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PORTLAND EVENT CONTINUES TO EMPHASIZE VENEER-PLYWOOD s far as we’re concerned, the stretch run begins now for the Timber Processing & Energy Expo, which will be held October 15-17 at the Portland Exposition Center in Portland, Ore. Panel World magazine is one of the primary media hosts of the event. Even-numbered years are especially busy for Panel World and our staff, because in addition to TP&EE in October, you’ll recall Panel World hosted the Panel & Engineered Lumber International Conference & Expo (PELICE) this past March in Atlanta, Ga. Of course TP&EE in Portland and PELICE in Atlanta are different animals. TP&EE is more of a traditional big machinery expo, with many exhibitors consuming a lot of space and displaying pieces of machinery. TP&EE caters primarily to producers of structural panels, engineered wood products and lumber. PELICE emphasizes two days of conference sessions, while supported by a strong field of small exhibitor booths. It appeals to not only structural panel producers and engineered wood products, but also to composite board manufacturers. Many of the companies who exhibited at PELICE will be on hand in bigger space at TP&EE. However, TP&EE has expanded its “conference” offering a little bit. In 2012 TP&EE had one day of fairly abbreviated lumber and panel manufacturing sessions. This year, the Veneer & Plywood Manufacturing and Engineered Lumber Workshop will be held all day on the first day of the expo, while the Lumber Manufacturing Workshop will be held all day on the second day. You can read about the lineup of speakers for the plywood manufacturing workshop on page 28. It’s an impressive agenda, and the cost to attend the workshop is minimal. One reason we’ve expanded the workshop program is to demonstrate our intention to make TP&EE as appli-

cable to the veneer and plywood manufacturing community as the lumber manufacturing segment. If you’ll recall, the old Portland show was at its best when plywood and lumber received equal billing and attention. But in its final stages, that show tilted heavily to lumber and much of the panel industry stayed home. TP&EE had a strong showing of panel producers in 2012—our first effort as the owner and producer—and we expect an even better turnout this October. Of course our expectations are only just that, expectations. The reality will depend on you veneer and plywood producers out there showing up. We would greatly appreciate your attendance and we know you’ll enjoy yourselves. And just in case you are too busy to get around to registering, there’s a good chance you will be receiving a call from one of the members of our TP&EE Attendance Committee. They will not only remind you, but they will get you registered in the blink of an eye. So send your people, and bring yourself, to TP&EE at the Portland Expo Center. It will recharge everyone’s batteries. There’s nothing like a visit to a buzzing trade show for getting a person or a team fired up. And when you find the technology you’ve been looking for, and better yet, when you cut the deal for it on the show floor, it’s a great feeling. PW

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(Founded as P l y w o o d & P a n e l in 1960—Our 468th consecutive issue) VOLUME 55 NO. 5

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SUPPLY LINES Megtec Sold

CLIPPINGS Tolko Celebrates TP&EE 2014 Portland Show Cometh

TAKING STOCK TP&EE Workshop

UPDATE Update On Swanson

WHAT’S NEW Portland Exhibits

GEO DIRECTORY Veneer/Panel Suppliers

BOARD TALK Tom Maloney

QUALITY CONTROL Neat Technologies

PROJECTS Performance Data

COVER: ATCO Wood Products meets the challenges and achieves success at its softwood veneer operation in Fruitvale, British Columbia. Story begins on PAGE 12. (Scott Weatherford photo)

PEEL-TO-PEEL The T-Time Principle

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UPDATE MALONEY DROVE COMPOSITE BOARD INDUSTRY FORWARD

homas M. Maloney, a pioneer tended school in Raymond. He attended and leader in the development Washington State College, now WSU, and growth of the composite where he earned his Bachelors degree board industry, died on June 18, 2014 at with Honors in Industrial Arts in 1956. his home in Pullman, Wash. He was 83. He married Donna MacCallum in Seattle In 1967, Maloney founded the Inter- and they returned to Pullman where they national Symposium on Parmade their home. ticleboard & Composite Maloney had a distinMaterials at Washington guished career as a Professor State University. In 1977, of Mechanical & Materials he authored what many conEngineering at Washington sider to be the “bible” of State University. He was a composite board manufacrecognized authority on turing, “Modern Particlewood composite materials board and Dry-Process and led several projects on Fiberboard Manufacturing.” wood housing. He had more He was a long-time conthan 37 years of experience tributor to Panel World magin the field and served as Diazine, with his writings ap- Tom Maloney rector of the Wood Materials pearing in the column called & Engineering Lab at WSU “Board Talk.” from 1986 to 1995. During his career, “Tom always treated me with great Maloney visited plants and research facilfriendliness,” says Rich Donnell, edi- ities throughout the world and authored tor-in-chief of Panel World. “I always more than 400 research reports, articles marveled at the wealth of knowledge of and book chapters. our industry Tom had stored up inside. Maloney served as consultant to I felt privileged to be able to pick his many industrial firms and associations; brain from time to time. I felt even served as consultant to the United Namore special when he was planning his tions, working on projects for the Food symposium and would ask me ‘what & Agriculture Organization of the UN does the industry need to know?’ He in Rome, New Delhi, India, Beijing once told me that some people had and Shanghai. His other projects and some concerns when he first put the speaking engagements covered Cuba, subject of ‘formaldehyde’ on the pro- Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, gram. ‘We might as well talk about it,’ Germany, Italy, Sweden, Poland, YuTom responded. ‘Everybody else is.’ goslavia, France, Australia, Mexico, Tom didn’t hold back.” Brazil and Canada. He served as presiMaloney was born February 18, 1931 dent of the International Forest Prodin Raymond, Wash. and grew up and at- ucts Society and as president of the In-

