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COVER: Two established companies in their respective regions, Hunt Forest Products and Tolko Industries, have teamed up to bring on a greenfield SYP mill in Urania, La. Story begins on PAGE 10. (Jessica Johnson photo)
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he parallels between sports and success are strong; the life lessons kids learn while playing on teams is invaluable. Teaching children you finish what you start, for example, is incredibly important. Also why one year I, who was perhaps at age eight the epitome of a person who “runs like a girl,” played soccer while my heart was in a ballet studio. But when you sign up, you become part of a team and the team learns to count on you. Sports as a child dovetail into sports as a teenager, when the team doesn’t just count on you, but teaches you how to react in pressure situations and how to rise to the occasion. But for one little boy in Louisiana, rising to the occasion on the ballfield was where he thrived. Hunt Forest Products President Richie LeBlanc didn’t start fielding baseballs when he was fresh out of diapers. He didn’t even play t-ball. Instead, he rode horses and fished. He says the first time he played baseball he wore white blue jeans and it just came natural. “I wanted to play football; I loved to hit people. But once I started playing baseball I knew I loved it, too,” LeBlanc told me one day over lunch. For the LeBlanc family, Richie’s talents in baseball were quickly evident and his dad used to make him and his brothers practice the ready position in the living room: “He would say, ‘Ready position! Now hold it.’ I always had the best ready position of anyone because of that.” LeBlanc became a standout pitcher while playing high school ball in Lafayette, La. that would garner the attention of college and minor league scouts alike. The 5’ 9”, 170 lb. right-handed pitcher was known to let the defense take care of things, while he remained steady. “I didn’t start throwing curve balls until high school. The muscles aren’t developed yet. You have to build arm strength. Long toss is the only way. I didn’t lift weights, it was all just conditioning and I never ever had arm problems.” LeBlanc would ultimately pitch for Louisiana Tech University in Ruston where he’d face future MLB stars such as Mark Lemke and Albert (Joey) Belle. The most memorable game in LeBlanc’s career was when he pitched 10 innings and beat LSU 5-4 in 1987 before a packed house in Ruston. The game has gone down in La Tech baseball lore. With Richie LeBlanc as their star pitcher, La Tech flirted with making the College World Series in 1986 and 1987, but after winning some games ultimately were knocked out in the regionals both years. The Kansas City Royals drafted LeBlanc in the 10th round of the 1987 draft. Several teammates were drafted as well, including Charlie ➤ 53
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NEWSFEED CANFOR WEIGHS PURCHASE OFFER Canfor Corp. confirmed that on August 10 it received an unsolicited and non-binding proposal from Great Pacific Capital Corp. (and its CEO Jim Pattison) pursuant to which Great Pacific has suggested that it would be willing to acquire all outstanding common shares of Canfor (excluding those already directly or indirectly owned by Great Pacific) at a price of $16 per common share and reportedly take the company private. Canfor has cautioned its shareholders and potential investors that the offer is nonbinding. The Canfor Board has constituted a special committee to review the offer and, in consultation with its legal and financial advisors, consider Canfor’s strategic alternatives, including Canfor’s response, if any, to the offer. Following the Special Committee’s review of the Indicative Offer and the receipt of financial and legal advice, Canfor will be in position to respond to the statements made by Great Pacific in its August 11 press release, should Canfor determine it is appropriate to do so. Pattison (Great Pacific) reportedly already possesses a 51% stake in Canfor. “The elimination of the significant administrative expenses incurred in maintaining a public company listing in Canada will allow for reinvestment of these funds into stabilization of the company’s operations,” Great Pacific said in a statement. The statement also said that Canfor is facing strategic and capital decisions that are “best suited to a private company with a long-term focus.” Canfor, which has curtailed many of its sawmills in British Columbia, reported a loss of $50 million in the sec6
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ond quarter. While its BC sawmill business has lagged, Canfor in the past decade has purchased and now operates numerous sawmills in the U.S. South. It also operates a pulp and paper business. Pattison also reportedly has a 10% stake in West Fraser, and rumors of a West FraserCanfor merger have persisted for the past couple of years.
ARIZONA FORESTS TAKE BIG HIT The Arizona Corporation Commission recently dealt a major blow to forest restoration efforts in the state by voting down a proposal to convert an electricity generating unit to burn biomass instead of coal at the soon-to-beclosed Cholla Power Plant. The conversion would have produced 60-90 MW of electricity from biomass and provided a critical market for raw materials coming off major national forest restoration projects in the state that aim to treat more than 2 million acres. Commission members who voted against the proposal cited its cost, which analysts had said would add $1-$3 to some power bills. Throughout northern Arizona, officials for the past year had lobbied the corporation commission in attempt to create a market for the millions of tons of biomass coming from the U.S. Forest Service’s 4-Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI). The effort has been hampered by a lack of markets for biomass, which makes up about half the raw material being produced. Currently only one plant in the state, Novopower, is producing power from biomass, and its 28 MW capacity is roughly three times smaller than the project proposed at Cholla. Arizona Public Service staff had concluded a study stating the conversion of one EGU at
the Cholla power plant would have created a market for enough biomass to thin 50,000 acres yearly. In contrast, the 4FRI’s initial 10-year contract awarded in 2012 that was to cover more than 200,000 acres in 10 years has treated barely 15,000 acres in seven years. The commission’s action also has additional consequences for the region’s forests: Novopower President Brad Worsley says the move away from biomass will also affect his facility, which has a bit more than three years to go on a power contract. The state has a 15% renewables mandate, but the Novopower contract could well be replaced by solar and wind producers in the future. If that happens, Novopower will have no choice but to close, he says. Forest officials in the state say large-scale thinning is necessary to prevent the kind of “post crown-fire erosion” that can destroy healthy watersheds, filling reservoirs with mud. Gila County Supervisor Tommie Martin advocated for the conversion of Cholla to biomass, noting that creating a market for biomass will spur the thinning efforts necessary to prevent future megafires from consuming entire forest communities. Losing such a large potential biomass market and potentially facing the closure of the state’s only high-volume biomass market would be catastrophic and leave direct subsidies as the only option, which is politically and fiscally unlikely to happen.
‘TIMBER UNITY’ DEFEATS BILL Loggers, truckers and others gathered by the hundreds outside Oregon’s State Capitol in late June—with trucks rolling and hardhats and caulk boots worn as badges of soli-
darity—to protest and ultimately help defeat proposed state cap-and-trade legislation that they say would have drastically raised fuel prices and hampered operations in multiple natural resource industries. Under a cap-and-trade program, the state puts an overall limit on emissions and auctions off pollution permits or “allowances” for each ton of carbon industries plan to emit. Only the largest polluters are targeted. Opponents argued the pollution caps would raise energy prices, create a competitive disadvantage and cause companies to relocate, all while doing little to address climate change. A state analysis found lowering carbon emission caps would raise gasoline prices 22 cents a gallon by 2021 and $3 a gallon by 2050. Collectively, the protest brought more than 2,000 trucks, tractors and other work vehicles to the state Capitol and circled it, horns honking and lights flashing while hundreds of supporters waved signs and showed solidarity. Speakers took to the podium to exhort the crowd A driving force behind the event was the “Timber Unity” Facebook page, founded by Oregon grass seed farmer Marie Bowers and log trucker Todd Stoffel, who has operations in Oregon and Washington. Acting as an information and organizing vehicle, Timber Unity’s Facebook page grew to more than 50,000 followers in barely more than a month and was a major force in putting “boots on the ground” at the Capitol to protest the legislation. As a testament to their success in defeating the legislation, Bowers and Stoffel found themselves guests at the White House in July. After the issue gained national notoriety and proved so controversial in-state, late in
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NEWSFEED the legislative session Democrat party officials announced the cap-and-trade proposal couldn’t gain enough votes from its own party. Following Timber Unity’s success in Salem, rapid growth on-line and impact on rural and natural resource issues, a recent post on its Facebook page says the group is catching its breath, already engaging in new issues, and spending time expanding its reach and adding to its grassroots credibility.
