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Oregon Sawmill Closures Hit Home
TROY LUMBER
Meshing Experience And Technology
LIGNA PREVIEW
Sawmill Sector Increases Presence
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Latest Technologies On The Dry Side Drum Chippers Compared To Disc Acquisitions Announced
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Jessica Johnson Associate Editor
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t’s funny, when I became a mother I had this clear picture of what my life would be like—the dirt, the messes, incessant talking about “diggers” and dinosaurs; the amount of times I would shout “Please stop hitting your brother!” Being a mom of twin boys who also happens to be a sawmill reporter, is truly a joy most of my friends (thanks to their female children), with their hair bows and pretty princess games, cannot fathom. They’ve never stopped a sawmill supervisor and asked to get a video of the green chain, no not for the magazine’s social media, but for their 4-year-old who loves seeing “mama’s work.” As every parent knows, the minute that little line turns pink, everything simply stops being about you—you take a backseat while the new babe (or in my case babes) takes center stage. My rec league tennis practice is at the same time as the Astros 4-5 t-ball team’s final game? Sorry tennis, there’s a pair of outfielders who need their cheering section. Now, my Fitzgerald is no Jimmy Wynn, the once great “Toy Cannon,” but if you hear me on Field A any given Tuesday evening you’d sure think so. For this issue of Timber Processing, it was just time for the technology to take center stage. In the magazine business, sometimes it’s hard to breathe with the amount of high quality content you can come up with, and this is one of those times thanks to the dynamic showcase of products. Thanks to an infusion of capital investment over the last few years, some of the latest technologies are present in our cover story mill Troy Lumber, Troy, NC. Cousins and co-owners Fred L. Taylor II and Allen Whitesell tell TP that, yes, they made some mistakes—Whitesell calls them his “bad ideas”—but overall, the current mix of technologies in their mill, from a variety of manufacturers that suits them perfectly, which would be decidedly “good ideas.” Going with what they thought was the best at the time of investment has paid off. The small operation started by their grandfather is now a 155MMBF player in a highly competitive log market. But one thing Whitesell and Taylor weren’t afraid to do was invest even when lumber markets were down. And now that lumber markets are cooling off a bit, other smart operators should be getting ready to invest in preparation for the next big surge we all know is coming. Think your mill needs an upgrade? That’s the great thing about an issue packed with technology— your next good idea is only a few pages away…. TP
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NEWSFEED INDUSTRY TAKES NOTICE OF OREGON SAWMILL CLOSINGS The permanent closures of two well known dimension lumber sawmills in Oregon indicate that companies are having to reduce and realign production capacities in order to address lack of logs and a fickle lumber market brought on by a meandering housing starts scenario. Swanson Group and Georgia-Pacific are closing their respective sawmills in Glendale and Coos Bay. Citing insufficient log availability, PresiGP built the Coos Bay sawmill 25 years dent Steve Swanson ago when its timberland base was pulled no punches: “We reliable. are surrounded by over 3 million acres of Federal timberland that last year produced less than 100 million board feet of sawlogs. Had we purchased all the volume sold it would not be enough to run one sawmill! The equipment and workforce would be highly competitive in any other region of the world but because our government has failed to manage the forest our employees and communities suffer.” The family has operated the Glendale sawmill since 1951. It employed 120, but Swanson states it will be adding capacity at its Glendale plywood facility and at its Roseburg stud mill and is reassigning all of the affected Glendale sawmill employees to other company operations. The change does not affect operations at the Springfield plywood facility.
WTO PANEL SIDES WITH U.S. LUMBER The U.S. Lumber Coalition applauded the decision in early April by a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel affirming the United States’ anti-dumping measures that apply the Differential Pricing Methodology to softwood lumber products from Canada. In its decision the WTO panel rejected a prior WTO appellate body’s finding on this issue that imposed obligations on the United States. “The U.S. industry strongly supports the Administration’s full enforcement of the U.S. trade laws against subsidized 6
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and dumped Canadian imports,” says Jason Brochu, U.S. Lumber Coalition Co-Chair and Co-President of Pleasant River Lumber Co. in Maine. “We thank the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and the Department of Commerce for their strong and successful defense of the trade laws before the WTO. The fair chance to compete on a level playing field is of utmost importance to domestic lumber manufacturers, their workers, as well as tree farmers and landowners, and the economies of the rural communities they support across the United States.” Canada had challenged the methodology used by the U.S. Department of Commerce that
Despite recent upgrades, Swanson’s sawmill at Glendale couldn’t stay ahead of declining log supply.
Swanson had put considerable investment into the Glendale sawmill in the past decade, including a new planer mill. Georgia-Pacific stated its Coos Bay sawmill is no longer competitive due to overall market conditions, including Asian competition for Oregon logs. It also noted “unreliable and often disabled” rail service at the site. Georgia-Pacific said 110 job eliminations will begin June 10 and continue in phases until the Coos Bay facility is completely closed. Even during the middle of the northern spotted owl crisis in the Northwest, GP went out on a limb and built the Coos Bay sawmill in 1994, banking on a wealth of second-growth Douglas fir reaching maturing level, some of it companyowned. The company’s history at the site goes back to 1956, when GP purchased 70 acres and a sawmill from Coos Bay Lumber. GP sold the sawmill to Coos Head Timber, which operated it on the GP site until 1980. determined Canadian exporters sold softwood lumber to the United States at less than fair value. The WTO panel decision validates the Department of Commerce’s methodology that is designed to offset injurious unfair dumping into the U.S. market by foreign producers. The trade measures— imposed after a year-long investigation by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the International Trade Commission–are designed to offset the harm done to domestic producers from imports that are sold in the United States at less than fair value. Canadian interests are expected to appeal the WTO decision.
ARIZONA 4FRI SEEKS TRACTION Investors in a company that owns a major Forest Service stewardship contract to treat 300,000 acres in Arizona is changing yet again, as the large volume of biomass generated and a lack of utilization infrastructure and markets in the state continue to pose a challenge to the far-reaching project. The contract’s implementation by Good Earth Power is taking another turn as a new group of investors is now involved to try and develop the infrastructure required to handle and utilize such a large
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NEWSFEED amount of boiler fuel biomass coming off the stewardship projects. The new investors include private equity sources and logging interests from Washington state. Started as a response to the devastating fires that hit Arizona soon after the turn of the century, the 4FRI has sought to bring once opposed organizations to the table to develop solutions to forest health and fire prevention in the state. The group has brought stakeholders from across the state together and is seeking innovative ways to address forest health issues in Arizona. The contract was initially awarded in 2012 to Pioneer Forest Products of Montana, which wasn’t able to gain financing for its plan to build a pine cutting mill, small log sawmill and biofuel plant to process the material coming off the forests. In 2013 Pio-
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neer sold the contract to Good Earth Power, which had little experience in such ventures and ended up bringing in a new set of investors in 2017.
FIVE CHARGED WITH SCHEME The U.S. Attorney’s office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that in February a federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment against five people who allegedly conspired to cut and remove timber from tribal forestlands on the Menominee Indian Reservation in order to sell them to sawmills outside the reservation without consent from the tribe. Four of the men are enrolled members of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin and the fifth is an enrolled member of the Oneida
Nation of Wisconsin. The indictment charges the defendants with Conspiracy. If convicted, the defendants each face up to five years in prison, up to a $250,000 fine, and up to three years on supervised release. According to the indictment, the defendants logged timber from designated areas on the Menominee Indian Reservation. On at least 100 occasions, the defendants and others cut down extra trees beyond those they were authorized to log. One of the men then allegedly transported the extra timber to sawmills outside the boundaries of the reservation. Two men allegedly received payments from the mills for the timber, which the defendants divided amongst themselves. The sawmills paid the accused $400,000 between January 2012 and September 2018 for the timber the defen-
dants and others allegedly removed from the reservation without permission. The case was investigated by the Menominee Tribal Police Dept., Menominee Conservation Dept., U.S. Forest Service and FBI.
BIOFUELS BUSINESS EYES PORT ST. JOE The BioCarburante Co. (TBIOCC), a Wisconsinbased energy company, wants to build a biofuel plant near Port St. Joe, Fla. to convert 2,000 tons per day of woody biomass into synthetic gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel through a thermo-catalytic conversion. Larry Hess, CEO of TBIOCC, says the technology was purchased from Shell Oil Company. The fuel is produced more cost-efficiently
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NEWSFEED and with less of a CO2 footprint, Hess says. The total investment into the county, according to TBIOCC, would be $450 million over 10 years while creating 564 long-term employment positions from the wood supply to the refinery. Support from the Board of County Commissioners came in two forms. One is support of TBIOCC’s pre-application for a $25 million grant from Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc., the entity established to disburse $1.5 billion in BP fine dollars into eight northwest Florida counties. The second is to begin the process, likely through a private-public partnership, to facilitate with the St. Joe Company the acquisition of the 116-acre site, which once was home to an L&P facility. The L&P site had a particular attraction: an adjacent rail spur.
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The biorefinery’s output would be shipped primarily to New Orleans for “blending.”
CHINA IMPORTS SET RECORD China had another record year of softwood log imports in 2018, as more than 16.96 billion BF (40 million m3) of logs landed at Chinese ports, according to a report from Wood Resource Quarterly (WRQ). This was the third consecutive year of year-over-year increases, with 2018 volumes up 37% from 2015. One trend the report noted is that during the past five years, import volumes have declined from the key supplying regions of Russia and Canada, while they have increased from New Zealand and Australia. The largest softwood log exporting countries to China in
2018 were New Zealand (43% share), Russia (19%), followed by the U.S. (12%), Australia (10%), Canada (6%) and Uruguay (5%).
MAINE STUDY SPELLS TROUBLE According to a report commissioned by Professional Logging Contractors of Maine, labor scarcity and an aging work force are leading factors affecting growth in the state’s forest industry. The report concludes that Maine faces a shortage of loggers and log truckers that will get worse—if wage growth does not occur—and could very well hinder the growth of the $8.5 billion forest products industry in the state. The employment availability and wage analysis prepared by the Maine Center for Business
and Economic Research at the University of Southern Maine found wages for logging equipment operators and log truckers are lower than those for comparable jobs in competing industries in the state. The heart of the problem is profit margins for logging contractors have dwindled as costs of doing business have risen, limiting the ability of contractors to raise pay for workers. With low unemployment and strong competition for skilled operators of heavy machinery and trucks, logging contractors are struggling simply to keep the workers they have, let alone attract new ones. The average earnings for all employment in Maine’s logging industry has increased by 5% since 2010, an average increase of just over $2,100 per worker compared to an average increase of $5,500 in comparative industries.
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By Jessica Johnson
North Carolina’s Troy Lumber Co. modernizes, increases yield.
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TROY, NC ousins Fred L. Taylor II and Allen Whitesell are the third generation of Taylors to run Troy Lumber Co.—a southern yellow pine sawmill northeast of Charlotte, NC. In 1948, their grandfather opened the facility, which at that time was only a planer mill, taking portable sawmill lumber and dressing it. In the early 1970s, after Fred’s father took over the business, the family operation expanded and put in its own sawmill to complement the planer. Now, the third generation is making their mark on the 45-acre site with a 155MMBF sawmill. The cousins say their biggest battle is high log costs—and several behemoth mills under 50 miles away. “It’s an expensive log market,” Taylor says, adding that pretty much everywhere east of Troy there’s competition for logs, though thankfully there are many tracts with solid pine timber. Combine the tremendously high log costs with an antiquated mill and Whitesell says, “It was just bad all around.” So, he and Taylor put their heads together and came up with a plan to make sure the mill would survive. Taylor says the biggest thing the pair did was change their thinking. “We started making decisions based on payback, rather than what we thought we could afford,” Taylor explains, laughing as he adds the decision meant borrowing a good bit of cash. “Getting the right equipment has proven to be a better strategy than buying the stuff you think you can afford. Every time we do a project it is by the numbers. If it doesn’t make sense money-wise, it gets put on the back shelf.” The upgrades first began during the Great Recession, when Troy installed an Omega sharp chain with a Comact double length infeed—one the cousins aren’t sure Comact ever built again, since the sharp chain doesn’t slew and skew, instead it holds the log perfectly still. Whitesell explains that they felt the lower maintenance cost combined with having the log scanned and cut without repositioning
Co-owner Allen Whitesell says that Troy tries to cut a #1 center cant, and not squeak yield all the way to the edge.
Four logs sorts precede large and small log breakdown sides.
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was a better decision for recovery. “We didn’t want to chase it, it seems like there’d be a limit and cause ourselves downtime,” he emphasizes. Also in 2008, Troy Lumber installed Comact optimization on the existing refurbished Hemco sorter and a USNR horizontal shape saw (HSS) curve-saw gang. In 2013, the Before the retrofit to continuous kilns, Troy Lumber’s product mix cousins made the was stunted because of drying capacity. decision to put in an Endurance log merchandiser with MPM cal heads. In order to handle the additionoptimization and controls, as well as a al production, Troy Lumber worked with new Nicholson A8 debarker. BID Group to expand the existing sorter But it was 2016 that they really investwith 15 additional bins. ed in the mill and greatly improved recovWhitesell explains that with the addition ery. Working with BID Group, Troy of the profiling heads, the McDonough Lumber put in a new MoCo stacker, a Co- band saws were moved downstream mact TBL3 small log breakdown gang slightly, changing how Troy breaks down saw, and added profiling heads on the exlogs. The decision was also made to add a isting sharp chain between the existing Comact vision and grade scanning system McDonough 6 ft. twin band and the conion the sharp chain. He adds that the cant
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scanning capability provides cant knot size information and makes the mill more versatile, producing higher decking grades than the lower value lumber and decking made previously.
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The sawmill runs one shift between 46 and 50 hours per week, while the planer hits upwards of 55 some weeks.
