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NEWSFEED Hampton Buys Banks Lumber
MAJOR DOINGS Westervelt Lumber Has Been Busy
A CLOSER LOOK Maine’s Kennebec Lumber In Photos
A GOOD CHANCE Carrier Forest Products Moves Forward
FROM FOSTER TO CROSBY When The Old Company Changed Hands
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THEISSUES
David Abbott Senior Associate Editor
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t doesn’t seem like it was really all that long ago when us editors at Timber Processing kept running into the same brick wall. Time and again, month after month we’d call various mills and ask if they’d be up for a visit, to let us in to write an article on their operations. “No, thanks,” we’d hear repeatedly. “We have nothing to show, and don’t want to publicize how bad it is for us right now.” This was during the recession, of course, the one that more or less started in 2008 and more or less ended sometime around 2011, depending on how you figure it. Some people say it still hasn’t ended. Publicized or not, businesses were struggling just to keep heads above water, and for those who let us tell their story, that was usually the story. Markets were tight, margins were narrow, profits were slim if there were any. Investments and upgrades still happened, but they were fewer and further between as everyone tried to stretch every dollar, and every piece of equipment, as far as it would go. That’s changed in the last few years. Not that there aren’t still struggles— when have there ever not been?—but there seems to be a bit more breathing room these days. On our end, we don’t seem to get turned down as often, or at least not for the same reasons, and on your end, mills seem to feel more comfortable making those upgrades that they put off for so long. Case in point: Alabama’s Westervelt Lumber, featured in this issue beginning on page 10. The company’s management team was gracious enough to grant me an interview and a tour of the facilities in July. Westervelt has invested in a string of improvements over the last few years, and the already long list isn’t even finished yet. Obviously businesses like Westervelt exist, bottom line, to make money, and installing newer, better machines help make those facilities more efficient and more productive. But, as anyone will tell you, or should, all of that means nothing if the right people aren’t in place; and that the most important priority, even above profits, is keeping those people safe. An upgrade project is obviously a big, time-consuming deal, all the more so when there are several going on simultaneously and back to back, as has been the case at Westervelt. It would be easy for managers to focus so much attention on upgrades at the expense of overlooking other concerns, such as a safety program. But that hasn’t been the case at Westervelt. In fact, even in the middle of all the upgrades, the management team implemented a program in recent years to also “upgrade” their focus on safety. By all accounts this has gone beyond simply having meetings or signing off on a few classes. It involved transforming the very culture of the work force, creating a kind of safety fluency that pervades the place from top to bottom. Hanging signs and reminders help, but it’s more effective when safety awareness becomes second hand, totally ingrained, for everyone involved. It’s nice to see an operation that doesn’t lose sight of its priorities—profits and people. TP
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NEWSFEED HAMPTON LUMBER BUYS BANKS LUMBER Hampton Lumber has acquired Banks Lumber in Banks, Ore. The Banks lumber mill, which employed 60, had been in operation since 1961 producing green Doug fir narrow dimension lumber. The location of the Banks sawmill is suited for Hampton, which operates three sawmills in Oregon in Warrenton, Tillamook and Willamina. The Banks mill is 25 miles from Portland’s urban markets and transportation systems and has access to rail. The mill is situated near several state and private forestlands, including lands managed by Hampton near the Wilson River. With the purchase of the Banks sawmill, Hampton is relying on the state’s continued commitment to working public forests and a dependable timber supply. “Any additional restrictions or reductions from current modest harvest levels on nearby state forests could negatively affect the employment levels of all our sawmills in Oregon,” says Hampton CEO, Steve Zika. “However, we believe the Banks sawmill has the potential to be a successful business enterprise.” In recent years numerous sawmills throughout the region have shuttered due to log shortages, high log costs, and declining lumber prices. These challenges forced the previous owners of the Banks sawmill to postpone further investments and upgrades at the mill. Hampton plans to change that by investing in upgrades to improve safety and productivity at the mill. To make these improvements, Hampton will keep the mill shut down for approximately six months. During that time Hampton will hire some of the workers laid off by the previous owner to help with mill improvements and employ a number of local contractors for the more technical electrical and mechanical projects. “With all the challenges, one might wonder why a company would continue to invest in sawmills,” Zika states. “But we have over 70 years of experience in the sawmill business and people still need and want renewable wood products.”
CANFOR SOUTHERN PINE WILL RESIDE IN MOBILE Canadian-based Canfor is opening a U.S. headquarters in Mobile, Ala., operating as Canfor Southern Pine, according to Fred Stimpson, Canfor Southern Pine president. The headquarters will be on three floors of the Van Antwerp building in downtown Mobie. The company’s office in Myrtle Beach, SC will remain open. Myrtle Beach will continue to be an administrative hub for the four Canfor mills in the Carolinas. Canfor Southern Pine consists of 11 sawmills, four secondary manufacturing plants and a trucking company. It has 1,900 employees, 350 of which are in Alabama. Canfor purchased Scotch Gulf Lumber in 2015, including sawmills in Mobile, Jackson and Fulton, Ala. With mills from Arkansas to the Carolinas, Mobile is centrally located to Canfor southern pine operations. Twenty new jobs in Mobile will be executive level and support staff.
BIOMASS GROUPS SEEK CHIP STANDARD Several natural resource and biomass organizations report they have secured a grant from the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Forest Service to assist in the development of a national wood chip heating fuel technical quality standard. Spokespersons say a standard would improve the performance, efficiency and reliability of wood chip heating systems and enhance technical credibility and market confidence, which would help to expand the wood chip heating market. Representatives from the Biomass Energy Resource Center, Biomass Thermal Energy Center, Innovative Natural Resource Solutions, and American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers state in a multi-authored letter that all heating fuels used in the U.S.—except wood chips—are governed by quality standards that ensure these fuels meet clearly defined parameters. This includes heating oil, propane, natural gas, coal, wood pellets, etc. Heating appliances (boilers, furnaces, stoves) are then engineered around a known standard fuel to ensure efficient, clean and safe performance. “Without a standard, no manufacturer of wood chip combustion systems can guarantee consistent, high performance,” they state. “With the Forest Service’s support, we expect to complete the development and promotion of the standard within the next two years.” ➤ 38 A 15-member advisory committee is involved in the effort. 6
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BIG TIME
UPGRADE By David Abbott
Ongoing upgrade investments combined with employee commitment have energized Westervelt sawmills.
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MOUNDVILLE, Ala. hange has been a constant lately at Westervelt Lumber’s production facility here, located about 15 miles from the corporate headquarters in
Tuscaloosa. Along with periodic upgrades, including in 2012 and 2015, an ongoing series of upgrade projects have been implemented since March 2016, bringing improved flow and productivity to every area of the southern yellow pine processing facilities. A subsidiary of The Westervelt Co., operating as Gulf States Paper Corp. until 2006, Westervelt Lumber’s complex features both a sawmill and a timbers mill. The sawmill itself includes two lines—a large log and a small log side—so in effect there are three production lines on one site. There have been upgrades throughout the production lines, as well as to the drying, planing and storage components. Though not yet finished, the results of the upgrades have already been evident. Last year the mill’s total output, including the sawmill and timbers mill com-
bined, was around 260MMBF. The management team expects annual production to jump to an estimated 285MMBF once the bulk of the ongoing projects is completed—in late October, if all goes as planned.
