WOOD YARD SECTION

AIROFLEX

Airoflex has been building equipment since 1947 and has dumpers still in operation after 35 plus years. No other company can make that claim. When you purchase an Airoflex standard pivot or extended arm truck dumper, trailer tipper, receiving hopper, or hydraulic cylinder, you know you are buying proven quality. Airoflex dumpers and hoppers have 100% bolted connections, pre-fit and match marked in our shop to ensure ease of installation. This attention to detail significantly reduces installation costs, time, and resources. The bolted connections allow for easy field replacement in the event of damage or wear. We also employ a highly trained crew of AWS certified welders and in-house quality inspectors that monitor fabrication processes to ensure compliance with our customers’ product specifications. After-sale customer service is our commitment. Airoflex offers start-up and commissioning services, a large inventory of spare parts, service legs for ease in maintenance, cylinder rebuild and repair, and inspection and testing assistance when required. Search our large, in-stock inventory for pins, pin eyes, pusher pins, pivot bearings, sleeves, adjustable packing glands, packings, and replacement cylinders for the main dumper, backstop, pit doors, and wheel locks.

Airoflex products have been installed throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Central America, South America, and in the Middle and Far East for industries such as biomass, pulp and paper, energy generation, co-generation, rendering, and recycling industries.

CW MILL

CW Mill Equipment Co., Inc. has been building grinders for over 40 years, and strives to advance its best grinder status through added efficiency, torque, proven production, reliability, visible quality, durability, solid value, and customer service. CW originally began building hay grinders for the agriculture industry but as we began to see the shift in government regulation for landfills, burn bans, etc., we saw the need for a higher quality heavier duty industrial wood grinder. We’ve been responding to the wants and needs of several industries ever since such as the wood waste industry, disaster recovery, biomass fuel industry, and scrap tire industry. When it came to industrial wood grinding, we started from the ground up with a specific goal to take on the toughest applications. We knew that our goal would drive us to manufacture the most reliable, highest capacity tub and horizontal grinder on the market, and we did it with the creation of HogZilla.

HogZilla Grinders are used for waste reduction, recycling, disaster recovery after storms, land clearing, construction demolition debris, tires, or any other tough grinding application.

HogZilla tub and horizontal grinders have been continuously improved over the years, and CW now offers over 20 HogZilla grinder models for buyers to customize ranging from mid-sized to massive including self-propelled track driven and self-loading units and can be powered by either diesel or electric power.

As the cost of diesel fuel has increased, electric powered grinders have become the grinder of choice for an increasing number of grinding professionals over the past several years. If your operation can be laid out and organized around a centralized location, you certainly owe it to yourself to research an electric powered HogZilla.

Of course, there are operations where a stationary machine simply will not work. Portable wheeled machines along with track mounted HogZilla grinders are available with numerous options and are built specifically how you want the machine built. A portable wheeled machine is simple to move around a job site.

We know customers businesses depend on a reliable machine with increased efficiency, reduced maintenance, heavy duty construction, and simplicity. Our customer service and parts support speak for itself, and our customers can attest to that.

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EVERGREEN ENGINEERING

For more than three decades, Evergreen Engineering has offered the best possible range of knowledge and capabilities to address retrofit, expansion, and new construction for wood processing projects. We design new safety systems, develop new environmental controls, install power generation and distribution, and improve processes, helping mills across North America remain competitive with greater safety, recovery and speed. Our projects have included a sawmill upgrade that involved a new stacking system, new head rig infeed system, log yard layouts, new scanning layout, and preliminary design bark and bucking system; a sawmill redesign involving a rebuilt log processing system, additional re-saws and edgers, and a total reconfiguration of the mill waste system; and a log yard optimization project.

For this project, we installed a large and small log high recovery merchandising system and a whole log chipping system. The systems supported both a random length sawmill and a stud mill. The systems included large log, small log, and chip log infeed decks; log processing optimization; residual conveying and chip production; and chip screening and storage systems.

Evergreen’s project scope included civil, structural, and mechanical design and drafting for the log optimization area, chip log infeed deck, chip log handling system, and residual conveying system for the optimization and chip log area. Miscellaneous foundations and structures, such as foundations for a gantry crane and pneumatic conveyor support structures, were also included.

Evergreen is a full-service consulting engineering company, serving the wood products industry since 1985. Our staff comprises mechanical, civil/structural, electrical/controls, environmental, and chemical engineers, designers, and drafters. We can deploy all project phases from planning through construction, including scheduling, feasibility studies, preliminary engineering, capital estimates, detail engineering, process design, environmental permitting, purchasing, commissioning and start-up assistance, and project management.