IKEA WILL CLOSE LONE U.S. PLANT IKEA Industry announced it will discontinue production at its Danville, Va. location in December. The plant, which has been in operation since 2008 and employs 300, produces wood-based furniture
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for IKEA retail stores in the U.S. and Canada. Production will be moving to existing IKEA manufacturing units in Europe to meet the demand for affordable furniture products in North America. “This was an extremely difficult decision to make. We made every effort to improve and maintain the competitiveness of this plant, but unfortunately the right cost conditions are not in place to continue production in Danville for the long-term,” says Bert Eades, Site Manager, IKEA Industry Danville. The plant mainly produces KALLAX shelving units and BESTÅ living room storage units for IKEA U.S. and Canada. IKEA states the cost structure for production in Danville is too high, especially when it comes to raw materi-
al, resulting in pricing that is significantly higher than other IKEA Industry units making the same products in Europe. Including dismantling, IKEA Industry will be present in Danville until spring 2020.
ELEMENT5 PLANS SECOND CLT PLANT Tembec founder Frank Dottori is reportedly fronting the establishment of Ontario’s first cross-laminated timber (CLT) plant in southwestern Ontario. St. Thomas will be the site for a $32 million plant that will create more than 60 jobs. The Ontario government announced a contribution of close to $5 million for the facility, drawn from its Forestry Growth Fund. The plant will be operated by Element5, a Toronto and
Montreal-based design, engineering and fabrication group specializing in mass timber construction. Last January, Dottori, owner of WRC Timber, stepped down from running the day-to-day operations at his sawmills in White River and Hornepayne to work with Element5 in pursuing a CLT plant for Ontario. Element5 has operated a CLT factory in Ripon, Que. since 2017. With recent facility upgrades, they are on track to be able to produce 10,000 m3 of CLT and glulam per year. “I’m pleased to support Element5’s work to create costeffective and environmentally friendly building materials from sustainable renewable resources,” says Environment, Conservation and Park Minister Jeff Yurek, the MPP for Elgin-Middlesex-London.
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NEWSFEED “This investment will reduce carbon dioxide emissions and create jobs right here in Ontario and in St. Thomas, contributing to our goal of balancing a healthy environment and healthy economy.” Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Steve Clark said the plant is part of the government’s plan to deliver more housing and more choice. “Mass timber construction will be an important innovation that can help bring housing to market faster, while still meeting the high standards in the Ontario Building Code to protect public health and safety,” he says. Dottori, 79, founded Tembec with one paper mill in Temiscaming, Que. in 1973. Tembec became a global forest products company with 55 mills in North America, Eu-
rope and South America. Dottori stepped down as the company’s chief executive in 2005. He revived the former Domtar sawmill in White River in 2013 after the site sat idle for seven years.
MAINE LOGGERS CAN BARGAIN Maine loggers and wood haulers now have the right to engage in collective bargaining after Governor Janet Mills signed into law on June 7 LD 1459, “An Act To Expand Application of the Maine Agricultural Marketing and Bargaining Act of 1973 to Harvesters and Haulers of Forest Products.” Maine Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, who is also a fifth-generation logger, sponsored the bill. Contractors are generally
not granted collective bargaining rights. However, states can exempt certain industries from federal anti-trust laws, and Maine had already made antitrust exemptions for other key agricultural industries in the state—potato farmers, fishermen and lobstermen—to form cooperatives and collectively bargain for improved conditions. This new bill extends the same exemptions to timber harvesters and log haulers by expanding the definition of “independent agricultural contractor.” The bill states, in part, that “The marketing and bargaining position of individual loggers and forest products haulers is adversely affected unless they are free to join together voluntarily in cooperative organizations. The inequity of power in determining compensation and the lack of opportunity to join to-
gether in bargaining over compensation can result in unfair contract rates for the services of loggers and forest products haulers.” With this Act’s passage, Maine joins six other states– California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Pennsylvania and West Virginia–that already have similar exemptions for forest products businesses. “If the loggers can stick together and form the cooperative the bill refers to, then this could be a game changer for the current procurement system that has stymied loggers for decades,” according to Danny Dructor, executive director of American Loggers Council. “They would do well to take a look at the practices and outcomes from the farmers who are members of cooperatives who have been operating successfully under this structure.”
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URANIA, La. ot on the heels of the great migration of Canadian corporations coming down and buying southern independent sawmills, two companies did things a little differently. Hunt Forest Products, a well-established player in the Louisiana forest products industry, and Tolko Industries, a equally renowned player in the Canadian forest products landscape, joined forces and created LaSalle Lumber Co., a 200MMBF southern yellow pine (SYP) sawmill in Urania.
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B uck ing at the C omact multi- saw merchand iz er
The town of Urania is not unfamiliar to the Hunts—they have a small hardwood sawmill less than five miles from the site of LaSalle Lumber Co. And Hunt’s headquarters in Ruston is just a little over 70 miles from the site. Hunt President Richie LeBlanc says that after he was brought into the fold, the new generation of leadership at Hunt was very interested in growing the business and looking at new opportunities to increase the company’s portfolio. Started in 1977 by Alex Hunt, Jr. and Henry “Hank” Clark, known at the time as H&C Veneers, Hunt Forest Products was passed down to A.T. “Trott” Hunt III and James “Jimmy” Hunt in 2015. At that time, LeBlanc says the brothers brought on a new leadership team, which included him, and over the next year the team began looking for opportunities to grow the company—which included a pine plywood facility in Pollock, La. and the hardwood sawmill in Olla. Around the same time, Tolko Industries leadership was putting out feelers
for a southern partnership. LeBlanc says that when the opportunity surfaced he and the others agreed it was worth looking into and getting an introduction to the Thorlaksons, the family ownership of Tolko Industries. “It just worked,” he says. “We have very similar cultures, the way we think about partners and our employees, having a family atmosphere and being family owned.” In late November 2017, the Hunt leadership team traveled to British Columbia and met with Tolko leadership, toured facilities and began talking seriously about the partnership that would eventually become LaSalle Lumber Co. Following the visit to the north, the Tolko leadership flew south, toured Hunt facilities and talked some more. LeBlanc says that before the two companies could agree to the partnership a lot of different things had to fall into place, but regardless of the outcome of those negotiations Hunt Forest Products was going to build a pine sawmill in Urania, thanks to the ample
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raw material supply in the area and a take-or-pay partnership with Drax Biomass, which operates an industrial wood pellet plant a stone’s throw from LaSalle’s scale house. “We know this area, the geography, very well. We knew the site we wanted and we knew the Biewer facility would fit here because we’d had it overlaid,” LeBlanc says, referring to the new Biewer Lumber SYP mill that started up in 2017 in Newton, Miss. “There’s 500,000 acres to our east. Every log truck that runs off those acres, before we built this mill, had to drive right by this property.” LeBlanc cites the technology and processes at the Biewer sawmill in Newton, and the new Two Rivers Lumber mill in Demopolis, Ala. as deciding factors for signing a purchase order with BID Group for the mill. “With Trott being a mechanical engineer, he was enamored with the technology and the machinery was incredible. So we’d already decided to move forward, but TIMBER PROCESSING
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MoCo stacker prepares lumber for the dry kiln.
having a partner with years of sawmilling experience made sense for the Hunts,” LeBlanc explains. The initial investment in the greenfield project was announced as $115 million. Though the PO was already signed with BID Group, after Tolko’s own due diligence and independent viability studies, the LaSalle partnership was formed and Tolko was introduced to the mix. LeBlanc says bringing on Tolko has been a benefit to the team—the knowledge Tolko brings to the table and the expertise with respect to sawmilling. Hunt is the operational arm of LaSalle Lumber Co. and is responsible for procurement and daily mill operation. Tolko is responsible for sales and marketing. Though, as the plant has been ramping up production, Tolko has established a core group
LaSalle Lumber Co. President Richie LeBlanc
The wood yard uses a 720 ft. DeShazo lineal crane with both a one-bite and two-bite crane attached.
