Coe Newnes/McGehee
Coe Newnes/McGehee has developed solutions to meet
the demand to process smaller logs quickly and efficiently. At a mill in
Dartmoore, Australia, the SL2500
Small Log System processes whole logs
to boards in a single pass, at feed speeds up to 100 mpm. Logs can range
from 2.5 to six metres in length, with a maximum diameter of 25 mm. Logs
pass through a 3D scanner that sends the log data to an optimizer
capable of producing shape sawing solutions to obtain the maximum
recovery. The optimized board solution may have a maximum width of 205
mm with narrower profiled boards on top and bottom of the stack. The
SL2500 offers varying configurations to meet the requirements of almost
any operation dealing with logs of 3-1/2” to 12” diameter and seven to
20’ long. Its unique profiling section produces a wide variety of
products in a single pass. It has the ability to profile and saw
compound/complex curves, efficiently producing ready-to-trim lumber. An
additional saw section can produce side boards. The SL2500 features the
unique, patented RoboGang vertical arbor curve sawing gang. The single
true-shape scanner makes the rotation and cut decisions. The vertical
four-roll turner accurately turns the logs “horns” down. Side chipping
heads produce high quality chips, and create a superior surface finish
on the piece. Profiling allows top and bottom boards to be offset, if
needed. Logs are shape sawn to suit the sweep of each log.
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Optimil
Optimil Machinery’s small log break-down system, featuring
double-length or extended length infeeds, is designed to rotate and hold
the log in position for optimum recovery. Log position is determined by
Optimil’s auto rotation scanner. To hold the log in place, Optimil uses
two pairs of spiked rolls, which are controlled by linear position with
air cushions. A benefit of their system is the flare reducer heads,
which help remove the flare butts before the scanner. These infeed
systems are used to feed logs into Optimil’s two-sided canters with
sharp chains or four-sided canters for further log breakdown. These
“state-of-the-art” infeed systems feature skew/slue and tilt to maximize
the recovery required on today’s modern sawmills. Optimil small log
canter systems have the capability of processing over 1,000/ logs per
hour at feed rates of over 700 fpm. The Optimil small log systems can
process logs from 2-1/2” to 30” in diameter.
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Inotech
Specially designed to process small and very small logs,
Inotech’s Quad is an innovative machine built to deliver: squared lumber
with precise dimensions and incomparable sawn surfaces quality; and high
quality wood chips, which is a very important aspect of processing small
logs. The feeding mechanism has been
designed to centre and hold the log
while processing, so the results are dramatic: a sharp decrease of
braking and splitting while processing the log in the machine. The Quad
can be fed with sorted logs, or unsorted logs with scan/set system. It
can also be equipped with a “dimensions self-control” which is a
closed-loop system—a new feature in the lumber industry. The machine
offers unique features like the Monohull chipping heads, intelligent
design to ease the service on the machine, horsepower balanced for the
operation, and logs processed without log turner. Inotech offers Quad-4
for 2x2 and 2x3 production and Quad-24 for cant production up to 4x4.
Quad can process logs as small as 1.5’’(4 cm) in diameter and deliver
high quality saleable products—lumber and wood chips.
This machine is one of the less expensive in the market, assuring the
sawmill’s owner the best return of investment by the shortest period of
return. www.inotechfabrication.com Reader Service Card #7052
USNR
The Vertical Shape Saw (VSS) System is a mill-proven innovation
that is fast becoming the shape-sawing solution of choice. The VSS can
achieve higher yields with greater throughput than either traditional
fixed arbor systems or horizontal
arbor shape sawing systems. The system
is designed to process up to 16 to 20 pieces per minute at feed speeds
up to 550 fpm, depending on species and size. In a single pass, the VSS
System transforms a bucked log into boards ready for trimming, sorting,
and drying. With optional profiling chipping heads, only sideboards need
to go to the edger. The entire VSS System runs automatically, requiring
only a single operator, from bucked logs to boards. The system doesn’t
release cants until after the last cut, minimizing the chances of jams
and other problems that the operator must fix. A recent installation at
Dunkley Lumber’s new sawmill in Hixon, British Columbia features the VSS
equipped with top and bottom profiling chip heads. Instead of a
quad-roll log turner and extended length infeed, Dunkley’s small log
line uses another USNR innovation: the Knuckle Turner Infeed. The
Knuckle Turner Infeed is a compact piece of machinery that can
simultaneously rotate, slew and skew logs for optimum sawing
orientation. Combined with the VSS, the Knuckle Turner Infeed
dramatically reduces the real estate required for a small log breakdown
line. www.usnr.com Reader Service Card #7053
HewSaw
The R200 Plus was
designed based on customers’ increased requirements. Its rugged
construction now answers the industry’s demanding expectations of high
feed speeds and production volumes. The R200 Plus offers speed and
flexibility
while maintaining the superior capabilities in curve sawing,
recovery and compact size. Operators will appreciate the 70-200 m/min.
standard line speed, variable chip length, no motor size restrictions
and scan ’n’ set with short log gaps. It has a cant width of 70 to 200
mm, and height of 60 to 255 mm. The R200 Plus can handle logs from
80-350 mm, and features optimized edgings, optimizing of independent
edged board sizes and position with 3D scanning and controlled curve
swing. The R200 Plus has thick steel plate construction and stainless
steel chipper heads. And the chipper head cover opens automatically and
the service platform is hydraulically placed in position for easy
maintenance. The easy operating machine is sound proof, dust proof, and
its attachment sub frame makes installation easier.
