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All of these gentlemen were in the twilight of their careers. Orvis Ford and Keeney were pushing 80; Fields was in his mid 70s. Kenneth Ford was in his lateKenneth80s. wanted a high production small log mill that would produce studs as well as longer export metric lumber for Japan. As they turned concept into reality, Kenneth, Orvis and Keeney traveled to several mills, but focused on Stimson Lumber’s mill in Forest Grove, Ore.; that’s because Stimson was running a stud mill with a sharp chain feeding a bandmill, which had started up in the 1980s, designed and engineered by none other than Keeney, who was working for Stimson then.

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cousin Orvis Ford would serve as project manager. Orvis had worked at Roseburg from the 1950s into the early 1980s, sometimes as a plant manager, before “retiring” and continuing to consult with other mill companies, before coming back to Roseburg.

Kenneth Ford died in February 1997 at age 88. The mill started up a year later and in another year was averaging in excess of 250MBF per shift and reaching 350MBF—with a Coe and Keeney sharp chain, 6 ft. USNR twin band and Coe chipping heads, Coe optimized gang-edger and another Coe optimized edger, twin USNR horizontal resaw, USNR trimmer and USNR 21 bin sorter and stacker, with Douglas fir logs averaging 8.5 in. diameter.

Especially when you consider that 25 years ago, Kenneth Ford, who built Roseburg’s wood products Western empire from scratch, had visualized one last sawmill project, a stud mill, and he had invited some pretty acclaimed people to help him put it together. Ford had built and started up a sawmill at Dillard in the midKenneth’s1940s.

WHEN GREAT MEN CAME“HTOGETHER

The Dillard project required lowering some of the floor and moving floor beams around. But before any machinery was put in place, and while remodeling of the building was still going on, Kenneth was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. “He came in one morning and said I’ve got cancer and I’m not going to live very long,” Keeney once recalled. “I was hoping he would live until he got the thing running. He was really into it. But he didn’t make it. When it started up I was disappointed because he wasn’t there.”

allowed Ground” is a description reserved for Civil War battlefields, where large armies clashed and thousands of soldiers fell, and where great generals once stood—Grant at Shiloh and Lee at Fredericksburg. A sawmill site is not on such a scale, but Roseburg’s at Dillard, Ore. comes pretty close.

Fred Fields was called upon to supply the sawmill machinery through his company, Coe Manufacturing. Again, no surprise, as Fields and Coe had worked with Ford and Roseburg for years, especially supplying machinery to Roseburg’s plywood operations.

This writer was fortunate to visit the mill when it hit its stride in early 1999, and talk to the likes of Orvis Ford, Keeney and Fields. But the person most prevalent in the mill wasn’t even there, Kenneth Ford. By the way, Orvis, Keeney and Fields all died basically within weeks of each other during November 2011 to January 2012, all having lived long and full lives.

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Bud Keeney was brought in for design and engineering. No surprise there. Keeney had built the old stud mill on site, which was now obsolete. He had worked in sawmilling for various operations since the 1940s.

Insko currently serves as President of Eastern Oregon University in La Grande, a position he has held since 2015. He also has extensive background in the wood products industry. He was with Boise Cascade for 20 years, holding positions as plant manager, production manager, senior financing manager, region manager, and area manager. At the

“Building on Canfor’s proud operating history in Alabama, we are excited to invest in a new world-class acility that will ensure our long-term ability to operate competitively. In addition, the facility’s versatility and flexibility will enhance our ability to more closely align our production of high-quality products with market demand,” comments Don Kayne, President and CEO, Canfor.

BID Group will deliver the new sawmill, and will manage, design, build, equip, install and provide full startup services.Thenew operation will incorporate the full spectrum of BID’s best-in-class wood processing technologies, including equipment, software, automation systems, Artificial Intelligence-enabled optimization and the plant-wide Industry 4.0 solution, OPER8.

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PRESIDENT & CEO Collins announced that Tom Insko will become the President & CEO of the company, succeeding retiring Eric Schooler. Insko, an Oregon native will assume responsibilities on October 1 for the Wilsonville, Ore.-based Collins.

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The existing Mobile sawmill was operated by Gulf Lumber and the Stimpson family for many years, before Gulf Lumber merged with Scotch Lumber, which subsequently sold to Canfor.

COLLINS NAMES INSKO

Canfor Corp. plans to invest $210 million USD to build a state-of-the-art sawmill at a greenfield site in southern Alabama, reportedly north of Mobile in the community of Axis along Highway 43.The sawmill will have an annual production capacity of 250MMBF on a twoshift basis and will provide a modern work environment for approximately 130 people who will be employed directly, in addition to sup-porting significant indirect jobs. In alignment with the company’s sustainability goals and decarbonization targets, the facility design includes investment in a biomass-fueled lumber drying system. Startup of the facility is anticipated in the third quarter of 2024.

The new facility will replace the existing operation in Mobile. Following the construction and startup of the new facility, an orderly wind down of the Mobile operation will be undertaken. All current employees will have the opportunity to remain with the company.

“We greatly value our employees and are committed to providing family-supporting jobs and generating economic activity in the region. We are pleased to be transforming the workplace for our employees by providing a new, modern facility that will continue to operate for generations,” adds Tony Sheffield, President, Canfor Southern Pine.

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Insko’s manufacturing experience spans plywood, composite panels, lumber, and laminated beams. He has also worked extensively in forest policy and management, log and fiber procurement, sales and finance. He is currently a commissioner on the Oregon Business Development Commission and previously served two terms on the Oregon Board of Forestry.

Calvert is one of the oldest glulam manufactures in the U.S. and has more than 60 years of experience producing high quality glulam beams in multiple species, including Douglas fir, southern yellow pine and yellow cedar, for industrial, commercial and residential projects around the world. Calvert has manufacturing facilities in Washougal, Wash. and Vancouver, Wash. with a combined annual glulam capacity of approximately 35MMBF on a two shift basis. Calvert’s operations employ 60 and produced 13MMBF of glulam in 2021 on a single shift basis.

WESTERN FP EYES MASS TIMBER BIZ Western Forest Products Inc. announced that a wholly owned subsidiary of Western has entered into an agreement to acquire certain assets of Calvert Company, Inc. located in Washington State for US$12 million.

“Tom lives by ethics and values that are well aligned with those of our company and family,” states Cherida Collins Smith, Board Chair. “He has a vast amount of experience dealing with the complexities in our business as well as demonstrated success in meeting challenges inherent in our industry and in these times that we were looking for to succeed the leadership Eric Schooler has undertaken in the last 21 years.”

time of his departure from Boise, he was responsible for nine manufacturing facilities with more than 1,100 employees.

Insko holds bachelor’s degrees in Mathematics and Business Economics from Eastern Oregon University and an MBA from the College of William & Mary. Collins operates softwood sawmills in Lakeview, Ore.; Chester, Calif.; and a hardwood sawmill in Kane, Pa.; and a particleboard mill in Klamath Falls, Ore.; and operates substantial timberland holdings.

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“We are excited to welcome Calvert’s employees to Western. This acquisition will help position Western to capitalize on the growing North American mass timber building market and is consistent with our strategy of moving up the product value chain and growing our portfolio of value added products,” comments Don Demens, Western President and CEO. “We look forward to working with Calvert’s owner, Doug Calvert, who will be remaining with Western following the closing of the transaction in a consulting capacity. Doug’s strong relationships and expertise in glulam will be invaluable as we look to further grow the business.”

As part of the transaction, Western has created a new engineered wood subsidiary which will remain focused on further growth opportunities throughout the entire mass timber value chain. Western has a lumber capacity in excess of 1 billion BF from seven sawmills and four remanufacturing facilities. The company sources timber

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Softwood Lumber Board published its 2022 Q1 Report, which recaps key SLB progress points in continuing to break down barriers in positioning wood as an economic, biophilic, and sustainable material, based on credible environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data and reporting. The SLB, in partnership with its funded programs—the American Wood Council (AWC), Think Wood, and WoodWorks—are making a concerted effort to provide education around the use of wood products for their climate benefits, increase timber usage, and capitalize on emerging construction trends.

The HIT facility is a modern, high performance, fully integrated wood processing facility and its production capabilities include wood pallets, lumber, biofuels (briquettes and pellets), garden products and bio-electricity.

The European flat wooden pallet market traditionally focuses on block pallets. The largest share of the European wood pallet market are standard format block pallets, most of which are part of exchange and pooling systems. Within the German market, 80% of wood pallets are exchanged in open pooling systems, while 20% are exchanged in closed pooling systems.

from its private lands, long-term licenses, First Nations arrangements, and market purchases.

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Key highlights of Q1 include:

● The AWC represented the softwood lumber industry’s interests during the International Code Council Group B Code Development Hearings. The AWC put

HIT is the world’s largest producer of EPAL wood pallets used for shipping and, in 2021, sold 295MMBF of wood pallets. Sawmill residuals are used to produce biofuels in the form of wood pellets and briquettes. HIT has the ability to process up to 410MMBF of lumber today, with various potential high return investment opportunities to expandThecapacity.acquisition includes five biomassfueled power plants with the ability to generate up to 15 MW of electricity. Post-acquisition, Mercer becomes the largest German pallet producer and will have a combined annual lumber capacity of approximately 960MMBF with incremental electricity generation capacity.

Mercer International Inc. is a global forest products company with operations in Germany, U.S. and Canada with a consolidated annual production capacity of 2.3 million tonnes of pulp, 550MMBF of lumber, and 140 thousand cubic meters of cross-laminated timber.

Mercer International Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of the parent company of HIT (Holz Industrie Torgau) for €270 million. HIT owns, among other things, 100% of a timber processing and value-add pallet production facility in Torgau, Germany and a wood processing facility in Dahlen, Germany that produces garden products.

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● WoodWorks directly influenced and converted 119 projects, which resulted in the construction of 23 million square feet of building space and the incremental consumption of 212MMBF of lumber.

Sierra Pacific Industries has named Matt Pontes as its first Director of Wildfire and Fuels Management.

“I am extraordinarily grateful for the opportunity to join the leadership team, family culture and crew at SPI,” Pontes adds. “This new role aligns with my passion in wildfire, forestry and natural resources. With SPI’s proven track record of success in healthy forest management and sustainability, I look forward to partnering with agencies, landowners and communities to strategize on wildfire resiliency. Our future depends on longterm solutions that will better protect California’s forested landscape and vital naturalPontesresources.”bringsmore than 30 years of experience in forest and wildfire management, fire response and recovery, and public agency leadership. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Forestry & Natural Resources Management from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Sierra Pacific Industries is a third-generation, family-owned forest products company based in Anderson, Calif. SPI owns and manages more than 2.3 million acres of timberland in California, Oregon and Washington and is one of the largest U.S. lumber manufacturers. The company also produces millwork, windows and renewable energy.

● As part of its partnership with the American Institute of Architecture Students, the SLB sponsored a four-day South Quad Conference with AIAS chapters at Auburn University and the Georgia Institute of Technology to position innovative wood products as a sustainable building solution. Participating students gained firsthand knowledge of mass timber’s performance during a visit to Georgia Tech’s Digital Fabrication Lab. In addition to program successes, the SLB and USDA Forest Service announced winners of the Mass Timber Competition: Building to Net-Zero Carbon, awarding $2 million in funding to six building projects. Projects were selected for their potential to showcase mass timber’s application, commercial viability, replicability, and carbon benefits.

SPI CREATES MANAGEMENTWILDFIREPOST

● Think Wood delivered growth—in some cases exponential—in each of its seven key performance metrics, including 49% year-over-year growth in marketing qualified leads and 490% yearover-year growth in sales qualified leads.

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“We are excited to have Matt’s strategic leadership in this newly created position developed to protect our timberlands, ecosystems and rural communities,” says SPI CEO Mark Emmerson. Pontes will guide the company’s work in wildfire suppression and resiliency efforts, leveraging his experience in public and private organizations combined with his strong understanding of wildfire and natural resources management.

forward 18 wood-friendly code change proposals that were recommended for approval.

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Canfor President and CEO Don Kayne commented, “Despite the pressures on North American lumber market fundamentals this was a strong quarter for our lumber business, as our results continue to far exceed pre-pandemic levels and we continue to capitalize on our global diversification strategy. In our North American operations, ongoing global supply chain constraints resulted in the difficult decision to reduce operating schedules at our Western Canadian sawmills during the second quarter and into the summer months.

About 10 acres of the site will be used for buildings and processing facilities with the rest for log storage. The new plant will include the sawmill building and rough lumber sorter, dry kilns, and a planer mill and sorter to finish lumber for shipping. In total, the buildings will cover 25,000 sq. ft. Annual production is expected to be 50MMBF.

“This project came about because there was no reasonable market for salvage logs and thinnings from the Tahoe Basin or from the Humboldt Toiyabe National Forest,” says Jon Shinn, CEO of TFP. “A local sawmill is one of the critical missing links in beginning to address forest health and resilience, not to mention critical post-fire cleanup efforts from catastrophes like the Caldor Fire.”

INCOME WAS DOWN, BUT STILL STRONG For the second quarter of 2022, Canfor reported operating income of $531.6 million (Can), down $210.3 million from the operating income of $741.9 million reported for the first quarter of 2022, largely reflecting lower lumber segment earnings following the strong earnings in the previous quarter, offset to a degree by improved pulp and paper segment results.

Results in the lumber segment de-

NEW SAWMILL WILL PROCESS SALVAGE LOGS

Northern Nevada and California were severely impacted by wildfires, which were fueled because forests have not been thinned, cleared or maintained for almost three decades, according to Washoe Tribe. Initially, TFP plans on processing mostly large fire salvage logs removed from the recent Caldor Wildfire, but eventually they plan to also add a small log line to effectively process thinnings, which hopefully will help to reduce the number of wildfires in the area.

Logs will be processed into a wide range of products, including dry-surfaced 2 in. construction lumber, timbers, fence posts and landscape products from wildfire damage, and boards and “factory” lumber for windows from the pine. Additionally, bark will be sold for landscaping and other uses, chips and sawdust will be sold to agricultural end-users and to power plants, while planer shavings will go for animal bedding.

Tahoe Forest Products (TFP), in a partnership with Washoe Development Corp., an affiliate of Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California, announced they have leased 37.2 acres and plan to build the first major sawmill in the region in decades near Carson City. Salvage logs have been purchased and a log deck is visible at the site.

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creased $230.9 million quarter-over-quarter principally reflecting a significant downward correction in Western spruce/pine/fir (SPF) and southern yellow pine (SYP) US-dollar benchmark pricing in the period, with the average North American Random Lengths Western SPF 2x4 2&Btr price down US$408 per MBF, or 32%, and the average SYP East 2x6 #2 down US$546 per MBF, or 50%.

Weyerhaeuser reported second quarter net earnings of $788 million on net sales of $3 billion, compared to net earnings of $1 billion on net sales of $3.1 billion for the same period last year and net earnings of $771 million for the first quarter of 2022.

WEYCO PLEASED WITH RESULTS

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“In the second quarter our teams delivered strong results across each of our businesses,” comments Devin Stockfish, president and CEO. “Looking forward, we remain constructive on long-term demand fundamentals that support our businesses, notwithstanding the recent macroeconomic headwinds. Our financial position is exceptionally strong, and we remain committed to delivering operational excellence across our unmatched portfolio of assets.” With regard to the timberland business, In the West, fee harvest volumes were moderately lower than the first quarter due to unseasonably wet weather. Domestic sales realizations were moderately lower and per unit log and haul costs were significantly higher as harvesting operations transitioned to higher elevation units. Export sales realizations were moderately higher and export sales volumes were significantly higher, driven by strong demand in Japan. In the South, sales realizations for sawlogs and fiber logs were slightly higher, and fee harvest volumes increased moderately. Per unit log and haul costs were significantly higher, primarily due to fuel-related costs. Forestry and road costs in the West and South were seasonally higher.

North American market fundamentals experienced downward pressure principally driven by the impact of elevated interest rates and rising inflation. These economic headwinds weighed on lumber market demand in the current period, prompting a modest decline in new home construction activity in the U.S., particularly for single-family units. Decreased demand combined with relatively steady inventory levels in the supply chain resulted in a significant drop in lumberLookingprices.ahead, global lumber market fundamentals are anticipated to be relatively solid through the third quarter of 2022. New home construction activity in North America is projected to weaken in the wake of high mortgage rates and decreasing housing affordability, particularly for first-time homebuyers, while activity in the repair and remodeling sector is estimated to be steady. Offshore lumber demand in Asia is anticipated to face continued downward pressure in the third quarter as high inventory levels in the region continue to exceed consumption. Results in the third quarter are anticipated to reflect the continuation of reduced operating schedules across the company’s Western Canadian sawmills.

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Weyerhaeuser anticipates third quarter earnings will be lower than second quarter 2022. In the West, the company expects comparable fee harvest volumes and significantly lower sales volumes due to export. Sales realizations are expected to be moderately lower, and per unit log and haul costs are expected to be lower. In the South, the company expects sales realizations and per unit log and haul costs to be comparable and fee harvest volumes to be moderately higher. Sales realizations for lumber decreased 25%. Sales volumes for lumber were significantly higher due to seasonal inventory drawdown and improved production, while unit manufacturing costs and log costs were slightly higher. Weyerhaeuser anticipates third quarter earnings will be comparable to the second quarter.