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Two DelTech continuous dry kilns, with a third under construction, carry a capacity of 80-90MMBF each annually
of their people who rotate being in Louisiana for a few weeks at a time to help assist the on-site team in various areas of expertise. Some are really strong in planing and drying. Some are strong on the green end side. Additionally, the current interim plant manager is Derek Ratchford, Tolko’s VP of U.S. Operations in charge of the Tolko Southern growth strategy. Dirt started turning in Urania in May 2018. A year later, the mill was running well and today continues to hit production milestones.
TIMELINE LeBlanc admits that the construction and startup timelines have been aggressive, and that in order to maintain them the LaSalle team had to stay on top of permitting and progressing through the system. But, he’s quick to give thanks to a variety of programs by the state of Louisiana that helped keep the fast pace. Weather in 2018 and 2019 was a challenge, as it was the wettest on record, and LaSalle is about a month behind on where the team wanted to be, LeBlanc admits. But he cites total buy-in from the team at Urania and excellent support from BID Group for the ability to say the mill is still meeting goals and production is ramping up at a nice clip. Part of why the mill was able to go up so quickly was because LaSalle purchased the exact sawmill installed in Newton by Biewer Lumber from BID Group, which has all the of the engineering completed. LaSalle relied on Hunt, Guillot & Associates as the civil engineering contractor to help get the site ready—including pouring over 30,000 yards of concrete. “Because of the soil type, you’ll see more concrete than you ever thought possible,” LeBlanc says. “It’s an unbelievable amount of concrete just so we can get the vehicles out of the mud.” However, as BID Group saw the success 14
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Some byproduct moves to the nearby Drax pellet mill.
with the concrete in certain areas at LaSalle it is now standard with their site prep requirements. He says that from the moment it was decided to go with the Biewer mill from BID Group, the team was able to take lessons from Newton and apply them to Urania. For example, LaSalle is installing a third DelTech dry kiln, and additional sheds were built into the original proposal. LaSalle uses a 720 ft. lineal DeShazo crane with two cranes on it— doubling capacity in large part to be able to store logs during wet weather.
MILL FLOW Overall, the theme for the LaSalle team over the last few months has been enthusiasm. “We’re very excited about the equipment. Are there growing pains? Absolutely,” LeBlanc says. “BID has been a really great partner. We are absolutely convinced it is going to be excellent. Still have some timing issues.” At 16 weeks in, even with the month worth of weather delays, the facility is getting to the point of producing 50MBF per hour. LeBlanc gives all credit to the team for the milestones, saying they all committed themselves to the new partnership’s philosophy. The mill employs 110, a mix of younger and older guys— some that came out of retirement because they just couldn’t pass up the opportunity to be a part of the new technology and a greenfield project. Timber is a mixed bag of purchased stumpage and gatewood with SFI fiber sourcing designation. LaSalle will consume 850,000 tons of SYP on an annual basis. Trucks cross scales where LaSalle has three different options for unloading: a one-bite DeShazo crane, two-bite DeShazo crane or what will eventually be the wet deck. All logs are stacked and fed to the timber deck. From the infeed deck, logs are separated by a Comact wave feeder and pass metal detection then a ring ➤ 47 16
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TIMBERS By Jessica Johnson
Chopin plywood operation continues to get the most out of each log.
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CHOPIN, La. hings are done a little differently at the Martco L.L.C. huge pine plywood plant in Chopin. Instead of just processing cores coming off the lathe for various markets, Martco went about three steps further. In October 2014 the company added a full-blown timbers sawmill, complete with dry kilns, making 26MMBF of southern yellow pine (SYP) timbers operating at the same 24/7/365 rate as the plywood plant. Products are marketed under the RoyOMartin brand name.
The Martin family of companies is no stranger to the sawmill business, so when President, CEO and CFO Roy O. Martin III and other executives noticed that a vast amount of canter wood was being shipped off to area paper mills, they recognized an opportunity to maximize yield on the existing (and underutilized) merchandizer. The decision was bolstered by their forestry team’s ability to meet the needs of the expansion with second thinnings from both fee and vendor sourcing, and an available market for some key timber sizes. The company went to work making Inotech canter processes merchandized logs.
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Merchandizing line produces ply logs and sawlogs.
plans. By using the bigger ends off the butt cut to make plywood, the rest now makes timbers, creating essentially the perfect middle piece: Now Martco operates a timbers mill, with a planer mill, for material of the “middle” size. Timber Mill Manager Rob Blankenship says that while every day offers its own opportunities to improve, the mill is a perfect fit for the facility and the material that is processed. A seasoned sawmill guy, having joined Martco’s former LeMoyen, La. pine and hardwood sawmill in 1983, Blankenship has been with the Chopin timbers mill since March 2014 and was part of its single shift startup in October
The 26MMBF pine timbers mill was added to the Chopin plywood site in 2014.
2014. He started with about 12 people working days only, seven days a week, 52 weeks per year. Blankenship’s team has worked so well that the single day shift gradually increased to two shifts, and now operates four shifts, giving the timbers mill the same schedule the plywood plant has.
TIMBERS MILL FLOW Logs are loaded onto the stem deck with a LeTourneau pedestal crane and are debarked with a Nicholson A8 debarker. Once scanned for optimum cut, logs are broken down into either 8 or 10 ft. blocks
New American Wood Dryers kiln
on a PSI merchandizer. Blocks larger than 9.5 in. are processed strictly for plywood, and the remaining stem goes for timbers. Any waste wood is broken down with a Bruks wastewood chipper. At the Inotech canter, optimization makes cutting decisions of 4x4, 5x5 and 6x6. Cants travel to an Inotech tray sorter, which sorts by both width and length, then to the green stacker. Cants are dried either in the package kiln using hot oil or the brand new American Wood Dryers gas-fired track dry kiln installed in early 2019. Blankenship states the performance of the new American Wood Dryers kiln has reduced drying time by half. Timbers
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are dried to 19% moisture content and are then cooled for 24 hours before planing. Inotech provided a near complete solution in the planer mill, with the exception of the strapper, which is a Signode machine. Most products are planed S4S, though Blankenship says they do run rough products, mainly 5x5s, every so often. All products are graded to Timber Products Inspection standards, #1, #2 and industrial mostly for the Texas market, though some is shipped to Arkansas and the Midwest.
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Chopin’s timbers mill has another area of maximization that is slightly different than others—the mill has the ability to cut boards off the Inotech planer. Blankenship explains the planer has both a horizontal and vertical saw, and it will take a 5x5 and cut a 1x4 board off the top and side creating a 4x4. “This is just another way we’re able to maximize recovery with this mill,” he adds. “Before this planer, those diameter logs, the 5x5s, were making 4x4s. And the 1x4 would have been in the chipper.” The original Weinig planer is used for the boards coming off the Inotech planer. The timbers mill uses two Hyundai forklifts and one Hyster lift to move products throughout the grounds. Every Thursday a two-man maintenance team takes over to perform a range of PM checklist items to keep the mill running as smooth as possible. The same “5 STEPS to Zero” incidents safety protocol, a complement to the corporate-wide “I Believe in Zero” safety culture, is practiced in the timbers mill as in the plywood mill, and results prove it works: In its five years of operation, the timbers mill has had only one recordable injury. The Chopin site team was recently recognized by APA—The Engineered Wood Assn. with the “Annual Safety and
Safety awareness is prevalent at Martco.
Health Honor Roll 2018, First Place, Division 1-Plywood” as the safest plywood plant in North America for a recordbreaking seventh time. The company’s land and timber departments have completed 12 years of no recordables. Blankenship credits his whole 30-person team with the quality and production continually getting better year over year. “It’s not just me or a couple of other people,” he emphasizes. “It’s a team of dedicated employees striving to be better TP each day.”
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CUSTOM CARRIAGE FOR MPP Freres Lumber carriage will be 60 ft. in length with 10 knees.
Kyle Freres is feeling good about Mass Plywood Panel.