Troy Lumber keeps four company logging crews busy, while other logs are sourced primarily from wood dealers at the gate. Taylor says the mix is 44% stumpage, 56% gatewood. The wood yard will take some pre-cut logs, but not a lot. Literally right next door to Troy Lumber is Uwharrie Lumber, an all hardwood mill. Since the beginning of Uwharrie’s startup in the 1980s, when either mill buys a tract a timber, the logs not needed at the purchasing mill are sold to the other. Log trucks are unloaded with knucklebooms instead of the crane—an antique bought used in 1985. Whitesell says there is just no space under the crane, so instead logs are placed on the ground, which gives log yard employees a chance to grade them before entering the mill. He adds, “Rarely do we have a week’s run on the ground. It would be tough to get 3
Another Comact upgrade, at the outfeed of the Coastal planer
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million feet of logs on the ground because the logs are in a constant rotation.” From the Endurance merchandiser logs travel to a rotary pusher, where Troy has two log decks. After a 90° turn, logs drop to a Linden step feeder and lug chain before being fed to the kicker infeed chain. At the infeed logs are sorted onto one of four sort decks. At the end of the year, Troy plans to replace everything from the outfeed of the merchandiser to the metal detector—electing to put in a log turntable, belt and flat deck to skew logs across the belt to the deck to a new Linden step feeder. Why? “Turning logs 90° on chains stinks,” Taylor says bluntly. “We’ve been doing it for 20 something years; the step feeder we have is an antique. We’ve got logs singulated coming out of that step feeder, piling up, and then creating problems. This will allow us to go small end first into the sharp chain instead of butt end first like we are now.” By going small end first, the mill’s throughput will improve, in turn improving flow and increasing production. Whitesell says the cross-ups were killer— when the swell butt hits the conical slabber heads it jerks a little bit, and sometimes jerks the log off the sharp chain. After passing an MDI metal detector, logs are scanned and sorted for processing: Troy has the sharp chain primary breakdown and also a carriage-bandmill side based on log size. Break point diameter between the two lines varies, but generally logs 17 in. and under go to the sharp chain, larger logs to the carriage side. At the sharp chain, the log is scanned, rotated and put on the sharp chain, and processed through Omega Solutions 45° slabber bases with Key Knife solid conical heads and Comact profilers with Key Knife knives. Whitesell reports adding the Comact profilers increased feed speeds because now the depth of cut at the band saws is lower. “Putting the profilers on the sharp chain was a home run for us. We figured we’d lose a higher percentage of edger lumber profiling on the sharp chain, because anytime you make a 4 in. cant there’s no sideboard to profile at the gang saw. We make a lot of sideboards on our primary breakdown. That’s why we went there instead of the gang.” From the Comact profilers, 6 ft. McDonough twin bands further process the cant. At the outfeed of the twin, cants are scanned with Comact scan heads for knots. Both 4 in. and 6 in. cants flow straight to the TBL3. Larger, 8 in. and 10 in. cants, as well as small knot 6 in. cants, flow to the USNR gang. From the TBL3 and the USNR gang, lumber flows to a 18
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Ron McGehee lineal feed 3-saw edger with JoeScan heads and reman head. Nelson Brothers Engineering programmed the edger optimization. Cants off the carriage side mix with the large cants from the sharp chain and are processed on the USNR shape sawing gang. Troy can take up to a 30 in. log at the carriage, but does not have the ability to debark them. A rosserhead style debarker can trim some butts down and otherwise straighten up some rough logs, but mainly they try to steer away from that larger butt diameter. Lumber from the USNR gang flows to a deck with waterfall sections that allow the lumber to spread out. Here, Troy Lumber has a man who manually separates the edger boards from the squares to minimize reman lumber at the sorter. Whitesell explains the mill doesn’t have much backlog at the sorter, so lumber must be as clean as it can be. “We’ve got plans to work on that. They just haven’t come to fruition yet. We need to stage lumber better before it gets to the unscrambler,” he says. From the outfeed of the edger and the USNR gang, lumber travels to a Comact lug loader with Comact optimization. Whitesell says the machine is equipped to have vision, but right now does not have vision on it. Lumber from the lug loader is fed to a Comact trimmer installed over Thanksgiving 2018. Whitesell admits that not upgrading the trimmer at the same time as the TBL3 install and other millwide improvements was “a fatal mistake.” He laughs, “That was our bad idea for 2016.” Instead, Troy retrofitted the existing old trimmer—and it didn’t stand the test of time. Thanks to the retrofit of sorter, with the addition of 15 new bins, Troy has the ability to run 150 lugs per minute through the sorter. The sorter feeds to a MoCo stacker system with stick placers. From the MoCo stacker, lumber is dried in one of two continuous kilns—a Coe dry kiln that SII retrofitted to continuous, and a Unitemp continuous kiln. The mill also
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has a Nardi batch kiln that is only run when problems with the continuous kilns arise. Two Hurst boilers, a 750 and Super 6, burn sawdust to power the kilns. From the kilns, lumber goes to sheds awaiting processing in the planer mill built in 1995. Currently, Troy has a 20 knife head Coastal planer with a Comact GradExpert automatic lumber grading system. Whitesell once again pokes fun at his decisions in 2016, saying, “We weren’t smart enough to change the trimmer, but we did change out all of the chain sections between the grader and the J-hook sorter.”
At the outfeed of the planer, Troy uses a slow down belt. The transverse grading system has Comact moisture systems integrated within. Lumber flows to an older Newnes bin sorter. A new Samuel Coding and Labeling printer marks pieces. Lumber from the bins travels to the outfeed, including a Comact double unscrambler, Comact stacker and two Signode package makers. Thirty percent of production is 2x4. From there it is truly a mix from 2x6 to 2x12, as well as patio decking, 4x4 and 1x4s. Whitesell says Troy is just starting to
get back into making 2x12s after a hiatus because of kiln capacity. “We make prime 2x4s; prime is a good thing for us,” he explains. “We always try to make a #1 center cant so we have the chance for prime or better lumber. We are not squeaking our yield all the way to the edge.” Finished lumber is stored in sheds and either trucked out or shipped via rail spur placed in April 2018. Troy does not truck its own lumber, but does handle its own rail shipping. If needed, Troy also has a Holtec saw to cut packs before shipping. Whitesell says it is a fairly easy process; packs can be double banded in the planer mill if designated to be cut, and are simply popped in two. In a time when many mills are converting to just one manufacturer over another, Troy seems to be all over the map. Taylor explains buying decisions are driven by the available technology at the time. “When USNR came out with the HSS gang saw we’ve got, it was when they decoupled the heads from the sawbox. So they move independently and you don’t have as many tracking errors. It was the best machine that we saw for larger logs,” he emphasizes. He adds that vendors have their strengths: “The TBL3 is a great solution. We thought it might work great for large logs, but we knew for a fact it was as good as you could get for small logs, which is the biggest part of our diet. When we did the sharp chain, the sorter and the TBL3, we used Comact because we felt they had the best grasp of optimization and controls. We have not been disappointed by that.”
CULTURE “We may not be the best sawmillers,” Taylor says, “but we may be the happiest.” That culture is evident throughout Troy Lumber. Employing a total of 160, Whitesell says without the employees nothing would be possible. “If your employee is not happy, you’re not going to be happy. And we like to be happy,” he adds. Cousins Taylor and Whitesell co-own and manage the mill. Production Manager Anthony Jackson pulls double duty as project manager. Lea Talbert serves as the Assistant Production Manager. The mill runs one shift between 46 and 50 hours per week. Planer mill also runs one shift, some weeks as many as 55 hours, but the latest round of upgrades cut hours way back, Whitesell says. Kilns run 24/7. Maintenance is broken down into three 8-hour shifts to keep the work moving around the clock, but also allow employees time of their own. The sawmill and 20
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After a brief hiatus due to kiln capacity, Troy Lumber produces 2x12s.
planer mill go down two weeks a year, July 4th and Christmas, for project installs, big maintenance projects, boiler inspections and cleanings. Ken Harris of Harris Saw Works, Troy, NC, does all band saw work; round saw work is done by Frank Curran of Precision Saws, Polkton, NC. Troy does have two older grinders on site, but benching is done at Harris Saw Works. The mill runs
Troy’s 20 knife head Coastal planer
BGR round saws, .100 in. plate with .140 kerf and .002 clearance on each side, and Oleson band saws. Kerf on the band saws is a little thicker than the round saws, but not much. “We try to keep our environment really clean and really safe,” Whitesell says. In addition to a monthly production bonus, employees have the chance to receive a safety bonus. Troy Lumber in-
centivizes safety at the same level as production. Supervisors conduct safety audits and weekly tailgate safety meetings. A specific list of safety criteria must be met in order to receive the bonuses. All mill employees go through monthly safety meetings led by our HR staff. “We don’t want to hurt anybody. If we’re out here hurting people, we’re doing it TP wrong,” he emphasizes.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The following editorial profiles and images were submitted by these companies, who are also advertising in this issue and exhibiting at the Ligna show in Hannover, Germany, May 27-31. All statements and claims are attributable to the companies.
AUTOLOG Autolog, a leader in vision, optimization and automation, recently launched its GEN3 Log Optimizer solution to the sawmill industry. GEN3 is more than just a new buzzword, it is a new way to build software. GEN3 software is built on a state-of-the-art architecture using all the best practices in software development (agile development with sprints and scrum, design and design review, code and code review, continuous integration, unit testing, latest programming language and tools). The foundation of Autolog’s new GEN3 product is better performance, enhanced tools and simulation features as well as a rich user interface. Autolog’s new GEN3 software can boost the performance of their product because they utilize the full possibilities of Autolog introduces next generation in log optimization. new computer technology. High scan density and better true shape modeling are two examples. Their independency from mechanical manufacturers gives them the ability to optimize any type of primary log breakdown and to replicate any curve-sawing from a downstream machine. Better performance also means better control on your process by offering the possibility to select a solution based on a risk factor or to force minimum opening face on all four faces. Log rotation is an example of how the new GEN3 software can mitigate a mechanical constraint due to wear and tear; in fact, based on the known log rotation error, the optimizer will determine if the selected solution is still viable or change for the next optimal solution. Visit the Autolog booth for a live demonstration. Autolog’s team will also be onsite to present some of their other key products such as trimmer and edger transverse optimizers. Hall 25, Booth G39
BM&M BM&M manufactures high speed gyratory screening machines that offer: —higher efficiency capacities per square meter of screen area— written performance guarantees —lowest total-cost-of-ownership screening machines BM&M’s patented eccentric drive technology allows BM&M screens to operate at 33% higher speeds than our competition. Additionally, BM&M engineers each screening machine’s stroke and inclination to provide more energy and higher throughput for separating your product. We are proud to offer more than 50 models of wood chip screens, with production facilities in the Netherlands, Australia and at BM&M’s headquarters in Vancouver, Canada. Hall 26, Booth A46 BM&M offers multiple models of wood chip screens.
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BRUKS BRUKS drum chippers produce high quality wood chips in the form of high quality pulp & paper chips, long fiber chips in knife ring flakers or MDF refiners as well as microchips for direct drying in pellet mills and bioenergy plants. Energy chips for power plants or heating systems can be made from the most difficult to handle, contaminated cheap energy wood. Many drum chippers have a back discharge option. Chips are directed up and out of the casing, and then downward to a floor-level collection conveyor. Sawdust captured falling through the lower feed rolls is collected in screws and deposited into the same conveyor. Screens inside the chipper casing retain chunks and large pieces until the knives have had a chance to reduce them in size. Primary and secondary anvils aid in the chipping process. Most sawmill wastewood applications involve a wide variety of materials fed simultaneously into the chipper. The upper and lower feed rolls compress and feed the woody pieces evenly across the full width of the chipper spout, at just the right speed to produce the required chip length. The upper casing “floats” using hydraulic cylinders, providing the right level of pressure to hold the wood, but it is able to lift when a surge or large piece enters the spout. Hall 26, Booth E07/1 BRUKS drum chippers meet production requirements.