IDAHO PLANTSPROJECTSEEDLINGS

Converting an all-but-dead timberland at risk of significant wildfire into a strong future forest is a massive undertaking, but the Idaho Dept. of Lands (IDL) is one step closer to achieving that in the Packer John State Forest. This spring 610,300 seedlings were planted over nearly 2,000 acres. Now those baby trees are growing thanks to a nearly $300,000 grant from the Arbor Day Foundation.AmajorDouglas fir tussock moth infestation peaked in Packer John in 2019 and was the final blow to the forest’s health after several years of drought and previous insect damage. This was also devastating for Idaho public schools, as these schools are the owners/beneficiaries of the land and the funding grown out of timber. The forest was made up mainly of Douglas fir, subalpine fir, and grand fir, which are susceptible to tussock moth damage. With that in mind, the IDL was quick to sell the damaged timber for wood products in what are called salvage sales. That made it possible to get as much value out of the trees as possible, as well as remove the significant wildfire risk. All trees within the salvage sale areas were harvested except for ponderosa pine and spruce trees, which are not preferred by tussock moth. Those species make up a small percentage of trees within the harvest areas, leaving a mostly blank canvas for a new forest. The new trees will be more ponderosa pine and western“Whatlarch.weare doing is very unique because the vulnerable trees are gone and will be replaced,” says Tyler Nelson, Idaho Dept. of Lands Forest Management Program Manager. “It will take time for these trees to grow, but as they do, they will hold strong against the insects and disease which are natural to these areas, but don’t feed off of the new trees.”Agrant from the Arbor Day Foundation totaling $296,600 covered the cost of the more than 600,000 trees. IDL was selected for the grant because of the unique nature of the project, which is to ensure that land impacted by the tussock moth outbreak can be restored to a healthy and functional forest by essentially starting over with tree species better adapted to the site.

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A roadbuilding contractor working on an easement road across state land to a private tract scheduled for harvest by Humboldt Redwood Co. had an excavator destroyed by the flare incident. No one witnessed the act, but just prior to the fire individual protesters were spotted in the area, which had seen several protests and demonstrations over the years.The fire also resulted in the release of 80 gallons of diesel onto the site that now has to be remediated, not to mention the luck that responders were nearby and able to ensure the blaze didn’t spread into the surrounding forest. No group has taken responsibility for the act, and CalFire officials are treating it as an arson investigation.

The TRP calls for traditional ground-based logging systems for about twothirds of the work. The TRP is expected to generate $2.28 million in revenue after subtracting costs of logging, hauling and roadwork, which will help fund the restoration treatments, according to FS officials.

ARSONIST ACT DESTROYS MACHINE Authorities are still investigating an environmentally damaging and potentially disastrous fire in early August after a protester allegedly tossed a road flare under an excavator near an area in Humboldt County in northern California that has been the focal point of anti-logging demonstrations and protests.

FS OKAYOFFICIALSTWISP

Forest health operations should begin next year following final approval in late July of the Twisp Restoration Project (TRP) on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest in north central Washington. The project seeks to improve forest health and wildfire resistance across 24,000 acres, focusing on the wildlandurban interface and ensuring a network of safe and efficient roads for travel and evacuation.TheTRP includes treatments on 550 acres of private land and 40 acres of U.S. Bureau of Land Management lands. The project size was reduced by more than half after fire activity during the planningProjectstages.scope includes harvest of 5054MMBF across 8,100 acres, roughly 75% Douglas fir, followed by ponderosa pine. In addition, PCT operations on almost 14,000 acres will target stems under 10 in., leaving 50-75 trees per acre. Another 6,000 acres will receive brushclearing and mastication operations to reduce fuel loads.

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TEAMWORKTECH-POWEREDRoseburginvestsinteamempowermentaswellashardwareandsoftwaretech-nologyatflagshipsawmill.

By Dan Shell DILLARD, Ore.

Just before the turn of the century, legendary Roseburg Forest Products founder Kenneth Ford rebuilt his sawmill here at Dillard, with a stud mill line that started up in 1998 after his death a year earlier. Four years later a reengineered and rebuilt end-dogging system with related breakdown equipment was added. The state-ofthe-art sawmill facility broke the 400MMBF production mark in late 2013.

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“We used to hire ‘sawmill people,’” says Dillard Lumber Operations Manager Marshall Ledbetter. “Now, we hire leaders and train them to do the job and give them what they need to do it.”

The original flat-roof concrete kilns received new peaked roofs in 2011 to inLog yard holds up to 20MMBF and merchandising line feeds sawmill and adjacent plywood plant.

● In 2014-2015 several key investments were made, the first in July 2014 by adding a new USNR sawmill stacker that utilizes the MillTrak camera control system to monitor backlog and overall lumber flow. The system can lay up to 19 courses/minute while automating stick placement and replaced an older stacker that was running full speed just to keep up.

Some of the mill’s most recent equipment and system upgrades include:

● In 2019 the mill added its third American Wood Dryers (AWD) 84 ft. double-track kiln, this one with the Thermo-Vent feature that reduces moisture and also gets the kiln up to temp quicker and helps hold it there, Ledbetter says. Roseburg also took the opportunity to make several key upgrades to its overall drying capacity, which includes eight older concrete USNR kilns and three AWD double track aluminum kilns.

Sharp chain system still in place much as Kenneth Ford designed it.

Timber Processing last visited in 2005 after the major upgrade, Roseburg has pursued a compelling strategy of maintaining sawing technology and system upgrades along with investments in technology that empowers team members and helps build a stronger teamwork culture.

Today, the dual-line design and much of Roseburg’s Dillard Lumber mill flow remains, but the level of technology and overall capacity surrounding and supporting the mill are light years ahead of Mr. Ford’s time. With the facility now capable of breaking 500MMBF in annual production of 8-, 9- and 10-ft. studs among the unprecedented challenges of a pandemic that helped create the highest lumber prices ever, Mr. Ford would no doubt be impressed with what his legacy hasSincewrought.

● The #2 board edger received an optimization upgrade in 2021, with a new Goldeneye scanning and optimization package from MiCrotec. The edger’s older system was running on a PC and on its last leg with frequent reboots and no backup. The new Goldeneye provides a much denser scanning field and better productivity, Ledbetter says, noting better overall recovery and less waste on sideboard processing. “We also have a lot more support, and after we tweaked a few things it’s running great.”

Two-line sawmill is a major West Coast producer of 8-, 9- and 10-ft. studs.

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crease air flow, as well as new crossshaft fans that improve air circulation among lumber charges. Also in 2019, the mill added the SDS wireless Kiln Scout moisture content detection system, integrated across all three AWD kilns.

Altogether, the improvements have significantly lowered steam requirements and costs while reducing drying times by almost half. “We’re now drying more with less,” says Steve Walker, dry end areaSeparatingcoordinator.heartwood from sapwood in the sawmill also boosts drying operations, with the aid of Atlas Density Graders, with weigh bridges installed just upstream of the sorter infeed. Medium and light moisture content boards are routed to the newer AWD kilns. The moisture sort at the sawmill is a key part of reducing drying times and getting the right wood to the most efficient kilns, Walker says. “In addition to reducing drying time the sort helps us tighten up deviation and also improve overall drying quality.”

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Despite challenges from the pandemic, the Dillard Lumber mill is now producing 500MMBF annually.

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Horizontal resaw handles larger material from both lines.

build a stronger culture that team members want to join.

Mill has continually received upgrades.

In July 2021, the mill implemented a new preventive maintenance system where operators can put in work requests, get feedback, make sure PMs are getting done and a whole lot more.

“If you weren’t an iPhone user before, you are now,” says Mike Lawless, green end area coordinator, adding that “We’re also using it to help build the culture as well, empower people to raise concerns, and team members are also getting communications and can see how millwrights and maintenance personnel are responding. It helps keep the culture positive.”

In mid 2020, the mill had begun using iPads to implement its CMMS; by July 2021 all maintenance personnel were using iPads and were trained in a structured program to take time daily to respond to and validate requests and approvals for work, and if not report why. The old paper-based maintenance system was prone to having issues slip, Lawless remembers. “But now things aren’t falling through the cracks, and if a request is rejected, (the operator) knows when and why.”

The mill also added an operator metrics dashboard module that provides real time data and performance information for each machine, one for each operator who was logged in and running it. The report shows production as well as any downtime and why. “Our team members want to know what it takes to win, and what a good day looks like— and you can’t over-communicate that,” Ledbetter says.

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The system also develops a report card for each team member at the end of each

“It’s all about making our people better,” Ledbetter says. “It’s getting harder to find team members, so we need to empower them all we can.”

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Moisture sort at sawmill, left, uses Atlas Density Scanner (orange pads) to make drying operations more efficient, along with investments in new kilns, right, and refurbishing older kilns with newer components and control system updates.

Another example is monitoring bearing vibration and temperatures at the bandmills, looking to spot issues before they become failures as part of an inhouse developed saw deviation monitoring system that was implemented eight years ago.

Mill technical personnel are also using the system as a diagnostic tool: One example is monitoring motor amperages to head off any problems before they become failures, such as identifying motors that are pulling incorrect amperages but still running. It’s taking a while to set it up since amperages vary so widely, but the idea is to greatly reduce emergency repairs while becoming more preventive overall.

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downtime data and overall performance of any machine a given team member may have logged in to. It helps in training, tracking downtime and boosting team member performance, Lawless says. “People want to know where they stand at the end of the day, and everyone can see what we’re measuring.”

Ledbetter says continually building and occasionally rebuilding teams is a sign of the times now, compared to the traditional seniority-based system that rewarded time spent and also provided ready replacements. Those “sawmill people” are harder to find, and developing leaders is a priority. “Now we are looking for leaders who can be servants and support the people who drive the mill,” he adds.

A good example of the new type of team member can be found at the planer

The Nicholson A7 and A8 debarkers feed to three merchandising decks; two feed the end-dogger and one feeds the sharp chain. Bucked logs can also be routed to a block holding yard for use at the plywood mill or as sawmill log storage.

AWD’s Thermo-Vent feature helps get kilns up to temp faster and keeps them there.

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The Dillard Lumber division cuts all Douglas fir, and specs a log down to 5 in. small end and up to 22 in. large side. The log yard holds up to 20MMBF if needed. A Wagner L90 log handler and Caterpillar 988 wheel loader unload trucks and feed two debarkers.

Logs entering the sharp chain are tamped on and fed through a set of chip heads (Iggesund) and USNR twin band.

Cants flow to an 8 in. USNR curve-sawing gang and sideboards go to a Lico board edger. Multiples are routed to a USNR horizontal resaw that takes material from both lines. Logs processed on the end-dogger line are fed to a USNR quad band, with cants going to a USNR vertical shape sawing gang and sideboards going to the USNR edger with recent Goldeneye optimization upgrade. Multiples are routed to the resaw.

The mill operates with the Halco SawSim system to develop cutting priorities, using lumber values and virtual runs to

background is in education and working with at-risk kids is a relatively new team member and totally new to the sawmill business with limited industry knowledge, “But she’s running one of the best crews we have right now,” he says.

There’s always been talk of reducing headcount, but now, “At the end of the day it’s about sustaining what we have: Headcount can drop faster than you can upgrade the team so we have to have a good, solid culture that people want to be part of,” Walker says.

Newest stacker features camera control system.

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Lumber passes across a Wagner moisture meter before flowing to a PET trimmer and USNR 34 bin sorter and stacker.

The mill is in the process of adding double tracks to the older block kilns to increase throughput and reduce lumber handling requirements.

Lumber drying is accomplished with the three newer AWD aluminum kilns and the older yet refurbished USNR kilns. Two of the AWD kilns run with AWD Drystar controls; one runs R&L Engineering kiln controls. The block kilns run with USNR Kiln Boss controls.

The two-line planer mill features two Stetson-Ross planers feeding their respective sorters and stackers, though the #1 planer line gets most of the wood. “This allows us the ability to run different products on the same shift, and also four-inch material if needed,” Walker says. A Si-Cam board measuring system monitors board width at planer outfeed and shuts the system down if more than two consecutive boards are off-size. Boards hit a landing table and pass by a manual grader before going through the Comact GradeEx lumber grader.

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help continually direct what the mill should produce in the upcoming two to three weeks going forward.

Dry end coordinator Steve Walker, left, and green end coordinator Mike Lawless are working to build and maintain productive team member crews.

“If you weren’t an iPhone user before, you are now. We’re also using it to help build the culture as well, empower people to raise concerns, and team members are also getting communications and can see how millwrights and maintenance personnel are responding. It helps keep the culture positive.”

Both the sharp chain and end-dogger lines have their respective trimmers and sorter-stacker systems. The two sorters are 25 and 28 bins, respectively, and run a combined 300 lugs/minute (130 and 170). The #1 line features the new camera-controlled USNR stacker and also handles 1 in. and 4 in. material if needed. Transfers allow the flow to be swapped if one of the stackers goes down.

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SECOND LOOK

Our cover story in the May issue was the renovation of the former Anderson-Tully hardwood sawmill at Vicksburg, Miss. into a high production southern yellow pine sawmill by Vicksburg Forest Products. It was no small task to say the least. And the ownership entity, Claw Forestry, about the same time that the Vicksburg mill started hitting its stride, announced it is building a greenfield SYP mill in Gloster, Miss., and followed up that announcement with another one where its Southeastern Timber Products operation in Ackerman, Miss. is teaming with Tolko Industries on a major investment and production expansion of the Ackerman sawmill. We’re not sure those projects will be as great a challenge and accomplishment as the Vicksburg conversion was, which is why we feel the Vicksburg mill deserves a second look, with some photos not published with the original article in the May issue. Enjoy. (Photos by Jessica Johnson)

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“We’reparticipation.seeingsomenew and enhanced technologies from the exhibitors according to their promotions,” Donnell comments. “I think the timing is right for the mills to be placing orders. They’ve been running hard for the past two years, since not long after the pandemic, as lumber and panel prices set historical records and housing starts shot up. Prices and the housing markets have calmed down some, and this is a good time for the mills to replenish their machinery. They have the capital resources to do so. And there’s also a new wave of data and optimization intelligence technology that has come on, and it’s a good time to implement or update those in the mill operations.”

F ollowing a ExpoTimbercancellationpandemic-inducedin2020,thebiennialProcessing&EnergyreturnsSeptember28-30to the Portland Exposition Center in Portland, Ore. Hatton-Brown Expositions, an affiliate of Timber Processing magazine, has hosted the event since 2010.

Timber Processing conducted a capital expenditure survey in the spring that showed more than half of the softwood lumber companies responding to the survey plan to spend at least $1 million in 2022-2023 at each of their mills, including 6% planning to spend more than $20 million and 15% spending $10-20 million. The survey asked lumbermen to select which equipment they’re buying and lumber handling forklifts, dry kilns, sorters, stackers, log scanning/optimization, downstream sawing, fire prevention,

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“It’s hard to believe it has been four years since TP&EE was held, and what a strange trip it has been,” comments Rich Donnell, TP&EE Show Director and Editor-in-Chief of Timber Processing “The important thing is that we’re back face-to-face. ‘Virtual’ is okay, but it’s not like beingAboutthere.”170 equipment and technology exhibitors will be located in Hall E at the Expo Center. The event caters primarily to the primary lumber manufacturing industry, but also has a significant engineered wood products and primary panel manufacturing

“Those are impressive numbers that should impact the activity at the Portland show,” Donnell says.

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During the first afternoon at 3 p.m., Wednesday, September 28, Timber Processing will host its Person of the Year ceremony, and present the magazine’s 34th annual Person of the Year plaque to Eric Schooler, CEO of Collins and longtime Northwest lumberman who worked many years at Hampton Lumber and Collins.“Eric is the classic Northwest lumberman,” Donnell says. “His career has spanned from traditional lumber manufacturing to today’s modern version. Everybody I have ever heard talk about Eric’s leadership and innovation can’t say enough good things about him.”

downstream scanning/optimization, log merchandising, and filing room equipment all scored high, along with expenditure for maintenance-related items.

See pages 38-39 in this issue for this conference’s timeline agenda and list of speakers.OnThursday, September 29, “Sawmill Productivity & Efficiency” will feature 10 speakers divided into two sessions, one entitled “Sawmill of the Future: The Future Is Now,” and the other “Project Planning and Implementation: Bring It On.” This conference’s timeline and speakers are shown on pages 36-37.

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PERSON OF THE YEAR

During TP&EE, two day-long conferences will be held. On Wednesday, September 28, “From Forest to Frame: Mass Timber Developments” will feature multiple speakers on the exciting developments in this sector, which continues to have growing impact and potential on lumber producer markets.

The survey also revealed that 14% of the responding companies plan to build a new sawmill in the near future, and 14% are giving it consideration.

The list of exhibitors is shown on page 40, with the exhibitor floorplan on pagesRegistration42-43. to walk the show is free prior to September 28; cost for each conference is $115. Go to: processingandenergyexpo.comwww.timber

Future Proofing Your Plant with Digital-Twin — Justin Price, Co-CEO, Evergreen Engineering Co-located with the Timber Processing & Energy Expo in Portland, Oregon Thursday, September 29, 2022

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Chris Brown

Simon Potvin

Phil Johnson

Mike Zojonc

Sam Pope

Justin Price

9:50-10:15 a.m. Keys to Effective Quality and Process Control Programs from a Leadership and Operational Perspective into the Future —Terry Brown, Director, Lumber Quality Insititue Quality and Process Control programs in today’s sawmills and into the future continue to evolve but obstacles remain as programs adapt to continuing advancement in mill optimization and information technology. These obstacles will be examined and discussed based on Terry Brown’s interactions with the many quality control personnel he has worked with over his career.

Norvin Laudon

9:15-9:20 a.m. Moderator Remarks —Jessica Johnson, Chairwoman, Productivity & Efficiency Conference

9:20-9:45 a.m. Simplicity Is the Ultimate Sophistication

—Chris Brown, Vice President, Mid-South Engineering Co. Has lumber processing become too complicated? We discuss what the future may hold regarding the balance between manufacturing and maintainability.