TIMBERS MILL The bulk of the upgrades have been taking place in the timbers mill, where a LeTourneau log crane delivers logs to the infeed and a Nicholson A8 debarker. For the timbers mill project work, Westervelt has used the engineering services of Anthony Seaman, Ltd. In midSeptember, an existing quadrant loader was replaced with Comact wave feeders, and a Comact stem optimizer was upgraded to new C1-Scanners and optimization. Also, the existing stem mer-
Westervelt installed a Comact edger optimizer in January.
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chandiser is scheduled to be replaced with a six moving saw Comact optimizer system. In April, optimization and controls at the existing Comact DLI in the timbers mill was upgraded along with a new heavier duty log turner. Canter motors got a boost from 250 HP to 350 HP. The outfeed anvil rolls were also replaced. In September, a Comact TBL3 shape saw with profiling heads and Comact optimization replaced an older 6 in. single arbor Comact gang. By October’s end, the existing lug loader will have been replaced with a Comact rotary lug loader. The fence will also be replaced with an SEC fence. The rest of the mill consists of a Hi-Tech trimmer, with Comact optimization, a Hi-Tech sorter and USNR stacker that has MOCO upgrades.
SAWMILL Though sometimes taken directly to one of the infeed decks, logs can be placed under wet storage year-round. Incoming logs are separated at the scale house and sent to either the sawmill or timbers mill. The timbers mill doesn’t run anything with greater than a 15 in. butt, while the sawmill processes logs with up to a 44 in. butt—and the sawmill has two infeed lines for different size logs. A NAFCO log crane feeds both sides of the sawmill. The Nicholson A6 de-
barker operator separates those grade logs bound for the large log side, up to 16 ft. lengths, and sends them to a carriage to be broken down with a Jacobson chipping head and a McDonough 72 in. bandmill. This end of the sawmill also includes a McDonough 72 in. horizontal resaw and a Hi-Tech 4-saw edger. All other logs enter the sawmill through a Nicholson A5 debarker, at the small log side. Stems are optimized with an MPM optimization system and cut up on a Bowlin (serial no. 2) merchandising system. Any poles selected here by the MPM optimizer head to a Efurd pole mill. Other logs transfer to a Comact wave feeder with gap control—installed in 2015—which loads an Optimil DLI. Optimization at the DLI comes courtesy of the new Comact C1 rotation correction scanner and Cant Face Scanner, all installed in March 2016. Developed in late 2015, Comact designed the Cant Face Scanner specifically for sawmills making value-added products in which detecting visual defects is vital. Built on the groundwork laid by earlier vision scanning technology, the Cant Face Scanner uses leading-edge cameras that capture high-resolution images, allowing the scanner to detect knots, cracks, stain, rot and other defects. The optimization algorithm combines data from images and cant geometry detec-
tion, acquired by a 3DPro laser head, to define the optimal solution. Primary breakdown on the smaller log sawmill line includes Optimil chipping heads with 72 in. twin bands. Side boards and reman pieces fall and flow to a Comact edger with EdgExpert optimization and controls, installed in January. Like the Cant Face Scanner, the EdgExpert optimizes for both geometrical defects—wane, skip, warp, holes— and more than 30 different visual defects, such as knots, splits, shakes, pith, core wood, stain, decay. Cants then travel to a double arbor 12 in. Comact gang, with Comact optimization and controls upgraded in 2012. Boards travel from here to a Comact rotary lug loader, also with Comact optimization, and then to a Newnes trimmer and sorter line with MOCO stacker.
OPERATIONS Westervelt also sells electrical power generated from a turbine. Two woodfired boilers power the turbine, and lowpressure steam extracted from the turbine feeds the dry kilns. All production from the sawmill and the timbers mill is kiln dried. The mill currently has Wellons dry kilns—one 68 ft. single track, two 68 ft. double tracks and two 84 ft. double tracks—and it has converted two more 84 ft. Wellons kilns
Existing DLI line implemented Comact Cant Face Scanner technology.
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Management team, left to right: Scotty Noland, production superintendent; Bryan Martin, engineering manager; Charlie Sellers, maintenance superintendent; Tommy Clemmons, complex manager
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Horizontal band resaw on large log line
Westervelt sells electricity to the power grid.
to KDS/Windsor continuous counterflow dry kilns. One was converted in 2014 and the other in 2015. Another 84 ft. double track kiln is scheduled to be converted to a continuous KDS/Windsor unit in spring 2017. Management team says that the continuous kilns offer gains in both throughput and quality, as well an increased throughput in the planer mill. 12
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graded in October with T3 sensors and upgraded cameras. Both have USNR rotary lug loaders, Comact infinite fences, Newnes trimmers and sorters, Newnes stackers and Signode strappers. In November Westervelt plans to replace the stacker on line #1 with two Baxley stackers that will feed into Signode strappers. The two new stacker lines will be configured to accept product from either planer line. The facility also has a Leadermac moulder operation. A 300 linear FPM machine with six heads was installed in late 2015. Westervelt produces several different types of southern yellow pine pattern and flooring. Most saw filing is handled in-house, excluding log trim saws which get sent out. Although no major changes were required to keep up with the various upgrades, the filing room stays busy. Head filer Ralph Weber supervises a team of nine working in a single room to handle both circle saws (Cut Tech) and bands (York). Equipment includes, for band saws, Vollmer autobench, two Armstrong Number 4 grinders, Armstrong manual bench, Armstrong SidePro and Armstrong autoswage; and for circle saws, Armstrong auto leveler, Armstrong bench, Armstrong tipper, Armstrong annealer, William and White side grinder and a Vollmer Service Center for facing and topping.
Although Westervelt sells some 1x4 rough grade, most products go to the planer mill after drying. Two Baxley tilt hoists feed a pair of Newman PM 1600 planers working work side-by-side in the same building, essentially making two complete planer lines. The lines are mirror images of one another. Each has Lucidyne GradeScans, which will be up-
The mills run two shifts, 10 hours a day. Production superintendent Scotty Noland says the sawmill (large and small log sides together) and timbers mill combine for an average 60,000 board feet an hour; together, they consume 210 truckloads of logs per day—that’s 900 logs an hour in the timbers mill and 500 an hour in the sawmill. Logs are sourced primarily from within a 90-mile radius. About half the supply comes from company land— Westervelt owns nearly 500,000 acres of timberland, most of it in Alabama with some in Mississippi and Georgia. The mill’s major products are 2 in. dimension lumber and timbers, with some poles in the mix. Though it exports some, the bulk of Westervelt’s production is bound for treated applications in domestic markets. Demand has leveled off in the last six months or so, the management team reports, largely due to market adjustments, in the group’s opinion. Starting in late 2015 and extending into early 2016, Westervelt undertook a project to increase finished lumber storage capacity while also improving flow
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and turnaround time for trucks. Mill management completely reconfigured the routing of trucks to improve speed of loading and ease of entrance and exit of the mill. Westervelt does not run its own trucks, relying instead on contract haulers and customers to move its products to market. It does still ship by rail, an average 22 cars a week, averaging 90MBF per car, or close to 2MMBF per week by rail. Another stream of revenue comes from the electrical power generated by the boilers. Construction on the power plant started in 2009 and finished in 2011. It grew from another upgrade, that time to two of the boilers, the wood-fired units (a gas boiler also heats the kilns). Super heaters were installed, along with a 1952 GE double extraction condensing turbine. Though rated for 13 MW, Westervelt only actually uses the turbine to generate around 5 MW. Steam from the two wood-fired boilers heats the kilns and turns the turbine. Westervelt doesn’t use any of the power from the tur- New lineal cant optimizer and gang saw in timbers mill
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bine on-site; it sells 100% of it to the power grid.