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reres Lumber is investing in the next edge easing, Precision End Trim saw, phase of its Mass Plywood Panel stacking and wrapping equipment. (MPP) facility in Lyons, Ore. with a Throughout the entire manufacturing pronew custom-built bandmill and carriage cess, it is paramount that no corner damthat will help the company produce MPP age, scuffs or visible blemishes happen as beams and timbers up to 24 in. by 24 in. a result of handling the material. This reThis new equipment is a custom-built quires more refined mechanical methods solution created by USNR of Woodland, in material handling. Wash. and Corvallis Tool Company One of the unique challenges that this (CTC) of Corvallis, Ore. project presents is the sheer size of MPP USNR is producing a heavy-duty head- that needs to be handled. In handling this rig bandmill and carriage. The order inlarge material, it is required to turn the cludes a 5 ft. high-speed double-column product both 90 degrees as well as 180 bandmill with a 10-knee carriage that is degrees. A vertical bandmill is the right 60 ft. in length. The carriage offers highly solution due to the 2 ft. maximum depth accurate processing with soft dogs to seof cut required; a 60 ft. long carriage is curely hold the Mass Plywood Panel needed to move the MPP through the ver(MPP) product. tical bandmill as the primary breakdown The carriage typically holds a log and method. The newly designed system will travels past a bandmill to slab off pieces. provide flexible positioning that allows In Freres’ unique circumstance, instead of holding a log the carriage will be holding a piece of MPP. While this bandmill is relatively standard, the carriage is going to be the longest USNR has ever produced at 60 ft. in length and has numerous modifications to account for the milling of a rectangular, engineered wood input versus a green log. CTC, a company local to Freres Lumber, provides custom designbuild manufacturing solutions. Freres knew they would be a natural fit for this one-of-a-kind project. CTC Freres also makes lumber from cores. is supplying the hoists, transfers, 22
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for tapered sawing or straight sawing, giving Freres a high degree of cutting flexibility and highly accurate thin-kerf sawing to preserve yield. While the sheer size of MPP has posed its challenges in this project, it has boosted the enthusiasm as it provides a new challenge to these creative companies. Freres appreciates working with USNR and CTC on this collaborative, groundbreaking manufacturing project that will expand the uses for MPP. The Freres MPP plant started up in December 2017. Company officials felt they could leverage their veneer production expertise, and specifically produce a mass timber product through using less wood than typical lumber-based cross-laminated TP timber. Article submitted by Freres Lumber.
MPP plant started up in late 2017.
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INNOVATIVE
SCREENING By Dan Shell
West Salem Machinery continues investing in new innovations and services to offer customers.
M SALEM, Ore.
anufacturing a variety of screening and grinding/milling machinery across a broad range of industries and markets, West Salem Machinery’s recent advances and upgrades at its facility here put the company in even better position to deliver effective wood waste solutions for its customers. The company recently opened a demonstration and testing facility and has also invested in new high-tech manufacturing equipment. The facility is just another innovation for the company that dates back almost 75 years and is well-known for fiber reducing, screening, and handling equipment
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for the forest products, soil/mulch, recycling and biomass industries. “One of the things that sets us apart is that we’re taking on more of a system approach, more than just providing a machine or equipment and instead providing engineered solutions,” says West Salem Machinery President Mark Lyman. He adds that the company is offering more assistance at the mill level, and engineering sup- WSM continues to invest in efficient new technology. port for the whole project to better integrate WSM’s machines and systems. Developed over the past few years, the test facility features vertical and feed grinders, a high-speed hammermill, vibrating screen and multi-level disc screen along with a bale chopper and chip resizer—and or any other component a customer needs to test feedstock preparation, processing and handling. “We have a lot of customers Lyman: Offering system solutions, not just machines who come here for feedstock test trials,” Lyman says, noting that West Salem also recently added a new “Once we had five PhDs on site at the state of the art Doosan bridge mill CNC same time!” boring machine that brings precision to He adds that the facility has tested a the largest jobs and work pieces. “It’s a broad range of raw materials, from big investment for us, and now we can be bagasse to acacia and eucalyptus bark in even more accurate with our largest addition to a wide variety of wood chips. frames and machines,” Lyman says. “Feedstock preparation is critical at most facilities, and cleaning can be a big HISTORY issue also,” Lyman says. “By modeling processes and configurations we can West Salem Machinery came to the show customers how their fiber geomeforest products, fiber handling and retry changes.” cycling industries via an evolution Lyman notes that the demo facility has starting from 1947 as part of a group of helped customers develop solutions for companies created by Carl Gerlinger Sr. (see sidebar). The company found both screening and size reduction. “By combining test data with our application its way into the used sawmill equipment market, rebuilding, selling and expertise, we can help customers select brokering machinery and also allthe best technology for their specific around fab shop work. need,” Lyman says, citing West Salem’s West Salem built its first chipper as a 10-person engineering group, which has contract job in the early 1960s, then later lots of mill experience. acquired the design and began producing In addition to the testing operation,
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GERLINGER: CARRYING ON ne product that’s been around for decades but is now in O a new incarnation is the Gerlinger Carrier straddle lumber carrier, for years a staple of sawmills and panel mills.
blind. After a lengthy recovery, he decided to dedicate his efforts toward creating components to improve railroad car performance. A gifted and skilled designer, engineer and The carrier’s inventor, Carl Gerlinger who died in the 1950s, metalworker, Gerlinger is credited with inventing an oil diswas West Salem Machinery President tributor, oil retort and spark arrestor for Mark Lyman’s great grandfather. locomotives. The Gerlinger name is historical to Gerlinger saved his money and in 1918 both West Salem Machinery and the bought an iron works and machine shop forest products industry overall. in Dallas that he renamed Dallas Machine Born in Germany and after an im& Locomotive works. The company startpoverished childhood in France and ed out manufacturing logging and locoearly job as an apprentice machinist, in motive equipment and rebuilding locomo1901 Carl Gerlinger was working on a tives, but ultimately became the Gerlinger ship and contracted malaria. When the Carrier Co. (GCC). ship docked in Tacoma he was sent to Gerlinger invented and patented the the hospital to recover. straddle lumber carrier and introduced the Relatives living in Oregon persuadproduct around 1920. “He was fortunate ed Gerlinger to come live with them, to have some family help and support, and New generation Gerlinger Carrier and he moved to Dallas, Ore. in 1902 the market took off in both carriers and and went to work at a railroad shop forklifts,” Lyman says. owned by his uncle Louis Gerlinger. (It didn’t hurt that his Carl Gerlinger ended up owning and operating several busiuncle’s family owned several businesses also started nesses through the 1920s-40s, among them Dalles Locomotive Willamette Valley Lumber Co. in Dallas that later became Machine & Repair, Gerlinger Carrier, Salem Ironworks, Salem Willamette Industries.) Steel & Supply Co., Klamath Ironworks (absorbed into USNR In 1908, a major boiler explosion at the shop killed Carl’s years ago), and West Salem Machinery (founded in 1947). brother August and cost Carl his left arm and left him briefly Gerlinger died in 1950, and the main carrier/forklift ➤ 26
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it. As mills began shutting down teepee burners and monetizing residuals, the company moved into more fiber handling markets with vibrating conveyors, chip screens and barkhogs. The late ’70s early ’80s recession saw a major drop in orders for a few years, “My father (Ron) did a great job keeping the business afloat,” Mark remembers. Around the same time, Mark joined the company after graduating from Oregon State in 1981 with an industrial engineering degree. West Salem Machinery looked to di-
versify in the early ’90s in the pallet recycling market, and that led to developing customers and solutions for the traditional recycling industry, including reduction and screening systems for food and organic waste and composting applications. The Great Recession of 2008-09 led to a push into new but related markets for biomass feedstock operations. “We made a pivot and push into agriculture residuals,” such as straw, grass, bagasse, various seed hulls and more, Lyman says. He adds that the move required a commitment to testing. TP 25 ➤ business merged with Towmotor. The company became a wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar in the 1960s. Cat sold the straddle carrier business back to the Gerlinger family in the 1970s, but it went under in the early ’80s recession. Lyman’s family revived the business as a separate entity (GCC Inc.) several years afterward, and they’ve been building Gerlinger carriers ever since—but now with a 21st Century twist. “The lumber side of it is almost nonexistent now,” Lyman says. Instead, those old lumber carriers aren’t handling wood anymore as GCC sales reps have found a solid niche market in the refinery and metal trades. “The refinery people are finding the carrier is good for long, heavy loads that have to be moved a good distance, and the carriers are more secure and faster than a forklift and have a smaller turning radius,” Lyman says. He notes that the new generation Gerlinger carriers have roomy, climatecontrolled cabs and lift capacities up to 90,000 lbs. Recent upgrades include an eightcamera vision system, plus a new hydrostatic drive that increases productivity and reduces maintenance. Carriers come standard with operator cabs featuring HVAC with cabin air filter, soundproofing and the latest ergonomics. From a conference room, Lyman looks out at the sprawling plant and manufacturing facilities and up at a framed poster of an ad from the Salem Statesman-Journal newspaper in 1953 that shows Gerlinger Industries and its companies, a photo of Carl Gerlinger and a short article. “It’s neat to think about how my great grandfather started all this,” Lyman says.