Rooms 202-203-204 Co-located with the Timber Processing & Energy Expo, the 2022 Productivity & Efficiency conference by Timber Processing will feature two live, in-person conference sessions attendees are eligible to participate in for one flat fee. These sessions, curated by Conference Chairwoman and Timber Processing Senior Editor Jessica Johnson, are designed for veteran lumbermen and newcomers alike. Each presenter will have time for questions at the end of their talks, encouraging even more dialogue—and learning opportunities—between presenters and attendees.

MORNING SESSION Sawmill Of The Future: The Future Is Now Ready or not, the future is not just coming—it’s here. Whether it’s automation in the scanners, the controls or whole machine centers run by robots, sawmills across the globe are trying new technologies, blazing new trails, and thinking about what’s coming next.

Kevin Collins

Project Planning & Implementation: Bring It On It’s the good, the bad, and the ugly of sawmilling, it’s project implementation. Gone are the days of plugging something in, flipping the switch and saying a prayer—or are they? This session focuses on how projects of various sizes and scopes have either been successful or total flops, and what can be learned from them.

—Dan Shell, Senior Editor, Timber Processing

MiCROTEC SMART Link: Gapless Traceability from Log to Board, and Back Again —Norvin Laudon, Director, Vancouver, MiCROTEC

—Phil Johnson, Sawmill Industry Consultant

—Vaughn Emmerson, Mechanical Design Engineer, Sierra Pacific Industries Shutdowns take time away from production and productivity. This talk gets into ways Sierra-Pacific Industries has minimized shutdowns and utilized that precious downtime so that you can get up and running again quickly. Tactics and techniques will be shared from various sawmill projects.

Recent developments in log and lumber scanners, such as CT Log scanning, allow creation of digital fingerprints for each board sawn. This mean for every single board in the sawmill its complete history can be traced back into its parent log. This information provides incredible oversight to the sawmilling process and answers questions that in the past have only been dreamed of: Was the board dried in the kiln correctly? How accurately was the primary breakdown executed? How much did the parent log cost and who sold it to the mill? Scanners connected in such a way provide value that is much more than the sum of their individual parts. They are analyzing the entire sawmilling process as a unit, as opposed to a connection of isolated processes.

Digital, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics: The Future of Wood Processing Technology —Simon Potvin, President, Wood Processing Division, BID Group The BID Group is a global leader in operational lifecycle excellence, transformational wood processing technologies, and integrated solutions. They are at the forefront of artificial intelligence and digital solutions in the industry, empowering their customers to achieve and sustain their best overall performance. Wondering what would be the impact of those technologies on your results? In this presentation, Simon Potvin will present how BID’s latest innovations are becoming a catalyst to the sawmill’s future.

1:00-1:05 p.m. Moderator Remarks

Mike Zojonc is a 40-year veteran of the sawmill industry, working for various companies and leading numerous projects including two greenfield sawmills. He’ll discuss past and present projects; what makes a successful project; and why there are less successful projects.

2:05-2:30 p.m.

3:05-3:30 p.m. Maximize Productivity and Operating Efficiency with O&M Best Practices

11:20-11:45 a.m.

—Kevin Collins, Director, Stragegic Energy Group

Kevin Collins spent 25 years in operations in lumber mills in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. For the past 12 years, he has been implementing continuous improvement initiatives with wood products businesses to reduce energy costs and downtime while improving productivity and employee engagement. This talk will discuss some of the simple O&M steps that folks can take and implement immediately for improving energy performance and savings. Examples of baselining performance and actual results achieved will be shared.

AFTERNOON SESSION

2:35-3:00 p.m. The Well-Planned Project: Techniques to Deliver ROI —Sam Pope, Western Sales Manager North America, USNR

10:50-11:15 a.m.

A well-planned project includes project management, thought-out manufacturing, industrial project planning and development, electrical engineering, and production process development to provide end-to-end solutions and a scope that matches up with expectations and return on investment.

1:35-2:00 p.m. 35 Years of Projects and Counting

In an unrelenting drive to operate more efficiently and sustainably, demand for projects to provide innovative solutions to economic and environmental challenges is growing. With increased pressure from shrinking margins, global competition and scrutiny for sustainability more than just incremental change in how projects are delivered is required. The industry needs an end-to-end transformation that improves performance at every stage of the value chain. Digital twin technology provides a means for meeting these pressures by connecting people, data, processes and technology, while making the most of cloud collaboration. During this presentation, we will explore how Digital-twin interoperability and advance technology adoption can help future-proof your operations, delivering efficient, sustainable plants of the future. We will demonstrate new research in the three steps to engineering the plant of the future and how industries are adopting advanced technology for increased revenue.

A detailed overview of a MiCROTEC SMART Link enabled mill running this technology today will be presented.

As in all sawmill construction, it is vital to have a firm understanding of the volume and characteristics of the raw material. This information, along with a clear plan for the product mix that maximizes both value and volume, will determine the sawmill layout and machinery selection. Then comes the interesting part—finding the proper machinery to fit your needs.

— Mike Zojonc, Plant Manager, Gilchrist Forest Products

Historically, each machine center in the sawmill has been more or less isolated from the next. Each piece of equipment, such as the primary breakdown, sawmill trimmer, or planer mill scanner, has operated independently from each other, without any knowledge of the intended decisions made at the equipment upstream or downstream.

1:05-1:30 p.m. Minimizing Downtime During Shutdowns

The Use of Used Equipment in Sawmill Construction & Upgrades

—Jacob Dunn, Sustainability, ZGF —Scott Mooney, Fellow In Practice, PSU Center for Public Interest Design

—Iain Macdonald, Director, TallWood Design Institute

Tracking and Transparency in the Forest Supply Chain: Pathways to Collaboration Through the Lens of PDX New Main Terminal Project and Ray Hall at OSU Cascades

Jacob Dunn

Iain Macdonald

11:15-11:45 a.m. Growing Market Demand for Wood Products

Russ Vaagen

Kyle Freres

Justin Harries

Participants

—Janelle Leafblad, Senior Director, Western Division, WoodWorks WoodWorks is a non-profit organization established and led by the Wood Products Council and funded by the Softwood Lumber Board, USDA Forest Service, and Forestry Innovation Investment to provide free project assistance, education and resources related to the codecompliant design, engineering and construction of nonresidential and multi-family wood buildings. This presentation will update attendees on the WoodWorks program and recent successes converting steel and concrete buildings to wood structural frames. The presentation will include updates on building code development and an overview of mass timber market insight trends. with the Timber Processing & Energy Expo in Portland, Oregon Wednesday, September 28, 2022

10:45-11:15 a.m.

Moderator

Janelle Leafblad

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The mass timber movement is truly taking shape on the ground with innovative building construction and environmental appeal. Representatives from the leading manufacturers of CLT (producers and equipment suppliers) and from mass timber supporting organizations address this remarkable growth and its unlimited potential that could entice sawmills to turn up the production volume.

Co-located

Derek Ratchford

Evan Schmidt

—Evan Schmidt, Outreach and Education Manager, TallWood Design Institute

Allan Czinger

Scott Mooney

The Oregon Mass Timber Coalition –Connecting Oregon’s Forests to Mass Timber Manufacturing and Affordable Modular Housing

Jared Revay

9:15-10:45 a.m.

—Jared Revay, Aviation Market Lead & Sr. Project Manager, Swinerton Builders

—Derek Ratchford, CEO, SmartLam

The wood products industry has a history of innovation, with its primary focus being to do more with a tremendous natural resource. From the humble construction of the first log cabin to the wooden sky scrapers of the future, wood has remained one of the most renewable, sustainable, and environmentally friendly structural construction products ever used. With advancements in 3D modeling, advanced large-format CNC, and robotic manufacturing, the Mass Ply Panel by Freres Engineered Wood is poised to be the mass timber material of choice for constructing the sustainable cities of tomorrow.

Optimizing Sawmills for Mass Timber Production

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—Allan Czinger, Senior Account Manager, USNR

The talk will focus on the start of the North American mass timber industry, the changing landscape of manufacturers, and the battle between supply and demand. Mass timber is quickly becoming the highest and best use for forest products, and is starting new discussions about how the forest industry can be one of the leaders in the focus for ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) investments and positive environmental impact. With leading impact investors in the construction field calling CLT “The Fort Knox of Carbon Storage,” the demand for these buildings and the lumber to supply them will be moving ahead rapidly. Mass timber is quickly becoming mainstream and may grow faster than anyone thought.

—Kyle Freres, Vice President of Operations, Freres Engineered Wood

—Travel to and tour Freres Engineered Wood, Lyons, Ore. —Travel to mass timber structure sites —Travel to TallWood

1:00-1:30 p.m.

1:30-2:00 p.m.

—Justin Harries, Senior Director, Business Development Manager USA, Binderholz Mass Timber

As cross-laminated timber (CLT) and mass timber increases in acceptance as a building material, demand for lumber as a component of mass timber will naturally also increase. How will it affect log costs? Where is all the kiln dried lumber going to come from? Even if the projections for growth is half of what is forecasted, CLT and mass timber will consume a volume of lumber that is too big to be ignored. Sawmills will need to optimize the overall manufacturing process to consider mass timber in their processes to take advantage of the new market.

Mass Timber: From Early Adopter to Mainstream Buildings

3:00-3:30 p.m. U.S. South Mass Timber Growth

—Russ Vaagen, Founder & CEO, Vaagen Timbers

This presentation covers several SYP projects Smartlam has completed or currently has under construction. Derek will also discuss U.S. South mass timber growth trajectory in residential and non-residential buildings, while utilizing Softwood Lumber Board data shared by SLB chief marketing officer Ryan Flom. a.m. Institute,

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2:00-2:30 p.m. Bringing Binderholz Expertise to North America

Austria-based Binderholz has evolved into not only a major manufacturer of cross-laminated timber but a collaborative building products and building solutions provider. This presentation reflects on the growth of the company, its entry into North America markets including the acquisition of sawmill operations, and addresses its manufacturing and marketing outlook for mass timber in North America.

2:30-3:00 p.m.

Evolution of Wood Products: Past and Future of Freres Engineered Wood

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l Pneumatic hold down pressure to all top feed rolls provides consistent and repeatable pressure l Pneumatic pressure to chip breakers, holdovers, and top feed rolls l Comes standard with EasySet touch screen control setworks with a range of automation features available for quick and easy setup and changeovers by the operator (other setwork systems available for increased automation) l Heavy duty pneumatic, automatic, and programmable table lubrication system l Centralized grease lubrication system l Safety sound enclosure comes standard with the machine —WorkingSpecificationswidth: 0.6 in. to 9 in., 10.2 in., 12 in., 13 in., and 15.75 in. optional —Working thickness: 0.25 in. to 6 in., 8 in. or 12 in. optional —Number of spindles: 1 to 11 —Spindle RPM: 6000, 7200 or 8000 RPM —Minimum part length: 8 in. (butt to butt) —Axial adjustment of vertical spindles: 3.2 in. (standard) —Axial adjustment of horizontal spindles: 1.6 in. (standard) —Infeed bed length: 32 in., 55 in., 78 in. 98 in. 120 in., or

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Kiln enclosures, both package and track types, are designed for each application and can be all-aluminum structures with ALCLAD aluminum panel surfaces and R20 insulation or all-stainless steel in special cases.

Continuous kilns are typically a combination of aluminum construction in the cold sections and steel in the hot section for economy of material costs. The Continuous Dry Kiln (CDK) design has become especially prevalent in the southern yellow pine industry. This design provides increased throughput and higher efficiency by taking advantage of both the stored heat in the lumber and the chamber humidity to preheat the entering lumber while conditioning the exiting product.

American Wood Dryers, LLC designs, builds and installs high efficiency, high quality dry kilns with installations throughout the world. Designs incorporate quality materials such as ALCLAD aluminum panel sheeting and Themax closed cell rigid foam insulation. The Modular Panels Design reduces installation labor and operating costs in terms of energy and supplied for smaller volumes of high value hardwood. Track kilns are designed for large volume, high temperature, high throughput softwood mills. Track kilns can be batch or continuous. Continuous track kilns can be a counter flow design or American’s patented Single Pass, one-way flow, which produces a higher grade of lumber at lower energy costs.

American’s proprietary Drystar Kiln Control is a PC based system that provides flexible and intuitive operation.

Leadermac Speedmac series moulders

Equipped with high quality components for the best finish possible 6000, 7200, or 8000 RPM spindles with 4 ABEC 7 precision bearings per spindle for smooth surface finish results

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Large cutterhead swing allows for deeper and more complex profiles

Packagemaintenance.kilnsare

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Comes with more top driven and bottom full width driven feed rollers than other moulder of its size

American Wood Dryers CDK

Bottom bed rollers can be adjusted up and down with a simple adjustment from the front of the machine

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44 ■ SEPTEMBER 2022 ■ TIMBER PROCESSING EDITOR’S NOTE: The following companies, which are exhibiting in the Timber Processing & Energy Expo to be held in Portland, Ore. September 28-30, submitted these editorial profiles and images to complement their advertisements placed elsewhere in this issue. Please refer to those advertisements for web site and contact information. All statements and claims are attributable to the companies.

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Heavily built cast iron or fabricated steel ensures quality finished products at high speed rates

The Speedmac series moulders are designed for high-capacity, highly accurate operations for large and small batch production runs. The heavy-duty spindles are dynamically balanced and run on premium housing bearings for superior workpiece finish quality. The Speedmac provides perfect surface quality, eliminating the need for sanding on planed and profiled surfaces. Width and thickness setting controller is supplied as standard, lowering downtime and increasing efficiency. the Leadermac Speedmac series moulders?

Pneumatic side holdover provides consistent side pressure to the fence 158 in. available.

The Global Learning Center is now fully operational and has already started welcoming new students.

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BID GROUP BID Group provides industry-leading solutions for its highly valued customers in the wood processing industry. BID is a leader in Operational Lifecycle Excellence, transformational wood processing technologies, and integrated solutions. It’s at the forefront of Artificial Intelligence and digital solutions in the industry, empowering customers to achieve their best overall performance.BID adds strategic value to its customers through its ability to provide complete, smart connected, turnkey manufacturing facilities that include engineering, project management, equipment, software, installation, startup and after sales parts and services.

Over the last year, BID has created a dedicated team of experts working on the management of its Global Learning Center and the creation of content. The team members have years of expertise in learning management and the wood processing industry.

BID is dedicated to delivering its customers performance, innovation, remarkable service, and results through continuous improvement of its products and services.

l BID acquires Smith Sawmill Service BID Group has completed the purchase of Smith Sawmill Service. The transaction brings together two customer-focused organizations and further expands BID’s industry-leading operational life cycle product and service offerings to include the essential recurring saw and tooling capabilities required to support modern wood processing operations.

BID launches its Global Learning Center and Equipment Fundamental Series, leading the learning revolution in the industry.

The company has offices in 18 locations situated to serve its global customer base.

With its expertly crafted and specially designed courses, BID aims to reduce the knowledge gap in the sawmills by growing employees’ technical excellence, allowing high-value customers to achieve and sustain top-quartile performance.

In addition to on-campus, webinars and private learning offers, BID has developed a new online learning offering using a Learning Management System (LMS), the Equipment Fundamental Series, containing more than 250 courses.

Booth: 347 BM&M provides screening application solutions. Brunette whole log chipper, part of Brunette’s extensive chipper family

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When you need technical support, our qualified technicians are available to assist you either remotely or on-site. They can help with technical questions, provide complete machine inspections with detailed follow-up reports and recommend preventative maintenance measures.

Booth: 266 BRUNETTE MACHINERY

BM&M’s experienced engineering staff provides extensive before and after sales service that includes complementary lifetime factory testing, building load calculations, sub-base engineering, courtesy startup supervision, and stocked OEM aftermarket parts facilities in the United States and Canada.

But we don’t just sell sawmill equipment! We collaborate with you to provide solutions designed to suit your needs. From a single machine to a complete plant system, our products meet the highest standards, are easy to implement and provide true benefits. From process planning, equipment selection, to startup, and after-sales services, our sales team will work with you to provide a custom engineered solution that meets the highest performance and reliability criteria. Our main goals are to increase uptime and capacity, minimize energy consumption, and maximize raw material yield in your mill.

Brunette Machinery has been a premium supplier to the North American forest industry for 80 years, specializing in wood processing and material handling systems. Brunette Machinery is an independently owned and operated company with two locations in British Columbia: Vancouver and Prince George.Weare renowned in the sawmill industry for our heavyduty stationary drum chippers. Our chippers are available in several models and are suitable for various applications including trim blocks, chip overs, lily pads, veneer, cores, spinouts, and whole logs. Brunette chippers are available in a drop feed or horizontal feed configuration.

Our relationship with you doesn’t end after your machine is delivered. We want you to get more from your mill and that means keeping your equipment running at optimum performance.

With our expertise built over more than 50 years of solving application issues, our team will provide you with the right solution for the job. Reach out to BM&M Screening Solutions today for more information on how we can help your company.

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Our parts/sales representatives are experienced professionals who are familiar with every machine in our product line. When you require replacement parts, our team will ensure you get what you need as soon as possible.

Other key products in our family include the CBI Grizzly Mill Hog—the heavyweight champion of grinding; the BioSizer—a high speed secondary grinder; the SmartVIBE—a unique vibrating conveyor with no coil springs; the Brunette E-Sweeps—electric log sweeps; the Brunette Reclaimer—a rotary debarker; scalping screens; flare butt reducers; and the RTL Log Singulator.

BM&M BM&M Screening Solutions manufactures a wide selection of custom high-speed gyratory screening machines for the bioenergy industry. We produce a variety of screening machine sizes to meet your capacity needs. The element area available ranges from 12 ft.² up to 600 ft.².

Since 1942, Brunette has established itself as a leading manufacturer of sawmill equipment. Today, the company continues to be at the forefront of the industry with its aggressive R&D program for developing new products and improving existing ones. Our commitment to quality gives our customers an important advantage as they compete in today’s volatile global economy.