BRUNNER HILDEBRAND Hildebrand has been known throughout the world as one of the leading manufacturers of dry kilns for almost 70 years. The industry was decisively influenced by numerous innovative ideas and patents. The product range includes conventional fresh air/exhaust air dryers, steamers and special kilns, the world’s largest vacuum dryer HIGHVAC and the unique HCK-Alexander, the all-rounder among continuous kilns. At Ligna 2011, the Hildebrand initiative and patented Interlinked GreenKilns System set an important example for environmental protection and process optimization. This path will also be consistently pursued at Ligna 2019. Hildebrand Weight Precision Technology (HWPT) Brunner Hildebrand wood moisture measurement—electronic bolster will be presented for the first time as a wood moisture measurement system that not only measures the moisture content of wood by weighing entire kiln stacks, but also achieves a so far unknown precision by combining different wood moisture measurement methods. In addition to high accuracy, this technology convinces by its practical implementation, because the measurement is carried out by so-called “electronic bolsters” - completely wireless. Hall 25, Booth B65
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CERATIZIT The market leader in the field of carbide products for the wood industry, CERATIZIT welcomes all visitors during Ligna. This year, it is all about the customer: special services and surprises around the topic “Customer Service” will be displayed at the booth. With a view to an optimized logistics chain, the central warehouse for wood machining products has been transferred to the Logistic Center of the CERATIZIT Group in Kempten, Germany. The highly automated dispatch department ensures minimal costs and absolute reliability for the customers. Thanks to CERATIZIT’s advanced supply chain management, the production capacity is flexible and able to produce a maximum of quantities, even in a short time frame. Most of CERATIZIT’s standard products can be found in the online shop E-Techstore. Availabilities in real time, detailed product Ceratizit range of carbide products information, a track & trace order status and an overview of all customer-specific transactions, online and offline, make the E-Techstore a real time-saving tool. All of those features are available seven days a week, round the clock. The product portfolio for woodworking covers sawing, milling, drilling and planing. Saw tips, indexable knives, blanks, rectangular strips and rods from CERATIZIT are made of highly wear-resistant carbide grades. The market-proven chrome grade family KCR has been specially developed for applications that require corrosion- and oxidation-resistance. These carbide grades guarantee a long tool life for the machining of melamine laminated particleboard, HDF and MDF, hardwoods and softwoods but also for the cutting of composite materials. Therefore, they will again be one of the highlights of this year’s Ligna. Hall 27, Booth C57
CHACO CHACO is presenting its blade deviation measurement system BE 2020. A highly sensitive proximity sensor measures the exact amount and the direction of the blade deviation and brings it instantly with a resolution of 0.01 mm (.004 in.) to display. The blade deviation measurement system offers an analogue output signal which is in direct relation to the blade deviation, for a possible utilization in an automatic carriage speed control system and secondly, a contact with zero potential for the use in combination with an external warning system. The BE 2020 is available in the following executions: —Integrated installation into the main operators control panel —External installation CHACO also shows standard saw guides for ordinary table band saws, and a range of tailor-made pressure guides and guiding elements. Hall 25, Booth J07
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COMBILIFT Combilift, the Irish specialist manufacturer of materials handling solutions, will have plenty to show at Ligna on its extensive stand at the heart of the outdoor area, as well as on a stand in Hall 13. The company’s product range, which encompasses small pedestrian stackers, multidirectional forklifts and large straddle carriers, will be well represented. Around 18 models will be on display, all of which have been designed for safe, space-saving and productive handling of the various loads that the timber sector needs to lift, transport and store. Sawmills, furniture manufacturers, timber suppliers and joineries can all benefit from Combilift’s innovative products to keep things moving on the premises. Combilift range of wood product handlers Centerpiece on the outdoor stand will be the CombiSC Straddle Carrier. This imposing machine, which is available with lift capacities of up to 100t, handles oversized loads such as modular buildings and containers. It has a very light footprint in spite of its size and is a cost effective alternative for heavy handling forklifts and cranes and works on poor terrain without the need for costly ground reinforcement. Combilift continues to add to its range of electric models and this is evident at Ligna—around half of the exhibits are electric powered and include a Combi-ST stand on truck, the Combi-WR4 multidirectional pedestrian stacker, a Combi-CBE counterbalance design 4-way truck and the Aisle-Master VNA articulated forklift. The majority of electric products from other manufacturers are designed for indoor use only but Combilift has answered the market demand for more versatile forklifts by incorporating rubber tires into its electric range to enable them to offer good traction on a variety of surfaces so that they can transition easily from inside to outdoors. C-Series models on display include the C5000XL, a robust diesel powered truck with high ground clearance, large operator cab and a host of features that cope easily with harsh operating environments and tough ground surfaces. Combilift aims to entertain as well as inform at Ligna, so the usual lineup of dancing forklifts and beverages will be available for visitors to enjoy. Hall 13, Booth G25; Outdoor Area, M61
DYNALYSE AB Dynalyse AB exhibits at Ligna as usual and welcomes all visitors. Dynalyse shows measurement systems from density grading in green sorting to further transformation such as for painting lines. Dynalyse has installed well over 200 systems in 12 countries and has been a reliable partner for many for more than 20 years. News at this Ligna is that the Dynalyse strength grading system, Precigrader, has been updated for grading according to the American standard for MSR lumber by the ALSC to strength grade up to 260 boards per minute, which is a record speed. Dynalyse will also show Densigrader and Kiln Scout, two products with focus at kiln drying efficiency. Densigrader is used to sort timber into moisture classes while Kiln Scout from the the U.S. company Finna Group (SCSFP) is a wireless moisture meter system for use in a chamber or tunnel kilns to monitor the actual wood moisture continuously during drying. Other in-line moisture sensors from SCSFP will be on display too; for instance the MC Pro 2400 for transfer line. This is a very reliable meter, as Jimmie Bergkvist, processing manager at Vida Borgstena, says: ”Definitely the best moisture meter on the market.” New features around Dynagrade och Precigrader for strength grading will be shown. Many Dynagrade systems have been updated to the current version; some also upgraded from Dynagrade to Precigrader in order to gain yield in more demanding strength grades. One example is the big producer Södra Wood Mönsterås in Sweden who has used Dynagrade since their start. Michael Ericson, quality control manager, is satisfied Dynalyse Kiln Scout (Finna) moisture meter with the transition: “Our grading results varied before from one batch to another, while we are now seeing high and stable yield numbers for all timber sizes. Dynalyse believed we could increase our yield with 4-5% units in TR26 [for UK], which also has been verified, and sometimes we see even better yield. Today we have 5-9% better yield in TR26 than before. Also when producing the common European grade C24 we note high and stable results.” Regarding the relationship with Dynalyse, Ericsson adds: “The Dynalyse team is reliable and always forthcoming when we ask for advice or support.” A fairly new product on display at Ligna is Paint Control, which is used in industrial painting lines to control the process and document results. Hall 25, Booth A56 28
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ESTERER LIGNA 2019 – Discover the best! Discover at Ligna the variety of applications of EWD band saw technology and the world of log band saw headrigs, band saw lines and special applications in resawing and remanufacturing. A “walk-in access” of the quad band saw EBT 4-1800 will provide a glimpse into the heart of a band saw line. l Edger Optimizer Technology – a class of its own The proven EWD high performance edger system OPTIDRIVE is now complemented by the fully automated version, running without an operator. l EWDconnect – the app for users Mobile application for smartphones and tablets, specially developed by EWD. Availability data of an EWD sawline can be viewed mobile and online at any time. l New dimensions – expansion of our product and service portfolio Esterer quad band saw expertise —Planning of customer-based conveying technology for new plants. —Support for the extension, modernization and improvement of existing plants —Assessment (bottleneck and failure analysis) to find proposals for the improvement of the material handling —Potential analysis to achieve targets which have been defined together with the customer —Process simulations and their analysis to develop and optimize production sequences —Lumber sorting plants with smooth handling and high productivity at the same time l EWD-Service – you are in good hands At Ligna we will have a central meeting point of the After Sales and Support department. Come and meet face to face our service technicians. Reliability, confidence, technical competence and a close contact with the customers make us your strong partner. Does this sound interesting for you? Then we would like to invite you to our EWD World! Hall 25, Booth F49
FINEGA The worldwide French sawmill machinery manufacturer FINEGA is offering a wide range of high-productivity and heavy-duty equipment dedicated to softwood and hardwood sawmills as well as: l SEGEM: debarker, log yard, chipper and shredders l MEM: end-dogger, canter, board edger, twin and quad band saw and circular saw l EW-GILLET: linear carriage, headrig, slabber l EGA: full shape 360° rotary scanner l CIRIS: canter line and profiler Hall 25, Booth B69 FINEGA MEM end dogging log breakdown
GILBERT TECHNOLOGIES Gilbert is proud to attend the Ligna Fair and continue its expansion worldwide. This is a unique occasion for Gilbert to promote its planers. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet our team and learn more about our complete line of planers. With more than 100 planers in operation including 3 in Germany and Denmark, 5 in New Zealand and Australia and 3 in Sweden, the Gilbert Planers are known to be the fastest in the world and have the highest efficiency rate. Our sales team will be there to present all the benefits and propose innovative solutions, helping customers to increase their productivity while producing a beautiful lumber finish. Hall 25, Booth L06 Gilbert planers are in worldwide operation. 30
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JOESCAN JoeScan’s latest JS-50 sawmill scanner keeps impressing. After a successful run of spring trade shows, the Vancouver, Wash.-based company is preparing for a busy summer of travel with its new device. “We got a lot of great feedback from mill owners at the Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association spring meeting and the Hardwood Manufacturers Association annual conference,” says JoeScan President Joey Nelson. “Sawmills love the idea of having a single scanner model for their entire line. It really simplifies things for management and employees.” JS-50 new features include: l Bioncular camera systems sees what single cameras miss (steep wane and flight shadow) l Just one PoE cable connector to run and connect (and JoeScan JS-50 versatile scanning envelope protect) l Next-gen speed and resolution delivers twice the specs of earlier generations l Snap mount comes to you pre-calibrated for 15 second hot-swaps At Ligna JoeScan unveils a new transverse demo of the JS-50. “People got to see the JS-50 scan logs at TP&EE in Portland last year,” Nelson adds. “We’re already known for lineal and log scanning, so the chance to show off the performance for trimmers and transverse edgers is a great step forward for us. This really is a scanner that can do it all for sawmills. “We’ve made it a big priority to get out there and have conversations with the sawmills that are using our products,” Nelson says. “We only make scanners for sawmills, so their input is invaluable to us. It’s these relationships that allow us to generate innovations like the features in the JS-50.” Stop by and you will get the chance to influence the next big sawmill scanning improvement from JoeScan. Hall 25, Booth B33
METRIGUARD Synonymous with quality assurance for more than 40 years and hundreds of installations globally, Metriguard produces more machine graded lumber (MSR, MGP, MSG, and MEL) than all other systems combined. Continuous product improvement for better customer outcomes has always been a priority at Metriguard, and the latest 2350 Sonic Lumber Grader update features design benefits that increase capacity, improve grading, and also automates processes to reduce operator intervention and maintenance. This robust system is designed for a planer mill to produce machine stress graded lumber and for a Metriguard specializes in MSR machinery. sawmill to sort material for resource allocation before drying, by sorting lumber for stiffness using density and sonic velocity. Metriguard’s Model 2350 is installed in a transverse lug chain, making it ideal for mills where space is an issue and is compatible with other visual grading and scanning systems. The most recent installation for high strength lumber at EACOM Timber Corp. Nairn Centre plant, realized a production output increase by a significant 10% during its inaugural shift. Find out if your lumber makes the grade. Hall 26, Booth F24
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JOHN KING CHAINS John King Chains is a leading manufacturer of conveyor and elevator chain for the bulk materials handling industry worldwide. First established in Leeds England, John King has been offering its customers materials processing solutions since 1926. With the majority of popular chain series and sprockets held on stock, the company prides itself on offering unparalleled technical and engineering service support, with many specifications up rated compared to OEM supply, making them a first choice partner. With locations in the UK, North America, South Africa, Chile and Eastern Europe, John King offer worldwide service solutions to the forestry products industry. All products are manufactured within the dictates of their quality management quality system according to ISO9000. Hall 25, Booth B06
John King Chains stem handling at mill operation in BC
LEDINEK Ledinek is not an ordinary company. With a long family tradition and desire for innovation we set the trends in the timber industry. Innovative, powerful and durable is a short statement of three words, which perfectly describes our mission to manufacture the best wood processing machines in the world. The key advantage of the company is precise and project oriented systematic solutions which we search for each customer individually. We manage production control with complete solutions in machine and plant engineering, including design, construction, manufacturing, assembly, wiring, software, commissioning of equipment at the customer’s site and training of their staff. We also provide quick service response due to eWon teleservice and 22 programmers in house. Ledinek fingerjointing system—Kontizink L We are a world leader in complete CLT production lines. CLT production capacity ranges from 5,000 m³ per shift per year up to over 150,000 m³. Our wide range of products comprising planers, fingerjointing machines and presses offers custom made solutions for different CLT production volumes and processing steps. This year at Ligna, Ledinek will be presenting three top machines for CLT plants: l Multiplan 5V – S250 A multi-performance planer for efficient and flexible production of profiled timber, boards and moldings with perfect surface finish. High speed molder planer for best surface quality. It is a moulder at its best: precise, adjustable, versatile and strong. l X-press There are almost 20 delivered worldwide. The advantages are: —Pneumatic pressure build-up —Independent side pressure for virtually any length —Thickness independent front pressure —Moveable transport carriage —Automatic sequence control l Kontizink L Champion of productivity and accuracy. High speed continuous fingerjointing system for production of boards with single piece milling system that produces vertical fingerjoints at astonishing feeding rates. For random lengths from 600 mm up to 4,200 mm (2 to 13 ft.). Productivity of Kontizink is up to 55,000 lm/8h (180,000 ft/8h). Other machines, which will be presented at Ligna: l Rotoles 400 D-S It is used for calibration of very thin workpieces, such as hardwood top layers for production of engineered flooring. Hall 27, Booth C20