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BANDMILLS MCDONOUGH MANUFACTURING When many sawmills think of a bandmill, they think McDonough, and for good reason. With a focus on quality, simplicity and reliability more sawmills turn to McDonough. For more than 130 years, the bandmill has been the focus of our company. It is continually improved to keep McDonough the leader in bandmills. The latest improvement is our Linear Bearing Top Guide, which increases the life of the top guide and offers the highest accuracy to perfectly sawn lumber. Only the highest components are provided for our air strain system, which remains the simplest and most effective strain in the industry. Due to how a McDonough bandmill is designed, the hand of each mill can easily be switched. All McDonough bandmills have cast iron wheels that keep saw blades running cool to maintain tension in the saw blade for faster, more accurate sawing. Our pressure guides also allow for increased feed rates and ensure accurate sawn lumber. Heavy duty railroad car bearings are used for maintenance free and extremely long life. McDonough bandmills come in sizes from 44 in. up to 8 ft., 17° slant or vertical, and in twin and quad configurations. Our bandmills can increase your production and lower your maintenance costs.
McDonough continues to enhance bandmills.
MEBOR
The new Mebor VTZ 1400/1600 PLUS is designed to be an exceptionally fast vertical band saw. Easy installation, lower energy consumption and full automation are features that bring this machine to the top of its category. The machine does not require any special concrete 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. Besides, the braking energy is transferred to other drives in the system. The automated sawmill is packed with features: —Bandmill sizes 55 in. (1400) or 63 in. (1600) —Single or double cut setup —Heavy-duty frame for high precision, vibration-free sawing —One side mounted band saw wheels allow easy access for blade changes. —Electronic blade alignment - easy and fast positioning of both Mebor vertical log band saw VTZ 1400 PLUS band saw wheels ensures optimal position of the blade and extends blade life. —Tilted (slanted) carriage at 17° 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 - electric, servo, brushless drive for return speeds up to 800 FPM (240 m/min); fast acceleration and automated positioning of the carriage —Braking energy is transferred to other drives in the system – energy saving; regeneration of energy. —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; optional 3D scanning of logs with optimization —Fully automatic cutting sequence – hands free operation during sawing Every Mebor band saw is made to order with customized equipment, spacing between clamps, dogs according to log lengths etc. Combining Mebor’s experience and the customer’s requirements results in the optimal machine for the customer’s production.
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BANDMILLS MELLOTT MANUFACTURING Mellott Manufacturing is well known for their heavy, ruggedly built sawmill equipment. Mellott now manufactures a band saw using the same rugged design as their other equipment. Both the Mellott Model 640 and 642 band saws are 6 ft. diameter wheels designed to use up to a 12 in. wide band saw blade. The Model 640 band saw uses a 40 ft. long band saw blade. It can be used as the main band saw headrig in a sawmill with the addition of a 30 in. wide offbearing belt or as a vertical resaw with the addition of a linebar attachment. The Model 642 has the columns extended 12 in. and uses a 42 ft. long band saw blade and is used as the main band saw headrig in a 17° slanted sawmill with the addition of a tilted base and modified offbearing belt. The design of a 7 ft. band saw is complete and will be introduced in the near future. Mellott uses cast wheels for their band saws. Cast wheels have better wear characteristics than steel wheels. The lower drive wheel Mellott adds to band saw line. is mounted to the base frame with two Timken AP Series railcar bearings. The heavy duty bearing housings are keyed and bolted to the base frame. There is no adjustment at the lower drive wheel; all adjustments are made at the upper wheel. The upper wheel is mounted to an eccentric shaft with two heavy duty spherical roller bearings. The Mellott band saws use an air strain system that consists of a single air cylinder connected to the eccentric shaft. A coil spring is used to maintain a minimal amount of strain in the event of air pressure loss. Mellott Manufacturing has an on-site engineering and design team capable of meeting your specific needs. Mellott Manufacturing will design and manufacture custom support frames for the band saws along with custom conveyor systems throughout your mill.
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BANDMILLS SALEM EQUIPMENT High strain capacity (up to 45,000 lbs.) and Salem’s unique true direct air strain system provide the opportunity for enhanced saw blade performance. With the ability to leverage better saw blade performance operators have experienced improved sawing accuracy, reduced kerf, improved production, and/or reduced effort in the filing room. The Salem Direct Air Strain system is designed to virtually eliminate strain forces on the pivot pins for a friction free strain system. This allows for smooth, consistent strain loading of the saw blade as well as more consistent saw blade performance. Friction delays the responsiveness of a strain system and is detrimental to band saw performance. The upper and lower saw guide positions are carefully selected to allow optimal control of the span between the guides for optimal stiffness of the saw blade body in the cutting zone for good saw blade performance. With tighter span between the guides Salem headrigs will perSalem band resaw form better at higher feed speeds. Both upper and lower guide holders have a protective coating applied by an electroless nickel process. This coating virtually eliminates corrosive wear caused by wood acids and provides abrasion resistance for long life of the guide holder and long-term accuracy of the guide system. Salem cartridge pressure guides allow easy resurfacing without affecting guide setting or guide alignment. Both guide holders have screws with jamb nuts for easy adjustment of guide pressure and alignment. The upper guide holder is mounted on breakaway swing brackets to protect the guide if it is accidentally hit by a log. The upper guide holder includes a special fine-tuning feature to provide quick recovery from wrecks or other damage. The bandmill’s “loaded joints” (more specifically, the wheel lift joints and the strain system joints) are loaded to minimize the effects of any vibration. Minimizing vibration reduces fatigue loading of the saw blade for improved saw blade performance, longer saw blade life, and improved overall saw blade economics. Headrig systems include saw deviation sensor system that is designed to provide sawyer assistance to reduce sawing variation.
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BANDMILLS SERRA (WINTERSTEIGER) The successful brand SERRA (Latin for saw) was established in 1990 by the Bavarian founding family Fritz. For almost 30 years now, the innovative company has been known for its high-quality sawmill machines “Made in Germany.” Since the beginning of 2019 SERRA is part of the Austrian Wintersteiger group. SERRA machines are sold in more than 80 countries. From the small mobile sawmill to the complete sawmill line, SERRA offers tailor-made solutions for every requirement in the most diverse climate zones. SERRA machines and saw blades are now sold and serviced by Wintersteiger’s sales and service offices in the U.S. (Salt Lake City, Utah and Spring Hill, Tenn.). Contact: www.sawmills4us.com Log band sawmills for logs up to 63 in. (160 cm) diameter: Horizontal log band sawmills are the core competence of SERRA. Four different models are available. Logs with a maximum diameter of 35 in. (90 cm), 43 in. (110 cm), 53 in. (135 cm) or even 63 in. (160 cm) SERRA offers a range of band sawmills. can be sawn. SERRA’s mobile sawmills are mostly used for contract sawing avoiding long transport distances for the logs. Re-cutting saws and edgers: Of course SERRA also offers all peripheral devices for sawmills and can even design entire plants upon request. This includes log and lumber conveyors, various removal systems, buffer tables, board separators etc. SERRA also develops and manufactures circular and band saw resaws. These supplement the log band saw and increase the performance significantly. Thanks to the close cooperation with Wintersteiger, customers benefit from a unique service package consisting of sawmill machines and the corresponding band saw blades. Wintersteiger saw blades are optimized for the specific application and the material to be cut and have been delivering customers the best results with maximum quality and economy for years.