SWANSON TRANSFERS SPRINGFIELD WORKERS As of late July, Swanson Group had not decided whether to rebuild its plywood mill that was destroyed by fire on the afternoon of July 17 at Springfield, Ore. CEO Steve Swanson said up to 100 employees from the Springfield plywood mill will transfer to one of the company’s other three plants—sawmills at Roseburg and Glendale, Ore. and a plywood mill at Glendale. “We are very fortunate that all of our employees avoided injury,” Swanson

said. “That hasn’t always been the case in catastrophes of this magnitude.” Discussions with insurance agents and advisors are ongoing with regard to the rebuilding options. Rebuilding the mill would be at least a two-year project. Cause of the blaze still hasn’t been officially announced. About 100 firefighters from seven agencies were dispatched to fight the fire. The complex reportedly included 200,000 square feet of buildings. Swanson Group purchased the Springfield site from McKenzie Forest Products in 2007 and proceeded to per-

ternational Society of Wood Science & Technology. WSU awarded him its first Faculty Excellence Award for Public Service in 1983 and in 1988 he was honored with the annual award of Forest Industries, given for leadership in developing excellence in the forest product industry. Maloney was also a Fellow of the International Academy of Wood Science. In 1993 National Particleboard Assn. recognized Maloney for Dedicated Service to the Particleboard and MDF Industries. He received the Bronson J. Lewis Award from APA—The Engineered Wood Assn. in 2007. Maloney was a devoted member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, and a man who took his faith seriously. He was a lifetime member of the Washington State University Alumni Assn. and a member of the Golden Cougar Club. He was a devoted husband, father and grandfather who enjoyed time spent with family. He enjoyed traveling as well as all sports. He was an incredible carpenter, building the family home and lake house as well as all types of woodworking. He is survived by his wife Donna at the family home in Pullman; his daughter Carol Maloney; his sons William Maloney and Joe Maloney (Lynn); a sister Susan Maloney; and four grandchildren. The Funeral Mass was celebrated June 25 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Pullman and private interment was at the Pullman Cemetery. form major capital upgrades to log merchandising, dryer rebuilds, lathe modernization and a new layup line. The mill ran four multi-opening presses and two MDO/HDO presses. It had more

A plywood mill has operated at the Springfield site since 1960.

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than doubled production capacity since Swanson took over. Georgia-Pacific built the mill in 1960. Swanson Group dates back to 1951 when brothers Dean and Rod Swanson purchased a sawmill in Glendale and operated it as Superior Lumber. Their father and an uncle had earlier operated a sawmill near Eugene.

FORMER OSB MILL WILL MAKE PELLETS E-Pellets, LLC reports it has acquired the shuttered Louisiana-Pacific OSB mill in Athens, Ga. and will convert the operation into a wood pellet production facility, producing 450,000 metric tons annually. The wood pellets

will be exported to the European Union to be used as an alternative to coal as fuel in power plants. The conversion is expected to cost $150 million. E-Pellets says it has a long-term port agreement with Georgia Kaolin Terminal, Inc. (GKT), which will provide sufficient capacity to export up to 1.35 million metric tons per year of pellets through the port facility in Savannah, Ga. E-Pellets previously purchased a wood pellet facility in Nahunta, Ga. and intends to expand its production volume. The company, which is exploring other development opportunities in Georgia and South Carolina, is led by newly appointed CEO Doug Albrecht, who has wood products experience offshore. He is supported on the ground by Chief Operating Officer Ken Ciarletta, who previously managed the Georgia Biomass wood pellet plant in Waycross. Ben Easterlin is in charge of Development.

