlé Waters and PepsiCo in its creation of recyclable, plant-based PET plastic consumer products, as well as Ford Motor Co. and global chemical companies. This largest-of-its-kind Geismarbased facility will join the company’s network of locations, including its West Sacramento-based pilot facility and its Ontario, Canada-based production site, which is currently under construction.
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Freres Celebrates Centennial Anniversary Lyons, Ore.-based Freres Lumber Co., now doing business as Freres Engineered Wood, is celebrating its centennial year, marking a century of transformative growth and positive impact on the wood products industry, clients, employees, and its surrounding communities. Freres celebrates this monumental milestone by unveiling its new brand and logo which commemorate Freres’ longstanding history while reflecting its commitment to innovation and advancements as it looks forward to the next 100 years. “The humble beginnings of one man’s dream to start a small sawmill has evolved over the past 100 years into a booming, modern business,” says Rob Freres, president of Freres. “Today, Freres is an innovative leader in the mass timber industry, committed to leading sustainability practices and supporting our community. We have developed a new brand and logo intended to reflect our roots in tradition while capturing our vision for the future.” Throughout 2022, Freres will celebrate its Centennial across the communities it serves through its philanthropic and community efforts, employee celebrations and industry events. Having achieved tremendous growth and impact over the past century, Freres remains dedicated to its core values of continued innovation, protecting and supporting healthy forests, giving back to and supporting local Santiam Canyon communities, and hard work and resiliency. “It is hard to articulate the impact Freres has had on the Santiam Canyon and surrounding communities,” comments Fred Girod, Oregon State Senator. “They have provided multi-generational family wage jobs, served as community partners in efforts to improve our way of life and have always stepped up when help was needed. Freres’ long history serves as a shining example of what a family run business should be.” Freres is one of the oldest familyowned and operated businesses in Oregon, specializing in bringing high-quality wood products to market, manufacturing veneer, lumber, plywood and structural composite lumber. ”The Freres family business is a bright light in the North Santiam Canyon,” adds Kevin Cameron, Marion County Commissioner, a Detroit resident and wildfire 46
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survivor. “Supporting the efforts to build the Detroit Community Center and City Hall after the wildfires tore through the canyon is just one example of many in which Freres continues to give back and make a difference in the rural communities of Marion County.” While steeped in tradition, Freres has a history of incorporating cutting-edge technologies to transform and modernize construction practices. In 2017, Freres engineered a monumental new finished wood product: Mass Ply Panels. The MPP line now includes panels for floors, walls and ceilings, beams and columns, and industrial mats. Like other industry paradigm shifts, MPP is changing building practices.
“2022 marks 100 years since the founding of our company,” says Kyle Freres, vice president of operations for Freres. “We look back on the last century with respect for the history of a company that has weathered many storms and provided a livelihood to generations of families in the canyon. We also look to the future and recognize that we are not just producing lumber, but the advanced engineered wood products of the future.” Freres Engineered Wood, formerly Freres Lumber Co., Inc., began in 1922 when T.G. Freres started a sawmill in Oregon’s Santiam Canyon. Today, Freres’ operations include finished plywood, lumber, veneer and structural composite lumber, Mass Ply products, biochar, and a cogeneration facility that supplies renewable power for the local area. Freres is deeply committed to its community and to sustainable forest management practices. The company uses 100% of the wood it processes throughout its three operations—Freres Engineered Wood Products, Freres Timber and Evergreen BioPower LCC—and six wood products facilities. Freres provides family wage jobs to nearly 500 employees. Visit www.frereswood.com. TP
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Meanwhile, on the pellet side, 26 ➤ both the Moyie Springs plant and Hauser plant have three pellet mills: two Andritz and one CME (Colorado Mill Equipment). When all three are running, the pellet mills together produce around 5.5 tons an hour. The Hauser plant, which only makes pellets, is much more automated; nobody there manually stacks or handles any bags. The Moyie Springs facility has a Columbia/Okura robot for stacking the bags, but an operator still slips empty bags on manually. The logs are also stacked manually. All logs are stored in one of four warehouses, while pallets of pellets are wrapped and can stay outside under double weather covers.
Between the two plants, office staff and truck drivers, North Idaho employs 42. A lot of the manpower is dedicated to the tremendous amount of maintenance required throughout the plants. The company staffs a full machine shop to fabricate components for the log machines, which are no longer available off the shelf. “The components to make wood pellets, you can call up a number of companies and order those,” Fairchild notes. “But the parts for the log machines we have to build, and that is a constant job in itself. Sawdust is abrasive, especially under all that pressure and heat, and it wears out parts pretty quick.” The pellet bag-stacking robot at Moyie Springs also requires a fair bit of mainte-
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nance, including the software side. “You don’t have computer programmers just standing around in Bonners Ferry, Idaho,” Fairchild points out. “There are some in Coeur d’Alene and some locally who do an excellent job when it comes to PLC. They just don’t get into the robot side of things because that is so specialized. So we’ve had to bring people out of Texas and Chicago for the robotics.” TP This article appeared in the December 2021 issue of Wood Bioenergy magazine, an affiliate magazine of Timber Processing. TIMBER PROCESSING
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MAINEVENTS APRIL 25-26—Lumber Quality and Process Control Workshop, Embassy Suites Perimeter Center, Atlanta, Ga. Call 541-7522751; visit lumberquality.com/Southern-Workshops. 27-28—Lumber Quality Leadership Workshop. Embassy Suites Perimeter Center, Atlanta, Ga. Call 541-752-2751; visit lumberquality.com/Southern-Workshops. 27-29—MSR Annual Workshop, Courtyard by Marriott, Salt Lake City, Utah. Call 608-310-6768; visit msrlumber.org. 27-29—International CLT Conference, The Sustainable Future of CLT in the South: Grow, Design, Build, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama. Visit sfws.auburn.edu.
6-7—Loggers’ Expo, Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, Vt. Call 315-369-3078; visit northernlogger.com. 15-17—American Wood Protection Assn. annual meeting, Francis Marion Hotel, Charleston, S.C. Call 205-733-4077; visit awpa.com. 20-21—38th East Coast Sawmilling and Logging Exposition, Richmond Raceway Complex, Richmond Raceway Complex, Richmond, Va. Call 804-737-5625; visit exporichmond.com.
JUNE 2-6—IndiaWood 2022, Bangalore International Exhibition Centre, Bangalore, India. Call +91-80-4250 5000; visit indiawood.com. 4-7—Assn. of Consulting Foresters of America annual conference, Austin, Tex. Call 703-548-0990; visit acfforesters.org.
JULY 20-23—2022 Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Assn. Annual Conference, The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, Colo. Call 770-631-6701; visit slma.org. 24-27—Walnut Council annual meeting, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Ill. Call 765-583-3501; visit walnutcouncil.org. 25-27—Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers Summer Conference, The Homestead Resort, Hot Springs, Va. Call 336-885-8315; visit appalachianhardwood.org. 29-31—Georgia Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Jekyll Island Convention Center, Jekyll Island, Ga. Call 478-992-8110; visit gfagrow.org.
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