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With Brunner-Hildebrand’s game-changing GreenKilns technology, the individual drying zones of the HCK cooperate in a thermal compound system. Excess heat from one drying zone will be extracted and guided to another drying zone which is in actual demand of additional heat. This way, up to 25% of thermal consumption may be saved and reused for lumber drying in an ecofriendly way. As an integral part of the kiln carts, Brunner-Hildebrand installs their revolutionary HWPT (Hildebrand Weight Precision Technology) system. With these wireless weight measuring bars, customers are capable of measuring the weight of the entire lumber stack resting on top of the kiln cart and record the weight and moisture loss over time. The benefit is a much tighter mc control with hundreds of boards or more determining the current average mc.

The HCK continuous kiln dryer is Brunner-Hildebrand’s answer to the increasing demand for continuous kiln drying technology. The HCK operates in unidirectional mode with lumber package motion through the kiln in longitudinal orientation. This comes as a big advantage in terms of mill workflow with a clear distinction between wet side and dry side. Forklift transport is reduced to a Brunner-Hildebrand’sminimum.

Booth: 167 BURTON MILL SOLUTIONS

Experts will be available to discuss solutions to the challenges your saw filing operation faces. Booth: 627

A leading sawmill group in Eastern Europe has recently chosen Brunner-Hildebrand as their supplier of four HCK continuous kilns featuring GreenKilns, HWPT and individual zone control as described above. Installation work is scheduled to commence in the fourth quarter of 2022.

We’ll also showcase our Saw Guide Central concept for band saws and circle saws, featuring a Wright GD-1 band saw guide block dresser machine and cartridge guide block system for bands, along with our unique circle sawbox focused on replacement arbors and sleeves. This sawbox demo unit houses the latest innovations in guide arms with SawSense guides, our mis-match adjuster, guide alignment tools, Saw+Add sensors on a splined sleeve arbor, and a new ram tube-style hydraulic guide clamp system. After the show, this demo will be used at our Saw Filer Vocational Training center in Florence, SC.

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Burton Mill Solutions is the new name of Wood Fiber Group who combined the biggest names in sawmill cutting tools and filing technology including: Simonds International, Burton Saw & Supply, BGR Saws, Cut Technologies, Global Tooling, U.S. Blades, Armstrong Mfg, and Wright Machine Tool.Burton Mill Solutions is excited to display our custom saw blade design capabilities andautomated saw filing equipment for band saws and circle saws at the Timber Processing & Energy Expo. You’ll be able to observe the precision operation of Armstrong’s Automated Bandsaw Bench and Simonds Automated Bandsaw Leveler. These machines are prized worldwide for their performance, rugged dependability, ease of operation, and readily available spare parts.

HCK is divided in length into several drying zones. The number and size of these drying zones are designed according to the customer’s desired KD output. Each drying zone is tightly controlled in terms of temperature, air speed and relative humidity—all of these parameters adapted to the actual level of lumber moisture content.

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Brunner-Hildebrand HCK—the future of continuous kiln drying Burton Mill Solutions saw arbor guide display

Kiln carts are moved through the HCK by powerful hydraulic pusher units inserted into the concrete foundation at the kiln entra Hydraulic power is sized for pushing the entire lumber load forward throughout the kiln. Indexing of the kiln carts is performed in full automatic mode, with surveillance by a comprehensive set of photoelectric sensors and end switches.

Come and see the Vollmer CHC 840 sharpening machine for carbide-tipped circular saw blades. Watch the Kirschner Saw Tipper automatically retip circular saw blades as well as remove tips and perform automatic brazing of pretinned carbide and Stellite tips. If you need smaller volumes of tip replacement, the new LK-850M manual saw tipper is a great entry option. An MC-1000 Shop Mist Collector and CTM13 Coolant Filtration Unit will also be displayed.

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Booth: 1009

Carbotech is a specialist in the manufacture of sturdy equipment for sawmills and planer mills that need reliable, long-lasting technical solutions for their operations. It strives to provide optimal equipment and solutions that contribute to their clients’ success.Thanks to its 30 years of experience, Carbotech is renowned as an innovator in the manufacturing of lumber handling and more recently of log handling solutions. The company constantly invests in R&D to make its equipment more efficient and reliable while continuously improving the industry.

Booth: 359 When Carbotech acquired Autolog, which has more than 30 years of knowledge and expertise in sawmill optimization/automation technologies, it took a big step toward offering a truly comprehensive range of turnkey solutions for the industry.

As an exhibitor at TP&EE, Carbotech will be showing its new innovative board positioner. Also, since the company owns Autolog, the team members will also show a piece of Autolog equipment, the trimmer optimizer, which would go perfectly with the new fencing system.

Booth: 309-1

CLAUSSEN ALL-MARK

“In my younger years I spent a great deal of time at our family’s manufacturing facility and although I didn’t know it at the time, it would eventually become my passion. I remember standing on a stool as a young boy looking over a machinist’s shoulder. Though I knew stepping out of the yellow lines was not allowed, I was fascinated by the “CLAUSSEN” engraving being done on a vertical milling machine. That milling machine is still used in our shop today.

“A special thanks to my grandfather Gary Claussen and my mother Cybelle Claussen.

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Carbotech and Autolog—comprehensive turnkey solutions Claussen All-Mark continues along family lines.

“See you at our booth during TP&EE.”

“Since my grandfather designed and introduced The Claussen High Performance Roll and Claussen Printer to the industry, no design changes have been necessary. Many of our printers outlast the mill they were originally installed in and go on to help a new mill with their growth.

“You are probably aware of the industry renowned Claussen Printing/Stamping machines as well as the Claussen High Performance Ink Roll. If you aren’t, then you have at least seen of a variety of knock-offs. None have come close to the efficiency and effectiveness of our products.

Autolog started its journey by offering industrial controls such as log and lumber sorters to reduce head count and streamline operations. It has since become recognized worldwide as a pioneer in wood processing optimization. It offers solutions for every part of the sawmill process, including log merchandisers, log sorting systems, breakdown equipment, board edgers, trimmers, sorters and stackers. It also offers innovative solutions for optimizing planing mills and automating their processes.

“Only manufactured in the USA by Claussen All-Mark, the High Performance Claussen Ink Roll is still, to this day, the industry standard. No competitor or manufacturer has been able to replace our product.

“I would first like to thank all of the wood producers and workers that have kept our industry flourishing over the years; our products are dedicated to all of you. Thank you. My name is Dalton Jon Rosenfeld and I am the grandson of Gary Jon Claussen who is the founder of Claussen All-Mark.

“The Claussen High Performance Series rolls are capable of printing on green and treated lumber alike. When paired with a USA Made Claussen Printer, this ink roll has the capacity to make the highest number of imprints per roll in the industry.

As an exhibitor at Portland, Autolog will be showing its innovative R-TRAC system for log rotation tracking and correction. This new, stand-alone system can be installed and retrofitted to any existing log turner.

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The Premium-Loader, an 8-axis grinding machine, is built by global pioneer ABM Grinding Technologies. Colonial Saw will showcase this solution at the TP&EE. This new generation machine minimizes human labor with a robot and probing system, allowing for true unattended processing with superb accuracy and superior finish grind quality.

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“We have several customers telling us being able to run Premium-Loader overnight with no personnel delivers dramatic productivity increases and boosts the bottom line,” says Dave Rakauskas, Vice President of Colonial Saw.“Adding this machine allows our guys to program all our round saws in the morning and focus on bands, benching, and knife grinding the rest of the day. Colonial Saw’s service has been excellent, and we’re very happy we stepped up to this level of automation in our filing room,” says Andy, filing room manager for Lampe & Malphrus Lumber.

“We’ve done 60,000 blades on our ABM robot in the first three years. We have 10 robotic grinders here and the ABM Premium runs as much or more than any of them,” says Mike Morette of Sharp Tool in Hudson, Mass.

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Booth: 427 DELTA COMPUTER SYSTEMS Delta Computer Systems, Inc. of Battle Ground, Wash. celebrates 40 years in business. Delta, a leading manufacturer of high-performance motion controllers, was incorporated in June 1982. Since then, Delta has grown into the go-to choice for industrial hydraulics and other demanding applications in the manufacturing, wood products, automotive, testing, entertainment, aerospace and many other industries. Delta’s powerful RMC family of motion controllers and RMCTools software offers users decades of lasting value; and with a policy of zero-obsolescence, there are thousands of modern and legacy versions of Delta’s motion controllers in use around the globe, all of which are fully supported by Delta’s team of engineers andStevetechnicians.Nylund, Delta CEO, co-owner, and one of the founders, says, “At this time, I want to extend a big THANK YOU to those who have been instrumental in Delta’s success: Current and former Delta employees, consultants, contractors, vendors, and— most importantly—customers. Our focus has always been to provide high-performance products that are easy to apply while backing them with exceptional customer support, and I am gratified to see that that focus continues to be successful. As we move into the next chapter of Delta’s future, we remain focused on that mission.”

Designed to meet the increasing demand for automation by today’s circular saw manufacturing and mill filing rooms, the PremiumLoader offers vast range of production capacity for round saw blades. It delivers a high ease-of-use factor with a user-friendly control system, web camera monitoring, live error notification and a familiar Windows platform. Shops will also appreciate its compact footprint and efficient power consumption. Any shop grinding 250 or more blades per week should seriously consider this machine. A detailed cost justification is available by request.

Delta chose to introduce a refreshed company logo in conjunction with the 40th anniversary celebration. Delta Motion represents a reinforcement of Delta’s ongoing focus on the industrial motion control market. Delta has long used the website address deltamotion.com, so the refreshed logo further promotes consistency for new and existing customers. The legal business name will remain Delta Computer Systems, Inc. for the foreseeable future, although CEO Nylund states that, “The plan is to eventually change the company’s name to Delta Motion, Inc.” The new logo will be prominently used in Delta’s marketing moving forward.

Colonial Saw, Inc., a leading distributor of advanced saw and knife grinding machinery, offers a hi-tech solution for sharpening a high volume of carbide saw blades. Sawmills, lumber manufacturers, and grinding and sharpening shops will benefit from its robot loading system that enables unattended and overnight grinding at a surprisingly affordable price.

Booth: 841

For over half a century, Colonial Saw has delivered uncompromising performance and value, along with one of the most comprehensive and responsive after-sale customer support programs in the grinding and filing industry.

Colonial Saw offers affordable robotic saw service center. Delta andbratesSystemsComputercele-its40thanniversaryannouncesarefreshedlogo.

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The wood products industry in the U.S. has experienced phenomenal growth and improvement in recent decades, and along the way, engineering has played a pivotal role in ushering in these improvements in manufacturing. Evergreen Engineering has been designing and assisting in the updates of facilities across the country for more than 37 years. Across the industry, many companies are focusing on log yard technologies, installing new pollution controls, updating processes from end to end, and even developing new facilities. Evergreen is a seasoned partner in developing these projects with ourProjectsclients. often take form in the trenches, as daily operations on the process floor identify bottlenecks, discover deficiencies, or imagine greater process improvements. These insights make their way to the drawing table and become the basis for project charter. Evergreen can be a valuable partner in early phases helping define scopes, evaluate alternatives, provide economic evaluation and feasibility studies, and develop capital estimates. Preliminary engineering provides a roadmap for the project and assists the client with general arrangements, electrical one lines, permitting, and capital equipment lists.

FiberPro offers a wide range of cost-effective parts not only for our equipment but for similar equipment to better service cus tomer needs. Our goal is for customers to grow their business with FiberPro. 945

Our new stem and log singulation systems utilize innovative design changes that include a new drive design and are self-cleaning on the infeed side of the feeder system with either a fully plated design or screw technology.

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FiberPro brings log handling and processing expertise to the table.

Our engineered log truck unbinding stations have been recently upgraded to meet new OSHA requirements for safety and redesigned for a more cost-effective solution.

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The Log Trimmer saw gallery has an updated lineal guide system that allows the traveling saw modules to be guided on a large center mounted solid steel roundway assembly with a single high efficiency direct interlocking mechanical drive system that allows the modules to travel at speeds in excess of 100 FPM and accel/decel times in less than a quarter of a second for unparalleled shifting performance, safety and repeatable accuracy. Saw modules are designed with such advanced materials as aluminum and advanced drives like servos for added speed/strength with less mass to move.

Booth: 113 FIBERPRO FiberPro specializes in roundwood and dimensional fiber handling systems and processing solutions—log bucking/merchandiser systems, lumber handling, drum debarking systems, log cranes and log/stem singulation systems. Our mission is to use innovation and personalized service to create value for sawmills, chip mills, and paper mills nationwide. Our engineers have worked in the industry for decades designing log and lumber equipment. The company’s history and expertise reflect a customized approach, so each client has a system designed for their specific needs and future mill production/recovery expansion plans.

The detail engineering phase follows as Evergreen’s teams of civil, structural, electrical, mechanical and environmental engineers develops stamped drawing packages issued for construction. The interaction between disciplines allows for greater constructability and reduced likelihood of error. Once issued, these drawings allow the construction to begin. This is not the end of our partnership, however. Once designs are issued and accepted, Evergreen continues to support our clients through contractor selection, ongoing revision support, owner’s engineer services, on-site construction management, and compliance coordination, ensuring accurate project delivery while maintaining budgets, safety and schedules. From receiving to material handling, processing, and beyond, all facets of production are engineered for greater throughput, re liability and quality. Evergreen’s team of project managers, drafters, designers and engineers are ready to tackle your next project and help make your vision a reality.

FiberPro’s priority is to supply our clients with the highest performing engineered solution that has the highest safety and reliability standards in the industry. Our latest generation of merchandiser systems have redundant safety systems integrated into the design and oversized components for increased reliability/uptime compared to past designs. It has taken over 25 years of constant development and improvements to reach the speeds and productivity the latest generation systems are achieving.

Gmachine top head reducer/reman chipping machine

Booth: 737 GREG F SMITH

The machine utilizes an electric linear actuator instead of a conventional hydraulic linear positioner to further simplify installation requirements as no hydraulic power unit is needed.

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Controls generally consist of a simple operator panel containing start/stop and set selection functions tied to a PLC capable of interface to the electric linear positioning actuator. Manual feed, optimized and automated options are available.

Mike Engel from Wilkins, Kaiser & Olsen Inc. shared, “We chose Gilbert for many reasons: the Pull-Through planing technology, the close coupled layout which gives us a much longer outfeed, the GRIP press roll system that increases traction and helps detect and adapt to any thickness variation as well as the Gilbert 4.0 intelligent planer control system.”

The Gmachine top head reman chipping machine is helping many mills increase production with the linear feed, top head reducer. Currently being installed in mills with conventional headrig carriages that don’t have the benefit of an installed chip head at the primary breakdown, this machine allows operators to make their first pass using a slab+ board approach effectively saving one line on each side of the log that is opened on the primary breakdown machine.

Gilbert is very proud to work with important customers in the Oregon, Idaho, Washington, California and Montana territory—all leads brought through the Portland show over the past 20 years.

In most applications, return on investments of less than 18 months are common with some users reporting a year or less. A Gmachine in your mill will increase productivity and profits.

Gilbert has made major inroads in the West since it started exhibiting at Portland 20 years ago.

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The multi segment chip head uses reversible knives for long life between knife changes.

Gilbert is constantly working on developing intelligent features. Many of our customers already benefit from this new technology.

Over the years, many customers in the Portland show territory have put their trust in our equipment, and often more than once, such as Sierra Pacific, Idaho Forest Group, Mercer, Interfor, Hampton, WKO, RSG, North Fork and many more.

Cutting only 500 logs per day and opening the log on only two sides could potentially increase the number of lines saved by 1000 lines per day. This time-savings equates to a substantial production increase with no loss of recovery. In addition, the machine can act as a “reman” machine for off thickness lumber either located directly behind the edger to correct thickness issues created by upstream sawing centers, or to reprocess lumber rejected by the trimmer due to thickness variations outside of normal acceptable limits. With a small footprint and simple infeed and outfeed requirements, the machine can generally be installed in the existing production flow with minimal modifications to the mill floor and existing equipment at a substantially lower cost than other modifications such as a horizontal resaw to accomplish these tasks.

Over the past three decades, Gilbert has striven to be a first-class world leader in the planer mill industry. Since its first installations in Quebec in the 1990s, Gilbert has succeeded in installing more than 200 planer and upgrade projects worldwide. In 2002, Gilbert participated in the Portland show in Oregon. This was the first time Gilbert visited the West Coast with its planer equipment. During the event, the planer attracted the curiosity of many! Following this event, Gilbert concentrated on developing the Western market. Today, we count more than 50 planers in the West!

Sierra Pacific Industries has seven Gilbert planers with important options such as the Gilbert GRIP system and splitting modules. We asked SPI’s Vaughn Emmerson what he thought of our equipment and why they choose us repeatedly. “They have fast planers and great service and support. Gilbert will really help you out when you are in a bind. Definitely the way to go!”

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LogProfitability allows a mill to determine the recovery (or overrun), production rate, product mix, revenue yield, and hence log break-even value and profitability as a function of:

—Production rate —Production mix —Recovery (overrun) For those in the Pacific Northwest, the problem is further complicated by Scribner. Gaining a better understanding of the implications of alternative log diameter/lengths (and tapers) on overrun can have a very significant impact on mill profitability.

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Hurst Boiler produces hybrid or conventional solid fuel fired steam and hot water boilers for commercial and industrial applications. Our wet or dry fuel boiler configurations can utilize a wide range of liquid, gas or solid fuels. Hurst Boiler provides its clients with the support and expertise necessary to design, fabricate and install complete solid fuel boiler systems, from the fuel storage system thru exhaust gas emission mitigation. Various Hybrid Boiler designs are suitable for applications to produce high pressure steam or hot water in ranges from 3,450 - 60,000 lbs/hr (3.4 mm BTU - 60 mm BTU) output from 100 up to 900 PSI. These systems are designed by HBC to combine the best technologies from the “old school” of biomass combustion and the latest new technologies of advanced combustion control.