FMW

At FMW, we believe that process consistency creates process efficiency. It is a fact that mills benefit when maximizing consistency at the beginning of the process. The homogenization provided by blended-bed stacker/reclaimer technology contributes benefits that are unheard of in other means of chip handling. The result is a high return for your investment and years of exemplary process benefits. The blended-bed stacker/reclaimer is the flagship of FMW’s product line. Having developed this pioneering technology in the 1970s, FMW has delivered more machines than all other suppliers combined. Recognized as the world’s undisputed leader for the supply of chip storage and reclaim systems, many of the most respected companies in the forest products industry are FMW repeat customers. To maintain our technological lead, FMW works relentlessly to improve its products. These product enhancement efforts are led by dedicated R&D engineers whose sole function is continuous improvement. We routinely work with industry partners to evaluate ideas under actual production conditions. Everything that we learn from these efforts, and through the experience of our installed systems, is immediately incorporated into the latest generation of FMW stacker/reclaimers. In 2020, FMW North America was incorporated with the goal of simplifying the customer-supplier interface while providing our customers with local and immediate support. Later that year, we opened our new parts and service center to better meet our customer needs for the quick and reliable delivery of parts. These developments, along with our team of North American and European service engineers, have made our responsiveness even better than you have come to expect.

There is so much more to say, but the fact is that FMW has developed an outstanding reputation for innovation, engineering, quality, and customer service during its 60 years in business. When considering chip handling projects, whether individual machines or complete systems, give us a call. At FMW, we are your engineers of progress.

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FULGHUM INDUSTRIES

For over 65 years, Fulghum Industries has provided quality equipment to the forest products industry. Our organization has endeavored to meet the needs of the forest products market by constantly paying attention to detail, quality and innovations in technology. Our first product, the rosserhead debarker was the result of the lumber industry’s need for effective debarking to convert slabs and edgings into usable wood fiber. This simple machine has forever changed the operation of sawmills and pulp mills alike by providing economical furnish from what was once waste. Soon after the first rosserhead, Fulghum realized the industry’s need for a high-quality chipper. Today, Fulghum chippers are recognized worldwide as among the very best in the industry. In the mid 1970s, Fulghum recognized a need to revamp its product line. This heralded the development and manufacture of the Fulghum drum debarker and log handling crane. From this beginning our organization has grown to provide a diverse product line including equipment ranging in size and purpose from 48-in. chippers to 175 ft. radius log handling cranes.

Our innovation and expansion have never stopped. Along with updates in our product line, Fulghum has been keenly aware of concept evaluation and testing. In 1965, Fulghum was among the first to recognize the need for remote chipping facilities. This requirement was met by a succession of early experimental concepts that developed into the Fulghum satellite chip mill. Examples of these systems are now in operation for such widely known organizations as Georgia-Pacific, International Paper, Weyerhaeuser, WestRock, Nelson Pine Ltd. (New Zealand), and Forico (Tasmania), among others.

The Fulghum 45-ton log crane is our latest effort to expand our offerings to the forest products industry. This new crane, combined with our 14 ft. drum debarker and 120 in. 14 knife chipper has created a higher production system incorporating the same Fulghum standards and economies realized in our time-tested systems. Today, as always, Fulghum Industries stands committed to providing the finest degree of goods and services to the forest products industry.

METAL DETECTORS, INC.

Metal Detectors, Inc. (MDI) has strived to create superior technology and exceed expectations in the industrial metal detection sector for nearly 60 years. A family business four generations strong, we continue to set the industry standard while simultaneously expanding into different fields of application.

One of the oldest metal detector manufacturers in North America, MDI has a reputation for superior, long-lasting and effective metal detection equipment. Our professional sales and service staff have over 150 years

of combined experience in metal detecting solutions.

MDI designs and manufactures metal detectors for industrial applications and process solutions; primarily protecting expensive machinery and ensuring product purity, in the effort to optimize line efficiency. An MDI system will help to prevent costly downtime and repairs due to tramp metal entering a product line or conveying system, quickly paying for itself and more.

We are proud to highlight our newest line of metal detectors, the 5000-X Series systems. These systems have the tried and true characteristics of our previous models but feature our latest innovations in metal detection technology. One such advancement is our MDI View-Link technology that allows for remote start-up assistance, programming and troubleshooting for any MDI metal detector that it accompanies.

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RAWLINGS

With over 45 years of experience in the forest and sawmill related industries, Rawlings Wood Hogs have delivered a reputation for durability, high performance and reliability. As proven leader in wood grinding technology, Rawlings assists our customers with the design of custom wood recovery systems to meet our client’s specific processing needs and budget. Rawlings Wood Hogs come in all shapes and sizes, we offer a complete line up of different sizes of both vertical and horizontal hogs to fit any application; from simple stand-alone vertical hogs, to complete multi-dimensional grinding systems. Add a wide variety of available options, and you’ve got the flexibility to customize the perfect wood recovery system. Each system can be designed with work platform decks, choice of belt, chain, vibrating in-feed and out-feed conveyors, metal or magnet protection and product screening that allows the customer to protect their investment while producing a high- quality consistent end product.