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LIMAB LIMAB was founded more than 30 years ago and has a long tradition of developing laser sensors and non-contact measuring systems. We specialize in measurement systems for industrial applications, mainly to support our customers to improve product quality and reduce manufacturing costs. Today we have customers on all continents and are offering state-of-the-art systems to a large variety of applications. Headquarters are based in Göteborg, Sweden, and we have subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Germany and USA. On other markets we are represented by certified partners for sales and customer support. Quality and environmental management is a key to LIMAB’s operation and we are certified according to ISO9001 and ISO14001. LIMAB offers BoardProfiler 3D systems for transverse or longitudinal processes. BoardProfiler 3D measures the piece from any direction to provide data for optimization, dimensional and geometrical defects and shapes for cutting or sorting. The advantage of the system is LIMAB edge profiling its high thickness accuracy. When defining a cut decision in an optimization or sort out of tolerance the most important factor is to find where the thickness defect is. A correct and accurate cutting decision based on the thickness will result in yield improvements. In 2017 LIMAB finalized a transverse edger solution for Derome in Southern Sweden and in 2019 two completely new edger lines with new mechanics from Höga Kusten Teknikresurs are planned for commissioning before end of this summer. The first one is a full 3D, 6000 mm board system for a line speed of 30-35 boards/min in South America. The second one is for a high speed line of 60-65 boards/min. BoardProfiler 3D-LE/LR/LC software for edgers also handles rip saws up to six blades and cross-cut appllications. ProfiCura sensors developed and manufactured by LIMAB use the latest laser technology to measure accurately in high speed lines. The sensors are mounted on a specially adapted measuring frame with scanning from two sides. Hall 25, Booth G46
LINCK An accurate log rotation before the first processing step is decisive to achieve high value recovery. With its optimization software, LINCK uses 3D scanning data to generate a value-optimized cutting pattern and then determines the required angle for log rotation. At Ligna LINCK presents Log Motion Control, a further step in the development of this technology. In addition to determining the log rotation angle, a Microtec Truespin scanner will be used where a camera records a characteristic pattern on the log surface and where the log position is transmitted to the LINCK Log Motion Control during the whole rotating process. The software determines the true log position to be compared with the theoretical one. Any deviations will be comLINCK log motion control pensated by immediately adjusting the position of the rotating rollers. The log rotation process is therefore under the full control of the LINCK Log Motion Control software. Also at Ligna LINCK presents a new generation of cutter heads for its chipper canters. The number of knives of this three-step cutter head can vary between three and six depending on the requested chip length. For producing fine chips, the number of knives in the first step can be doubled. In contrast to the previous knife disc which has a truncated cone shape, the new generation cutter head is designed with a cylindrical outer disc. This flattening leads to a reduced disc diameter. The rollers in front of and behind the chipper canter can thus move closer to allow a better guiding of short logs. Linck also displays the newest addition to the family of VPM profiler units—the smaller VPM 350, developed for cant heights up to 350 mm and cutting depths up to 75 mm. The smaller adjustment paths and chip removal volumes make 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 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. Hall 25, Booth F25 36
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LUCIDYNE TECHNOLOGIES Lucidyne Technologies, Inc. of Corvallis, Ore. and Canordic Export Company of St. Catherines, Ontario proudly announce Canordic’s representation of Lucidyne’s products in Scandanavia, Finland and the Baltic States. Lucidyne’s mainline products, GradeScan and ChopScan, use deep learning artificial intelligence to grade lumber. This platform, called Perceptive Sight Intelligent Grading, delivers a quantum leap in grading accuracy and unparalleled results. Because Perceptive Sight uses AI Deep Learning, new characteristics in a mill’s wood basket are quickly incorporated into the software, delivering fast, high-quality results, including decay and other defects that are undetectable by other systems. Both ChopScan and GradeScan are scalable, so there is a system that is right for every mill, regardless of speed, or numbers of species and products. GradeScan and ChopScan deliver unmatched defect detection for maximum optimization, and an Lucidyne announces new representation by Canordic. ROI that makes a Lucidyne scanner the best choice for your mill. Canordic’s long relationship with European mills makes them the ideal partner to represent Lucidyne’s products. Their knowledge of the unique needs and challenges of their customers’ positions Canordic to help mills understand how automated grading, and the advantages of Perceptive Sight Intelligent Grading, can help them maximize value and fiber recover. Meet Chris Cournyer, Engineering Sales Manager for Lucidyne, and Markku Sillanpaa of Canordic at Ligna and find out more about how GradeScan and ChopScan with Perceptive Sight can deliver for you. Hall 27, Booth J28
MEBOR Mebor, leader in horizontal log sawing technology, produced its first horizontal band saw in 1982. It has supplied machines to more than 55 countries and gained experience with a variety of wood species working conditions. Originating from a sawmill business the Mebor team understands the needs and problems of sawmills, which makes them competent in advising customers on how to improve their production. Mebor will be presenting its flagship horizontal log band saw HTZ 1300 PLUS, which has been achieving record production levels in horizontal sawing worldwide. Mebor’s customers reach productivity levels even up to max. 100 m3 of logs per shift (output up to 25,000 BF). However, Mebor has had requests from existing customers to supply a machine for even greater production. This is why Mebor is proud to present its first vertical band saw VTZ 1400 Plus. It is designed to be an exceptionally fast vertical band saw. The machine does not require any special Mebor vertical band saw foundations. Being made of Strenx high-performance structural steel, the carriage construction is strong and optimized in weight resulting in higher speed of the carriage and lower energy consumption. The braking energy is transferred to other drives in the system. The fully automated sawmill is packed with features, such as: —One side mounted band saw wheels allow easy access for blade changes. —Electronic blade alignment - easy and fast positioning of both band saw wheels ensures optimal position of the blade and extends blade life. —Tilted (slanted) carriage allows shock-free reception of sawn boards with top face upwards. —Mebor’s unique chain driven carriage drive (less maintenance, simpler installation) —Superfast carriage drive for fast return after the cut —Headblocks with independent (or unified) positioning for taper control and straightening of wood; resulting in higher recovery rate and precision —Smart hydraulic power unit detecting the load and self-adjusting the needed speed and pressure – minimal energy consumption —Auto-cut programming – the control system automatically selects combinations of sizes to be sawn. —Fully automatic cutting sequence – hands free operation during sawing The mid-range HTZ 1100 PRO horizontal log band saw will also be presented, doing live demos at the Ligna show. Besides band saw technology, Mebor will be presenting circular saw technology – board edgers and continuous circular saws (scraggs) for continuous sawing of logs. A recently upgraded rosserhead style debarking machine will also be displayed. Hall 25, Booth F39
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MICROTEC Sawmill 4.0—The sawmill of the future. Microtec presents “the sawmill of the future” in Hall H25, Booth F39. Through its integrated and innovative solutions and the implementation of AI, every log can be traced to its boards through a “digital fingerprint.” The gapless traceability from log to board is guaranteed by: l CT Log 360°, the X-ray Computed Tomography for full digital 3D log reconstruction and virtual grading l Logeye Fingerprint, the X-ray log scanner for identification and rotation angle evaluation l Truespin, the scanner for log rotation monitoring or measurement compensation l Goldeneye, the multi-sensor scanner for boards for identification and quality grading The integration of artificial intelligence in the production processes of Microtec CT log animation sawmills allows you to know the value of your final product before breaking down the log. This translates into immediate cost savings and increased added value to the final product, which leads to an impressive return on investment. In Hall 27, Booth F27, Microtec exhibits full automatic optimizing X-ray Goldeneye scanners & crosscut solutions and other scanning technologies together with its partner System TM on 736 sq. m. Microtec will exhibit the following machines: —Goldeneye 300, the best-value quality scanner for optimized chop processing and sorting —Goldeneye 500, the scanner for perfect grading, chopping and sorting —Goldeneye 600, the scanner for repairing & ripping; it ensures perfect edging and optimized ripping of wide boards in the saw or in the dry mill In addition, you will find further scanner technology: —Curvescan, the 3D Board Shape Scanner for recognition of lumber distortion through a sophisticated laser triangulation process — Viscan, the Strength Grader with best in class optical laser interferometer scanner for determining the MOE of lumber —Optiside, the front side scanner detects the cup on the end of the lumber piece in order to correctly orientate the boards —M3 Scan, the moisture meter for quick and accurate measurement of lumber moisture content —ID Scan, the Board Tracker for tracking and overviewing lumber during all production stages. Hall H25, Booth F39; Hall 27, Booth F27
MÜHLBÖCK Mühlböck will be presenting the innovation: progressive kiln FLOW, as well as the latest generation of control software, heat recovery systems and sawdust and wood chip dryers during Ligna—the perfect platform to highlight the entire range of products and new innovations from Upper Austria. One of these new innovations is the progressive kiln FLOW. After Mühlböck scored points worldwide for several years with its progressive kilns and the heat recovery system 1003, there was still potential to make the progressive kiln even more flexible than before. A classic progressive kiln, as it already exists in the version with or without the type 1003 heat recovery system in the product portfolio, is very often designed for certain sawn tim- Mühlböck offers new innovations in progressive kilns. ber assortments with coordinated climatic zones. To use this system optimally, larger quantities of a certain assortment are necessary. “In the progressive kiln FLOW, separate drying zones are installed, just like separate drying kilns in a row. Each of these sections can perfectly meet the requirements of the sawn timber throughout the entire drying process,” explains Christian Grilz, progressive kiln specialist at Mühlböck. The individualization of the system to the respective customer requirements is extended by the combination of individual drying zones with the Mühlböck heat recovery systems. But not only heat recovery systems and many equipment details from the Mühlböck drying kilns make this system so economical—the drying schedules from Mühlböck wood research also ensure highest efficiency and perfect drying quality. Everyone who wants to be informed about the latest drying systems and energy saving options from Austria is welcome to visit Mühlböck`s booth. Hall 25, Booth B46
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SENNEBOGEN When it comes to mobile timber handling, many customers around the world depend on the reliable Pick & Carry material handler from Sennebogen. These machines are mainly used in log yards to organize, sort and feed sawmills. The 7 series machines have been designed to run continuously. Electric solutions, such as those typically used in stationary timber manipulation, have not been possible due to the long travelling distances involved. Sennebgoen presents the first machine with a new drive concept. All the work processes still operate hydraulically, driven by an efficient stage 5 diesel engine, while the undercarriage travel drive is electric. Bosch Rexroth and Sennebogen, long-term partners in drive and application technology for material handlers, collaborated to develop this electric travel drive. The system solution is based on Bosch Rexroth components and is being jointly developed into a marketable product, launched by Sennebogen under the name Green Efficiency Drive. The Pick & Carry material handler 735 E is the first machine to contain the series production technology for electric travel. The Pick & Carry machine can already switch continuously between acceleration, braking and driving under load and this provided options for improving the use of the available energy. The new drive concept consists of two electric drive engines in the undercarriage that are supplied with power by a generator operated by a diesel engine. Sennebogen material handler with electric In addition to the increased efficiency and lower consumption of this design, the devel- travel drive opment team has managed to achieve a reduction in noise levels, and dynamic drive and braking in the pilot production. Initial applications saw efficiency increases of up to 30% compared to the previously used dieselhydraulic drive. The machine has already been very convincing in field tests and was used for several days in the log yard of a Bavarian sawmill. As the first 7 series model, the Sennebogen 735 E with the prototype Green Efficiency Drive will be on display at Ligna. Additional technical details will also be available at the booth. The new drive concept is currently undergoing intensive testing and the first models will be ready to go into production by the end of 2019. Based in Stanley, North Carolina, Sennebogen offers a complete range of purpose-built machines to suit virtually any material handling application. Open-air site, Booth L62
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SIGNODE (BOHL) As part of Signode Industrial Group, H. Bohl provides a full line of wrapping equipment that simplifies packaging by unitizing or bundling products to prevent shifting during shipping and handling. Ideal for long and irregular-shaped products, Bohl wrapping equipment features modularity to accommodate production changes in both product and capacity. Characterized by high efficiency, low energy consumption, minimal maintenance times and maximum reliability, Bohl also utilizes environmentally friendly packaging materials, ensuring easy disposal and recycling. On display at Ligna is Bohl’s BSB-450, a semiautomatic twist wrapping machine that incorporates intuitive features to simplify operation. From an icon-driven HMI to quick-change film, the BSB-450 provides maximum reliability with simplicity to streamline operation. Built-in components include an automatic conveyor to move the product forward for wrapping as well as an automatic clamping and cutting unit. To accommodate changing production requirements, the BSB-450 can be upgraded to a fully automatic unit. Also on display is Bohl’s Senior/S-1800 VA fully automatic wrapping machined. Ideal for high production capacity on long products, the Senior/S-1800 can be customized for specific applications, making it ideal for a wide range of products. Its high-efficiency design results in low energy consumption as well as minimal setup and maintenance times. Built for maximum flexibility, it features various wrapping programs along with adjustment settings designed to accommodate different products. Hall 25, Booth B35
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STENNER As well as the usual faces (Sales Director Fred Harding has been attending Ligna for almost 40 years) there will be the opportunity at Ligna to meet the staff from the Stenner Design Team and the Service and Installation Team. New developments in the key areas of wide band horizontal resawing will be featured. These include a newly developed spray lubrication system, fast accurate electric rise and fall of the saw units and remachinable saw guides. “Much work has been done in the last few years,” says Stenner Sales Director Harding. “Maximizing machine performance, minimizing labor input and reducing saw kerf continue to be our major drivers for Stenner horizontal resaw technology product development.” Featured on the stand will be a three head MHS9 horizontal resaw line destined for a client in New Zealand. The MHS range consists of machines with pulley diameters from 915 mm (MHS9) up to 1370 mm (MHS137). Applications range from the manufacture of high quality accurately sawn flooring material to simple fencing and pallet components. The larger units will, typically, go into canter lines to give maximum flexibility in cutting patterns and also as multiple units with handling systems to resaw lumber into saleable sizes from large dimension lumber produced in a primary processing line. The highly successful ST range resaws will be represented and will feature the latest innovations in accurate high speed radial arm resawing using single stand alone machines. “We welcome customers old and new to discuss their future requirements,” says Stenner M.D Syd Mather. Hall 25. Booth G06
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TS MANUFACTURING TS Manufacturing encourages you to visit its booth and its sales team to discuss the wide range of equipment and new technology TS Manufacturing offers, to become acquainted with the new partnership between TS Manufacturing and Automation & Electronics NZ, and to examine the up and coming Accu-Tally software. Members from A&E will be also be in attendance . TS Manufacturing is an outstanding designer and manufacturer of sawmill and lumber handling equipment for hardwood and softwood processing. TS builds optimized equipment for log handling and merchandising, primary and secondary breakdown, grading, sorting, stick placing and stacking. Visit our YouTube channel to watch TS equipment in action, or see our website at www.tsman.com. Hall 25, Booth A07