TEAMWORK In all, more than 300 work at the Moundville complex. According to complex manager Tommy Clemmons, teamwork is the key to success at Westervelt. “I have been in manufacturing for most of my 30+ year career, and here for the last nine years,” Clemmons says. “I’ve never seen maintenance and production teams work together as well as they do here. When there is a problem or project it is a team effort and it is very much appreciated from my perspective.” Engineering manager Bryan Martin adds, “I think we just work together as a team, as a group. The management team and the hourly team work together to solve issues. There’s a good team spirit.” Maintenance at Moundville is literally an all-day, every-day affair. The maintenance crew is on duty 24 hours a day, five days a
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Production is pushing 285MMBF annually.
week and a single day shift on Saturdays. The maintenance team is split into three crews, each working eight-hour shifts (while the production team works two 10-hour shifts). The crews rotate the Saturday shift, so that each crew works every third Saturday. Some from the production teams also assist the maintenance teams on weekends. “We started
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that a few years ago trying to help uptime by getting operators to work with maintenance crews on weekends,” according to Charlie Sellers, maintenance superintendent. Though it may not qualify as the most pressing problem currently facing the industry, Noland believes one of the most common concerns is the difficulty in at-
tracting, and retaining, employees qualified to operate and maintain today’s more technologically advanced machinery. “We run, for example, two Lucidyne automatic graders, which run great and work very well, but you have to dedicate time to upkeep and those individuals have to be fairly technically sound,” Noland says. “We have very low turnover rates,”
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Dimension lumber and timbers drive production.
Clemmons notes. Several employees have been at Moundville since the mill opened almost 20 years ago, and a few others have been with the company longer than that, over 30 years. “We have been fortunate to get them in and keep them, and I think that is one reason we have been successful.” Hanging throughout the complex are signs that read “make safety happen.” Safety, Clemmons says, is of utmost priority. The formal safety program at
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Company land and private sources provide logs.
Moundville includes training, monthly meetings with team leaders from each department, and routine audits and observations throughout the month. Also, each shift in each area starts with what they term a “safety huddle.” The entire management team agrees that the attitude toward safety has changed, quite by design, in recent years at Westervelt. “It is now a culture here versus just a program,” Clemmons says. “We went from having several in-
juries a year before 2011, to zero. It was a total culture change. We really dedicated ourselves to making it the top priority.” It took a few years to change the culture, to get everyone thinking in that mindset, the management team admits. “It took everyone’s commitment from the top down to make that happen, but now I think the safety program is actually driven by the hourly group. They take a lot of pride in it,” Clemmons adds. TP
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KENNEBEC
FLOORPLAN
Timber Processing associate editor Jessica Johnson stopped in for a quick photo opportunity at Kennebec Lumber’s hardwood sawmill in Solon, Me. The company reports it started up in 2000 and has evolved from a small green sawmill, to kiln drying, developed an export market and added a flooring program. The company reports it produces more than 30MMBF annually, including specialty rip-to-width and grading capabilities, and employs more than 100. Hard maple accounts for more than 50% of total volume. One of its primary markets is cabinetry. The company states that employee dedication and constant operational improvements allow it to deliver world class lumber. It also operates a newer sawmill in Tamworth, New Hampshire. 22
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SMALL TOWN
BIG MILL By Andrew Snook
Carrier Forest Products took a chance in 2010, and it appears to be paying off.
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BIG RIVER, Saskatchewan n the small town of Big River lies the largest sawmill in all of Saskatchewan. The town of a little more than 600 people, which sits about 130 km northwest of Prince Albert, is home to Carrier Forest Products’ Big River sawmill. More than 100 are employed at the mill—a significant number of good-pay-
ing jobs for the region. Weyerhaeuser previously ran the mill until the company shut it down in 2006. The mill then sat idle until Eacom purchased it, then sold it to Carrier in 2010. Carrier was looking to increase its lumber volumes and the mill seemed like a good fit to the company’s owner, William Kordyban. Although Carrier is headquartered in Prince George, BC, the company already had plenty of experience working in the “land of the living skies.” “We came to the province of Saskatchewan in 1995,” Kordyban says. “There were a large number of fires and we were in the salvage business back then. We moved one of our modular sawmills here—to Prince Albert—and then we started working with the Saskatchewan government. It was kind of fortuitous when Weyerhaeuser decided to exit. They opened up the Prince Albert forest management area (FMA) and
re-allocated. We got our allocation and part of the allocation was to start up this mill. There were about 200,000 cubic meters available, so we combined that 200,000 meters with a couple other quotas and volumes that we had and came up with a critical mass.” Carrier then spent the next couple of years upgrading various aspects of the sawmill and planer mill. “What we saw was that the base equipment was good, robust equipment but the electronics, scanning and controls were dated,” Kordyban explains. “The basic mechanicals since 2000 haven’t really changed, but all of the controls and scanners, that’s where all the big improvements have come in.” The list of upgrades done to the mill over the past few years is long and involves almost every aspect of Carrier’s operation in Big River, including conversion of the front end from treelength to
William Kordyban overseeing operations at Big River.
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Carrier Forest Products employs more than 100 at its Big River sawmill.
cut-to-length and eliminating the merchandizing system, and then completing the transition of the whole log yard to cut-to-length. What was a 20 ft. mill is a 16 ft. mill. Carrier also optimized the controls on its large log line, upgrading the sorting and scanning software and installing USNR’s Mill Expert Optimization. “They’re Hermary heads with USNR software,” Rob Shimoyama, Big River’s sawmill manager explains. Kordyban adds, “We have a lot of USNR equipment in our mill in Prince George so we were familiar with it. We have a fabrication shop in Prince George and USNR has been really good with us, in that we will manufacture some of the equipment using their drawings.” Logs that are 7 in. and larger in diameter are sent to the large log line, which is equipped with a twin bandmill with a curve-saw gang tailing it for primary breakdown. “It’s the older style where it flops it on its side and it’s rescanned,” Kordyban explains. “We installed all the upgrades for this line in 2013.” Mill management recently worked with Porter to upgrade the small log line, which is equipped with a foursided canter with a vertical double arbor (VDA) at the end. “Optimization and computerization
was done at the end of June,” Kordyban says. “It looks very promising.” Carrier also invested in its older model USNR lineal edger, upgrading the software, motion controls, PLCs and scanners; and also made upgrades to the planer mill’s unscrambler and lug loader. “We upgraded our unscrambler mechanically, and installed VFDs for the infeed to the lug loader,” Kordyban says. The lug loader’s controls were also upgraded in late 2015 and a new USNR Smart Gate trimmer and new USNR multi-track fence were installed. To optimize its drying operations in 2015, Carrier upgraded the kiln software for its four kilns—two single-track kilns and two double-track kilns. The log yard even received some upgrades, including paving and yard work.