The Rawlings Wood Hogs is recognized in the industry as the “Green Monster Hog” and provides the crushing and shearing power needed to handle really tough jobs like green waste, cypress, redwood, cedar, black spruce, poplar and a wide range of other stringy and fibrous material. Each machine is equipped with the Rawlings Super Hi-Inertia solid steel rotor. With the increased inertia of the solid steel rotor our machine runs at lower RPMs than our competitors resulting in overall savings of electricity and maintenance costs. The machines are tolerant of contaminants, rocks and metal without catastrophic maintenance costs if metal enters the grinding chamber.

VERMEER

To help reduce the likelihood of major machine damage caused by certain metal contaminants entering the hammermill, Vermeer has introduced the damage defense system—an option now available for tub and horizontal grinders. If the mill comes in contact with metal while grinding, damage defense system will alert the grinder control and automatically initiate the shutdown process. The system idles the engine down, reverses the infeed or tub and disengages the clutch. Once the contaminant is cleared, normal operation can resume. “The optional damage defense system is ideal for any tub or horizontal grinder operation that may encounter metal mixed in their incoming material,” says Jeff Bradley, product manager for recycling and forestry equipment at Vermeer. “The system can be factory-installed on new Vermeer grinders, and is available as a refitted option for many older Vermeer grinder models.”

The Vermeer Damage Defense system uses exclusive technology to reduce the possibility of severe damage when large metal objects enter the hammermill, and operators can easily adjust the sensitivity settings for jobsite conditions to help reduce nuisance shutdowns. It is integrated into the grinder’s controls system, and features robust components and a weather-resistant box.

WEST SALEM

West Salem Machinery (WSM) is a leading manufacturer of grinding, crushing, milling, and screening machinery for biomass fiber, fuel preparation, and other processing applications. Superior componentry and maintenance friendly features deliver the tough, severe-duty equipment that plant managers rely on to keep their facility operating. l WSM Horizontal And Vertical Grinders/Crushers: Made of the highest quality materials with severe-duty construction for primary and secondary processing of biomass and waste materials. Built to provide a long wear life with low maintenance. Design features insure maximum production with minimum maintenance expense. Full range of machine sizes with capacities ranging from 1-150 TPH.

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l WSM Super Shredders: These machines are truly massive shredding machines designed for the highest capacity processing requirements. Mill-duty construction delivers 24/7 operation while producing premium quality feedstock. High tip-speed for consistent fiber sizing, increased screen area for maximum through-put, and flexible/interchangeable tooling with replaceable tips. Super Shredders are efficient and durable, built for the toughest applications. l WSM 4400 Series Hammermills: Widely used by some of the largest pellet producers to create finished fiber in dry milling applications. Field-proven and reliable, these high capacity milling machines provide superior “fine grind” processing and uniform particle sizing. Rugged design and construction provide reliable operation, low maintenance and long machinery life. l WSM Screens: Our complete line of screening machines includes disc screens, vibrating screens, oscillating screens, and our revolutionary Titan trommel screens. A full range of screening machines provide the best screen for every classification requirement. l WSM Systems: WSM can supply metering bins, magnetics, support structures, access platforms, discharge conveyors, and fully integrated systems. In-house design and engineering services ensure complete system integration. Along with engineered systems, we offer project management and start-up assistance.

As a family owned and operated business for over 75 years, WSM has a long reputation for supplying rugged and reliable processing machinery, proudly manufactured in the U.S.

WOLF MATERIAL HANDLING

Wolf Material Handling Systems is a leading designer and supplier of fuel yard systems for the biomass power and conversion, pulp and paper, power generation, gasification, resource recovery, mining, chemical, manufacturing & recycling, and other industries that require material handling. Wolf MHS provides complete in-house design, engineering, manufacturing, assembly, and installation for systems using conveyance, stacking, reclaiming, truck dumpers, receiving hoppers and ash/biochar receiving, handling, storage, and removal. Wolf understands the challenges required to handle biomass and its by-products, and provide the complete process from fuel receiving, sizing, storage, reclaim and boiler feed. With a long history of delivering performance and innovation, Wolf is often considered, not just a material handling systems provider, but a technology partner in the development of projects, by providing complete inter-disciplinary systems and support beginning with the conceptual phase through commissioning.

Wolf MHS has successfully supplied the complete material handling systems for several of the largest biomass power projects in the U.S. Past projects for Wolf include a 115 MW wood waste feedstock biomass power plant (named the 2012 Biomass Project of the Year by Power Engineering) and a 100 MW wood waste feedstock biomass power plant (named a finalist for Power Engineering’s 2013 Bioenergy Project of the Year). In addition, previous projects have included wood waste, agricultural residues and other feedstocks for power generation ranging from 20 to 65 MW.

With 45 years of experience, Wolf MHS systems and equipment maximize process and production efficiency with consistent and reliable flow of materials. Each system is designed to reduce labor and maintenance costs thus consuming less power per mass unit than other alternatives. Wolf MHS is committed to offer each client a material handling solution for their specific site and process requirements. Wolf MHS’s in-house capabilities include consultation for scope definition, system design, equipment engineering, detail drawings, fabrication, assembly, inspection, start-up, and commissioning.

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