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USNR Visit us at Ligna to experience the future of sawmilling and engineered wood manufacturing technology. You’ll find advanced scanning, optimization and grading systems along with flexible debarking options and lumber handling solutions. l Transverse High Grader The Transverse High Grader (THG) uses time-tested technology from the Lineal High Grader, combining it with the most advanced sensor available today. BioLuma 2900LVG+ integrates GrainMap, XHD color vision, and HD laser profiles with bright LED illumination. It collects ultra-high-resolution images with precise geometric and USNR “deep learning” technology in grading grain angle measurements on all four surfaces of the boards. THG accurately detects, measures and classifies: bow, crook, twist, skip, wane, knots, pith, stains, decay, bark pockets, splits, shakes, worm holes. l Deep Learning Technology Deep Learning is a method of machine learning applied in our BioVision, LHG and THG automated grading systems that has significantly improved accuracy and dramatically reduced the time needed to commission these complex automated grading systems. Installed on more than 30 systems to date, Deep Learning speeds up the fine-tuning process and enables the system to “learn” the characteristics of particular wood species and specific grade rules much faster than before. Customers benefit from faster startups and powerfully accurate grading solutions. l Carriage Scanning and Optimization USNR’s carriage optimizer delivers unparalleled accuracy and simultaneous front and back side scanning. It’s the only system capable of full log breakdown grade sawing that can also be configured for hardwood MOF applications. Full coverage 3D LASAR2 sensors have exceptional resolution and data density, providing more accurate log volumes, better yield, and better overall mill performance. l CamShift Debarker The CamShift system combines debarking and flare reducing in a single, modular machine that is available with one or two debarking rotors in three sizes, for feed speeds up to 130 m/min. (425 FPM). CamShift 600 offers both log-releasing tools and tool pressure adjustment during operation. The manually adjusted flare reducer rotor is infinitely adjustable for reduced diameters up to 560 mm (22 in.). Its modular, pull-out design makes setup and tool changes a breeze. Hall 25, Booth D65
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VALUTEC Valutec presents a new generation of intelligent control systems for lumber drying at Ligna. In January Valutec launched its new control system, Valmatics 4.0, which enables sawmills around the world to automate and optimize drying in all types of lumber kilns. The high quality of the process is ensured by simulators programmed with data from hundreds of thousands of measurements to enable the calculation of drying processes with unbeatable accuracy from beginning to end. “Sawmills want to streamline production while also ensuring the quality of every product. This calls for intelligent automation, and we’ve dedicated major resources to developing it,” says Thomas Wamming, head of R&D at Valutec. Valutec TC with Valmatics 4.0 installed at Swedish CLT producer The increased automation made possible by intelligent simulators Martinsons is also necessary to take full advantage of Valutec’s increasingly common TC progressive kilns, where drying can take place in parallel in up to 14 different zones with different conditions such as dimensions and moisture content. All the kiln operator needs to know is the incoming and desired outcoming moisture content – the system does the rest. This frees up time for more important operations such as saw planing, quality control and sampling. l Valutec has delivered more than 1,500 continuous kilns to sawmills around the world. The latest development is the “TC continuous kiln.” There are already many TCs in production in Europe and Russia and this fall North America’s two first TCs will be installed at Pleasant River Lumber of Maine, USA. “We visited several Swedish sawmills that were using Valutec products and they exceeded our highest expectations in terms of the details, quality of design and energy efficiency,” says Jason Brochu, owner of Pleasant River Lumber. A TC-kiln comes with distinguishing features such as high flexibility and superior capacity. It gives the operator the possibility to create the ultimate drying process with unlimited freedom to mix dimensions, minimal moisture content variation and reduced risk of checking. Very simplified, a 10-zone continuous TC-kiln like Pleasant River’s can be viewed as 10 batch kilns joined together by the side walls, but with a feeder track straight through. All Valutec’s kilns are constructed in stainless steel, resistant to thermal expansion and fatigue, and require minimal maintenance. Hall 25, Booth D23
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WILLIAMS & WHITE Williams & White Equipment was founded in 1957 when it developed its first stretcher roll for circular saws. Since then, Williams & White has continued to innovate and advance the saw filing industry—designing and manufacturing the world’s most advanced tool sharpening and production machinery without losing the “built to last” design, quality and aftersales service the business is known for. 2019 is proving to be a great year for the company with a successful installation of our RoboSHARP dual head integrated top/face/dual side grinding machine with robotic loading for lights out manufacture. We have also partnered with FPInovations to bring to market our new SAWSense saw guide monitoring system capable of reducing oil usage by up to 40%, increasing mill speeds and predicting issues before they happen. Williams & White band saw benching expertise Adding to our successful partnerships with Kohlbacher band saw machines and HANA brazing machines we are pleased to bring SMP Technik round tool grinders to the North American market. Excited to be back at Ligna, we are bringing a selection of our product line to show the European market, including the #36 round saw stretcher, the original and most popular Williams & White machine, capable of both tensioning and leveling circular saws using its patented 3 roller system. This common sight in North American sawmills seriously reduces the amount of hammering required. The second machine we are showing is our band saw bench—utilizing a similar roll system to the #36 stretcher, again allowing the machine to both tension and level the band. The band saw bench has a fourth roll allowing the leveling in both directions without removing the blade. Finally we will be displaying our recently updated CNC top and face grinder. Hall 25, Booth M21
WINTERSTEIGER Wintersteiger will be displaying no less than four new products at Ligna. In the field of timber repair and cosmetics (TRC), the team will be presenting a new type of fully automated filing machine as well as a new machine for performing surface finishing on rustic planks and boards. The third global innovation is a solution for the fully automated stacking of top layers. As for saw blades, Wintersteiger will be exhibiting the new “DSB Prime” thin-cutting band saw blades that promise a significant increase in performance. As one of the largest saw blade manufacturers in Europe, Wintersteiger will be presenting its full range of band saw blades for wood, food, and Wintersteiger fully automated stacking of top layers metal in Hall 25. Wintersteiger saw blades are specially tailored to their specific application and the material to be cut, delivering optimum results cost effectively and with extremely high quality. New at Ligna are resaw and log band saws with a blade width of up to 260 mm and sharpening service for resaw and log band saws including logistics solutions. Hall 27, Booth F60; Hall 25, Booth E69
WOOD-MIZER Wood-Mizer Industries, the global company’s European headquarters based in Poland, has a long-standing presence at Ligna. This year Wood-Mizer Industries showcases a broad range of wood processing equipment available through its established distribution network. Visitors to Wood-Mizer’s stand will be presented with new high-volume sawmilling equipment and new woodworking machinery alongside the company’s well-known professional sawmill models. “Wood-Mizer is dedicated to providing sawmillers and woodworkers throughout the world with the necessary wood processing equipment to effiWood-Mizer wideband sawmill ciently process timber into finished wood products,” says Darryl Floyd, WoodMizer North America President. Wood-Mizer’s TITAN line of high-volume sawmilling equipment is represented with several individual units including the WB2000 wideband sawmill, the EA3000 optimizing board edger with scanning capability, and a high capacity EG800 multirip edger. A new line of 4-sided planer/molders for woodworking companies will also be demonstrated. These products enable small to medium workshops to affordably plane and mold finished timber products with minimal investment. Additional products including the LT15WIDE and LT70WIDE sawmills that bring increased log capacities to customers as well as new horizontal resaws including the HR250 twin band resaw and other equipment not yet publicly released will be displayed at the event. Open-air site FG, Booth K44 56
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ed printer for your mill without changing any of your current production equipment. We create a grade printer specific to the volume and structure of your wood in order to clearly stamp your product and meet the American Lumber Standard Committee (ALSC) accreditation requirements. If you currently have a grade printer and are in search of wholesale pricing on refill ink for grade printing, we can offer compatible grade printing ink and grade printing accessories for your current lumber grade printer. Grade printing in lumber mills and panel mills is our specialty. Let us help you achieve the results you need and want for your mill. Optional Wet Ink Flo-Thru System (constant ink flow, stops when not printing); #1C – Functions with one air cylinder; #2C – Two cylinders with dual control panel; #2Cs – Two air cylinders with dual control panel and drum swivel.
DYNALYSE AB Autolog ProGrader built with mill personnel in mind
With more than 20 new optimizers recently installed in the U.S., Autolog’s ProGrader linear planer optimizer has been quoted by mill personnel as one of the easiest grading systems to work with. What does easy to use mean exactly? It means you can quickly leverage the knowledge and the experience of your key graders. At many locations, graders with limited computer knowledge can learn and delve into the system in order to extract the most value out of every piece. Easy to use means that your resources will be autonomous. Autolog’s ProGrader is a linear optimizer designed to fully automate the grading process of dressed lumber at the planer. Being positioned just after the planer, its group of sensors (Geometric, Vision and Tracheid), which face each side of the board at 90°, provide an unobstructed reading as well as stop any major planer mechanical production issue. It is a reliable and fast system that can be installed closed coupled or not, processing all dimensions between 1x3 in. to 6x12 in., 6 ft. and up. The 3D geometric sensors measure dimensions, skip, wane, holes and warp; the 2D vision sensors measure knots, rot, splits and shakes, bark, etc. and the tracheid sensors measure slope of grain and detect knots and unsound wood. The ProGrader LTS (Linear Tracking System) control module provides information on all data that is collected and how it is trending. It integrates the analysis of detailed and precise data on the tracking and synchronization of boards, keeps track of the board gap and synchronizes its speed with your electrical planer. It monitors and leverages information from all sensors, moisture reader and MSR to maximize the board value. The ProGrader linear planer optimizer offers the best priceperformance ratio in the industry with less than one-year payback. Autolog’s automation solution can seamlessly integrate your selection of equipment from the tilt hoist to the stacker.
CLAUSSEN ALL-MARK At Claussen All-Mark we build our industrial grade printers to fit the lug tables currently operating in your mill. Our printers can stamp many types of products. We start by measuring the size, timing and speed of your driven lug tables. From there, we can manufacture an automat58
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Dynalyse Precigrader MSR lumber grading
Dynalyse strength grading system, Precigrader, has been updated for grading according to the American standard for MSR lumber by the ALSC to strength grade up to 260 boards per minute. Many Dynagrade systems have been updated to Precigrader in order to gain yield in more demanding strength grades. One example is the big producer Södra Wood Mönsterås in Sweden who has used Dynagrade since their start. Michael Ericson, quality control manager, is satisfied with the transition: “Our grading results varied before from one batch to another, while we are now seeing high and stable yield numbers for all timber sizes. Dynalyse believed we could increase our yield in TR26 [for UK]. Today we have 5-9% better yield in TR26 than before. Also when producing the common European grade C24 we note high and stable results.” Regarding the relationship with Dynalyse, Ericsson adds: “The Dynalyse team is reliable and always forthcoming when we ask for advice or support.” A fairly new product is Paint Control, which is used in industrial painting lines to control the process and document results.
GILBERT PRODUCTS In operation in nearly 10 countries including Canada, United States, Germany, New Zealand, Denmark, Brazil, Australia and Sweden, the Gilbert planers are known to be the fastest in the world and have the highest efficiency rate due to the
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PLANERMILLS and installing new bushing and seals. We fully test all rotors and stators (supplying a complete motor report), NDT all high speed components and dynamically balance to 4200 RPM, much higher than industry standards.
Gilbert pull-through planer technology
unique-to-Gilbert pull-through technology. Gilbert planer models: Gilbert Mass Timber Planer: This planer is built for big timbers such as glulam, CLT and log cabin beams. It features state-of-the-art technology, safety systems and automatic adjustments for high quality Mass Timber. The first machine is in operation in the Southern USA in a glulam operation. Gilbert High Speed Planer: Runs at speeds up to 4000 FPM and over 300 lugs per minute. This model of planer is offered to mills that want a high speed production, best lumber finish and require the most heavy-duty machine. Gilbert 6 Roll Planer: Designed for mid to high planer mill speeds and production. It runs up to 3000 FPM. Its compact design will fit very well in an existing layout. Gilbert S Series Planer: New generation planer, affordable and flexible, designed for mills that want to do more than conventional planing. It runs at speeds from 300 up to 1800 FPM. This model is the solution to diversified value-added products. Gilbert Molder Planer: Rcognized for its strength, versatility and high quality results. It is designed to produce all profile and special products, as well as high quality construction lumber. Gilbert offers the Molder opportunity to all of its models of planer.
Kimwood service for Stetson Ross planers
Efficiency upgrade options could include hydraulic tensioning systems, electric drives, auto set works, and higher horsepower motors. Quality upgrade options could include automatic jointers, cantilevered cutter heads, hydraulic locking and pneumatic hold downs. Safety upgrade options could include safety plunge jointers. When the completed reconditioned planer is delivered to site we can offer line-up to existing infeed and outfeed, grouting, leveling, setup and on-site training. New parts manuals will be provided to facilitate servicing needs.
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KIMWOOD (MURRAY LATTA) Kimwood Machinery Inc. leverages 150+ years of experience in the engineering, manufacturing, servicing and rebuilding of planers to now offer the wood processing industry a Certified OEM Reconditioning Service for Stetson Ross planers. This allows the mill to cost effectively and confidently extend the life of their existing planer and to add upgrades and accessories that promote safety, durability, improve board quality and processing speeds. A core part of this service is the initial assessment by our industry trained service team of your current planer’s mechanical and structural condition, specific additional upgrade requirements, and help with establishing a sound business case. Our reconditioning program includes rebuilding or replacing of any components that do not meet OEM requirements, complete disassembly and reassembly, sandblasting and complete repainting, inspecting for cracks or wear, replacing all bearings, repairing and chrome/hard surfacing of all wear parts, 60
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LEDINEK has built its renowned reputation with innovative solutions and solid collaborations with the best in the world. Our goal in this increasingly competitive industry is to offer machines and entire lines, which are built to produce and last—including automated high-performance grading and sorting lines enhanced with sophisticated combination of robust design, power, software and clever setup. The planer sorting line shown was designed for an annual output of 65MMBF in two-shift operation with two persons. The 1000 FPM grading and sorting line with eight film tray storage and 150 ft. length ensures optimal pre-planing, sorting, incoming goods inspection or material tracking. Data is transferred for each sorted package to the in-house warehouse management program. Very reliable vacuum de-stacking, even for de-stacking of packages without spacer sticks, can load the line from different packages with speed up to 10 layers per minute.
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PLANERMILLS Therefore, they perfectly fit in laminated timber lines. Every board is independently scanned with Microtec X-ray and camera scanner as it leaves the planing machine. An original LEDINEK software calculates the movement of vertical units which follows the curve of the boards. Readings include moisture measurement, automatic detection of year rings and cup. The STRATOPLAN planer is made of the highest quality components with active floating vertical spindles which provide the best adaptation to curve of the board. Companies all around the world, from USA to Norway, Australia, Latvia, Russia, Japan and France have invested in our production lines and we are very pleased to meet their wishes and needs.