PLANER MILL In December 2015, Carrier made serious upgrades to its planer mill, including installing a new Wolftek feed table, new electric drive system for the planer and for the bridge; converting all the hydraulics to electric VFD-driven motion control; and upgrading the roll positioning to Wolftek’s Dynamic Tensioning System. Wolftek provided the installation and employee training for the project, as well as electric setworks for the
planer heads. “That way if there are jams, they can open the heads quick and they’re able to be back up and running quickly,” explains Scott Sutherland, director of sales and business development for Wolftek. The mill also installed a USNR lineal high grader (LHG) after the planer for automated grading. “We took out four grader booths,” says Scott Atchison, Big River’s former planer manager that was involved in the upgrades to the mill. “Now we run with one check grader in conjunction with the LHG. We’ve incorporated the USNR grade projector to help the grade checker identify the lumber on the table.” The system uses a code generated from the machine that projects a picture of each board that tells you what the grade is. It uses a binary code sprayed on the bottom of each board. An ultraviolet (UV) detector reads that code and interprets it and projects what the machine is saying it is—so the grader can look at the board and see what the machine is saying and if he agrees, he lets it go, and if there’s something it might have missed he marks what to do. He can make an evaluation based on what the machine is saying without leaving any marks on the board. “The check grader can make sure that the LHG is making proper decisions and TIMBER PROCESSING
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300,000 to 450,000 board feet per shift. It really depends on the log diet.” The fiber processed at the mill is a standard SPF-type mix with a combination of white spruce, black spruce, jack pine and balsam fir. However, the fiber being harvested for the mill can vary significantly during different times of the year. “In the winter you can get into some areas where there’s more spruce – the wetter areas,” Kordyban explains. “In the summer, you’re restricted to the pine areas and the jack pine in this part of the world is quite crooked. Last year we had a very dry spring and summer and we had some very big forest fires in northern Saskatchewan that were immediately followed by heavy rains, so you were prevented from logging due to the fires and then we were faced with floods. The weather and very fine textured soils can make summer harvesting challenging.” The fiber brought into the mill is used to produce dimension lumber ranging from 2x4 8 ft. to 2x10 16 ft.. Since the last set of upgrades, the company has seen an uptake of about 30,000 more board feet per shift in the planer, according to Atchison.
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Feeding and handling at the planer were upgraded in 2015.
isn’t going out of calibration,” Kordyban adds. At the back end of the planer mill, a new Samuel ink jet stamper was installed and the strapping line was converted to plastic strapping.
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a mill with a production capacity that management wasn’t entirely sure of at the time of its purchase. “When we acquired it, we really weren’t sure what the production capacity should be,” explains Kordyban. “It’s so dependent on the log diet. We’re more concerned with log counts (than board feet). Between the two lines you’re shooting for at least 12,000 logs per shift. So far, we have reached 14,000 logs. The production here can be, depending on log size, anywhere from
William Kordyban Sr. started Carrier Lumber in 1951 with small bush mills, specializing in salvage and remote operations. In 1976, Carrier built the Tabor Mill complex in Prince George, which consists of a two-line dimension sawmill, planer mill, six dry sheds for storing lumber during market turndowns, a wood yard, dry kilns, and extensive space for air drying lumber. Since purchasing and upgrading the Big River mill, Carrier is now capable of producing 500MMBF annually and employs more than 250. As far as future upgrades at the Big River mill go, the addition of a stud line for processing the smaller logs, turning the mill into a threeTP line operation, is being considered.
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SAME TOWN
NEWNAME L.O. Crosby bought Mississippi’s Foster Creek Lbr.; town of Stephenson was renamed for new owner. EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of two parts. The first part appeared in the September issue.
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ith the closing of the Foster Creek sawmill in March 1931, many people in the Stephenson area were out of work and some locals were in the dark. The powerhouse at the mill that supplied the whole town with electricity was shut down, leaving the town without power. Several lumbermen came to Stephenson to look over the Foster Creek holdings. T.B. McCurley would give them the grand tour of the property, including the timber holdings. One day he hosted L. O. Crosby, Sr., a prominent lumberman from Picayune, Miss. The two stopped to get a drink of water from the thermos, when they looked around and discovered that they were on top of a high hill in the most beautiful virgin timber around. Crosby turned to McCurley and said, “Well, well, Mr. McCurley, I think you have sold a town and some pine timber.” Crosby purchased the former Foster Creek Lumber holdings on January 13, 1934. Included were the sawmill, railroad equipment, the town of Stephenson, and over 55,000 acres of timberland estimated to contain about 350MMBF of virgin shortleaf pine. Lucius Olen Crosby was born on February 22, 1869, in Lincoln County, 34
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Giant Clyde four-line steam-powered skidder and McGiffert loader, below, were mainstays in Foster/Crosby logging operations.
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Miss. After working in the sawmill business for several years, Crosby began organizing several sawmills in Mississippi. He operated mills under various names at Canton, Monroe, Hub and Baxterville. In 1916 he joined forces with Lamont Rowlands and formed Goodyear Yellow Pine Co. at Picayune. They also purchased the Rosa Lumber Co. at Picayune the following year. Crosby later acquired other mills at Cybur, Blodgett and Piave. Later on, his three sons, Robert Howell, Hollis Hobson and Lucius Osmond, joined him in the lumber business. By 1934, only the Goodyear and Rosa mills in Picayune were still operating. Crosby had a very good relationship with the International Harvester Co. of Chicago, and through their financial backing was able to purchase the Foster Creek property. To operate the new property at Stephenson, Crosby Lumber and Mfg. was organized in early 1934. Crosby served as president of the new company, while Hollis served as vice president, Howell as treasurer, and L. O. Jr. as secretary. Hollis moved to Stephenson to run the company. He had served as plant superintendent of the Rosa mill and later as vice president of Goodyear Yellow Pine. On April 4, 1934, the town of Ste-
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phenson was officially renamed Crosby in honor of L. O. Crosby. The town was incorporated again and T. B. McCurley was appointed mayor, a position he served until his retirement in 1950 due to declining health. Crosby soon set out to completely renovate the mill and town. To superintend the mill renovation they brought in J. R. Clark. Crosby also built several new houses. Many people moved to Crosby from Picayune and from the recently closed Virgin Pine Lumber Co. at Piave, which cut out in November 1933. Much of the machinery was also moved from the Piave mill to Crosby. The band mills from Piave were brought over to Crosby and used for spare parts. The mill at Piave was an allelectric double band mill with two 9 ft. bands, the same as at Crosby. A 6 ft. horizontal resaw was brought over from Piave and installed at Crosby to supplement the band mills and Number One Wickes gang saw that was already in the mill. In addition to renovating the mill, the new owners also added a creosote plant and broom handle plant to the operation in 1934. Crosby had earlier operated a broom handle mill in Picayune, where E. L. Robbins worked. He moved up to Crosby to work in the broom handle plant, where he