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BANDMILLS USNR The Logmaster HPS from USNR satisfies your need for highspeed band saw production. With very high rim speeds and thin saw kerfs, this design maximizes production and performance, delivering excellent yields. Faster and surprisingly less expensive, it’s worth a second look. Logmaster HPS is designed for feed speeds up to 590 FPM (180 m/min) and saw speeds up to 19,800 FPM (600 m/min), with excellent product accuracy. It uses an advanced hydraulic strain system that has very low friction and produces quick reaction times. Electronic monitoring and self-adjusting features ensure system stability and reliability. The system can be delivered as a log or cant breakdown machine, with or without a reducer unit. It can also be combined with profiling and sweep sawing technology for one of the most flexible and versatile band saw solutions on the market today. Logmaster HPS: Comparable feed speeds at a lower cost and The Bandsaw Monitoring System (BMS) can be added to Logsmaller saw kerf Master to improve lumber size accuracy as well as saw blade service life. It controls saw blades by actively tilting the band wheels. It also detects cracks at an early stage, before they cause band rupture. The inductive sensors are mounted on the return side of the saw blade, protected by an enclosure. It is easily installed on new and existing bandmill lines, processing any species in any region worldwide. USNR has been manufacturing bandmills and sawmill equipment for more than 100 years.
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BANDMILLS WOOD-MIZER Wood-Mizer introduces the LX250 wide slab sawmill designed for sawyers and woodworkers that need to saw massive slabs and boards up to 54 ½ in. wide. Joining Wood-Mizer’s world-leading range of portable sawmills, the LX250 is the second largest capacity sawmill offered by the company, with the popular WM1000 sawmill capable of sawing 67 in. diameter logs. Built in the USA, the LX250 is a robust sawmill with powered saw head controls for ease of operation, adjustable presets for quick and accurate blade height control, and a massive 54 ½ in. width of cut ideal for sawing wide, live edge slabs. A key innovation of the Wood-Mizer LX sawmill series includes the rigid LX Frame sawhead tower that holds the control panel, engine, and the sawmill head. Designed to accommodate a larger width and depth of cut, the LX Frame travels on twin parWood-Mizer introduces LX250 wide slab sawmill. allel hardened steel rails on the bed and allows the operator to have better visibility while sawing. LX250 wide slab sawmill features: —55 in. log diameter with 54 ½ in. max width of cut and 13 ft. length of cut —Optional 5 ft. bed extension available for 18 ft. max length of cut —Powered saw head up/down & forward/reverse with dual power feed chain system —Adjustable preset board thicknesses to quickly and accurately control blade height —38 HP gas engine or 15 HP 3-Phase electric motor “Wood-Mizer is dedicated to providing best-in-class sawmill and wood processing equipment that fits the diverse needs of our customers,” says Sales Director Greg Bacon. “With the growing demand of wide, live edge slabs and boards, the LX250 provides customers a large capacity sawmill at an affordable price that can efficiently produce these high-value wood products.”
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BANDSAWPRODUCTS CHACO Chaco blade guides are specifically designed for the retrofitting of table band saws. The conversion is easy and requires only minimal modifications to the machine. The additional blade guidance improves the quality of the cut and sustainably increases the value of the machine. With our blade guides a blade width of 4-100 mm can be retrofitted. The divided guide elements made of Chaco antifriction material allow individual adjustment to the selected blade width. The complete blade guides can be adjusted in height and thus on the thickness of the cut material. Each blade guide is also equipped with two back stops, which support the cutting pressure on the back of the blade and prevents it from retracting. M30 VV for blade width from 4 to 35 mm: The smallest version for hobbyists and professionals, with very compact dimensions of W 110, H 95, D 75 mm. The bottom and top guide elements consist of a set of rectangular (H-shape) and pointed (V-shaped) guides. This combination results in a very stable blade. Thanks to the doublesided V-shape, this design is particularly suitable for machines with a pivoting table. Separate guiding elements in pen form for different sawing blades or, on request, as full guiding element (monobloc) for full blade width. The model M30 is also available in the M30 Hu version with a H-shaped lower blade guide. This can be mounted even closer to the table and thus provides an additional stability increase. W 140, H 150, D 70 mm. 100 HH for blade width from 40 to 100 mm: The professional blade guide for precise cuts and high cutting performance on table and band saws. W 90, H 114, D 170 mm. Very stable, large-sized guiding elements and back stops. All blade guides are delivered with their Chaco band saw guides mounting parts.
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BANDSAWPRODUCTS OLESON SAW Oleson Saw, a division of York Saw and Knife Co, Inc., is a leading source of the highest-quality industrial saw blades for sawmills, lumber yards and timber processing. We have been designing and manufacturing made-in-the-USA sawmill blades for more than 100 years. As the original equipment manufacturer with broad in-house capabilities, we can deliver standard and custom sawmill blades for every mill application. We’re also your one-stop shop for parts and supplies to keep your mill running smoothly and efficiently. Oleson Saw is proud to offer nearly endless options in custom band saw blades for an efficient solution that solves all your milling and wood processing challenges. We provide conventional band saw blades as well as variable-pitch and variable-depth industrial saw blades customized to your precise requirements. Choose from Stellite-tipped, swage-tipped and ready-to-tip sawmill blades available in a range of tooth configurations and gullet depths to yield the best possible results.
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PREMIER BANDWHEEL & EQUIPMENT LTD. Premier Bandwheel & Equipment Ltd. has a reputation for manufacturing top quality bandwheels at the best possible price for 30 years. Our manufactured fabricated band wheels are capable of a maximum 14,000 SFPM by mastering specialized welding, machining and dynamic balancing procedures. Headrigs, resaws or twins in vertical or horizontal configurations and especially quads require critical alignment using optical levels and theodolites to ensure all wheels are true to the centerline of the log regardless if you have a log carriage, linebar, sharp chain or end dogger. Precision mill setup including wheel pullback, alignment, cross alignment and sawguide offset can save time and money in every sawmill. Our custom bandwheels can be fabricated or cast for both OEM or direct to the mill end user with installation assistance available. Many older bandmills or headrigs still use cast iron or ductile iron wheels, and if required or requested we can still produce these styles to original specifications and tolerances using today’s preciPremier Bandwheel is grooming the next generation of products. sion casting techniques. We have been converting older machines with heavy duty conversions that will increase feed speeds up to 15% without the need of changing the Surface Feet Per Minute of the bandmill by introducing self-clearing angles to maximize your drive wheels stored inertia. We are pleased to announce that after a very short retirement, Harry Penn has joined forces with Premier Bandwheel & Equipment Ltd. as a field service consultant offering our customers his 55+ years of experience.