LUCIDYNE GradeScan by Lucidyne Technologies, Inc. is breaking records for on-grade lumber production with Perceptive Sight Intelligent Grading, Lucidyne’s proprietary Deep Learning (artificial intelligence) platform. Introduced in 2017 and available only from Lucidyne, Perceptive Sight is in production in over three dozen GradeScan systems, with even more scheduled in the coming months. Some mills report close to zero percent above grade with this powerful platform. Because Perceptive Sight uses Deep Learning, new characteristics in a mill’s wood basket are quickly incorporated into the software, delivering fast, high-quality results, including
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Diesel Rot and other defects previously undetectable. Recently introduced is Lucidyne’s QCAssist Tablet, a nowstandard component of GradeScan. Lucidyne’s proprietary software on a Surface Pro allows mills to collect and evaluate lumber data on the go, no spreadsheet entry required. New characteristics in the lumber are immediately and automatically uploaded to Lucidyne, then updates are automatically downloaded back to the system, for activation by the mill at their convenience. The QCAssist tablet: —Displays board images for verification —Displays the GradeScan solution and grade failure reasons —Identifies grader override boards —Captures corrected board data and notes
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PLANERMILLS —Facilitates evaluation of multiple, consecutive units of lumber without returning to the computer room —Immediately uploads board data to Lucidyne for further evaluation —Automatically populates and updates package data and board files The QCAssist tablet is a powerful tool for evaluating the uplift a legacy GradeScan can expect from a Perceptive Sight upgrade. Customers can automatically upload packs of mill-run data to Lucidyne to run on the in-house Perceptive Sight platform, and compare the results from the legacy software to those from Perceptive Sight. Even before any additional training is done on those samples, the ROI on the upgrade is apparent.
METRIGUARD Continuous product improvement for better customer outcomes has always been a priority at Metriguard, and the latest 2350 Sonic Lumber Grader update features design benefits that increase capacity, improve grading, and also automates processes to reduce operator intervention and maintenance. This robust system is designed for a planer mill to produce machine stress graded lumber and for a sawmill to sort material for resource allocation before drying, by sorting lumber for stiffness using density and sonic velocity. Metriguard’s Model 2350 is installed in a transverse lug chain making it ideal for mills where space is an issue and is compatible with other visual grading and scanning systems. Other features include: —Sorting material in the sawmill for resource allocation before drying —Auto-zero scale feature for Metriguard sonic lumber grader stable calibration —Push-button
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scale calibration checks —Speeds up to 250 lugs per minute —Measure sonic velocity and density to accurately and reliably sort by average E The most recent installation for high strength lumber at EACOM Timber Corp.’s Nairn Centre plant saw production output increase by a significant 10% during its inaugural shift. Synonymous with quality assurance for over 40 years and hundreds of installations globally, Metriguard produces more machine graded lumber (MSR, MGP, MSG, and MEL) than all other systems combined.
MILLER PLANER (BID GROUP) Having more than 30 years of application expertise and knowledge, Dennis Miller and his team are ready to take on your toughest jobs. Having 19 planer lines and countless retrofits sold, Miller continues to rapidly increase its footprint on the industry. From installation and commissioning to preventive maintenance and repair, Miller delivers the resources you need, when you need them. Regardless of the age or condition of your equipment, we have the right solution. Located in the beauti- Miller state-of-the-art planers ful Pacific Northwest, all Miller planers and infeed systems are manufactured with the highest standards in the industry. Our tradition of simplicity and ruggedness has given us one of the top names in the marketplace. We are not just an OEM; we retrofit, rebuild and engineer for all planer manufacturers equipment. From basic to complex parts our state-of-the-art CNC equipment and fabrication capabilities
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PLANERMILLS provide complete planer solutions for your production needs. Product & Service Offerings: ● Miller 830E Planer: 6 in. x 13 in. capacity, 8 roll, removable cutterheads, electric drive, servo positioned on all horizontal and vertical axis, auto jointers. Up to 3000 FPM. ● Miller 630E Planer: 6 in. x 9 in. capacity, 6 roll, removable cutterheads, electric drive, servo positioned on all horizontal and vertical axis, auto jointers. Stud machine up to 3000 FPM. ● Miller Infeed: Live shear, up to 4 pineapples, powered hold downs on the bridge, pneumatic tensioning and electric servo positioning, robust frame construction, electric drive. ● Retrofits: TEFC cutterhead motor conversions, setworks, removable head conversion, planer roll module conversion, sidehead assembly conversions. ● Service: Consulting, line and level, engineering and parts for all brands of machines.
PLCUSA
will provide turnkey professional services from innovative engineered designs, sturdy high-performance equipment and technologies as well as professional installation, startup, handson training and support services. ● Engineering PLCUSA offers complete Design and Engineering services from simple plant layout modifications to complete engineering of new sawmills or planer mills. We work from your existing situation and provide realistic solutions from there. ● Sales PLCUSA teamed up with industry leading manufacturers to offer you a whole spectrum of top of the line equipment for your sawmills and planer mills. Since PLCUSA is independent, we can properly guide you to the type and brand of equipment that best fits your needs and requirements. ● Turnkey Installations We have in-house experienced and dedicated teams to execute turnkey installation projects. This service also caters to equipment manufacturers that require a professional team to implement their equipment on their customers’ premises. PLCUSA works with a dedicated team of employees and manufacturing partners that efficiently cover any forestry customer needs and projects throughout North America.
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Founded in 1999 to support lumber industry manufacturers in the selection, procurement and installation of sawmill and planer mill equipment, PLCUSA Inc. has always kept its focus on helping customers thrive through the highs and lows of the economic environment. Whatever project you are contemplating for your mill, PLCUSA can certainly guide you through the options and help you make the right decisions. PLCUSA
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Marking, pricing, tracking – in the wood and furniture industry, permanent marking is more important than ever. With the REINER marking devices, all this works very simply, quickly and economically: Hold the device in the intended position and print the preset imprint directly onto the wood using inkjet technology. There you go! Almost all wood products can be individually marked. The handy marking devices are characterized by many application options: —In pallet production – printing the IPPC marking directly on the pallet. —Marking logs with a barcode, a serial number and the
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felling date directly. —In the DIY store or an outdoor storage area, wood panels, wooden boards, wooden beams or wooden panels can be marked directly or the outer packaging can be marked accordingly. —Mark expensive wooden floors or wooden tiles trustworthy, if necessary even with a special UV ink, invisible and therefore counterfeit-proof. —Labels are even printed on wooden furniture – a printed QR code is the link to the service website. Whether pallets, crates, wooden drums or packaging made of solid wood, the REINER 940 or the jetStamp 1025 marks all wooden products mobile according to the IPPC standard. With the specially developed software, countries and region identifiers, registration numbers and abbreviations for treatment methods can be positioned in the correct place in the subsequent imprint at the click of a mouse. These individually designed imprint layouts are transferred to the devices in advance and are always available to employees and users. If required, a quick-drying ink can also be used, so that even barcode prints on untreated wood can be easily read by scanners.
age performance. The BPX’s innovative features and overlapping functions result in maximum load stability. It starts with the unique independent side compression that provides more surface coverage for improved load squaring and alignment. And unlike other systems, the BPX pre-folds edge protectors prior to placing them on the load to ensure consistent strap tension. Battens are precisely delivered to the load and held securely in place until strapping has concluded. Together, these features enable the industry’s fastest and most consistent strapping of lumber and panel packages. The BPX system features separate, lightweight strapping head modules that are easy to access and remove for maintenance, drastically reducing downtime. The feed module is located off of the platen, enabling it to be removed and serviced quickly. This strapping system is the easiest to maintain with no special handling equipment necessary. A simple and robust machine design now with fewer moving parts. No belts, pulleys or adjustments and easy access to the strap path. For over 100 years, Signode has been helping our customers improve their profits by reducing the costs they experience in moving their products to market. A firm commitment to research and development has earned Signode a reputation for being at the forefront of packaging innovation. We provide our customers with advanced solutions that increase production efficiency, improve load integrity and reduce operating costs. Over the years, we’ve embraced evolving technologies to meet our customers’ ever-changing needs. That responsiveness has made Signode the industry leader in protective packaging systems.
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SIGNODE Signode BPX lumber and panel strapping system delivers maximum packaging reliability in a simple to operate and easy to use machine. Its streamlined design with innovative, built-in features enables faster cycle times and more consistent pack-
TS Manufacturing Versa-Cam lug loader
The TS Versa-Cam Lug Loader is a high speed lug loader with maximum versatility for both fixed width and random width lumber products. The Versa-Cam was specifically designed to handle the complexities of random width lumber, with identical widths handled at even greater speed. Able to load boards from 3 in. to 24 in. wide at speeds in excess of 100 lpm, and able to lug load at rates exceeding 200 lpm with more typical width ranges - the Versa Cam is fast. This speed does not come with typical lug loader complexity however - it operates with a simple stop and load mechanism. The accelerating tipple rises to load the board at the leading edge of the accumulation, while its integrated stops hold back the subsequent board. The lowering hook stops reduce the dis-
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PLANERMILLS tance the tipple needs to rise by lowering out of the way of bowed or crooked pieces. The overhead press rolls easily handle 4 in. of variation in piece thickness for sawmill applications. Its tipples, lifted by servo drive, allow for boards with large splits to be easily processed. The smartly designed overhead frame lifts out of the way with pneumatic pivot for easy clearing. Our overhead system is driven by a continuous belt, without the need for couplings to change, via reverse wrap around driver. Hooks are lowered by servo drive for precision timing. Our tipples and hooks are available in a lower cost pneumatic system if you want to reduce the up-front cost of a lug loader. Visit our YouTube channel to watch the Versa-Cam in action.
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Timber Automaton (Baxley) dual arm package maker
Increase throughput with the Baxley high-speed dual arm package maker system. Designed for 1 in., 2 in., 4x4 in., 4x6 in. and 6x6 in., the system is capable of stacking up to 24 courses per minute. Every part of this system is optimized for speed and performance. Dual unscramblers, speedup chains, screw rolls and a fence help singulate the wood and avoid hangups. The pre-course makeup with variable frequency drives ensures maximum efficiency by closing potential gaps between layers. Alternate course skewing of layers along with a secondary hoist enable the system to continuously stack wood while sending a completed pack to the strapper. With its heavy-duty construction and simple design, maintaining performance will be simpler than with comparable systems. A mechanical cam for forklift operation makes it easier to maintain and operate, along with its independent bell crank carriage for course laying. The torque tube ensures straight line carriage motion and simplifies troubleshooting should an issue arise. With the efficiency improvements Timber Automation has made to its engineering design and manufacturing processes, lead times for equipment delivery have decreased significantly, creating opportunities for equipment delivery in late 2019. Call Larry Horn, Vice President of Sales, at (501) 617-5130 before those limited spots fill up!
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The Continuous Tilt Hoist unstacks a blanket of boards with speed and agility, delivering a smooth flow of kiln dried lumber to the planer mill infeed at up to 22 tiers per minute. A variety of lug loaders suit any budget, product recipe, and throughput requirement. The ElectraTong’s all-electric actuation delivers superior board control at speeds up to 250+ lpm while excelling in random thickness applications and handling feather-edge material well. Whereas the Virtual Lug Loader (VLL) uses belts to efficiently fill lugs with no overhead feeding apparatus. Controlled and monitored by the MillTrak lumber flow control system, the VLL offers reliable performance with minimal user intervention. USNR’s 4200E electric planer features all the latest functionality and is capable of gap or ribbon feeding at 3,000+ FPM. Its maintenance-friendly design with shimless bedplates provides fast and adjustable alignment. The ability to change feed rolls from the operator side significantly reduces change-out time. The Multi-Track Fence has proven to be a top solution for high-speed mills needing super-accurate cost-effective fencing. For mills with a high percentage of cut-n-two solutions, our innovative tandem bin sorter with “no skip-a-lug” is a revolutionary concept that yields big gains in production. The WinTally system is a sorter management solution that captures production information as boards pass into the sorter. Factor in the renowned accuracy of the Transverse (THG) and Lineal (LHG) High Grader automated grading systems, and you’ve got an unbeatable system for diverse applications. Time-tested image analysis and optimization software combined with the most advanced sensor available today, the BioLuma 2900LVG+ accurately detects, measures and classifies bow, crook, twist, skip, wane, knots, pith, stains, decay, bark pockets, splits, shakes and worm holes. Contact us to put this technology to work in your mill.
WEST COAST INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS West Coast Industrial Systems is proud of the nationwide reputation we have built for quality systems and service since 1987. From infeed tilt hoists, to finished packaging lines and the material handling between, our team custom-designs, manufactures and installs equipment for all of your planer mill lumber handling needs. We work closely with customers to identify everyday challenges and provide solutions quickly and efficiently. Our in house manufacturing facility can handle projects large and small—with a machine shop that boasts equipment from high speed CNC mills to a high capacity precision planer
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PLANERMILLS mill for providing high quality precision parts to our fabrication shop. WCIS products offered include but are not limited to tilt hoists, transfers, grading stations, unscramblers, West Coast focuses on planer mill lumber handling. feed tables, conveyors, sorter conversions, tray sorters, package handling equipment and paper wrap stations. Our on-site, highly experienced teams oversee projects from start to finish, make sure your project flows smoothly, and are on time and under budget. Our home support staff will also provide professional assistance to our field teams. Our goal is to provide what you need, when you need it.
WOLFTEK Wolftek introduces its High Feed Pineapple Roll System. By partnering with our customers we have been able to focus our research and development to produce the most efficient roll de-
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sign for your planer infeed. The specialty design moves the board quickly to the inside fence and on through the bridge. This allows a reduction of infeed speed so planer speed can be matched reducing gap and break ups. We have also designed the roll with a mechanically removable ring for quick on site repairs with no need to send it out for repair. With numerous roll patterns, and experience to help select the most effective of them, we hope to increase the production of your planer while reducing downtime and saving you money.