claimed they made over a million handles a month for several years. When Crosby took over the mill, he inherited all locomotives that were used by Foster Creek. Instead of rebuilding the logging railroad, however, he chose to convert to logging with trucks. He brought three Shay locomotives from Piave and Picayune to Crosby to switch the mill. He still had about a mile and a half of spurs throughout the mill property, creosote plant, and interchange tracks. The Foster Creek Heislers sat unused behind the mill for a year or so before Crosby cut them up for scrap. Crosby did use 65-ton Shay Number 8 to switch the mill for a while. Crosby sold 45-ton Shay Number Five to the Graham County Railroad in North Carolina in 1938. The Shays brought over from Piave and Picayune included 50-ton 2-truck Number 1, 60-ton 3-truck Number 11, and 50-ton 2-truck Number 15. For several years after purchasing the Foster Creek properties, Crosby Lumber continued to add to its timber holdings. Tracts of timber were purchased as far away as Louisiana and Copiah and Warren counties in Mississippi. Even though Crosby never operated the Foster Creek logging railroad, a log train was operated over the Illinois Central occasionally in
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the 1930s. A locomotive and crew rented from the IC. Crosby’s contract loggers would haul logs to towns along the IC such as Roxie, Hamburg and Harriston, where the logs were loaded on the log cars. Sometimes the train would run as far north as Vicksburg. After the mill at Crosby was renovated and restarted, it never shut down because of business conditions. One time the mill was forced to shut down for two or three days because the weather got so cold it froze the logs. The saws wouldn’t cut through them. During World War II, many men employed at the Crosby mill quit to join the armed forces or were drafted. Labor was difficult to find. In order to supply the mill with logs, Crosby initiated a program to manage the land on a sustained yield theory of forest regeneration and cutting. He hired Jimmy Clark to be superintendent of logging and forestry. Clark hired a few forestry people to manage the Crosby timberlands. Crosby hired crews to do the logging, but hired contractors to deliver the logs to the mill. After operating for more than 28 years, the decision was made to close Crosby Lumber in 1963 (November 12). In 1965 the Crosby timber holdings, totaling more than 152,000 acres, were sold to the St. Regis Paper Co., which later opened a paper mill at Ferguson, Miss., just northeast of Monticello. The sawmill was sold in 1965 to Hood Lumber Co., which reopened it for a short time. Hood purchased timber under lease from St. Regis. The Shay locomotives used by Crosby were replaced by a Plymouth diesel switcher in the late 1950s. The Shays were then stored near the mill for quite a while. Number 1 was scrapped at Crosby in 1954, while the others survived. Number 15 was eventually sold to a railfan in Birmingham. Number 11 sat in Crosby for several years before it was donated to the city TP of Natchez, where it was placed on display in a local park in 1965. This article previously appeared on the web site of Mississippi Rails, which maintails a web site at msrails.com.
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NEWSFEED 6➤ “Our team believes the development and wide adoption of a chip fuel standard is essential to broader consumer and market acceptance, and growth in wood chip heating. We want to see this happen,” the group states. Visit the project website—www.woodchipstandard.org—for updates and invitations to comment on draft standard language.
PADDLE PRAIRIE INVESTS IN WEST FRASER Paddle Prairie Metis Settlement and West Fraser entered into a Strategic Initiative Framework Agreement in which PPMS will make a financial investment in West Fraser and the parties will work together to provide education, training and skills development to PPMS members with a goal of advancing opportunities for those members to achieve fulltime employment in the forest products industry and other industries. PPMS is a former owner of Manning Diversified Forest Products Ltd., which owned and operated a sawmill in Manning, Alberta. West Fraser acquired Manning in late 2015 and subsequently West Fraser and PPMS entered into discussions which culminated in this agreement.
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MACHINERYROW Messmer Benedikt Operates Resch Line Messmer Benedikt is operating a Resch & 3 ES 1200 PROFI stationary bandmill line at its operation in Welschensteinach, Germany. The “oneman-sawmill” mainly cuts large logs up to a diameter of 1.5 m (4.9 ft.) and a log length up to 15.5 m (51 ft.), therefore the guideway and the clamping tools are constructed more stable than before. The log loader can effortlessly load logs up to eight tons. Several logs are loaded on the log infeed and then all operation is controlled by the traveling cab operator. Saw blade guides are placed automatically as close as possible to the log at both sides. Optimal opening of the guide, best Resch & 3 sawing line stability to the saw blade and therefore feed can be maximally exploited. The monitoring blade deviation is very important especially for the automated operation. The feed is automatically reduced or even accelerated according to the adjustable precision tolerance. Also the power consumption is monitored and reduced in case of overload of the feed. A 55 kw main motor at the sawblade is equipped with a frequency converter to set the optimal saw blade speed, depending on type of wood, tooth pitch, or with frozen wood in the winter. A gripper carriage and automatic plank remover can place each plank lateral, after each cut. The planks get stored in the desired box with the gripper carriage. To cut quality lumber, it’s important that after each cut the wood quality is visible and that therefore each plank is taken directly. As the saw drives backward, the gripper carriage automatically takes the cut plank and puts it in one of the desired boxes. During the first cut the length and the position of the log are determined, so the operator knows if he must fix the log with two clamping tongs (in the case of short logs) or with four clamping tongs (in the case of long logs). A scraper floor under the guideway cleans the floor of sawdust and carries it forward in a box. All protective covers on the saw blade and cover hoods in the hydraulic control unit are lined with soundproofing. Special acoustic panels have been mounted around the saw head to intercept the noise emission as much as possible. Features include: l Hydraulic saw blade pressure guides and a 150 mm wide saw blade guarantee an exact cut. l Pre cutters on the input and output sides l Automatic positioning of the right and left saw blade guide to the log l Automatic cross cut saw or cross cutter l Cross cutter 90° rotatable l Wave laser for a better alignment of the cutting height l Monitoring blade deviation l Automatic plank remover l Cut in automated operation l Gripper carriage to sort out the lumber automatically l Lumber can be stored automatically in five different boxes Visit resch-3.com. 40
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SiCam Systems Buys LSIZE From MicroRidge SiCam Systems Corp. has signed an asset purchase agreement with MicroRidge Systems Inc. and purchased the rights to the LSIZE brand name as well as the entirety of MicroRidge’s interests in the LSIZE product. LSIZE is an industry standard for caliper based quality control and provides customers with the ability to measure and analyze machine performance. “The addition of the LSIZE brand and intellectual property to SiCam expands our capability to further our goal of providing quality control and verification systems to every area of a facility,” comments Nick Barrett, President, SiCam Systems. “We plan to build off of the work MicroRidge has done and enhance LSIZE with new innovative technology and fully integrate it with our SiCam RealTime product line.” Visit sicamsystems.com.
Hurdle Sells 500th Sawmill To Hoosier
Jeff Hurdle, E.J. Hurdle and John Hurdle stand with 500th Hurdle sawmill sold.
Hurdle Machine Works Inc., Moscow Tenn., has manufactured its 500th complete sawmill for delivery to Hoosier Pallets in Milroy, Ind. Hurdle has sold complete mills in the U.S. since 1969, and has continuously improved the mill design for production of ties, timbers and lumber. Over the past several years, mills have been sold to some of the largest wood manufacturers in the U.S., the company reports. “We never thought that we would be doing business with companies the size of Anderson-Tully,” says Jeff Hurdle, VP.“When they came to Moscow to order their mill, they brought 10 people with them to help make the decision. Since then, they have installed the mill and have been sawing successfully. They love the mill.” VP John Hurdle adds, “We have a
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MACHINERYROW great crew helping us manufacture these mills. Dad is here every day which is a blessing. Between Jeff and I, we have five kids. Hopefully at least some of them can take over the business one day to keep it going.” E.J. Hurdle, founder and President, says, “At first, nobody else would take a chance on me. After seeing the first mill work, orders started coming in. We’ve been perfecting these mills ever since.” Visit hurdlemachineworks.com.