For delivered log purchases, LogProfitability can determine the profitability of individual log vendors or log sales, and also determines the relative profitability of different log diameter/length/quality classes. LogProfitability is not simply a return-to-log calculator; it recognizes that individual log purchases are typically not run through the mill on their own, but instead are processed as part of the overall log supply Evaluatingmix.the relative attractiveness of alternative log supply sources is a complex problem, as changes in the log supply will impact:

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—Log supplier, or log supplier and sale

Booth: 960 HURST BOILER

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HALCO

LogProfitability runs require a single user operation to select the log sources to be processed in the run, after which the analysis for all sources is completed in a single system run. The efficiency of the process frees up the user’s time to be spent analyzing run results, rather than making the runs.

The boiler vessel in each of these systems is a two pass hybrid design incorporating a water-tubed boiler type water membrane and a two-pass fire tube scotch marine vessel. These boilers’ advantages over standard water tube boilers include a much larger steam disengagement area providing high quality steam, larger steam storage capability for quicker response to sudden steam demand, and much larger thermal storage that provides fast demand response times and safer operation. These models are particularly suitable for heating applications in lumber dry kilns, veneer log vats, veneer dryers, greenhouses, factories, schools and commercial buildings.

Finally, in addition to analysis of individual log sources or classifications, LogProfitability can be used to evaluate the entire log mix processed in a period (typically a month). This analysis can be invaluable to understand the extent to which changes in mill operating metrics were due to changes in the mill’s diet. This understanding can help to identify mill operations problems that need attention, but just as importantly may help to identify situations in which operating metric changes (e.g. overrun) were primarily the result of a change in log supply, thus saving valuable time searching for a “culprit” in the mill operations.

These Hurst Hybrid Boiler Designs represent the latest advances in our ongoing development of Solid Fuel Boiler Technology. Pri marily designed to utilize high density, processed fuels like pellets, these systems are capable of operating on coal, wood, biomass, and many other high BTU content fuels. Consider trading fossil fuels for agricultural biomass, wood, bark, agave fiber, rice husk, poultry manure, dairy slurry, sugar cane bagasse, king grass, MSW, RFD, construction debris, nuts, shells, husks, paper, card/board products, hog fuel, sawdust, shavings, and/or sludge. Alternative fuel solutions and Hurst packaged projects can help you reduce carbon, reduce emissions, and reduce both operating and fuel costs, as well as being eligible to sell your carbon credits.

Hurst Hybrid models are available in various configurations to meet any exacting requirements. 154 Hurst N65 boiler

—Log—Speciesdiameter/length class

HALCO’s LogProfitability system helps you to become a better log buyer. The system combines log bucking simulation with a SAWSIM model of mill processing.

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Booth: 329

l JS-50 MX Extended-Range Scanner JoeScan will also be showing off their latest MX model extended-range sawmill scanner. “Mills have seen a lot of success with our JS-50 WX scanner throughout their lines,” Nelson says. “We wanted to offer sawmills a single camera version that gave them a larger standoff for places where they might need a little more clearance. It’s a nice upgrade path for mills currently using our JS-25 MX or X1 heads.”

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Sawmill scanning expert JoeScan will unveil two new models of 3D laser scanners at TP&EE. These next-gen scanners bring the performance and simplicity of the JoeScan JS-50 platform to additional machine centers throughout the sawmill.

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l JS-50 X6B Snapshot Scanner for carriage headrig and short-infeed edger “JS-50 X6B is the future of snapshot scanning in the sawmill,” says JoeScan President Joey Nelson. “It delivers very high resolution scans of the wood moving through your carriage or your short-infeed edger.”

The Future of Sawmill Scanning Leveraging the popular JS-50 scanner platform, these two new products represent a leap forward in mill technology. By working closely with sawmill optimizers for more than two decades, JoeScan has developed a scanning framework that allows mills to use the simplest, most reliable scanning technology available today. Like all of the JoeScan product lineup, the new JS-50 X6B and JS-5 are made “only” for sawmills. Rugged hardware and software with solutions to unique wood industry problems are built into every scanner.“Please come see us at TP&EE in Portland,” Nelson invites. “We are very excited to introduce the future of sawmill scanning to rest of the industry.”

JoeScan worked very closely with its optimization partners to improve upon their JS-25 X6B model, first released in 2016.

Booth: 337 JOHN KING CHAINS USA John King Chains USA Inc., exhibiting at this year’s Timber Processing & Energy Expo, has some exciting news.John King Chains has a heritage in producing cast chains and has invested in multiple hours of research and development to produce an uprated version of a chain used throughout the lumber Industry. Known as the XHC155 used on the power infeed, John King Chains has taken the original design and produced a superior standard in the market. There are only a few suppliers of this type of chain and John King can allow the end user to benefit from another confident and viable manufacturing source.

John King Chains newly enhanced JKC155/HD

Oliver Wadsworth, Johns King’s North American Sales Director, comments, “We are excited with the release of this product at this years Timber Processing & Energy Expo. We ha almost 100 years of casting expertise and this will allow us to penetrate a market that the customer has always had limited access to other supply sources of this product. We have uprated the design specification with the end goal of improving the chain service life and primarily reducing the total cost of ownership. We welcome you to our booth.”

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Unique scheduling, AHDC, peak energy management, and steam optimization are a few more tools at the kiln operator’s disposal with Lignomat kiln control systems.

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Lico downstream lumber positioning system

For more than 25 years, Lico Machinery Inc. has stood out for the quality and reliability of its equipment, the flexibility of its adapted solutions and its unmatched dedication to customer service. Lico specializes in the design and manufacture of sawmill equipment ranging from standalone machines to complete solutions.From the design stage to the final service call, no compromise is ever made on quality because we know that in an industry where profitability hangs on productivity, “only quality performs.”Wedesign board edger and gang edger systems adapted for both softwood and hardwood. Over the years, our portfolio has grown to more than 150 on-demand designs, each developed in close collaboration with our customers to extract the highest possible performance out of their mill. Those projects have affirmed our view that delivering both adaptability and high performance comes down to careful and innovative engineering.

Our patented servo-positioning modules—which grab boards from a feed line, and position them in front of the board edger sawing module in an optimal position in one smooth motion, with gaps as short as 0.6 seconds between boards—are only one child of this philosophy.Come to our booth and see how our innovative designs and industry-leading lines of board and gang edger systems can bring your mill closer to what it could be.

Lignomat offers quality hardware and custom software design for the worldwide lumber industry to reduce drying times and energy consumption. All control systems, monitoring systems, and handheld moisture meters are made in the U.S.

Lignomat offers quality hardware and custom software design for the worldwide lumber industry to reduce drying times and energy consumption. If your company is considering updating or purchasing hardwood kilns, softwood kilns, solar kilns or vacuum kilns, Lignomat offers control and monitoring systems that are flexible enough to fit almost any application.

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Booth: 243 LIGNOMAT Value, support, quality and connection. These are the building blocks of Lignomat’s 40+ years of success. The connection through technology aspect is prominent with Lignomat’s MP32 control platform.

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Lignomat also offers both wireless and wire-bound monitors and data logging systems. Sensors are available for wood MC percentage, EMC, dry-bulb, wet-bulb, wood core temperature, relative humidity and integrated sample scales.

Lignomat believes improvement and potential savings starts with data. One or more MP32’s interface with the customer’s data collection and analysis infrastructure using a built in API. Single and multi-facility drying operations using, or in the hunt to integrate data analysis tools stand to benefit from Lignomat’s MP32 Kiln Control System platform. Your kiln control system will text and email individuals with kiln specific and condition specific updates. Whether a kiln charge is complete or you have another event during the charge cycle, the MP32 reaches out immediately so that the correct person knows as soon as it does.

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The sawmill Rettenmeier in Wilburgstetten, Germany has been operating a new profiling line since 2021 that features the latest innovations from LINCK.

l Key applications covered: —Log bucking, sorting, merchandising, and optimization board scanning —Kiln stick separator inspection control and monitoring Modular Laser Profiling

Increasing pressure on pricing and processing costs requires that lumber manufacturing extract maximum volume “and” value from every log. As a solution, smart 3D laser profiling is able to deliver dramatic improvements in yield and value recovery.

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The log rotation process is therefore under the full control of the LINCK Log Motion Control software.

The latest LINCK innovation, the SEL separating conveyor is used for separating sideboards from multiple center products. Its functional principle for which a patent is applied allows safe separation without any restrictions on the product dimensions. You, too, can benefit from the LINCK innovations. Our sales engineers will work out tailor-made solutions to meet your wishes.

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With the new VPM350, you 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.

The Gocator smart sensor platform provides a web-based user interface, onboard multi-sensor networking support that provides wide scan coverage and 360º scanning capability, built-in measurement tools, and I/O connectivity to communicate with mill networks and equipment. 527

LMI versatile Smart 3D laser profile scanning ultimate positioning and profiling

Booth: 505 LMI TECHNOLOGIES

l High-Performance

Cost-Effective Workhorse Laser Profiling

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LMI also manufactures the modular Gocator 200 Series, a dedicated smart multi-point laser profile product that provides a new level of flexibility and functionality in transverse board scanning applications. Built on the Gocator smart sensor platform and leveraging the proven high-density profile design of chroma+scan, Gocator 200 scanners run 50% faster to achieve scan rates at 3 kHz. applications covered: transverse board scanning detection vision for surface defect detection lumber grading Smart Profiler Design

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LMI offers cost-efficient Gocator laser profilers for general wood scanning applications, with a primary focus onlog scanning. These sensors provide the 2D intensity and 3D shape data, high speed, high resolution, and wide fields of view (up to 2 m) for proficient wide transport system applications.

The smaller adjustment paths and chip removal volumes made it possible to simplify drive and cutting tool design

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In the profiler units VPM350 and VPM45, the non-stop concept allows changing tools during production. Each profiler unit is thus freely and safely accessible and all cutting tools can be changed one after the other.

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—Tracheid

In addition to the high-end machine VPM450, the smaller VPM350 was developed to be used for cant heights of up to 350 mm and cutting depths of up to 75 mm.

With Log Motion Control, LINCK presents a further step in the development of this technology. In addition to determining the log rotation angle, a Microtec Truespin scanner is 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 rotating position to be compared with the theoretical one. Any deviations will be compensated by immediately adjusting the position of the rotating rollers.

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One key advantage of Gocator 3D laser profilers for log scanning is that they can be easily networked in a multi-sensor ring layout. Logs are transported on a sharp chain through this ring configuration in order to scan 360º of the log surface and generate a complete 3D point cloud aligned to a global coordinate system.

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For log rotation, the new Log Motion Control ensures an exact correction of the log position. To achieve a high value recovery in the sawmill, accurate log rotation before the first processing step is decisive. With its optimization software, LINCK uses 3D scanning to generate a value-optimized cutting pattern and then determines the required angle for log rotation.

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MiCROTEC is also proud to present the CT Log Simulator—computed tomography for the sawmill of the future. The dream of knowing what’s inside a log before sawing has come true. Now, you can sort logs according to quality, optimize bucking and find the cutting solution that yields the highest value. CT Log Computed Tomography scans and digitally reconstructs the internal features of a log in 3D, continuously assessing the optimum cutting solution in real time. Visit our booth to experience this unique technology!

Ask any mill electrician, things go wrong. Controls burn out, bearings wear out and welds break. Keeping the equipment in service is a never-ending task. Then there’s the costly downtime of an idle line due to damaged blades. Those untimely events add up fast, but they could have been avoided with a quality metal detector. If you do the math, an MDI metal detector easily pays for itself. With that in mind, you want your metal detector operating at maximum efficiency. Sometimes on-site support is needed, and we understand what a major inconvenience that can be. With MDI, no need to wait for a service technician anymore. We built the technician into the metal detector.

l Trust Is Earned

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l Let’s Do This Together Maybe you just want the peace of mind that the detector was installed correctly. Give us a call and the View-Link will assist with startup. The View-Link will allow us to optimize the programming of the detector to achieve peak performance for any specialized application. Once everything is dialed in, we can continue to check in on the detector’s performance with annual or semiannual testing as well.

Booth: 717 MICROTEC With a strengthened foundation and a steadfast passion, MiCROTEC brings excellent service and world-leading scanning solutions to the wood processing industry. Our locations in Corvallis, Ore. and Vancouver, BC, Can. serve the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Visit our booth to learn more about our innovating scanning solutions. At TP&EE, MiCROTEC is proud to introduce the latest revolution in carriage scanning—the Logeye 900 Stereo. The Logeye 900’s stereoscopic imaging system provides a full 360° scan of a log as it’s rolling into the carriage, headrig, or end dogger. Since the scanning takes place as it’s transferred into position, the log is already fully optimized and ready for sawing the instant it is dogged. This leads to higher throughput speeds and vastly improved recovery, as the entire surface of the log is imaged without shadows or occlusions. The scanner is also able to detect the current rotation of the log at any point in the process, allowing full rotation optimization and turn correction, a feature that was only previously possible on lineal log scanning lines. The Logeye 900 Stereo is a true revolution for the wood products industry—a unique, interesting, and efficient system. The Logeye 900 Stereo is also gaining fast traction in the North American market as MiCROTEC has sold units to Conifex and Canfor in BC, and Cascade Hardwoods in Chehalis, Wash.

Technology is forever evolving. Our team at MDI knows what it takes to make a high-quality metal detector because we have been advancing for more than 50 years. Through constant research, development and testing, our designs are continuously improving. We are doing things today that were not possible even five years ago.

Always There We can diagnose, test and optimize your system right in our service shop with MDI’s “View-Link” technology. When connected to the internet, real-time signals are sent directly to MDI. We can identify and resolve issues quickly to get you back up fast. With signal analysis, the View-Link allows us to easily identify a contaminated belt, stray radio interference and motor issues. We can even custom program target sensitivity levels based on different types of metal. Not only can we find the cause of your issues, we can verify that the issue has been completely resolved. Goodbye guesswork.

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We don’t just supply metal detectors; we build trust with our customers. Our reputation is earned by providing reliable products with dedicated service and support for the life of your system. If you don’t have an MDI metal detector, you don’t know what you’re missing.

l Looking To The Future

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Booth: 319 MiCROTEC Logeye stereoscopic imaging scanner MDI continues to enhance metal detection technologies.

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MÜHLBÖCK

Commissioning work and last assembly will be finished at the end of August and we look forward to when the installation of this continuous kiln will start and our part in this zero-waste sawmill will come to fruition.

Booth: 953

Mühlböck explains the origin of this idea: “Many of our customers have noted in the past that with the stacking of the sawn timber into a dry kiln, the continuous process in the woodworking from the log wood task to the corresponding further processing is interrupted. With this system we have now combined the flexibility of a batch kiln with the continuous feeding system of a progressive kiln. “ To ensure a seamless fit of our fully automatic transport system within the Progressive kiln with the existing kiln cart system currently in operation at this sawmill, Mühlböck’s in-house engineers are working closely together with MLTC Bioenergy Centre.

NELSON BROS. ENGINEERING Nelson Bros. Engineering (NBE) has been specialists in scanners and optimizers that are simple and simply better. Whether using lineal scanners or transverse scanners, simplicity and accuracy are most important and NBE aims to be the innovative group that people go to when they want to do a “first of a kind” system. Or when they just want to have an easy startup. At NBE, the focus is on equipment startup and NBE’s best startups have been the scanner/optimizer/controls upgrades. These have all been weekend startups, plus the mill can usually see the improvement in overall mill recovery during the first week. New equipment startups are more involved, thus entail more risk. NBE’s best startups result from a shop test or an off-line startup; an experienced startup team; a simple system; avoiding words like “new” and “first” and questioning statements like “no problem.” Hope for success, but plan for problems.NBEbelieves that simplicity and accuracy is most important. Therefore the single zone lineal scanner system is best, then the multizone lineal, and lastly the transverse scanning system with positioning table.

Booth: 346 Mühlböck plays its part for a zero-waste future. NBE enhances your optimization startup in quick fashion.

The Progressive Flow combines the advantages of the progressive kiln and a batch kiln. Although Mühlböck has been scoring globally for several years with its progressive kilns and its various heat recovery systems, they still saw further potential in making the progressive kiln even more flexible than before.

The First Nations owned Meadow Lake Tribal Council Bioenergy Centre has started their ambitious project of generating carbon-neutral green power by building a 6.6 MW power generation system that is fueled primarily by sawmill biomass residuals. This for Saskatchewan Canada first-of-its-kind green energy biomass project will combine environmental improvement with thermal efficiency, while improving the economic outcome for this nine-member First Nations council. And for this, finding the right partners was key. So we are proud to have been chosen as their continuous dry kiln supplier. We are providing MLTC Bioenergy Centre with a Mühlböck 6-zone Progressive Flow 1306 PRO. This continuous kiln has the capacity to deliver about 85MMBF per year, 24/7, to the highest quality possible, while Mühlböck’s unique 1306 Heat Recovery system ensures considerable reduction of thermal energy consumption.

The NDK 2.0R control boasts the same features Nyle has had in their controls for years while adding advanced features such as Electronic Wet-Bulb/Dry-Bulb, Mobile/Web-based controls, and advanced scheduling system. The “R” in the controls name stands for “Retrofit,” meaning their control will integrate with any existing kiln. Be sure to stop by Nyle’s booth as they will have an NDK 2.0R controller on-site demonstrating its capabilities.

Iseli BNP 300 Plasma Automatic Profile Grinder for automatic profile sharpening of band saw blades controlled with 5 CNCAxes in wet grinding execution for square and alternative top band saws. 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.