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Anderson Ventures
Anderson Ventures Ltd has over 30 years of
experience inventing and fabricating special high production machines
for the value-added wood industry, as well as traditional equipment. The
company offers an automatic short wood loader specifically designed for
use with the AVL-2000 End Dog. The End Dog comes in six models – the
AVL-2001 on up to the AVL-2006. The End Dog features independent end
dogging, an all steel frame and hydraulic variable speed drive. It can
handle logs from 10’ to 17’ in length and 14” to 18” in diameter. The
maximum thickness between cuts is 16” to 12” and the minimums range from
1.75” to 1.5”. Options include the log loader, a 90-degree log-turning
device and PLC adaptability. Reader Service Card #7055
Comact
Comact innovates again with its famous DDM family of products.
Comact presents the new DDM-SBP (Side Board and Profiler). Mills can now
get the DDM technology
producing side boards in the primary part of the
breakdown and profiling the cant. This medium log processor is a single
true shape scanner machine—the whole process is controlled by a single
scanner. After scanning the log, the system executes the opto-rotation
and the log is then centred into a compact step chain infeed. The first
breakdown equipments are canter and circular twin or quad configuration.
After the side board is removed, the centre cant is processed in the DDM
type curve sawing and profiling equipment. The entire process is fully
optimized and quick, with optimized profiling and thin kerf sawing. The
machine keeps entire control of the log all the way through the process.
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Sawquip
In processing small diameter material, log and cant
positioning has a strong impact on lumber recovery—where there is little
room for error. Mis-positioning causes
down-graded and down-sized lumber
products. Sawquip uses established elements of its four-head canters,
profilers and curve sawing gang edgers to provide a high recovery
sawline, with individual machining centres to eliminate log instability
and mis-orientation at high feed rates. Sawquip uses established
elements of its CCO infeed, steering (articulating) chipping heads,
real-time cant profiler and curve sawing thin kerf gang for a true
controlled single pass system. Individual processing centres (versus
compact four-head machines) permit the full use of 3D scan data in “real
time” to follow the optimized cutting path determined for each log and
each cant. The increase length required is easily justified by the
higher recoveries achieved over four-head systems.
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Valley Machine
Valley Machine Works Ltd manufactures various small
log-processing machines for various applications. The twin saw systems
have single pass or multiple pass capabilities and can be furnished
complete with automatic log turning and saw positioning. Valley Machine
Works has been manufacturing sawmill machinery for over 20 years for
both softwood and hardwood applications and is capable of supplying
complete sawmills. www.valleymachine.com Reader Service Card #7058
Micromill
The modular sawmill and pole rounding systems were
developed to answer the needs of small and medium sized mills who wanted
to process small logs. The Micromill is a primary breakdown machine
using four chipping heads to square the logs and double arbor saws to
further process the cant in a single pass. The Micromill is an
economical solution that can be operated and maintained with a minimum
of trained personnel. Its modular design also allows for simple and
quick relocation. The mill is available in either diesel or electric
powered units and the diesel unit is completely standalone, which makes
it particularly attractive to mills in remote areas or for setting up on
roadside landings. The Micromill is capable of processing up to 10,000
plus board feet per hour depending on the quality of the logs and
sorting. Both models will handle logs from 4” to 13” producing cants of
3”x3” to 8.5”x8.5” and are capable of cutting all softwood species and
most hardwoods. Its proven technology has made it a market leader and a
total of 32 mills have been manufactured and sold around the world The
company currently serves clients in the United States, Australia, New
Zealand, Canada, Latvia, Japan, and Russia.
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One-Stop Internet Point for Wood Product Information
A large number of businesses, including equipment, engineering, and
construction companies, market their products to the wood products
industry in a variety of ways. But one company, Wood Products Solutions
Inc (WPSI: www.wpsi.ca on the Internet), has created a medium in which
wood products personnel can do a majority of their product research in a
less expensive and more productive manner. WPSI is the Kelowna-based
subsidiary of Pederson Management Ltd. Pederson Management has over 25
years experience in project design and management, as well as sawmill
and woodlands management experience. Lloyd Pederson’s vision for WPSI
first took shape when he realized it had become more difficult to
explain how complicated technologies function in the workplace.
Due to
safety reasons, guards and fences often obstruct a clear view of the
inner-workings of equipment. As well, it is often difficult for wood
products personnel to envision how a number of pieces of equipment or a
new facility will operate. His solution: a combination of sophisticated
and technically accurate animations, video and graphics to provide a
clear and visual representation of the technology. Once he implemented
and saw the success of these animations, he decided to create a central
location that would enable vendors to display existing and emerging
technologies to customers. High speed Internet now allows WPSI to offer
real value to both vendors and customers with a highly graphical
website. The main focus of the website is to provide a central location
for vendors to showcase their products and a place for the end-users to
gather information.
This may sound very similar to what other websites
have to offer but the comparison stops there, according to the company. WPSI utilizes more comprehensive animations, video and graphics than
other advertising media. The user is better able to quickly evaluate a
large number of products and services and then has the option of
contacting a particular vendor of the equipment, supply or service
directly. The site is set up in sectors of the wood products industry
(i.e. lumber or reman). This allows the users to only view items
concerning their specific sector. The site also has defined geographical
regions. This is to allow the user to restrict the vendor search to
vendors that provide equipment and services to the user’s region. The
user can select all regions to view all the vendors worldwide.
WPSI has
also included sections beneficial to the user such as technical data
pages, industry events and a glossary. The technical data pages are
designed to help with day-to-day operations within the wood products
industry (i.e. saw calculators, knife mark calculators, or metric
conversion calculators). WPSI also provides animation services to the
manufacturers of equipment. These are used by the vendors as sales and
training tools. One of the goals behind these animations has been to
make them as realistic and as accurate as possible. To achieve this,
WPSI works closely with the manufacturer, using original detailed CAD
drawings and consulting with the client to accurately reproduce the
look, feel and range of motion of each piece of machinery. Reader
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