Elmsdale Lumber Gains Log Handling Power
Elmsdale Lumber’s team effort to choose the right machine for log loading duties include, left to right, Robin Wilber, President; Terry Pickard, Territory Manager for Strongco; Mark Wilber, Vice President; Craig Stewart, Yard Supervisor.
When your employees have invested 20 years or more into learning their craft, it might pay to listen to what they have to say about any changes you have in mind. That’s been the philosophy at Nova Scotia’s Elmsdale Lumber Co. That approach has helped Elmsdale to remain one of the region’s most consistently successful sawmills through more than a century. A fourth-generation, family owned
mill employing 50, Elmsdale has always taken a highly consultative route to continual improvement of its equipment and processes. The latest big change was the purchase of a new Sennebogen 830 M-T log handler. Vice President Mark Wilber asked his experienced team for their opinions before the order was placed. “I might be writing the check, but you guys are buying the machine,” he told
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them. “They have to buy in to repairing and maintaining it, driving it,” Wilber adds. “Everything we do, we try to involve the team as much as possible so they’re on board when the equipment comes in.” The mill operates a single shift to produce more than 30MMBF of premium lumber products per year. They specialize in wane-free lumber with about 60% of production in 2 in. premium spruce. Another 25% of production is premium decking. Specialty products include beams up to 4x10 for log homes, as well as wood siding and square timbers. The yard is open seven days a week, around the clock, for log deliveries. The new Sennebogen was acquired to pick, move and stack inventory, while also loading the mill’s infeed. According to Wilber, log handling was formerly taken on by two tandem log trucks with loaders on them. The log loader improved safety and productivity in the yard, but the loader was challenged by the heavy loads of the tri-axle log trailer it was required to pull. As part of Elmsdale’s continuous improvement practice, the team continued to demo alternative equipment. This led them to Terry Pickard, the Sennebogen specialist at the area’s Strongco dealership. Pickard introduced them to the 830 M-T model. “A fully loaded trailer will weigh upwards of 90,000 lb. (40,800 kg),” Pickard notes. “Most loaders aren’t built for that. Sennebogen modified its standard undercarriage for the M-T model to handle severe pulling stresses and then equipped it with dual transmissions to maintain tractive effort on uneven and soft surfaces.” The undercarriage of the M-T was a key factor in Elmsdale’s evaluations. “We looked at the maintenance issues on our old machine and most were directly related to the driveline,” Wilber says. They demo’ed other log handlers, but were enticed by Sennebogen’s robust drive system. They also had the opportunity to visit other mills that had recently purchased a Sennebogen. “With this information and seeing it in operation, we got a much more comfortable feeling that the Sennebogen drivetrain will outlast others in the market,” Wilber says. “Our yard is in pretty good shape, but you do have some ‘slip and grab.’ The two transmissions are definitely the way to go.”
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MACHINERYROW Caterpillar Teams With Ritchie Bros. Ritchie Bros., the large industrial auctioneer and equipment distributor, and Caterpillar Inc. announced an alliance for Ritchie Bros. to become Caterpillar’s preferred global partner for live onsite and online auctions with respect to used Caterpillar equipment, and for Ritchie Bros. to complement Caterpillar’s existing dealer channels. Ritchie Bros. will provide Caterpillar and its dealers with access to proprietary auction platforms, software and other value-added services. The strategic alliance is expected to strengthen Ritchie Bros.’ relationship with Caterpillar’s independent dealers by providing enhanced and continued access to a global auction marketplace to sell used equipment.
Wisconsin’s Pioneer Becomes Barko Dealer Barko Hydraulics, LLC has added Pioneer Equipment Co. to its dealer network for all forestry equipment product lines. Located in Rhinelander, Wis., Pioneer will carry Barko equipment for Wisconsin and Michigan.
Sierra Pacific To Install Carbotech Equipment Carbotech reports it is a supplier of strategic equipment for Sierra Pacific Industries for the modernization of the sawmill in Quincy, Calif. Sierra Pacific had very specific requests regarding equipment efficiency, versatility in accepting non-standard lumber sizes and perfecting designs to ensure protection of lumber appearance. Following these requests, Carbotech demonstrated how its equipment meets these expectations. Installation of the Carbotech production line will be later this year and will include the ACCUGATE positioning system, among others. This will be the third ACCUGATE installation at Sierra Pacific this year. Next, the lumber will be passed through two Carbotech line shafts—the first in order to execute 6-28 ft. cuts, followed by a second line shaft allowing for various precision cuts thanks to six moveable saws. The outfeed of the Quincy sawmill will also be designed by Carbotech. It will be equipped with a powerful dualforks high-speed stacking system capable of stacking lumber from 1x4 to 4x12 and up to 28 ft. long. 44
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PFI Adjusts To Private Labeling Pellet Fuels Institute announced a change in the labeling system for its PFI Standards Program to accommodate the common practice of private labeling. The PFI Standards Program is a third-party accreditation program providing specifications for residential and commercial-grade pellet fuel, now representing 15 pellet manufacturing companies, among them 27 facilities. Under the new system, if a qualified pellet fuel manufacturer is working with a retailer or distributer that wishes to use a privately labeled bag that does not credit the wood pellet manufacturer, then the wood pellet producer is able to contact their inspection agency to request an additional registration number to be used specifically for private labeling purposes. The inspection agency will review the request to assure that the additional registration number is used only for the designated production facility and that the pellet fuel manufacturer will maintain control of all bag printing. Once approved, the inspec-
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tion agency will issue a new quality mark with the additional registration number to be used only on privately labeled bags. This issue was reviewed by PFI as well as by the PFI Standards Program accreditation body—the American Lumber Standards Committee (ALSC)—and as a result new provisions have been made to assure private labeling can still be private if desired by the retailer and/or distributor. PFI Standards Program participants can display the PFI Quality Mark on their pellet bags, signifying their qualification to the program requirements. This quality mark demonstrates to consumers that the product comes from a facility that submits its product to regular third party audits by an independent accredited auditing agency and testing laboratory.