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When A Drum Is Best Choice Proper chipping requires an analysis of your situation. By Desmond Smith
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ne of the most asked questions about using drum chippers in general sawmill applications is: Where in the mill is a drum chipper the best option? The answer is couched in terms we all know too well: the form of the wood to be chipped, chip quality, capacity, power requirements, maintenance access and cost, durability, and overall cost of ownership. As with any piece of industrial equipment, a drum chipper is a tool to get something done, and how well it performs that function makes all the difference. To begin evaluation, start with the form the wood is in when it needs to be dealt with. Running the length of the primary sawline is a waste vibratory conveyor. It collects the downfall from every processing center above it, including edgers, end trimmers, circular and band saws, canter and profiling heads, and others. The wood that falls down is
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in the form of sawdust, hinged upper roll case is chips, slabs from the hydraulically powered to sides of logs, lumber edglift up when a large ings, rejected lumber chunk enters the spout, or pieces, trim blocks, and when a surge of material even log ends. All this is present. In this way wood is destined to benothing jumps around in come chips, where it then the spout, but rather all can be loaded into trucks Elevated chipper the wood pieces are held and sold for pulp chips, securely and fed properly or used to generate power into the chipper to make in the boiler, to run the just the right chip length. sawmill and dry kilns. The lower rolls have a In North America the second advantage, which historical means to render is in passing sawdust and this wood into chips has really small materials been a disc chipper. But down and away from the disc chippers have a few chipping area, reducing inherent design features the wear rate that sawthat cause problems in dust causes in chippers. sawmills. Vertical disc In most drum chipper dechippers have a spout signs there are collection floor that is quite long on screws that catch this Screens inside casing one side, meaning short smaller fraction and mepieces have to be pushed chanically convey it to from behind in order to reach the disc. the back of the chipper, where it can be The chips we want to make are created deposited into the overall chip collection when the waste wood pieces are chipped conveyor. In larger drum chippers the perpendicular to the wood grain, or put collection conveyor located below the another way, chipped in the same orienchipper’s discharge is large enough to tation a long log would be chipped. catch the sawdust directly. When chunks and pieces are pushed into The second major difference is inherent the disc, there is no assurance they will in the basic design of the chippers thembe oriented in this “correct” way, so that selves. A disc chipper mounts knives radiinstead of chips, slabs and chunks are ally (mostly) on a steel disc which is supproduced. And in disc chippers, the slabs ported on a shaft that passes through the and chunks are immediately shot out center of the disc. Bearings on the front the back of the disc and onto the coland back of the disc (typically) support lection belt below without further pro- the shaft and disc, and it is through this cessing. There is no screening inside shaft that the power of the motor passes, the disc chipper, and no second turning the disc. The shaft is usually chance at chipping these big chunks shorter on the front of the disc, but longer into more chip-like pieces. on the back in order to pass through the True, longer pieces like slabs and bearing and still leave enough space to edgings are correctly chipped, and disc mount the rear driven pulley. chippers produce excellent chips from A disc chipper has two types of anvil them. But any chipper can make good in the spout. One is the bottom anvil, and chips from slabs and edgings. At least the tolerance between it and the knives is in theory. not especially critical. The side anvil The first key difference when using knife tolerance is critical, and methods of a drum chipper is in the spout. A drum moving the disc toward and away from chipper has a series of rolls across the the side anvil have been developed by width of the bottom and top infeed sliding the support shaft inside the bearareas. These rolls are powered with ings, as well as using adjustable anvils small HP gear motors, which have the themselves. Setting the tolerance to the effect of moving the smaller chunks “high knife,” which is the knife that and pieces toward the drum where the sticks up farthest from the disc surface, knives are ready to chip them. The means that the remaining knives will
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have larger gaps. A drum chipper’s design is quite different. The rotor is cylindrical in shape, like a drum, with knives mounted directly into the drum. They span the width of the drum, so the infeed spout is rectangular in shape, and a drum chipper’s size is usually described in terms of the dimensions of the opening. The knives themselves are typically much thicker than disc chipper knives, both owing to the forces generated in chipping, and to provide greater resistance to damage from foreign objects entering the chipper. The curved knife clamps conform to the shape of the drum and hold the knives securely, supported from below by a reversible wear bar that acts like a counter knife. The drum is fixed onto a large diameter shaft using ringfeders on both ends, making changing a shaft or drum a simple matter. A pair of large diameter bearings support the shaft, with drive pulleys mounted on one or both sides, depending on drive requirements. The anvil unbolts and slides out of the drum chipper housing for sharpening. In many designs the extraction of the anvil is accomplished using a hydraulic cylinder. The anvil is easily accessed, can be sharpened many times, and the knife to anvil tolerance is maintained through adjustments of the knife width at the time of knife grinding. The shaft and bearings are not involved, and a simple measurement made from outside the housing provides the information needed to make the knife width adjustment. Inside the drum chipper housing is a curved screen of wear resistant steel. This screen is there to be sure any chunks or pieces generated by misoriented wood pieces are retained inside the chipper until they are reduced in size and are similar to typical wood chips. A primary anvil is located at the bottom of the spout and is mounted to a hinged carrier with shear bolts that can kick the anvil back and out of the way, if needed. A second anvil is located at the back of the housing to trap the larger chunks for a second chipping event, if they need it. The hole sizes used in the screen are selected with the finished product size requirement in mind, as is the chip length. Drum chippers come in many sizes, from small desktop models, to whole log chippers weighing 25 tons and more. Most sawmill chippers are in the small to mid-range in size and capacity, and can be shipped in 20 or 40 ft. containers at a reasonable cost. For sawmill waste wood applications, a drum chipper cannot be beaten in terms of chip quality, flexibility, dura-
bility, maintenance access and cost containment, ease of installation, and discharge options. An increasing number of companies are making the switch from disc to drum chippers, and enjoy
the savings in maintenance costs and increase in chip quality. TP Desmond Smith is Manager, BRUKS Siwertell, Wood Division, The Americas. E-mail: des@bruks.com
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MACHINERYROW Wintersteiger Acquires Germany’s SERRA Wintersteiger AG has purchased SERRA Maschinenbau GmbH of Rimsting am Chiemsee, Germany. SERRA employs 40 and develops, manufactures and distributes machines and saw blades for mobile and stationary sawmills. Roughly 60% of its wares are exported to more than 80 countries.
The mobile and stationary sawmills complement the Wintersteiger product portfolio including thin-cutting sawing machines, saw blades, automation solutions, and timber repair systems. The acquisition of SERRA allows the business to add services in the woodworking valueadded chain. Logs with a diameter of up to 160 cm are split with SERRA sawmills before the wood is processed on Wintersteiger thin-cutting sawing machines.
“With this acquisition, Wintersteiger is pursuing a two-pronged approach to growth. On the one hand there is the potential to boost sales of SERRA products in markets that have either been completely or largely overlooked to date, but in which Wintersteiger has developed a mature sales structure, such as the USA. On the other hand, Wintersteiger can use the existing sales of SERRA sawmills to not only grow sales of band saw blades in particular, but also thin-cutting sawing machines,” explains Dr. Florestan von Boxberg, CEO of Wintersteiger AG. The SERRA brand and the Rimsting site will continue under Wintersteiger.
Registration Opens For Atlanta Expo Registration is open to attend the 35th Forest Products Machinery & Equipment Exposition – EXPO 2019. The event will be held June 26-28 at Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress Center. Online registration is now available by following the URL: www.sfpaexpo.com/attend. Sponsored and conducted by Southern Forest Products Assn. (SFPA) every two years since 1950, this event has traditionally included many of the biggest names in the business, attracting key representatives from the nation’s largest wood products manufacturers. The show for 2019 is shaping up to be another record event – larger than the 2017 show – continuing to benefit from an industry-wide recovery and many companies with ongoing upgrades under way. More than 150 companies are set to exhibit the latest equipment and services for the forest products industry, across nearly 55,000 square feet of indoor space. Some exhibit space remains. “More than 92% of the floor plan is under contract,” notes SFPA exposition director Eric Gee. “Many exhibitors returning from the 2017 show have expanded their displays for EXPO 2019, plus we have many first-time exhibitors.” Complete registration information, housing details and other show facts are available by visiting sfpaexpo.com or emailing Gee: egee@sfpa.org.
TS Mfg. Acquires Automation & Electronics TS Manufacturing of Ontario, Canada has completed the acquisition of the majority shares in Automation & Electronics Ltd. and its subsidiaries. This acqui74
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MACHINERYROW sition strengthens the TS Controls division in North America and provides greater amalgamated support, worldwide, for the existing installed base of TS and A&E customers. The existing A&E management teams in New Zealand and North Carolina in the U.S. will remain intact. TS reports that Brian Smith and Windsor Technology NZ remain co-shareholders, ensuring stable and consistent leadership and direction for A&E, consistent with its proven 30+ year track record. The acquisition creates a deep team of more than 16 PLC and software support staff, operating natively from three time zones. Riley Smith, Sales Manager for TS Manufacturing, comments, “This acquisition is more like a merger of like-minded professionals all dedicated to the wood products industry. It is our intent for existing vendor and customer relationships to remain unchanged with the three companies. Existing customers will now receive enhanced worldwide support from a diverse range of time zones and offices.”
Waipapa Pine Plans Green End Upgrade Waipapa Pine at KeriKeri, New Zealand is investing to improve the efficiency of its sawmill edger and trimmer lines. Following its successful carriage update utilizing USNR’s optimization and scanning system, Waipapa is focusing its efforts downstream to implement
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more productive and innovative systems through the rest of its green end. Both edger and trimmer lines will take advantage of vision scanning technology (USNR’s BioVision and THG) to improve the grade outturn of its products, and streamline its operation ahead of its lumber drying process. The BioLuma 2900LVG sensors will detect characteristics such as splits, shake and knots, and the system will optimize each board for the greatest value/volume recovery to meet the mill’s requirements. One unique aspect of the new THG trimmer optimization system is its capability to provide 4-sided scanning with only two rows of sensors. The sensors are positioned off-axis to accomplish this feat. This configuration is popular in both green and dry lumber grading applications, where edge defects are critical to the overall value of the piece. Waipapa sourced used lumber handling equipment with the help of Skookum Technology, USNR’s agent in the region, and is adding a new Revolver Lug Loader and Multi-Track Fence to round out the sawmill line. USNR is proud to be a major supplier to this significant capital project
Carbotech Enhances Project Engineering Since taking over the reins of the engineering department in January 2018, Jacques Lajoie has initiated a development management plan at Carbotech
and the company has increased sales by more than 40%. Ensuring that its organizational structure follows suit, Carbotech announced that Pierre Lafond and Michel Duchesne have joined Carbotech. Duchesne now holds the title of Project Manager for automation and control. One of his key missions will be to ensure the technological and electrical implementation of equipment. Lafond joins the management team in the role of Project Management Director. With more than 15 years of experience in the industry, Lafond will ensure the supervision and efficiency of all projects being implemented by Carbotech. Lajoie, Engineering Director at Carbotech, comments: “For some time now the quantity and size of projects have been increasing. The addition of designers, technicians and reference personnel such as Mr. Duchesne and Mr. Lafond will ensure maintaining closeness and accessibility of our project and engineering department with our clients. Both with our existing equipment as well as our R&D projects, the technology on the market has improved rapidly and we are ensuring that our equipment will continue to integrate cutting edge technologies.” Carbotech specializes in maximizing production efficiency and high-speed board handling in sawmills and planer mills. Its mission over the past 30 years has focused on four principles: speed, precision, knowhow and durability. Carbotech relies on several business partners, parts and service distribution cen-
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MACHINERYROW ters and mechanical intervention centers to serve its markets around the world. Visit carbotech.ca.
Industry Leaders Will Gather At WMF Shanghai International Furniture Machinery & Woodworking Machinery Fair (WMF) will gather more than 420 suppliers of furniture and woodworking pro-
duction equipment in Shanghai, Hongqiao, China on September 8-11. Exhibitors will showcase a series of solutions from wood primary processing to finishing technology. Different thematic zones are set up to allow visitors to source more effectively. Some of the exhibitors and areas of expertise include: ● Furniture Production Equipment/Machine Components and Automation Tech-
WMF tightens the supply chain.
nology: Homag, Weinig, Biesse, Yuetong, Giantway, Hold ● Wood Based Panel Production: Imal, Pal, Globus, Andritz, Steinemann, Anthon, Berndorf, IPCO, Imeas CAD/CAM & Upholstery Machinery: SGGroup, Sigma, PGM, AOTOBOT ● Wood Primary Processing: Linck, Woodmizer, Jiushun, GMI, Jiyuan Apart from those mentioned above, there are zones like Surface Technology, Wood Architecture Technology, Forestry, Green Product and Safety Control, Wood Product Packaging, etc. WMF is bridging demand and supply in the entire industry chain, as well as providing all industry stakeholders with a one-stop trade and information platform. Together with CIFF (Shanghai), more than 1,300 exhibitors will display the latest furniture and woodworking products, equipment, accessories and machinery in an exhibition area of 400,000 sq.m. The fairs tie up both upstream and downstream of the manufacturing chain. WMF offers more than just an exhibition; there are conferences and a business matching service that connects exhibitors and buyers more effectively. Registration for WMF 2019 is open at woodworkfair.com.
Doosan Opens Second NA Center Doosan Infracore North America, LLC, a leading manufacturer of material handling equipment, opened its second North American parts distribution center near Seattle, Wash. In late 2018, Doosan opened a new 100,000 square-foot parts distribution center in the Atlanta area. A second Doosan parts distribution center in Lacey, Wash. became operational April 1. The second distribution center nearly triples the company’s parts inventory for its dealers and customers in North America. The Doosan parts distribution center in 78
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MACHINERYROW Lacey is 57,000 square feet. Doosan dealers and customers in the Western U.S. and Canada will benefit from the new facility, with better service options, deeper inventory and faster parts delivery. “The opening of our second Doosan parts distribution center in North America demonstrates our continued focus to enhancing our service to our Doosan dealers and customers,” says Edward Song, CEO, Doosan Infracore North America. “Like our Atlanta-area parts distribution center that came online last December, this facility ensures our dealers and customers have access to genuine Doosan parts from a dedicated warehouse.” The Lacey facility is managed by DHL Supply Chain. The center will initially stock 9,000 stock keeping units (SKUs) that can be shipped to service Doosan equipment with room to expand parts inventory. Such Doosan construction equipment includes articulated dump trucks, crawler excavators, material handlers, mini excavators, log loaders and wheel loaders. DHL’s Transportation Brokerage Service will manage the Doosan less than load (LTL) outbound transportation to Doosan equipment dealers located in the Western U.S. and Canada.