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Heat loss requires the kiln to use more energy to bring the chamber back to temperature, as well as causes delays in the schedule resulting in added drying time. Nyle believes that their Heat Recovery Vents, or HRV, can become a valuable addition to any kiln. The vent utilizes the heat being vented from the kiln to warm the incoming air, minimizing the need for “reheating,” reducing the overall fuel consumption and increasing overall production quality. Nyle has seen its customers save up to 80% of lost heat when installing an HRV.

Iseli BNP 300 profile grinder for band saws

The Iseli RZ-1 Automatic Benching Machine is a fully automatic CNC controlled leveling & tensioning center with the newest software updates.

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Booth: 950 OLESON SAW Oleson Saw is the only distributor of Iseli filing machines in the United States. View our featured machines during TP&EE: l Iseli RZ-1 Automatic Benching Machine

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Nyle provides aid in this endeavor with their complete line of kiln optimizing equipment to increase production and reduce the overall costs of any kiln, regardless of the manufacturer. Nyle will highlight the two key pieces of equipment at their booth this year: Heat Recovery Venting System and new industry-leading NDK 2.0R Kiln Control.

The hydraulically controlled side grinding machine of the type BNF 100 impresses in daily use. The machine is easy to operate and has excellent accessibility. Thanks to continuous development, the machine impresses with its durability and extreme precision.

The Iseli BNA 100 is a high-quality, robust and state-of-the-art Stellite tipping machine in the plasma welding process.

NYLE DRY KILNS

l Must See Machine

This year marks 45 years for Nyle Dry Kilns, a leading manufacturer of dry kilns and equipment. Having sold more than 8,000 kilns worldwide, Nyle strives to provide not only quality kilns but also industry-leading and innovative equipment to upgrade existing kilns. With the current state of the economy and market, Nyle understands that a new kiln may not be in everyone’s budget, adding more importance on ensuring your existing kilns are running as efficiently as possible.

l Iseli BNA 100 Stellite Tipping Machine

l Iseli BNF 100 Automatic Side Grinding Machine

Nyle kiln controls

OPTICOM

These cameras were mounted beside conveyor belts which had hard rock tunneling waste transported at high speed past the camera. It was not uncommon for small and medium sized rocks to hit these cameras on the lens and body. They stood up to this punishment 24-7—and the only thing replaced occasionally was the protective glass on the camera enclosure.

Booth: 151 OPTIMIL Optimil’s canter-profiler log breakdown system has a feed section that consists of a heavy duty auto rotation conveyor, a log turner and a skewing-slewing-tilting infeed. Our extended (DLI) length infeed precisely positions the log to achieve maximum yield, as calculated by our optimization software. Logs are fed through the infeed system on a pneumatically tensioned, high-speed roller chain and work in conjunction with the coupled overhead hold-down rolls to maintain control of all log sizes and to ensure accurate log transport. In order to pre-position spiked rolls and control the log as it enters the bottom head chipping assembly or sharp chain system, linear positioners are seamlessly incorporated along the line. The two-sided canter systems, typically used in conjunction with secondary horizontal curve-sawing systems, use conical side heads to produce two-sided cants in which logs feed through on a sharp chain. These conical disc chipping heads are positioned on the log 30 degrees sideways, incorporating low friction linear bearings to produce high quality chips and achieve optimum accuracy. Our patented non-rotating anvil provides superior log guiding and minimum deviation throughout the chipping section.

OPTICOM cameras stand up to rigorous conditions. Optimil log breakdown line

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Our four-sided canter utilizes drum type heads and a mini spline guiding to offer feed rates of 750 FPM while maintaining chip quality. Low friction linear bearings are used to achieve fast accurate sets on the cutting tool and longer wear life. The new four-sided canters have been developed to promote dust and chip containment. We have added more feed rolls to ensure better control through the entire system and all chip heads and feed roll are driven by U joint drive shafts and operated through remote Rex gear boxes. Side board profilers can be added to both two- and four-sided canters to help eliminate the load at the board edger system. These heads are positioned by the optimized solution sent by the scanner located in the extended length (DLI) system. The heads are fully adjustable to machine the desired board on either or both sides on the center cant. The side board solution can be skewed up or down the side of the cant.

The new Balance Cut saw box features a unique method of setting the saws to balance the depth of the cut on cants being processed, which in turn allows for an increased output. The Optimil system connects the upper and lower saws and shifts both vertically at the same time. The re-positioning of the saw guides decreases the feed roll center, enabling better control of the cants as they are processed.

For example Planetworks Consulting Corp. engineer Colin Savage chose the CCO2 as the video monitoring solution for the $800 million SeymourCapilano Twin T, a two 3.8 m wide, 7.1 kilometer long tunnel project bored under Grouse and Fromme mountains for water infrastructure enhancement. Savage said: “I would challenge others to find a harsher environment than a tunnel boring machine. We used cameras at multiple locations along the TBM to view progress and as indicators for material conveyance.”

OPTICOM continually researches the development of new products with new technologies and continues to release new generation CCO2s based on high definition analog or TVI (Transport Video Interface) technology. The TVI equipment is easily integrated into existing coaxial cable systems and delivers the equivalent of 2 megapixel (1080P) resolution, while returning all of the durability and reliability customers expect. This new technology allows customers to migrate to high definition video without having to re-wire or re-learn video transmission.

Booth: 303

Throughout North America and Europe in sawmills, wood processing plants and a wide range of other industrial operations, OPTICOM Industrial CCO2 cameras are regarded as invaluable for reliability and video system support in the harshest environments.

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—Easily categorize defects with a click of the mouse —AI and machine learning improve defect-recognition accuracy as sample size increases

—Comprehensive reporting package Booth: 829

—Board setup that matches Raptor’s BoardScanner Q trimmer optimization

—Supports multiple saw clusters, variable pocket sizes and top chip head —Balances the use of saws and tailers for even wear

—Simulation mode allows users to manually change configuration variables to simulate results and provide in-depth analysis

Porter Engineering was founded in 1971 to offer specialized equipment engineering services for the forest products industry. Now, we are a leader in sawmill optimization and automation control. We focus on log merchandizing, primary and secondary breakdown systems. We also specialize in upgrading older systems to extend usable life of in-place machinery. Our startups are on time with some of the shortest startup curves in the industry. We have customers running at new top speeds in as little as five days after shutdown. We provide leading edge hardware and custom-built software for each client in every installation. Our staff is primarily degreed electrical engineers and computer scientists. And our service and installation technicians have years of experience. We test all equipment and software in-house before shipping. Our service department will answer the phone 24/7. Phone and online help is free, no que, no ticket, just help when you need to get back up and running. Porter systems have a proven track record of improving value, recovery, and piece count. Our systems maximize productivity by minimizing log gap and set times, while maximizing recovery and value through real-time optimization and advanced AI setwork control. Our systems include diagnostics for quick troubleshooting to maximize uptime and easy setwork tuning.

Features include:

Porter’s reputation for improving recovery, productivity and superior service is one of our most valuable assets. We would like to show you how you can leverage that asset to improve your value, recovery and productivity. Give us a call to schedule a demonstration or a visit.

The FlitchScanner-Q (FSQ) is the evolution of Raptor’s vision-based board scanning and optimization, moved upstream to tackle the requirements of the edger. Utilizing the added technologies of color vision and tracheid analysis the FSQ produces the highest value of untrimmed boards from the flitch. Proprietary AI software is used to recognize downgradable defects that are incorporated into the solution logic. The FSQ can accurately detect surface defects such as knots, rot, bark, pith, shake, stain, and pitch pockets. Rules that consider the quantity and location of defects can be easily administered by the end user. This product adds unrivalled control, decision diagnostics and product flexibility to your sawmill.

—Run full trim logic in each saw gap

Booth: 637 RAPTOR INTEGRATION

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—Intuitive results screen with 3D graphics and critical solution information

Transverse defect scanning for the edger machine center

—Quick access to solution diagnostics with graphical tools for analysis

—Browser-based user interface. Accessible by tablet or any connected device

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Our fully electric ProScission has many design features that make it superior to any other gang offering. Electric actuators, combined with centering the gang’s moving mass over the pivot point, allow the ProScission to move fast, but very smoothly with great precision, ensuring maximum recovery. The compact design of the ProScission allows it to be installed in roughly the same footprint as earlier curve-sawing gang offerings. Saw changes are made easier with our vertically lifting mid-feed pressroll module and our pushbutton door lock/unlock system. Hydraulic pressroll positioning and pressure control allow maximum effective pressroll engagement with the cant. This feature allows for the reliable and safe processing of the widest range of cant sizes.

For more than 40 years Rawlings has been a proven leader in size reduction technology. Rawlings assists our customers with the design of wood waste recovery systems for our clients’ specific processing needs and budget. Rawlings offers a complete lineup of wood waste processing equipment for sawmill, paper, pulp, pellet and biomass industries to convert and utilize wood residuals into valuable wood fiber products. Rawlings Super Hi-Inertia waste wood grinders provide the crushing and shearing power needed to handle really tough jobs, like green waste, cypress, redwood, cedar, poplar and a wide range of other stringy and fibrous materials.

We invite you to inquire about any of the projects that we have completed; we can provide you with full details.

Booth: 419

The RPM product lines are fully pre-plumbed, pre-wired and shop tested prior to delivery to customer sites. This ensures downtime for equipment installation is kept to the absolute minimum, systems come up to their full potential quickly and our customers’ investments are rewarded immediately. Please contact us to learn more about our growing line of products and services. We look forward to showing you the benefits of putting some (RPM) Real Performance Machinery into your sawmill. Rawlings horizontal grinder RPM high performance sawing

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From initial contact, through the sales, design, delivery, commissioning and support process, our group of professionals is dedicated to providing the most satisfying experience for our customers. Our sales team is focused on offering solutions that satisfy each mill’s unique requirements. Our engineering team designs our equipment to decrease downtime, lower maintenance time and costs, and provide a higher and faster ROI for ourAcustomers.significant benefit of our product offerings is our HOTT (Hanging Over the Top Technology) feature. HOTT reduces maintenance by getting critical components up and out of the debris field. This extends component life and ensures consistent performance.

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Rawlings specializes in custom wood recovery solutions for processing and sizing different biomass and forest materials. The scope of supply can vary from complete systems to individual equipment delivery. Special attention has been paid to maintenance intervals and ease of maintenance access to minimize overall maintenance costs. With more than 40 years of experience in the sawmill and forest related industries we have the knowledge to assist our customers in selecting the right equipment to meet their specifications.Rawlingselectric stationary systems come in all shapes and sizes—indoor/outdoor; from simple stand-alone vertical hogs for sawmills and paper mills, to complete multi-dimensional systems for C&D processing facilities. Add a wide variety of available options, and you’ve got the flexibility to customize the perfect wood grinding system. Each system can be designed with work platform decks, choice of belt, chain or vibrating infeed and outfeed conveyors; metal or magnet protection, product screening and separation all customizable for your specific operation.

Booth: 237 REAL PERFORMANCE MACHINERY Real Performance Machinery (RPM) has established itself as the industry leader in delivering high performance profilers (HOTT ProFormer) and curve-sawing gangs (HOTT ProScission), known as our HOTT ProSaw system. Combining a talented, passionate and diverse group of industry veterans, along with previously unseen manufacturing quality and service standards, has allowed RPM to achieve this distinction.

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l A stiffer sawblade = a straighter cutting sawblade, which leads to less sawing variations and tighter target sizes.

Booth: 504 Salem Equipment: durability with an edge Samuel printing solutions

l Heavy duty design and construction of all structural components enable the bandmills to hold up under the most extreme operating conditions and earned Salem the reputation for “Set it and forget it.”

Booth: 558 SAMUEL CODING & LABELING Samuel Coding & Labeling Div. is the industry leader in custom and off-the-shelf solutions for the wood products industry. With years of experience in the wood products industry, we are uniquely suited to provide you with solutions that are tailor made to suit your facilities. We provide a full system solution with design, fabrication, installation and ongoing support. With hundreds of installations across North America we offer unparalleled industry experience.Samuel Coding & Labeling systems for wood products include ink jet grade mark systems, ink jet printers for marketing information, ink jet stencil machines for sawmills and planer mills, automatic board bar coding for retail sales, automatic package tag systems to print labels and staple them to finished packages, product tracking integrating printers and scanners for 2D bar codes.

Whethercome.you’re looking for a complete sawmill system or individual machine centers, our experts will customize it to suit your needs. Here, you will find innovative machines designed with accuracy, quality and productivity in mind.

The ability of the Direct Air Strain System to immediately react to sawing forces allows Salem Bandmill to require less filing room work.

Salem Equipment bandmills lead the industry in sawblade stiffness, which translates into faster feed rates and more accurately sawn lumber all while using thinner sawForkerf.high production sawmills, our standard fabricated steel wheels are available for wheel speeds of 12,500 or 14,000 surface FPM. This puts more saw teeth per minute into the cut allowing for faster feed rates up to the limit of the band saw blade

A fast-responding strain system allows higher levels of strain for stiffer sawblades.

l Fabricated steel wheels for high strain and high-speed operations. Offered in two configurations for 12,500 SFPM or 14,000 SFPM speed on bandmill wheels.

With more than 70 years of exceptional work in the sawmill industry, we know what we’re doing when it comes to creating superior sawmill machines. All those years have given us time to hone our innovative designs, refine our masterfullycrafted machines, and deliver to you an outstanding product you can rely on for decades to

Salemdesign.bandmills are preferred by saw filers for smooth operation, ease of maintenance and accuracy.

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Improved Accuracy

l Higher inertia heavy wheels provide more consistent power to the saw and improve cutting performance.

Reduced Maintenance

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High Production l Salem’s Direct Air Strain System leads the industry in both strain capacity and responsiveness.

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Booth: 503 S. HUOT

Samuel Packaging Systems Group, a division of Samuel, Son and Co., is proud to exhibit its premier strapping system for the lumber markets. As the leader in technology and overall production capabilities, we take pride in our reputation as the primary supplier for high production lumber strapping operations.

Samuel will proudly exhibit its flagship lumber strapping system, the model SLP-25 HS Automatic Strapping Machine.

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Also this year we are showing our optional robotic bunk (batten) placing device. Using advanced vision technology, the end-effector can orient itself to reliably pick and place a bunk from a bulk package of dunnage. Please stop by our booth to speak with one of our lumber strapping specialists.

As a cartridge-based system the SSE900XP head promotes the ability to replace feed, tension, or sealer cartridges in less than five minutes, significantly minimizing any losses to production time. These cartridges have also maintained the robust design benchmarks that all Samuel systems represent. With direct servo drive controls, this head brings not only the smartest and most reliable head to this market, but also provides a solution with fewer wear parts and adjustments than any of our competitors.

Booth: 109 Samuel strapping systems

Remember this: Our equipment is designed and built to last, no matter what!

Additional innovations this year include a replacement for the Hydraulic Top Edge protection applicators. Our new design uses servo driven electrical actuators to replace hydraulic actuators. This feature is especially important where the temperatures fluctuate at the strapping machine and hydraulic flow may be compromised.

For more than 100 years, S.Huot Inc. has been a leader in the design and manufacturing of equipment for sawmills. Today S.Huot Inc. specializes in merchandizing systems, step feeders, and log and biomass conveyor systems.

S.Huot Inc. offers a turnkey service for all its equipment. Our installation team has extensive experience with installation projects.

S. Huot slasher saw

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Samuel continues to deliver the most productive solution in planer mill packaging with an industry-leading eight second cycle time and this year we are happy to also include the revolutionary Samuel SSE900XP strapping head.

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Booth: 104 Signode BPX strapping system maximizes uptime.

Smith Sawmill Service, a BID Group company, has been proudly serving the wood industry since 1990 and is your trusted source for sawmill supplies, equipment, and saw sharpening service. We provide services and products designed around the ever-changing sawmills, chip mills, paper mills, and pallet manufacturers and offer products to customers in the U.S.A. and worldwide.

Signode’s automated printing and labeling equipment is easy to use and will integrate seamlessly into your production line. PLC based programming allows you to adjust your printing message and parameters between jobs quickly and effortlessly. Builtin features like emergency clear functions and error detection systems minimize downtime.

Signode’s BPX compression strapping system provides load stability and integrity throughout the transportation cycle. It incorporates independent side compression along with advanced consumable systems that work together to provide consistent load alignment and tension levels for unparalleled package performance. The BPX’s streamlined design with innovative, built-in features enables faster cycle times for higher throughput rates to maximize efficiency.

Smith Sawmill Service has three locations in Texas, Louisiana and North Carolina, with sales and delivery services throughout the Southeast. We utilize the latest technology and machinery to supply sawmills with what is necessary to meet tomorrow’s needs.

The BPX simplifies operation and maintenance to maximize uptime. It includes a highly intuitive, user-friendly HMI to streamline operation. Machine pre-programming allows for a wide range of flexibility, including quarter-packs, half-packs and long loads, while limiting downtime due to production changes. Plus, the HMI provides quick and easy diagnosis of machine functions. The BPX features a unique modular design, and separate, lightweight strapping heads that are easy to access and remove for maintenance. Other productivity-enhancing features include remote strap feeding and large capacity consumables to limit production interruptions. The BPX comes standard with a number of features, including an automated platen latch, multiple e-stops and more, to enhance operator safety and improve OSHA compliance.

Smith Sawmill Service offers complete cutting tool solutions, including a variety of circle saws, such as guided carbide and Stellite teeth, trim saws, and edger saws. Our most recent patent is Radial Xtreme, a saw design that allows faster speeds and longer run times and reduces the saw’s kerf, thus giving your business a higher yield. Additionally, we sell wide and narrow band saw blades, chipper knives, veneer knives, and specialty knives.