84 Lumber Partners With S. Korea Builders 84 Lumber, the privately held building materials and services supplier, is partnering with two South Korean home builders—Southwest Coast Enterprise City Development Co. and Insigong—to expand
the use of wood frame housing in the country. Both builders will work with 84 Lumber on full house packages with plans and materials, including lumber, windows, siding, roofing, insulation, drywall, paint, oak stairs, hardwood flooring, and exterior and interior doors. Part of the Bosung group, the fourth largest contractor in South Korea, Southwest Coast Enterprise City Development Co. (SCECD) has embarked on the development of 2,000 wood frame single-family homes and townhouses in the SolaSeaDo golf course community. Phase one of the project will include construction of 50 model homes by mid-year 2017. The entire development is expected to be complete by April 2018. As a contractor of mainly high-rise concrete construction, SCECD is expanding to wood frame housing to give future homeowners a more modern and healthy lifestyle. Insigong will be using 84 Lumber wood frame housing products and techniques for the Sumanri Eco Village project in Hwasun-gun, South Korea. Phase one includes the completion of an outdoor deck theater
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ATLARGE and 500 cabin and tree house-style units for the project’s International Cabin Festival Village. Phase two will include development of 200 single-family homes and townhouses in the Eco Village. Construction for both is expected to begin in October 2016. As part of the project, 84 Lumber has already built and shipped two model homes from its Summerville, SC store location.
construction of a demonstration plant in La Tuque, with a defined capacity based on results obtained during Phases 1 and 2, represents Phase 3 of the project. The project aims at producing more than 200 million liters of biodiesel annually from the conversion of forest residues.
FPInnovations, BELT Look Into Biorefinery
Ensyn Corp. reports that construction has begun on a 10.5 million gallon (approximately 40 million liters) per year biocrude production facility in Port-Cartier, Quebec. The Cote Nord Project, being developed by Ensyn, Arbec Forest Products Inc. and Groupe Rémabec, is located adjacent Arbec’s sawmill on the north shore of the St. Lawrence Seaway. The project has received funding and construction is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2017. Arbec owns 12 wood processing plants in Quebec and New Brunswick, 10 of which are in partnership with Groupe Rémabec. Groupe Rémabec is a major forest products company operating in Quebec. Groupe Rémabec harvests more than 3 million m3 yearly. The palnt will convert 65,000 dry metric tons per year of slash and forest residues from local sources. The biocrude will be sold to customers in the Northeastern U.S. and in Eastern Canada for heating purposes and as a renewable
FPInnovations and Bioénergie La Tuque (BELT) announced the signing of a collaborative agreement, the main purpose of which is to lead to the installation of a biorefinery facility in Quebec supplied with forest residues. The agreement has an initial term of four years and consists of three phases. The first phase includes assessing the technical and economic feasibility of the biorefinery project and confirming the availability of biomass at a competitive cost, identifying technological bottlenecks in the most promising process lines, and determining an acceptable technical and economical level of risk. Phase 2 of the agreement includes a detailed evaluation of the technologies identified in Phase 1; this phase will be assigned specifically to FPInnovations’ research teams, in collaboration with BELT and the developing regional bioeconomy/bioenergy chair at UQTR. The
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Forest Residue Will Feed Biocrude Plant
feedstock for petroleum refineries for the production of low carbon transportation fuels.
Drax Biomass Earns SBP Certificates The first Sustainable Biomass Partnership (SBP) certificates issued by SCS Global Services (SCS), a third-party certifier, were presented to Drax Biomass Inc. for its Morehouse BioEnergy (Bastrop, La.) and Amite BioEnergy (Gloster, Miss.) wood pellet manufacturing facilities in the Southeast. This certification follows the announcement that SBP had approved SCS as its newest certification body. The Drax Biomass Amite and Morehouse facilities are each equipped to produce up to 450,000 metric tons of wood pellets each year. The wood is southern yellow pine sourced primarily from nearby privately-owned working forests. The assessment by SCS included a comprehensive evaluation of each stage of the sourcing and manufacturing process, as well as an audit of Drax Biomass’s Baton Rouge Transit storage and shipping facility.
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carriage for excellent ground clearance. It comes standard with a factory built forestry cab with excellent all-around visibility, including a standard rear-view camera. Boom, arm, cylinder and side guards help to minimize damage and machine downtime. Visit doosanequipment.com.
Carbon-Graphite In response to a growing demand for a larger Doosan log loader, a third model was recently added to the lineup. The heavy-duty DX380LL-5 log loader is a new machine size for Doosan to better serve forestry professionals for shovel logging and log-loading tasks. Weighing approximately 112,000 lbs., it is the first Doosan log loader in this size class and provides high swing torque and approximately 44' of reach at ground level. DX380LL-5 is manufactured with heavy-duty components and applicationspecific guarding to keep it running strong and to help minimize downtime. The machine is built with a high and wide under-
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Metallized Carbon Corp. offers its Metcar grades M-106 and M-400 resin impregnated carbon-graphite materials for mechanical parts that must run submerged in liquids. These materials replace oilgrease lubricated parts in submerged applications where oil-grease lubricants could dissolve, wash away, or contaminate the product being handled. Operating at temperatures up to 500˚ F, these materials are self-lubricating throughout, non-galling, self-polishing, dimensionally stable, and high in compressive strength. Rubbing or sliding parts made from these materials provide low friction and long wear life. Additionally, these materials are chemically resistant to
all liquids except for extremely strong oxidizing acids and alkalis. The M-400 and M-106 materials are ideally suited for a variety of uses, including: bearings, mechanical seal primary rings, radial seal rings, vanes, rotors, end plates, and slide plates. Visit metcar.com.
Horizontal Resaw The current popularity of a “rustic” sawn surface on products such as side cladding boards has created a new market for the Stenner horizontal band resaw range. In maximizing productivity a single horizontal machine is installed “in-line” behind a molder. Both parallel and angled boards can be produced with equal ease. The key advantage is that the molder can be set to produce a double profile which is then split at the resaw thereby increasing molder capacity. Stenner already has existing lines of this type in operation using its MHS9 (36" pulleys), MHS10 (42") and MHS12 (48"). Visit sales@stenner.co.uk
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For the last 29 years, Autolog has been a leader in the lumber industry with systems sold throughout Canada, the US and Europe. We continually innovate in the design of process control systems and optimization for the industry. Are you looking for a new challenge and would like to join a family oriented company that you can settle down with? If so, we have a job for you! We are presently looking to hire a talented Wood Products Processing Expert located in the Southern USA. Come innovate with us! Visit our website at www.autolog.com for the complete job description. 8644
Recruiting Services Executive – Managerial – Technical - Sales
T.R Miller Mill Company, Inc. Vice President Operations SUMMARY: Directs and manages key functions and personnel that support ongoing operations, including purchasing, transportation, and inventory management; Coordinates production planning and material flow to optimize both production and sales; develops and coordinates site plans for overall capital needs to improve operational competitiveness; Recognizes and helps bring to resolution variances to plans/budgets, inconsistencies to company policies, and employee benefits managements; identifies industry best practices and implements strategies to achieve. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES PURCHASING AND PROCUREMENT l Develops and implements purchasing strategy to provide lowest-cost supplies to operations l Ensures sound internal controls are in place and followed foe ordering, receiving and issuing payment for goods and services l Approves and tracks various site spending versus budget and targets l Develops systems to eliminate waste and non-value adding work
“Your Success Is Our Business”
TRANSPORTATION Negotiates competitive rates /contracts for all trucking and rain vendors l Establishes systems to track and minimize freight costs Inventory Management l Establishes systems to insure physical inventories balance with book inventories l Audits and approves all inventory adjustments/write-offs, including raw materials, in-process materials, finishes materials, and obsolete inventories
Serving the Wood Products and Building Materials Industries For more than 21 years.