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MACHINERYROW Canfor Taps USNR For New Planer Mill Canfor Southern Pine, the U.S. lumber operation of Canfor Corp., based in Vancouver, BC, is investing in a new planer mill for its Fulton, Ala. SYP operation. USNR will deliver the project on a turnkey basis, handling all of the project planning and development, civil and structural engineering, equipment design and manufacture, mechanical and electrical engineering and design, and construction management. USNR has a long history with Canfor and the Fulton operation. Projects at that site in recent years included new breakdown equipment in the green end and a new 100 ft. (30 m) CounterFlow dry kiln and 8-grate Green Fuel Burner. l EACOM Timber, a major lumber producer based in Eastern Canada, invested in its Nairn Centre, Ontario mill to install a new optimized board edger line. From its Eastern spruce and pine logs it processes dimensional lumber and shop products for the construction industry, as well as specialty export products
geared to the UK and European markets. The new USNR edger is equipped with three saws on a top arbor, and a top reman chipper head. It is designed to edge 1 in. through 4 in. material with shifting, guided saws. EACOM chose the reman head option and 3-saw arbor for the edger because the company has a strong export market for a variety of specialty product sizes. l Mercer Timber operates two USNR Transverse High Graders (THG) at its Friesau mill in Germany. The first system was installed in 2018, and the second THG will be installed in September. Now the mill will add a Grade Projector to the second line. The Grade Projector is mounted above the flow, downstream from the scanner. It displays the grade and trim solutions onto the surface of the boards for the check grader to view. The Grade Projector is an effective alternative to traditional paint spray systems. No marking required! The second THG line, unlike the first, allows adequate space to accommodate the Grade Projector in the line.
Nokian Expands Production, R&D Nokian Heavy Tyres, Nokia, Finland, will increase its production of commercial tires up to 50% and more than double the number of new products by investing heavily in production and product development. The total investment, which includes the construction of a new 3,500 m2 R&D building, will be EUR 70 million. Another construction project involves expanding the production facilities. “The building is erected and the installation of machinery is in full flight,” says Plant Director Pasi Antinmaa. “We will reach the full capacity in 2021 as stated.” Besides enabling more capacity and future growth, the new facilities serve an important role by supporting smoother flow and\a safer work environment.
Komatsu Appoints TEC As Dealer Komatsu America appointed Tractor & Equipment Company (TEC) as the forestry equipment distributor for the
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MACHINERYROW states of Alabama, Georgia and northwest Florida. TEC will handle the fullline of Komatsu forestry equipment, which includes track feller-bunchers, log loaders, wheeled harvesters, forwarders, and harvesting/processing heads. TEC is already the distributor in these regions for Komatsu construction and mining equipment. “Tractor & Equipment Company is an excellent addition to the Komatsu forestry equipment team and will provide us with greater forestry sales coverage in the southeast United States,” says Jim Williams, director, sales and service, forestry, Komatsu. “They have done a great job representing and growing Komatsu’s construction and mining business in this region, and we feel confident that they can replicate that success for forestry.” Tractor & Equipment Company was founded in 1943. Based in Birmingham, Ala., TEC has operations throughout Alabama, Georgia and northwest Florida. Forestry equipment will be sold and serviced at all of the company’s 20 branch locations.
Deere Apprenticeship Program Gets Nod John Deere has received approval from the U.S. Department of Labor for its new Registered Apprenticeship Program and is making it available to its Agriculture & Turf and Construction & Forestry dealers. The program will help address a widespread shortage of service technicians, especially in rural areas across the country, by providing dealers with a formalized, on-the-job and technical training plan to help them develop more highly skilled employees. Through participation in the apprenticeship program, dealers formally commit to developing additional talent in an earn-while-you-learn program. A participating apprentice benefits from structured, on-the-job training in partnership with an experienced mentor. According to Tim Worthington, manager, customer support for the John Deere Construction and Forestry Div., participating dealerships will see numerous benefits. “This can improve a dealer’s productivity and profit potential as employee turnover costs are reduced and employees are retained longer. In addition, John Deere customers benefit from access to more highly skilled dealer personnel who are servicing their equipment.” 44
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PRODUCTSCANNER10 PRO-FIX BUNDLE PRO 3 Wrapping a bundle of sorted logs with cable to be transported from a dry land sort is traditionally one of the most dangerous jobs. While there were machines to assist in log bundling prior to the development of the revolutionary Bundle Pro 3, much of the bundling process had to be completed manually, with increased
risk of injury, and they were built on outdated carriers. The Bundle Pro 3’s development began when Western Forest Products contacted Pro-Fix Maintenance to repair their wornout log bundlers. When Western Forest Products wanted to make significant design changes, Pro-Fix Maintenance decided to develop a new log bundling machine, based on the CAT 950H tractor.
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PRODUCTSCANNER10 The first Bundle Pro 3 was designed and manufactured in just over six months at Pro-Fix Maintenance’s headquarters in Campbell River, British Columbia, on the West Coast of Canada. So far, 3 Bundle Pro’s have been produced to date, and all are currently operating at remote dry land sorts on northern Vancouver Island. The Bundle Pro 3 allows a single operator to wrap sorted bundles of logs safely and efficiently. Using a remote-
control system, cable carried in large bulk spools on the back of the machine is fed through the Bundle Pro’s distinctive yellow arms around a bundle of logs. A hydraulically crimped sleeve is then used to secure the cable around the log bundle. Once the log bundle is wrapped in cable, the operator then opens the arms and backs away from the bundle, which is ready for pushing into the water.
The Bundle Pro 3 was designed with safety and production as the primary focus and allows a single operator to produce more bundles in a shift, from the safety and comfort of a cab. As a proud part of the West Coast forest industry, Pro-Fix strives to continuously develop new innovative solutions to increase worker safety and advance technology. Visit profixmaintenance.com. Article submitted by Pro-Fix Maintenance.
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President Richie LeBlanc says the mill makes what the log gives, primarily 2x4 and 2x6 lumber and 4x4 and 4x6 timbers.
The mill became operational in a year, thanks in large part to employee buy-in.
The mill has an annual capacity of 200MMBF.
16 ➤ debarker. A Comact log optimizer scans logs and makes the bucking decision for the Comact multi-saw merchandizer. Two canter infeed decks sort logs by diameter, and are fed by Comact wave feeders. The wave feeder at the merchandiser allows them to slow down the kickers into the trays leading to the OLI. “Biewer’s team has been really helpful to us,” LeBlanc explains. “They can tell us, ‘we were trying this and it wasn’t working well so we tried this.’” LaSalle has the ability to produce up to 12 in. lumber in addition to 4x6 timbers. Profiled cants are turned 90° going into the Comact curve gang saw. Sideboards flow to an optimized Comact trimmer sorting system in preparation for the MoCo stacker. LaSalle uses two DelTech continuous dry kilns with a capacity of approximately 80-90MMBF each annually. Following drying, lumber moves to the planer mill, which includes a Comact GradExpert lumber grader and Miller planer, where it is dressed on four sides. Lumber is packaged using a Signode package maker and labeled with a Samuel Coding & Labeling printer. All mill optimization is provided by Comact. “We have scanning all the way from the log deck to the dry trimmer. The only place we probably don’t have it is in the kilns,” LeBlanc says with a chuckle. LaSalle Lumber Co. produces primarily 2x4 and 2x6 lumber, and some 4x4 and 4x6, in prime, #1, #2 and #3 grades. “We make what the log gives us,” LeBlanc says. “We are seeing some larger timber and have the ability to make a variety of products.” All residuals from LaSalle are trucked to the Drax Biomass wood yard just yards away from the mill site. Drax also trucks the dry shavings to its other facilities. TP TIMBER PROCESSING
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ATLARGE Forest Service Awards Mass Timber Grants U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded $1 million through the Mass Timber University Grant Program to 10 institutions in seven states. This cooperative partnership with the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities supports the construction of mass timber buildings on college campuses across the
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country and brings $136 million in university matching funds. This grant program showcases the architectural and commercial viability of mass timber in building construction. Mass timber describes a group of wood products made up of smaller pieces of wood that are laminated and Universities are gearing up for mass timber construction. compressed to create large, solid panels of wood that can serve as the structural components in buildings. A thriving mass timber market helps maintain forest health and resiliency, supports employment opportunities in rural communities and advances sustainability of the built environment. By placing these buildings at institutions of higher education, the agency helps educate the next generation of decision-makers about the benefits of mass timber. The Forest Service is supporting this grant program as part of its ongoing efforts to promote the use of mass timber construction. Federal funds for this program will support incremental activities that are institutional hurdles for new building projects using mass timber, and include design and engineering work, cost studies and construction code review support for a variety of building types; these buildings include a basketball arena, an arts and education complex with a recital hall and theater, university residential housing, a museum and classroom buildings. The Forest Service received 16 proposals. Ten projects were selected for work in Arkansas, Idaho, Maine, Michigan, Oregon, Texas and Washington. Recipients of the 2019 Mass Timber University Grant Program include: University of Arkansas—University of Arkansas Fay Jones School of Architecture & Design University of Idaho—Idaho Central Credit Union Arena Bowdoin College—Bowdoin College Barry Mills Hall & Center for Arctic Studies University of Maine—CLT Laboratory Addition to Showcase CLT & House the World’s Largest 3D Printer Michigan Technological University— Facilitating the establishment of a mass timber building on the campus of Michigan Technological University Oregon State University—Mass Timber on a New Stage: Oregon State University Arts and Education Rice University—Rice University
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ATLARGE Mass Timber Project Proposal-Residential Housing San Jacinto College—San Jacinto College Central Campus Classroom Building Stephen F Austin University— Stephen F. Austin State University – New Dining Hall, Residence Hall, Welcome Center and Fine Arts Addition & Renovation University of Washington—University of Washington Health Sciences Education Building
Reliability Is Key For Roseburg Roseburg announced that Chris Metcalf has joined the company as Director of Reliability. In this newly created role Metcalf will oversee the analysis of reliability and maintenance practices and needs across the company and implement solutions to create a high-performance manufacturing culture, Roseburg stated. “As Director of Reliability, Chris will build a small team of company resources dedicated to helping our plants define and implement best practices for asset man-
agement and reliability," Senior Vice President of Operations Jake Elston says. "Equally important, Chris will also work with our operational units to help determine what local resources are needed to drive improvement in our business." For the past 15 years, Metcalf has led improvements in maintenance and reliability for several major manufacturing organizations, building and leveraging large-scale ERP CMMS/EAM and business intelligence systems. He has worked in the engineering, operations and centers of excellence departments at organizations including Anheuser-Busch, Sara Lee, DuPont Pioneer, Titan America, and Enviva. Metcalf holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Iowa. "Making this commitment is an exciting step for the company," Elston says. "Running reliable operations benefits every stakeholder in our organization and Chris brings a great deal of experience and acumen in driving these improvement processes in manufacturing organizations. We are very pleased to have him join our team."