Screen Machine Acquires Chipping Business Screen Machine Industries, LLC of Etna, Ohio has become the parent company of Diamond Z of Caldwell, Idaho. This will create a strong partnership of two material processing pros—Screen Machine in crushing and screening, Diamond Z in chipping and grinding. Shane Terblanche, President & CEO of Screen Machine, comments: “We have a great opportunity to join our shared vision of providing the most durable and reliable products in our industries with our unmatched focus on customer service.” Screen Machine began in 1966 as a structural steel company and found its niche serving crushing and screening needs for the aggregates and coal industries in the Midwest. Diamond Z was founded with a clear focus on chipping and grinding and has enjoyed great success as a result of its affiliation with Rule Steel, a structural steel manufacturing company. Both Screen Machine and Diamond Z will continue to operate as they have done so for many years from their respective facilities in Etna and Caldwell. 80
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West Salem Provides Materials Testing
At West Salem Machinery’s size reduction and screening test facility in Salem, Ore., customers and prospective customers can have feedstock tested. The testing and refining of processes (and sometimes equipment) often result in improving the customers’ operations or help them to make informed, confident
machine purchases. Whether your business involves green or dry wood fiber preparation; biomass fuel preparation; fiber prep for pellets, briquettes, or co-firing; converting ag-residuals for bio-fuels; mulch processing; animal bedding; or other fine-grind materials, WSM’s lab can simulate various size production settings and volumes, as well as provide detailed screen analysis. Depending on the amount of detail required,
WSM can supply complete reporting, including sieve analysis and energy usage. The test facility is equipped with a horizontal grinder, primary shredder, highspeed hammermill, full air discharge capabilities, disc screen, oscillating screen, and screening equipment for sieve analysis. One of its key features is a Variable Frequency Drive system, allowing machines to be run at different speeds to simulate different operating conditions. WSM invites those interested to come see the testing in person and tour the plant, or WSM can film the test. Either way, WSM provides expert analysis and recommendations on the type and size of equipment.
BE&E Expands Conveyor Operations Due to the demand for its SMART Conveyors, Biomass Engineering & Equipment announced it is opening a second manufacturing plant in Indianapolis. This plant is dedicated to producing the company’s popular twinchain drag conveyors for the biomass and bulk materials markets. Adding a second facility reduces lead times for the conveyors and allow the company to bring more production in house for better oversight and quality management. The second plant represents several million dollars of private investment. To make use of the plant and to fill demand, the company is adding approximately 20 jobs, according to Dane Floyd, president of Biomass Engineering & Equipment. Jobs will include fabricators, welders and engineers. The original plant will make assemblies to feed the new facility and manufacture custom, lower-volume machines. Biomass Engineering & Equipment began producing SMART conveyors in 2011 in response to an increased use of wood waste for boiler fuel in the wood products industry. As larger and more diverse companies took notice of the conveyor’s efficiency and design, BE&E expanded its conveyor line to three series to handle differing volume requirements: S (standard), M (medium) and T (tall). “When we started, we were making conveyors that handled four to five tons per hour of material. Now it’s not uncommon for us to get orders for conveyors that handle more than 100 tons per hour,” Floyd says. ➤ 84 82
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MACHINERYROW Biomass Engineering & Equip82 ➤ ment, along with its parent company, Veneer Services, has always been known for its innovative machines. What sets SMART conveyors apart is their low operating costs. The conveyors are uniquely designed for minimal friction and wear so components last longer and less energy is required to operate the machine. “With this new facility, we’re ready to
meet the demand we’re encountering for our conveyors,” Floyd adds. “We’re poised for growth. We’re in a good position.”
Doosan Wheel Loaders Carry Trimble Sensors Trimble and Doosan Infracore North America, LLC, announced the availability of Trimble LOADRITE L3180 SmartScale as an option on Doosan
wheel loaders. The LOADRITE uses weighing intelligence and solid state sensors for more accurate, precise and faster loading. It also connects machines and devices for the collection and syncing of data via the built-in WiFi to InsightHQ reporting portal. InsightHQ consolidates live, operational information from Trimble LOADRITE devices on loaders, excavators and conveyors across the site to provide near real-time productivity and performance reports for extraction, processing and load-out operations. Reengineered from the ground up, Trimble’s innovative, next-generation loader scale platform features smarter weighing, smarter data management and a smarter interface. Intelligence in the weighing software and new hardware gives operators of all skill levels the ability to load faster and more productively than ever before. “With Trimble and Doosan working together, we make the ordering process easier for our contractors and aggregate producers,” comments Johan Smet, general manager of Trimble’s Aggregates Division. LOADRITE features new weighing intelligence and digital CAN-bus sensors for noise immunity and ground slope compensation.
Degenfelder Named U-C Coatings CEO U-C Coatings, LLC has hired Eric Degenfelder as Chief Executive Officer, taking over from Tom Johel, who is transitioning to retirement. Degenfelder brings more than 20 years of experience in chemical and coatings business development, marketing and operations to U-C Coatings. Degenfelder comments, “We have a great team assembled and I look forward to supporting and growing with our customers, as we help them make the highest quality wood products.”
Cat, Weiler Move Forward On Sale Caterpillar Inc. and Weiler Forestry, Inc. have entered into a definitive agreement for Caterpillar to sell its purposebuilt forest machines business to Weiler Forestry. The closing is expected to occur in the third quarter of 2019. This agreement follows a preliminary agreement between the two companies an84
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MACHINERYROW nounced last August. Caterpillar will continue to offer forestry excavators designed for log loading, processing and other forestry applications. Weiler will acquire Caterpillar’s line of wheel skidders, track feller-bunchers, wheel feller-bunchers and knuckleboom loaders, and operations facilities in LaGrange, Ga.; Auburn, Ala.; and Smithfield, NC.
Cubbon Retires From Vollmer Mike Cubbon has retired from VOLLMER of America and his duties as Regional Sales Manager for the West Coast. The Vollmer company stated: “On behalf of VOLLMER of America and the entire VOLLMER Group we would like to sincerely thank Mike for his 20 years at
Cubbon during 2018 TP&EE Portland show
VOLLMER where he has been at the forefront of serving our sawmill customers nationwide and also his West Coast customers who will sadly miss him with his depth of industry knowledge.” Cubbon’s career in sawing technology and filing equipment dates back to 1986 when he started at Pacific/Hoe Saw & Knife Co. in Portland, Ore. Cubbon worked for Pac/Hoe for nearly 12 years and was machinery division manager. He joined Vollmer in early 1999. Cubbon has also operated a recording studio in Portland for three decades. “I’ve known Mike for as long as he has worked in the lumber sawing industry and whenever Timber Processing was doing an article on sawing trends and filing room technology Mike was always the first person we called,” comments Rich Donnell, editor-in-chief of Timber Processing. “His absence at trade shows will be noticeable.” Cubbon is now looking forward to spending more time at home with his wife, Gina, and their two dogs.
Pitts Names Pierson As President Pitts Enterprises named JP Pierson as President effective immediately. Pierson, who also serves as president of Dorsey Intermodal, now oversees both Pittsview, Ala.-based divisions. Pierson joined Pitts Enterprises in 2006 and has been involved in all facets of the business, from sales and marketing to operations and product development. He will continue to report to owner and CEO Jeff Pitts. “JP knows Pitts Trailers top to bottom,” Pitts says. “He has been instrumental in our success, and he’s the perfect person to lead the company to the next level.” 86
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Michigan State Will Go With CLT Michigan State University’s future STEM Teaching and Learning Facility will be the first in Michigan to use mass timber wood products rather than concrete and/or steel for its load-bearing structure. The $100 million facility will be constructed of glue-laminated wood columns and cross-laminated timber
(CLT) for the floors and ceilings. The building will be constructed around the former Shaw Lane Power Plant. Two new mass timber wings will offer 117,000 sq. ft. of modern teaching labs, responding to STEM course demand, which has increased 40% in the last 10 years at MSU. The building is slated to open in fall 2020 with classes beginning in January 2021. The wood panels are being manufactured in Quebec
and are arriving on campus this spring. In addition to economic development, the building will have environmental benefits, especially for locking up carbon that otherwise would be in the atmosphere and contributing to climate change. “I am excited to see the educational, research and outreach opportunities that the building itself promises to many academic units and to our land-grant mission,” says Ron Hendrick, dean of MSU’s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. “It is an interdisciplinary platform encompassing forestry, construction management, biosystems engineering and beyond, and can serve as a catalyst to develop this new technology in Michigan.”
GP Assists Angelina Rodeo
It’s rodeo time in Angelina County, Texas and Georgia-Pacific is partnering with the Lufkin Host Lion’s Club to help make this year’s Angelina Benefit Rodeo a success. The local forest products company is contributing $2500 toward the rodeo, which ultimately funds projects at the Lufkin State Supported Living Center and numerous local nonprofit organizations. Recently GeorgiaPacific Public Affairs Manager for Texas and Louisiana Yana Ogletree, left, presented the donation to Angelina Benefit Rodeo Hero Melinda Russell, right, a resident of the Lufkin State Supported Living Center and Pineland native; and Mr. Rodeo and emcee Mike Mathis.
Southern Cypress Elects Officers Southern Cypress Manufacturers Assn. (SCMA) elected officers for 2019. Tripp Josey, Josey Lumber Co., Scotland Neck, NC, was elected SCMA president. With more than 17 years of experience in 88
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ATLARGE the lumber industry, Josey serves as vice president of both Josey Lumber Co. and JOCO Lumber. Zack Rickman, Atlanta Hardwood Corp. (AHC), Mableton, Ga., was elected vice president. He joined AHC in 2005 and currently serves as vice president of operations at AHC Hardwood Group, north Georgia, where he is responsible for production at four lumber yards, including remanufactur-
ing and millwork facilities; distribution; production personnel; and capital expansions.
HMA Announces New Leadership Board of Directors of the Hardwood Manufacturers Assn. (HMA) elected Bob Miller, Frank Miller Lumber Co., Inc., Union City, Ind., President of HMA dur-
ing the National Conference and Expo in Savannah, Ga. in March. Other HMA officers for 2019 are Vice President: Troy Brown, Kretz Lumber Co., Inc., Antigo, Wis.; and Executive Vice President: Linda Jovanovich, HMA, Pittsburgh. HMA Board also elected members to the Executive Committee. In addition to the officers, they are: Hal Mitchell, Atlanta Hardwood Corp., Mableton, Ga.; Jason Ayer, Cersosimo Lumber Co., Inc., Brattleboro, Vermont; Norm Steffy, Cummings Lumber Co., Inc., Troy, Pa.; Wayne Law, New River Hardwoods, Beckley, W. Va.; Brian Schilling, Pike Lumber Co., Inc., Akron, Ind.; and past president Richard Wilkerson, AndersonTully Co., Vicksburg, Miss. The membership also elected HMA Directors, including: Jessica Fly, Fly Tie & Lumber, LLC, Grenada, Miss.; Wayne Law, New River Hardwoods, Beckley, W. Va.; Don Barton, Northwest Hardwoods, Inc., Tacoma, Wash.; Joe Pryor, Oaks Unlimited, Waynesville, NC; and Tom Gerow, Wagner Millwork, LLC, Owego, NY. Newly appointed to the HMA NextGen Leaders Council, formerly known as the HMA Millennial Council, is Krystle Edwards, Edwards Wood Products, Marshville, NC; and Cassie Lewis, Turn Bull Lumber Co., Elizabethtown, NC. Claire Thompson Getty, Thompson Appalachian Hardwoods, Inc., Huntland, Tenn., continues to serve as the Council Coordinator.
Roseburg Names Business Manager Roseburg announced that Gary Hayes has been named Business Manager of the company’s softwood plywood and lumber businesses, effective immediately. Hayes previously served as Roseburg’s Business Manager for Distribution, leading the team that provided support for plywood and lumber sales across the U.S. In his new role, Hayes’ responsibilities have expanded to leadership of both the inside and field sales teams, as well as additional business leadership responsibilities.
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MAINEVENTS MAY 5-7—American Wood Protection Assn. annual meeting, Loews Royal Pacific Resort, Orlando, Fla. Call 205-733-4077; visit awpa.com. 17-18—Northeastern Forest Products Equipment Expo, Cross Insurance Center, Bangor, Maine. Call 315-369-3078; visit northernlogger.com. 20-21—38th Annual Lumber Quality & Process Control Workshop, Hilton Atlanta Perimeter Suites, Atlanta, Ga. Call 541752-2751; visit lumberquality.com. 22-23—33rd Annual Lumber Quality Leadership Workshop, Hilton Atlanta Perimeter Suites, Atlanta, Ga. Call 541-7522751; visit lumberquality.com. 27-31—Ligna: World Fair For The Forestry And Wood Industries, Hannover, Germany. Call +49 511 89-0; fax +49 511 8932626; visit ligna.de.
JUNE 16-19—Walnut Council annual meeting, Prairie Band Casino & Resort. Mayetta, Kans. Call 765-583-3501; visit walnutcouncil.org. 22-25—Assn. of Consulting Foresters of America annual conference, French Lick Resort, French Lick, Ind. Call 703-548-0990; visit acf-foresters.org. 26-28—Forest Products Machinery & Equipment Expo, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Ga. Call 504-443-4464; visit sfpaexpo.com.
JULY 10-13—West Virginia For. Assn. annual meeting, Canaan Resort Conf. Center, Davis, WV. Call 681-265-5019; visit wvfa.org. 17-20—AWFS Fair 2019, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV. Visit awfsfair.org. 17-20—2019 Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Assn. Annual Conference, Boca Raton Resort & Club, Boca Raton, Fla. Call 770-631-6701; visit slma.org. 26-28—Georgia Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Westin Jekyll Island, Jekyll Island, Ga. Call 912-635-6400; visit gfagrow.org. 27-30—Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers Summer Conference, The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. Call 336-885-8315; visit appalachianhardwood.org.
AUGUST 20-22—Florida Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort, Sandestin, Fla. Call 850-222-5646; visit floridaforest.org. Listings are submitted months in advance. Always verify dates and locations with contacts prior to making plans to attend. 94
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