Smith Sawmill Service is a full-service company with experienced employees to help with your sawmill needs. We are BID; we know saws!

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In addition to strapping systems, Signode also provides coding, marking and labeling solutions for the lumber and panel industry. From label applicators capable of applying preprinted labels to the end of boards, to multi-technology direct-to-product printing solutions, we have a variety of options available to suit both large and small operations.

Booth: 209 SMITH SAWMILL SERVICE

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a range of customizable services beyond traditional engineering and design to serve the unique requirements of our clients throughout the execution of a project. We recognize that all projects have needs beyond pure engineering and design that may not be adequately met using internal resources.

Mid-South offers a full-time, on-site representative during the construction phase of a project. Clients find this person to be an invaluable resource in coordinating subcontractors and providing interpretation of the design to ensure the proper execution without unnecessaryMid-Southdelays.offers

“I am excited to be named the Rail King Dealer in Alabama. Adding Alabama to our existing territory footprint completes the entire Gulf Coast market from Texas to Florida,” comments Duane Losack, Rail King Product Manager at Taylor Machine Works.

The path to a successful project starts with initial planning and continues with the coordination of many tasks and details. We assist our clients in identifying pitfalls, developing solutions, and implementing the designs necessary to meet their objectives. The success of a project is determined after it is completed, and the results can be measured in terms of production, economic benefit, and efficiency.

Front-end planning is the most crucial aspect of any project and Mid-South excels in conceptual and preliminary design studies needed to generate theoretical, economic, and operating models. To ensure a maximum return on your next capital investment, let our experienced staff evaluate all the alternatives.

The United States Gulf Coast is the world’s largest rail car spotting market. The Gulf Coast Petrochemical market is basically a new market for Taylor and offers tremendous potential for Rail King and other Taylor products. Since January 2020, when Taylor acquired the Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Florida territory for Rail King, Taylor has made healthy growth in new customer acquisition, new and used sales, Sudden Service, and Rail King Rentals. Boasting one of the largest rail spotter rental fleets in the country and still growing, the future looks bright for this product segment, especially with an ergonomic and technology enhancement of the Rail King product coming in 2023 and the new big machine, the RK460, starting production in September.

We provide a wide array of services to support clients’ needs from upgrading a single piece of equipment to complete greenfield facility design. Our process engineers work closely with our Mechanical Engineering and Design team to ensure the equipment and systems will meet the client’s requirements.Combining innovative design tools and practical experience, we help our clients optimize opportunities, increase return on investment, and develop a product of superior quality.

Mid-South Engineering is a full service, consulting engineering firm that provides a broad range of professional engineering services. Our design experience extends from lumber, engineered building products, and the panel board sector including MDF, OSB, gypsum, and cement fiberboard. Our professional engineering services include feasibility studies, detailed engineering, and construction services.

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Rail King, a trusted brand in the railroad industry, provides exceptional performance, ease of service, and reduced operational costs. Their products support railcar switching operations in several locations and are engineered to maximize safety, efficiency, and operator comfort. Rail King railcar movers feature 360°operator visibility, easy-to-use controls, and both road and rail wheels for efficient travel on tracks and roadways. Taylor strives to provide high-quality products and immediate assistance to our customers through sales, rentals, service and support. Taylor Rail King Rapid Response team is dedicated to the support of Rail King products. Through our Taylor Sudden Service factory store locations, we provide Rail King parts and services for the states of Alabama, Texas, Florida, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and portions of Virginia and Mississippi.

Mid-South Engineering maintains a staff of full-time engineers of multiple disciplines who serve as integral members of each project team to provide synergy and continuity throughout the duration of the project.

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Booth: 905

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Booth: 105 Discuss your project plans with Mid-South Engineering at TP&EE.

Taylor Machine Works, Inc. is now your authorized Rail King dealer for the state of Alabama.

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Telco puts value into its product line.

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Telco Sensors has been supplying high-performance photoelectric sensors for the harshest, most demanding applications in the wood products industry for more than 45 years. Telco’s iconic sensors are globally recognized as the only sensors that will work in applications where most others fail. Simply put, our sensors function relentlessly and reliably in almost any condition. Our products include single and multi-channel photoelectric sensor systems, and industrial light curtains with discrete and analog outputs for presence detection, measuring, and sorting applications. Light curtains and sensors featuring IO-Link are also available, as well as systems certified for use in Class II Division 2 hazardous locations.All Telco products are designed and built around five core values: easy alignment, water resistance, extreme penetration power, resistance to shock and vibration, and immunity to sunlight. All Telco products carry a full 3-year warranty. Telco Electronics A/S is certified according to ISO 9001:2015. Booth: 822

TMT downstream sawing machinery

Timber Machine Technologies designs and manufactures a range of edgers, gangs and slab chipping machinery for both hardwood and softwood mills—custom, versatile and affordable systems backed by full parts and service support. Timber Machine Technologies now offers electric actuator for our full line of gangs and edgers. Our all electric transverse infeed table feeds up to 40 ppm. This new system has several advantages over the older hydraulic models. Energy usage and costly maintenance is greatly reduced along with the absence of HPUs. Built-in feedback from the actuators prevents hard crashes that break expensive parts and create downtime. Electric actuators also provide better repeatability over hydraulic systems, meaning better recovery and fewer boards to remanufacture.

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TMT specializes in tailoring an enhanced system to meet customer needs. Transverse or linear, a fast curve-sawing gang or small handfed edger, there is no job too big or too small. TMT emphasizes custom, versatile machinery, conversions, parts and service support, Booth: 385

Another recent innovation is a dual pressure feeder system that will seamlessly feed small fitches and large cants back to back with effortless ease. TMT adds this capability to its already rock solid line of gangs and edgers. The longevity and low maintenance of TMT machine centers performance is well known. By performing routine simple preventative maintenance, these systems will continue to accurately operate at optimum levels. Reliability combined with superior wood recovery makes this an advantageous investment for lumber manufacturing companies.

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At Wagner, our goal is to provide superior customer support. Remember, when you partner with Wagner, we become a part of your team.

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Booth: 127 innovation on display at TP&EE

Booth: 803 WAGNER Whether your company is a primary lumber mill or a secondary wood products operation, with or without dry kilns, the Omega In-Line Moisture Measurement System should be your most important moisture measurement and analysis tool. Whether it is installed upstream or downstream of your planing or molding operation, a sideways or end-to-end configuration, the benefits of having an Omega system are the same: l Keeping moisture problems out of your mill l Improving your kiln drying, your grade recovery and your bottom line by minimizing moisture-related degrade, excessive drying energy costs, wet claims and overall moisture quality control Omega,issuesWagner’s latest generation of moisture measurement systems, continues our legacy of providing comprehensive and robust moisture measurement and data analysis tools that are so critical now for today’s modern wood products mills. Especially designed for the lumber mill or wood products manufacturing environment, Omega and its optional data collection and analysis software is an invaluable tool for improving your kiln drying or overall moisture quality control.

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We are also pleased to showcase the highly innovative optimization and grading solutions from VAB in our booth. On display you’ll see the second-generation Transverse Sawmill scanner and lumber grading optimizers, along with the Air BoardStopTracker.byandlet us share advances that will make your process more efficient, improving your operation and your bottom line.

Wagner has built a reputation for servicing customers efficiently and in a timely manner when problems arise. With Wagner, you get the long-term support you should expect for Omega and other Wagner products; this support includes remote online troubleshooting of your specific system application.

Recent mergers and acquisitions have solidified USNR’s leadership position in providing equipment and technology for the global wood processing industry, and we aim to share it with you at the Timber Processing & Energy Expo in Portland. Come and see the industry’s most popular edger and infeed system on display. Get a taste of the future with SAM, our Self-Adjusting Machine technology that automates your quality control process. Talk to us about the industry’s fastest StickN-Fork stacker and learn how our Uniflow lumber dry kiln is a practical transformation of the traditional CDK. Experts from every department will be on-hand to discuss solutions to your operational challenges.

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The initial idea was to “break down” the machine frame into pieces to facilitate log handling, enabling customers to modify debarkers flexibly as their needs changed. By continuing the machine frame with an additional frame piece, it is easy to add to the machine; for example, a second debarking rotor or a butt-end reducing rotor. As a result of this design development Valon Kone has introduced two completely new types of modular machine frames—the VK5000 and the VK8000.

Valmatics 4.0 means modern TC continuous kiln functions can be put to full use. 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 planning, quality control and sampling.

It is possible to install all the debarking rotors manufactured by Valon Kone to the new machine frames VK5000 and VK8000. The VK5000 frame modules are designed for hydraulic rotors 480 and 620 and Air Seal rotors 5044 and 5056. The VK8000 frame modules are designed for hydraulic rotors 480, 620 and 820 and Air Seal rotors 5056, 5068 and 5092. Valon Kone manufactures feedroll modules equipped either with two or four feedrolls. As VK debarkers are always built according customer specifications, feedrolls are engineered according to the length and quality features of the log. This same flexibility is reflected in the selection of critical components for power transmission in the Basic or Heavy Duty equipment category. For high feed speeds, the Heavy Duty category is always equipped with an active hydraulic system. A simpler, closed circuit hydraulic system can be used for lower feed speeds.

Valutec TC kiln at J.D. Irving, Canada

Valon Kone builds flexibility into its debarkers.

Booth: 917

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The TC kiln has quickly become a favorite among sawmills around the world and during the past year Valutec has sold and installed TC kilns to North America, Central Europe, Scandinavia and Russia.

“We want to increase the drying capacity at our sawmills in Preding and Sachsenburg and saw that TC kilns were right for us. They offer a combination of high capacity and flexibility, without compromising on quality,” says Michael Fercher, CTO at Hasslacher Group, Austria.

Valon Kone (VK) is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of rotor debarkers along with butt reducing equipment and self centering infeeds used together with debarkers. Valon Kone offers solutions for all industrial debarking regardless of wood type, and has addressed the problem of increased size and weight of debarkers by developing a new type of debarker frame.

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The principle is based on the timber package being fed length-wise through zones in which the air circulates laterally across the drying channel. This enables the separate regulation of the climate in different zones according to a schedule that comes very close to the ideal schedule of a batch kiln.

VALUTEC Meet Valutec, the leading developer and world leader in continuous kilns, and hear about the latest development in lumber drying and our latest projects in North America.

Booth: 367 VALON KONE

l Valmatics 4.0 Valutec’s control system

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The TC Kiln Valutec is the only company offering TC kiln—a kiln type that comes with distinguishing features such as low energy consumption, 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. Annual capacity can reach 125MMBF with target moisture contents down to around 12-18%.

Valmatics 4.0 allows sawmills around the world to automate and optimize drying in all types of lumber kilns. Valmatics 4.0 is the only control system on the market that combines simulator technology with adaptive control, and enables optimization based on capacity, quality and energy consumption.

“The TC kiln does a great job, in a lot less time than we’re used to and puts out a much better product,” says Fred Haigis, Lumber Yard Supervisor, Moose River, U.S. “The TC kiln has reduced our energy consumption with more that 30%,” states Mario Desjardins, General Manager, J.D. Irving, Can.“VIDA strives to have the latest technology at all times. It will be very interesting to evaluate how much the TC kiln can help us streamline our production,” says Jonas Axelsson, Technical Director, VIDA Group, Sweden.

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The VTH chipper provides:

Do you prepare wood chips from logs, forest residues and sawmill residues for the pellet industry or as fuels for boiler feed in combined heat and power plants?

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Booth: 353 Vecoplan VTH biomass chipper for the production of wood chips for energy recovery and recycling

Vecoplan is the leader in designing individually tailored systems with the VTH biomass chipper as a component. These biomass chipper machines cover a wide range in performance in both throughput and the quality of the required output

—Extremely compact design —Easy —Best—Optimizedmaintenanceinfeedperformance for the price Vecoplan invites attendees to learn how a chipper system can help process wood waste efficiently.

An industry leader, Wellons has the unique ability to provide complete, biomass-fired, lumber drying systems with products of its own design and manufacture. Wellons lumber drying systems include counterflow and parallel flow continuous drying systems, and batch kilns, using steam, thermal oil and natural gas as the heating Wellons’source.broadrange of biomass-fired steam and thermal oil heating systems are used for both lumber drying and electrical power applications. Complete systems, integrating Wellons fuel storage and handling systems, biomass energy systems, electrostatic precipitator product line, SNCR systems, and Wellons lumber drying systems, provide a complete, single source option for Wellons customers.

Vecoplan’s series of VTH biomass chippers are characterized in particular by their low space requirement and significantly better maintenance accessibility for tool changes and PM.

Booth: 617 WELLONS “Renewable energy,” “green power,” “carbon neutral,” and “reduced carbon footprint” can all be used to describe the energy and lumber drying systems provided by Wellons.

Residuesmaterial.and waste from the primary wood industry are important raw materials for the paper and board industry in material recycling. When used as fuel for heat and energy generation, sawdust, bark, wood pellets and wood briquettes make an important contribution to C02 savings and direct environmental protection. With Vecoplan’s technology, the valuable raw material can be economically prepared for further applications through systems that include shredding, conveying, screening, separating and storing.Residual wood shredding is an important step in wood processing, preparing the residues and the resulting chips for thermal energy and/or for recycling the material. Wood waste, forest wood and renewable biomass are becoming increasingly important for heat and energy production. They can be supplied directly in the form of wood fuels or via an intermediate stage, biogas or ethanol

Wellons continues to enhance its lumber drying and energy systems.

Visit Wellons at TP&EE to learn more.

—Durability and performance

Wellons continues to add new designs and features to these systems. Recent additions include Wellons TRU-MARK EVO wireless moisture monitoring system for use in both continuous drying systems and batch lumber dry kilns to optimize the lumber drying process; the Wellons MODULPAQ biomass-fired steam boiler design that provides design flexibility while reducing equipment and installation costs; and Wellons’ biomass energy system Ash Conditioning Station.

Fromproduction.materialreception to boiler feed, Vecoplan offers all stages for material handling adapted to the respective application

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Finally, Royal continues to implement years of field experience into its enhanced High Speed Trim Saw Cylinder.

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WSM’s rugged and reliable grinding, screening and conveying equipment can be supplied as individual components or as the core of a customized, fully engineered package—all integrated into a complete system you can count on. West Salem MachineryTough. Reliable. Built to Last. Booth: 920 West Salem specializes in wood fiber processing.

Reduced breakaway pressure and running friction which leads to faster response and reduction of sheet damCustom cushioning and high shock absorbing reduces downtime and machine ware

For 60 years Westcoast Cylinders Inc. has committed and dedicated its engineering and technical expertise to ensuring the success of North American lumber mill producers. Here at Westcoast (Royal) Cylinders we know the challenges present in high speed infeed and outfeed wood processing applications. Royal’s latest generation of High Speed Hold Down Cylinder specifically address the issues of high impact and poor lubrication in lumber Improvedapplications.uptime by moving and machining the trunnion from high strength steel, which increases pin life

Improved life by direct lubrication of gland bushing with high load wear bands. Benefits include greater gland, piston rod, rod and piston rod seal life with dramatically less air consumption

l All steel housing for better robustness

Another area of concern for mills is finding a high quality and high speed Veneer Knock-Off Cylinder. Royal’s newest offing is the fastest and most durable veneer stacking cylinder in the world. Nitride steel rod and barrel to combat poor air and lack of lubrication

New anti-bounce technology with extending cushioning to speed up saw retract speed

Lightweight piston combined with ware strips means faster with more control Booth: 381

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Get industry leading performance and reliability with WSM’s hogs, grinders, shredders and screens. Superior componentry and maintenance friendly features deliver the tough, severe-duty equipment that mill managers rely on to keep their facilityVerticaloperating.andhorizontal hogs, hammermills, No-Knife resizers, shredders, panel/trim grinders, veneer hogs, disc screens, oscillating screens, vibrating screens and trommel screens. There is no “one machine” that can do it all—the applications vary greatly and it’s important to select the best tool for the Withjob.installations in markets ranging from primary wood products (sawmills, panel plants, pulp & paper) to secondary wood products (re-man, cut-stock, molding) to value-added wood (engineered wood, truss, pallets, furniture, door/window) to wood recycling (log yard debris, urban wood, C&D wood, green waste)—WSM’s wide range of processing machines and systems, combined with our extensive experience, allows us to provide the best solution for your wood waste and wood fiber processing needs.

Improved cushioning and design to reduce impact causing piston and machine damage

Our extensive experience gained in hundreds of grinding and screening installations around the world, combined with the most complete line of grinding and screening equipment, allows us to work closely with our customers to determine the best equipment for each unique application.

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Booth: 817 WOOD-MIZER

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From economic narrow-band sawmill systems to high-throughput commercial timber processing lines, the Wood-Mizer Sawmilling Systems team is available to design the ideal system for you. Providing complex and customizable lines that can be designed completely to meet your needs, Wood-Mizer’s global engineering team and sawmilling systems specialists look forward to hearing your challenges and planning new solutions that will achieve your goals.

Booth: 956 Williams and White Hammerhead 3000 Auto Bench Wood-Mizer Sawmilling Systems

With your input, our experienced design engineers will tailor a system that is perfect for your operation’s needs, goals and budget. Our dedicated team is focused on helping you build a long-term solution for your business and receive the maximum value for your investment. We will work closely with you to optimize your production, guarantee an efficient operation and make sure your project keeps moving forward with transparency and detailed communication. This includes preliminary designs, cost estimates, feasibility analysis, execution methods and installation, an agreed-upon schedule, and more. With 100,000+ sawmill operations in more than 100 countries, Wood-Mizer is the undisputed global leader in thin-kerf sawmilling equipment. We use modern design and manufacturing techniques including 3D CAD, laser profiling, CNC bending, and CNC machining. Our onsite machinery and technology allows us to build heavy-duty, durable, and high-value systems that are running efficiently in customer operations all around the world. Our team will provide in-depth training on the equipment for the mill personnel, track the installation progress and make all necessary adjustments to guarantee the installation is completed successfully.Ourmission is to be your long-term partner in the sawmilling industry, and we do that by standing behind our products and providing premium after sales service experience.