PRODUCTION PLANNING l Coordinates daily, weekly, monthly, and annual production and sales planning schedules for all division l Identifies variances to plans/budgets/schedules and helps lead resolutions
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Toll Free 1-800-536-3884 www.johngandee.com Austin, Texas
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Michael Strickland & Associates, LLC Executive Recruiters Wood Products/Building Materials Industries Mike Strickland mike@woodproductjobs.com 601-529-2157 • www.woodproductjobs.com Fees paid by employer
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Expanding mill in Tuscumbia, AL is seeking candidate with exp selling green hwd, green pine and KDHT SYP pallet lumber. Competitive salary + comm based on exp. Health Ins, 401(k) w/ match, PTO.
Send resume to: hr.dept@simsbark.com or fax to 256.381.6818
CAPITAL AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT Coordinates the development and tracking for all Capital (annual and five- year plans) l Coordinates capital and maintenance for ground, office buildings, roads, utility systems etc. l Identifies industry best practices and action plans to achieve l
OTHER Leads development of annual operating budget and targets l Tracking spending and productivity for each operating division l Negotiates competitively- priced insurance coverage’s and employee benefits plans l Assists President in recognizing inconsistencies and variances to company policies, plans, and objectives l Resources managers to help acquire resources to address and correct problems, and insures the ongoing pursuit of continuous operational improvement l
APPLY Interested candidates should email their CV to Michael J Baty Jr: mbaty@trmillermill.com Tel: 001 251-867-1249 Web: http://www.trmillermill.com/
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Management Recruiters of Houston Northeast
Recruiting and Staffing George Meek
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Gates Copeland 281-359-7940 • fax 866-253-7032
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GREENWOOD KILN STICKS
Contact Us Office 541.760.5086 Cell 541.760.7173 Fax 971.216.4994 www.acculine-rails.com george@acculine-rails.com
•Precision Laser Alignment • Machining and Grinding • Carriage and Bandmill Alignment 489
Importers and Distributors of Tropical Hardwood Kiln Sticks “The lowest cost per cycle” GW Industries www.gwi.us.com
Dennis Krueger 866-771-5040
Jackie Paolo 866-504-9095
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• Rails straightened & ground in-place at a fraction of the cost of rail replacement • No down time for the mill • Restores carriage rails to optimum sawing efficiency
LATE MODEL LOGGING EQUIPMENT FOR SALE!
Komatsu & Timbco Processors JD & Timberjack Forwarders Western Star & Kenworth Semis Trailers, Vehicles, Tools & More. Bid Online - Online Auction H&Y Auctions: 715-418-1200 www.hyauctions.com WI Reg Auc Lic #41 13041
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WOOD PRODUCTS marketplace NORTH AMERICA
■ Minnesota
■ Tennessee
■ United States
STACKING STICKS
FOR SALE
■ Georgia
AIR-O-FLOW profiled & FLAT sticks available Imported & Domestic
Beasley Forest Products, Inc. P.O. Box 788 Hazlehurst, GA 31539 beasleyforestproducts.com
DHM Company - Troy, TN 38260 731-538-2722 Fax: 707-982-7689 email: kelvin@kilnsticks.com www.KILNSTICKS.com
Manufactures Kiln-Dried 4/4 Red and White Oak, Poplar, Ash and Cypress Contact: Linwood Truitt Phone (912) 253-9000 / Fax: (912) 375-9541 linwood.truitt@beasleyforestproducts.com
Pallet components, X-ties, Timbers and Crane Mats Contact: Ray Turner Phone (912) 253-9001 / Fax: (912) 375-9541 ray.turner@beasleyforestproducts.com
■ North Carolina Cook Brothers Lumber Co., Inc.
■ Indiana Manufacturer of Appalachian Hardwood Lumber LEONARD COOK, Sales (828) 524-4857 • cell: (828) 342-0997 residential: (828) 369-7740 P.O. Box 699 • Frankin, NC 28744 NATIONAL HARDWOOD LUMBER ASSOCIATION
Next closing: January 5, 2017 ■ Kentucky HAROLD WHITE LUMBER, INC. MANUFACTURER OF FINE APPALACHIAN HARDWOODS
(606) 784-7573 • Fax: (606) 784-2624 www.haroldwhitelumber.com
Ray White
Domestic & Export Sales rwhite@haroldwhitelumber.com
Green & Kiln Dried, On-Site Export Prep & Loading Complete millworks facility, molding, milling & fingerjoint line
Buyers & Wholesalers We produce quality 4/4 - 8/4 Appalachian hardwoods • Red Oak, White Oak, Poplar •
Green Lumber: Air Dried, Kiln Dried Timbers & Crossties • Hickory, Sycamore, Beech, Gum & Elm • Custom Cut Timbers: Long lengths and wide widths
WANT TO GET YOUR AD IN OUR NEXT MARKETPLACE? Call or email Melissa McKenzie 334-834-1170 melissa@hattonbrown.com
Sales/Service: 336-746-5419
336-746-6177 (Fax) • www.kepleyfrank.com
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MARCH 2017
4-6—Arkansas Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Chancellor Hotel, Fayetteville, Ark. Call 501-374-2441; visit arkforests.org.
1-2—California Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Napa, Calif. Call 916-444-6592; visit calforests.org.
5-7—North Carolina Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Grove Park Inn & Resort, Asheville, NC. Call 919-834-3943; visit ncforestry.org.
8-10—National Wooden Pallet & Container Assn. annual meeting, Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, Tucson, Ariz. Call 703-519-6104; visit palletcentral.com.
7-9—Paul Bunyan Show, Guernsey Co. Fairgrounds, Cambridge, Ohio. Call 614-497-9580; visit ohioforest.org.
22-24—Hardwood Manufacturers Assn. 2017 National Conference & Expo, The Francis Marion Hotel, Charleston, SC. Call 412-244-0440; visit hardwoodinfo.com or hmamembers.org.
8-12—Wood Processing Machinery & Intermob Fair, Tüyap Fair Convention and Congress Center, Istanbul, Turkey. Call +90 212 867 11 00; visit intermobistanbul.com/en. 9-11—Oregon Forest Industries Council annual meeting, Sunriver Resort, Sunriver, Ore. Call 503-371-2942; visit ofic.com. 18-20—Mississippi Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Hilton, Jackson, Miss. Call 601-354-4936; visit msforestry.net. 19-21—Southern Forest Products Assn. annual meeting, Williamsburg, Va. Call 504-443-4464; visit sfpa.org.
APRIL 2017 4-6—Kentucky Forest Industries Assn. annual meeting, Embassy Suites, Lexington, Ky. Call 502-695-3979; visit kfia.org. Listings are submitted months in advance. Always verify dates and locations with contacts prior to making plans to attend.
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NOVEMBER 2-4—South Carolina Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Wild Dunes, Isle of Palms, SC. Call 803-798-4170; visit scforestry.org. 4—American Lumber Standard Committee annual meeting, San Antonio, Tex. Call 301-972-1700; visit alsc.org. 10-11—Mid America Lumbermens Assn. annual meeting, Hilton Promenade, Branson, Mo. Call 816-561-5323; visit themla.com.
JANUARY 2017 16-17—Northwestern Lumber Assn. annual meeting, DoubleTree by Hilton, Bloomington, Minn. Call 763-544-6822; visit nlassn.org.
FEBRUARY 2017 23-26—Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers annual meeting, Boca Raton, Fla. Call 336-885-8315; visit appalachianwood.org. 54
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