RoyOMartin Timber Group Runs Safe Wood products manufacturer RoyOMartin announced that its land and timber department has completed 12 years without an OSHA-recordable injury, effective August 2. Given the vast amount of timberland managed by RoyOMartin foresters—nearly 550,000 acres—this accomplishment is especially noteworthy. Keys to the team’s success include reporting near-misses, performing quality safety audits, and making daily contacts, in cooperation with a dedicated team of health, safety and environmental professionals. “Our team of dedicated ladies and gentlemen continues to effectively grow our work-family’s safety culture,” explains RoyOMartin Vice President of Land and Timber Cade Young. “We believe that positive safety culture is a living thing that must be nurtured, educated, and protected from unhealthy influence. Individual recognition and acceptance of personal safety responsibility is necessary to avoid recordable accidents
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ATLARGE and protect our peers. I am amazed and proud to be a part of a group whose members have renewed this commitment each of the last 4,383 days.” Executive Vice President and COO Scott Poole states, “These professionals renew their commitment to safety each day, serving as role models to our company and industry. Congratulations on their remarkable accomplishment.” In recognition of working 12 years without a recordable injury, the department will host a celebration for its approximately 50 foresters and support personnel.
Evergreen Engineering Adds Seattle Office Evergreen Engineering, Inc., is adding a location in the Seattle, Wash. area. “We wanted to better serve our major wood products and pulp & paper clients in Washington state,” comments Evergreen Business Development Director Aaron Edewards. “We also wanted to take advantage of the pool of local talent open to us there.” Kevin Tangen, formerly based at Ev-
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ergreen’s Eugene, Ore. office, will lead the staff as Project and Office Manager. He will be joined by mechanical engineer Erik Lasher, also formerly of Eugene, and newly hired Senior Project Manager Jeffrey Tuma of Port Orchard, Wash. A complement of locally hired designers and drafters will round out the team. The expansion coincides with the redesign of Evergreen’s website, www.evergreenengineering.com. Site visitors will find the pages more user-friendly, especially for mobile devices. Established in 1985, Evergreen Engineering, Inc., now has offices in Eugene, Seattle, and Atlanta, Ga.
Katerra Names Kibsgaard As COO Katerra named Paal Kibsgaard as chief operating officer, a new position within Katerra. Kibsgaard was previously the chairman and CEO of Schlumberger Ltd. and served on Katerra’s Board of Directors for three years. He reports to Katerra co-founder and CEO, Michael Marks.
“Paal is one of the best operating executives I have ever met,” says Marks. “With Katerra recently passing its fourth anniversary, we have built a solid foundation for future growth. Paal’s appointment marks a new phase for the company, and under his guidance we will accelerate our work to transform construction through technology.” Kibsgaard is responsible for Katerra’s U.S. operations, including architecture, engineering, manufacturing and construction. He will drive alignment across these groups as Katerra delivers a growing number of projects in the U.S. and expands its advanced manufacturing footprint. He will also be responsible for additional international expansion beyond the company’s current footprint in U.S., the Middle East, and India. Lastly, he will oversee the development of new construction technologies. “Katerra is building a truly unique company to lead the overdue transformation of the global construction industry,” says Kibsgaard. “I am excited to join Katerra and to become part of a very strong management team.”
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But LeBlanc decided to retire. He says he gave himself five years to make it to the majors, and when his five were up, he told Kansas City he wasn’t going to Spring Training. He says he was ready to settle down, and enjoy life with his wife and start a family. That decision would start the next phase of his life, first with an insurance agency in Louisiana and then with Weyerhaeuser. After 16 years with Weyerhaeuser all over the country, LeBlanc and his family came home to Louisiana and he became President of Hunt Forest Products in 2016.
LeBlanc and his family once again live in Ruston after a few detours first with ball and then with his career in forest products. But every now and then someone will bring up the home game against LSU. “I’ll introduce myself to someone and they will look at me and say, ‘I was at a baseball game and there was a guy pitching named Richie LeBlanc.’ I’ll have to tell them ‘oh yea that was me.’ And they always ask ‘Really?’” The Louisiana team just won the Little League World Series—who knows maybe there is a future Richie LeBlanc on the team. TP
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MAINEVENTS SEPTEMBER 5-7—Great Lakes Logging & Heavy Equipment Expo, UP State Fairground, Escanaba, Mich. Call 715-282-5828; visit gltpa.org. 6-7—Virginia Forest Products Assn. Annual Conference, The Homestead Resort, Hot Springs, Va. Call 804-737-5625; visit vfpa.net. 8-10—Alabama Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Perdido Beach Resort, Orange Beach, Ala. Call 334-265-8733; visit alaforestry.org. 8-11—WMF: Shanghai International Furniture Machinery & Woodworking Machinery Fair, National Exhibition and Convention Center, Shanghai, China. Call (852) 2516 3518; visit woodworkfair.com. 9-12—FMC China 2019: Furniture Manufacturing & Supply, Shanghai New International Expo Center, Pudong, Shanghai, China. Call +86-21-64371178; visit furniture-china.cn/en-us/fmc.
2-4—North Carolina Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Hotel Ballast, Wilmington, NC. Call 800-231-7723; visit ncforestry.org. 4-6—Paul Bunyan Show, Guernsey County Fairgrounds, Old Washington (Cambridge), Ohio. Call 740-452-4541; visit ohioforest.org. 8-10—Arkansas Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Embassy Suites, Little Rock, Ark. Call 501-374-2441; visit arkforests.org. 15-18—101st Annual Railway Tie Association Symposium and Technical Conference, Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, Tucson, Ariz. Call 770-460-5553; visit rta.org. Listings are submitted months in advance. Always verify dates and locations with contacts prior to making plans to attend.
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