Standout features include: an easy saw load system featuring hide-away clamps, independent rigid tension and level heads, intuitive touch screen control with teach functionality, and a full light curtain safety system. The precision measuring systems for level, tension, and back allow the Hammerhead 3000 to efficiently work the band saw to exacting specifications.

Building on Williams and White’s strong history and reputation for high quality and rugged machinery, we are proud to emphasize the Hammerhead 3000 Auto Bench as part of our growing equipment line.

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The Williams and White Hammerhead 3000 Auto Bench is an all-in-one band saw processing center designed to automatically tension and level a band saw with ease. It is a must have for any sawmill or band saw producer.

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Cleereman edger was introduced in 2021.

LIMAB calls its latest version of the system BoardProfiler 3D, which is available in four versions. “The great thing about our system is that the software is almost identical for all versions, which has proved interesting for several customers as they have invested in both edger and trimmer in their lines,” the company states. All versions are also available for transverse and longitudinal processes: block control (optimization for chipper or rip saw), edger, trimmer, classifer (sorter, dimensional control).

Cleereman Edger Hits The Mark

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LIMAB was founded 40 years ago and has a long tradition of developing ufacturingquartersnology.laser-basedmanufacturingandtech-Head-andman-plantislocatedinGothenburg,Sweden.LIMAB has regional offices in the USA, UK and Germany as well as approved distributors and partners in other regions.

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Block Controls functions include: rip saw (up to eight sawblades), positioning for chipper, dimensional positioning of block, dimensional control of block. Visit limab.se.

Cleereman Controls has sold more than 167 different systems since coming to market in 2019. Cleereman Controls offers optimized carriage and edger lines along with debarker, trimmer, and stave controls.Cleereman says its carriage and edger optimized lines are seeing 8%-10% gains in yield versus non-optimized lines.

Jon Ritcher of Shamco Lumber in Iron River Mich. both replaced existing manual edgers with Cleereman optimized edgers. Both of these mills average more than 40MBF feet per day with Cleereman optimized carriage lines. They chose Cleereman for the edger because Cleereman is not only close by, but provides great customer service after the sale. Both G&G Lumber and Shamco Lumber are reporting huge increase in yield with Cleereman’s new optimized edger and say the machine will pay for itself in yield savings alone. According to both operations, you can stand by the chipper and just watch how much less waste is going into it since installing the optimizedCleeremanedger.displayed its 3-saw optimized edger completely set up with infeed and outfeed at the Richmond Expo this past May. The reception on the new edger has been incredible with more than 30 sold in just 15 months, according to Cleereman Vice President Paul Cleereman.

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LIMAB

LIMAB supplies 2D ProfiCura and 1D PreciCura laser sensors and complete systems for dimensional and profile measurement in sawmills, panel production and steelBoardProfilermills. is the system for the wood industry that was developed more than 30 years ago, and it has to date been sold to more than 250 customers.

LIMAB BoardProfiler Block Control system builds on the LIMAB edger which has been a success since the first system was sold about 10 years ago. The system is easy to install, takes up little space in the process, is easy to integrate with sawmill automation systems and has a simple and easy-to-understand software. The sensors used in Block Control and edger are normally LIMAB’s 2D sensor, ProfiCura 600, 700 or 800. Each sensor has a high resolution of 640 measuring points across the line. The number in the series indicates the length on the laser line that measures the block or board.

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“We offer the board edger line in both two and three saw models with or without combination gang side option. Our edgers can be manual with setworks or fully optimized. All our edgers come with Cleereman Controls. This is different than some of the other manufactures that use a different controls company to control and optimize their edger lines. Our customers can call one place for trouble shooting or parts and service for their edger.”

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Smart sensor design is an innovative technological approach to wood scanning in sawmill and planer mills that minimizes system cost and complexity while delivering the highest level of volume and value recovery. But what exactly makes a smart sensor “smart”?

LMI Smart Sensor Lives Up To Name

—Web-Based User Interface

—I/O Connectivity Smart sensors have built-in Input/Output protocols (TCP/IP Ethernet, EthernetIP, Modbus, ProfiNET) to connect with mill networks and devices for reporting re-

LMI builds benefits into sensors.

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On-sensor measurement algorithms provide mill technicians greater ease, efficiency, and control in their inspection process. For example, in kiln stick separator inspection applications, a built-in Surface Bounding Box tool generates a series of bounding boxes along the length of the stick.

This vision technology offers onboard support for multi-sensor networks complete with on-sensor pairing, point-andclick alignment, and automatic image stitching. Networking allows for the creation of ring layouts that logs and boards can pass through to generate a 360º scan of the target, aligned to a global coordinate—Built-Insystem. Measurement Tools

The simple, single-page UI application is accessible on any web browser with intuitive point-and-click navigation and controls.—Onboard Multi-Sensor Networking

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Burton Mill Solutions is the new name of Wood Fiber Group and combines the biggest names in sawmill cutting tools and filing room automation technology, including Simonds International, Burton Saw & Supply, BGR Saws, Cut Technologies, U.S. Blades, Armstrong, and WrightWoodMachines.FiberGroup was formed in 2018 through the consolidation of several of the wood processing industry’s key suppliers. With USNR, Mid-South Engineering, and Global Tooling, Burton Mill Solutions is an integral part of Wood Technologies International, a consortium that was formed in 2021 to create a leading engineered automation equipment and solutions platform, delivering sophisticated systems, consumable products, parts and services to wood processors.

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—Simultaneous 2D and 3D Data GenerationSmart sensors simultaneously generate 2D intensity data (for contrast-based inspection) and 3D shape data (for shapebased inspection) from a single device. Visit lmi3d.com.

sults, diagnostics and monitoring, software upgrades, and with other network devices to exchange or combine data.

—Sensor Customization An open source Software Development Kit (SDK) enables OEM programmers to rapidly develop their own log and board scanning applications customized to their preferred functionality and objectives.

Wood Fiber Group Is Burton Mill Solutions

BID Group Launches Global Learning Center BID Group announced the launch of its Global Learning Center. With its crafted and specially designed courses, BID aims to reduce the knowledge gap in the

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The Global Learning Center is now fully operational and has already started welcoming new students.

BID has developed the Equipment Fundamental Series, containing more than 250 courses created precisely for each of the main operational machine centers.

sawmills by growing employees’ technicalOverexcellence.thelast year, BID has created a dedicated team of experts working on the management of its Global Learning Center and the creation of content. The team members have years of expertise in learning management and the wood processing industry. BID has also invested in the expansion of its campus in St. George, SC, where there are four classrooms with scaled-down and fullsize equipment for a hands-on learning experience.Inaddition to on-campus, webinars and private learning, BID has developed a new online learning offering using a Learning Management System (LMS).

The online learning offer also has material provided by Rockwell Automation, a strategic partner for BID, as well as multiple courses to grow leadership and professional expertise.

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Monroe Joins ROM Leadership Team

“Safety and environmental compliance are top priorities at RoyOMartin,” Monroe states about the company founded by her great-grandfather, Roy O. Martin, Sr., in 1923. “In my new role, I will keep the focus on safety and environmentally-conscious practices while also incorporating sustainability efforts to ensure that my family’s business is a viable part of the central Louisiana community for generations to Monroecome.”began her career at RoyOMartin when she worked as an intern during the construction of the company’s plywood facility in 1995-1996. She later joined the organization as the Corporate Environmental Manager in July 2003. She is a 1998 graduate of Vanderbilt University and holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree specializing in civil and environmental engineering. She also earned a Master of Business Administration from Louisiana State University in 2002. Early in her career, Monroe worked as

Monroe will oversee corporate safety programs, employees and training. Her additional responsibilities include reviewing and evaluating operations and company practices for all sustainability initiatives. She will also be a liaison to ROM stakeholders, shareholders and customers.

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As Roseburg continues to expand its vertically integrated land and manufacturing business model across North America, the company has taken steps to deepen its bench strength in strategic land acquisition and Roseburgmanagement.hasselected

Phil Adams to lead this key effort in the newly created role of Director of Real Estate and Strategic Development. Moving forward, Adams will manage a growing team of real estate and land acquisition specialists. For the past five years, Adams has served as Roseburg’s Director of Timberlands. He was the company’s Timberland Manager for 12 years before that.

“Phil’s knowledge and expertise is ideally suited for this highly focused real estate and strategic development role,” Scott Folk, President of Roseburg Resources Co., says. “This move will allow the company to accelerate the growth and expansion of our integrated business model and leverage our large land base for higher and better use opportunities, including potential development of new solar and carbon value Roseburgstreams.”ownsand

Roseburg Focuses On Real Estate Growth

RoyOMartin named Natalie Martin Monroe as Vice President of Environmental, Safety, and Sustainability Operations. She will also serve as a member of the company’s Strategic Action Leadership Team (SALT) and as Corporate Secretary for the Martin Sustainable Resources (MSR) Board of Directors.

sustainably manages approximately 400,000 acres of Douglas fir timberland in Oregon and nearly 200,000 acres of loblolly pine in North Carolina and Virginia. One of the company’s key differentiators is the fact that it owns both timberlands and the facilities to convert logs into high-quality, renewable wood products to support the building industry and provide a stable supply of goods to customers.

“Our family is honored to continue to support students as they further their education,” comments Carolyn Emmerson Dietz, Foundation President. “The commitment to helping tomorrow’s leaders remains strong. We are investing in the future and in the generations to come as we help these outstanding young people pursue their dreams.”

a project engineer with C-K Associates and Providence Engineering consulting firms where she was involved in preparing environmental site assessments and permit applications. Through her work as a consultant, she also served as a contractor at Exxon Mobil Chemical Co. where she specialized in waste management and permitting.

The Sierra Pacific Foundation is awarding more than $519,000 in scholarships to 163 students as they attend colleges, universities and trade schools during the 2022-2023 school year.

“With Natalie’s 18 years of environmental management, she has many experiences and skills to draw upon that make her a solid fit for the new Vice President of Environmental, Safety, and Sustainability Operations role,” states Terry Secrest, Executive Vice President of Manufacturing and Sales. “She will lead our safety journey to zero accidents and zero environmental incidents while showcasing our company’s exemplary leadership in sustainability.”Inherday-to-day work at RoyOMartin, Monroe stays abreast of all new and upcoming environmental regulatory requirements that may impact the wood products industry. She works closely with the Louisiana Dept. of Environmental Quality and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on multi-media permits and reporting requirements and oversees environmental work at all RoyOMartin’s manufacturing and forestry sites. She also serves as Treasurer of the Martin Foundation, where she manages employee and dependent scholarships to colleges and universities across Louisiana and Texas.

The Sierra Pacific Foundation grants scholarships to qualified, dependent children of Sierra Pacific Industries’ employees. Recipients are eligible for the scholarship for four years, with some granted a fifth year based on their school and finalizing their undergraduate degree or trade school program.

The Sierra Pacific Foundation is the philanthropic organization founded by the Emmerson family in 1979. Since the inception, SPF has awarded more than $9 million in scholarships. In addition to scholarships, the Foundation contributes to youth activities and other organizations in the communities where Sierra Pacific Industries operates. In 2021, the Foundation contributed $2 million to organizations in the local communities.

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30-December 3— Woodex, 18th International Exhibition of Equipment and Technologies for Woodworking and Furniture Production, Crocus Expo, Moscow, Russia. Visit woodexpo.ru.

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SEPTEMBER 9-10—Great Lakes Logging & Heavy Equipment Expo, UP State Fairground, Escanaba, Mich. Call 715-282-5828; visit gltpa.org. 11-13—Alabama Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Perdido Beach Resort, Orange Beach, Ala. Call 334-265-8733; visit alaforestry.org. 12-15—Lesdrevmash 2022, International Exhibition for Machinery, Equipment and Technology for Logging, Woodworking and Furniture Industries, Expocentre Fairgrounds, Moscow, Russia. Visit lesdrevmash-expo.ru/en. 16-18—Virginia Forest Products Assn. Annual Conference, Hilton Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach, Va. Call 804-737-5625; visit vfpa.net. 20-22—Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Assn. D.C. Summit, Yotel Washington DC, Washington DC. Call 504-443-4464; visit slma.org. 21-24—IFMAC WOODMAC Indonesia—the International Furniture Manufacturing Components and Woodworking Machinery Exhibition, Jakarta International Expo Kemayoran, Indonesia. Visit ifmac.net. 28-30—Timber Processing & Energy Expo, Portland Expo Center, Portland, Ore. Call 334-834-1170; visit timberprocessingandenergyexpo.com.

NOVEMBER 14-15—Lumber Quality & Process Control Workshop, Lumber Quality Institute, Scottish Rite Center, Salem, Ore. Call 541752-2751; visit lumberquality.com. 16-17—Lumber Quality Leadership Workshop, Scottish Rite Center, Salem, Ore. Call 541-752-2751; visit lumberquality.com.

MAINEVENTS A ● D ● L ● I ● N ● K ADLINK is a free service for advertisers and readers. The publisher assumes no liability for errors or omissions. A W Stiles Contractors 103 931.668.8768 Akhurst Machinery 28 888.265.4826 American Wood Dryers 19 503.655.1955 Andritz Iggesund Tools 2 813.855.6902 Automation & Electronics USA 14 704.200.2350 BID Group 56-57 843.563.7070 BM&M Screening Solutions 101 800.663.0323 Brunette Machinery 96 800.686.6679 Brunner Hildebrand 71 615.469.0745 Burton Mill Solutions 3 800.426.6226 Calibre Equipment 99 +64 21 586 453 Carbotech-Autolog 31 819.252.2273 Cardinal Sawquip Equipment 67 819.949.2281 Claussen All-Mark International 20-21 800.252.2736 Cleereman Industries 16 715.674.2700 Colonial Saw 89 888.777.2729 Cone Omega 93 229.228.9213 Corley Manufacturing 81 423.698.0284 Delta Computer Systems 8 360.254.8688 Dominion Fabrication & Mill Services 103 662.498.5585 Esterer WD GmbH 79 +49 86 71 5 03 0 Evergreen Engineering 102 888.484.4771 FiberPro 35 501.463.9876 Fulghum Industries 100 800.841.5980 G F Smith 27 971.865.2981 Gilbert Products 93 418.275.5041 Halco Software Systems 49 604.731.9311 HMT Machine Tools 77 843.832.4410 Holtec USA 11 800.346.5832 Hurst Boiler & Welding 41 877.994.8778 JoeScan 106 360.993.0069 John King Chains 91 +44 1977 681 910 Ledinek Engineering 83 +386 2 61300 51 Lico Machinery 111 418.228.3882 Lignomat USA 81 800.227.2105 Limab AB 98 +46 31 58 44 00 Linck 97 936.676.4958 Linden Fabricating 101,103 250.561.1181 LMI Technologies 13 604.636.1011 McDonough Manufacturing 12 715.834.7755 Mebor 95 +386 4 510 3200 Mellott Manufacturing 18 717.369.3125 Metal Detectors 61 541.345.7454 MiCROTEC 53 541.753.5111 Mid-South Engineering 103 501.321.2276 Muhlbock Holztrocknungsanlagen 75 +43 7753 2296 0 Nelson Bros Engineering 49 888.623.2882 Nyle Systems 112 800.777.6953 Oleson Saw Technology 65 800.256.8259 Opticom Tech 104 800.578.1853 Optimil Machinery 26 604.946.6911 Porter Engineering 77 604.273.1868 Premier Bandwheel 107 604.591.2080 Progress Engineering 101 207.623.0110 Raptor Integration 17 888.734.2659 Rawlings Manufacturing 102 866.762.9327 Real Performance Machinery 7 843.900.9494 S. Huot 6 418.681.0291 Salem Equipment 85 503.581.8411 Samuel Coding & Labeling Group 10 800.667.1264 Samuel Packaging Systems Group 30 800.323.4424 Sellick Equipment 89 877.735.5425 Sering Sawmill Machinery 107 360.687.2667 Signode 61 800.323.2464 Smith Sawmill Services 63 800.598.6344 Springer Maschinenfabrik GmbH 87 +43 4268 2581 0 T S Manufacturing 105 705.324.3762 Taylor Machine Works 67 662.773.3421 Telco Sensors 9 800.253.0111 Timber Automation 25 501.617.5130 Timber Machine Technologies 59 503.691.0162 USNR 29 800.289.8767 Valutec 51 +46 0 910 879 50 Vecoplan 73 336.252.4824 VK North America 85 877.313.1226 Wagner Meters 73 800.581.2722 Wellons 63 800.935.5667 West Salem Machinery 47 800.722.3530 Westcoast Cylinders 100 877.637.6925 Williams & White Equipment 15 888.293.2268 Wood-Mizer 104 866.477.9268 Z-Tec Automation Systems 107 877.544.9832 This issue of Timber Processing is brought to you in part by the following companies, which will gladly supply additional information about their products. ADVERTISER PG.NO. PH.NO. timberprocessing.com Listings are submitted months in advance. Always verify dates and locations with contacts prior to making plans to attend. CLICK HERE IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY OPTED IN!

OCTOBER 7-9—Paul Bunyan Show, Guernsey County Fairgrounds, Cambridge, Ohio. Call 888-388-7337; visit ohioforest.org. 12-15—Xylexpo 2022, FieraMilano-Rho Fairgrounds, Milan, Italy. Phone +39-02-89210200; Visit xylexpo.com. 26-28—Texas Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Texas A&M Hotel and Conference Center, College Station, Tex. Call 936632-8733; visit texasforestry.org.

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