PLUM CREEK MDF BACK ON TRACK Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc. resumed production at its MDF facility in Columbia Falls, Mont. following a fire that occurred on June 10. The No. 2 production line, which makes between 1⁄10 to 1 ⁄2 in. continuous-press fiberboard, restarted June 30 and the company began shipping product to customers. The No. 1 production line resumed full production in July. It produces up to 11⁄2 in. fiberboard. A mechanical failure occurred, causing the fire, which was contained by local fire and safety departments. All employees were safely evacuated and there were no reported injuries. Tom Ray, vice president, northwest resources and manufacturing, says both the fire response and facility repair efforts were outstanding examples of people working together safely to support common goals, “We are very thankful that all the local fire and safety departments rallied to protect the people working at the facility.” He says that Plum Creek will donate $15,000 to be shared by all the response units that helped fight the fire. “Their work is greatly appreciated and we hope these funds support the important work they provide every day to our community.” While production ceased at the facility for about three weeks following the fire, 8 • SEPTEMBER 2014 • PanelWorld

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the company continued to ship product to customers from existing inventory. The 183 employees who work at the facility never lost a day of work. All were reassigned to carry out a variety of tasks, including fire watch, cleanup and repair. In late June, many helped bring production back on line, assisting with equipment testing to ensure it worked safely and met manufacturing standards. Damages to the plant are estimated in the $8-10 million range. All major repairs to the facility have been completed, including repairs to computer systems, ductwork and upgrades to the fire suppression systems. Scaffolding remains visible on the exterior to the plant while the company replaces sheet metal but these activities will not affect plant production.

REBUILDING BEGINS FOR LOUISVILLE MILL Winston Plywood and Veneer is rebuilding the plywood complex in Louisville, Miss. that was smashed by a tornado on April 28. WPV’s parent companies, New Wood Resources and Atlas Holdings, reportedly acquired the idled veneer and plywood mill in the first quarter of this year. Oregon-based Natron Wood Products took over the former GP facility in 2013 and was about to hire production personnel when the tornado hit Winston County, killing 10 in the area. Demonstrating its commitment to rebuild the plant, New Wood Resources presented a check for more than $72,000 to the Community Based Recovery Committee known as “Winston Strong.”

ARAUCO NA TAKES SHAPE All sales and operations of Arauco in the U.S. and Canada have combined under one organization which will operate as Arauco North America, headquartered in Atlanta, Ga. Kelly Shotbolt, previously president of Flakeboard, is appointed as president of Arauco North America. Francisco Figueroa, who served as president of Arauco Wood Products since 2009, has been appointed to a senior management commercial role in Chile. “The primary objective of this reorganization is to position for growth and

provide comprehensive solutions to our customers using a more effective and efficient operating platform. We will continue to build relevant synergies to those that exist today, and to expand on these through this new structure,” explains Gonzalo Zegers, senior VP, Arauco International. Arauco, a Chilean-based manufacturer, previously purchased the Flakeboard operations including seven particleboard and MDF mills in Canada and the U.S., and purchased Uniboard’s particleboard, MDF and TFM mills in Moncure, NC from Pfleiderer.

from 251 to 252MMBF. Klamath County continued to lead in eastern Oregon with a 2013 harvest of 124MMBF. Even with a diminished infrastructure, harvests on the east side rose approximately 4% due to increases on tribal, private and other public (e.g. county) forestland. There was a marked decrease in federal timber harvest on the east side for 2013. In western Oregon, Lane County continued to lead with a 2013 harvest of 620MMBF.

OREGON HARVESTED 4.2 BILLION BF

RoyOMartin and Martin Companies, L.L.C. have successfully completed their 2014 Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain-of-Custody and Forest Management annual audits with the Rainforest Alliance. RoyOMartin and Martin Companies have been FSC certified by the Rainforest Alliance since 2002, making them among the longest certified forestmanagement organizations in the Southern U.S. This continuation of their certification will continue to supply oriented strandboard (OSB), plywood, lumber, timbers and wood chips from responsibly managed forests to help meet the growing demand of green building projects in the U.S., according to the company. According to RoyOMartin Senior Vice President and COO Scott Poole, “The Rainforest Alliance certifies to the most stringent standards in the forest products industry, and we view our FSC certification as a testament to RoyOMartin’s longheld practices of responsible forest management and manufacturing practices. We appreciate the efforts of our foresters, loggers and plant personnel in helping us achieve recertification.” RoyOMartin operates two OSB plants and a plywood manufacturing facility in central Louisiana, as well as a lumberand-timbers mill in Alabama. RoyOMartin owns 570,000 acres of timberland in Louisiana, making it one of the largest private landowners in the South.

Oregon’s timber harvest rose to 4.2 billion BF in 2013, marking four consecutive years of increase from the recession low of 2.72 billion BF in 2009, according to Oregon Dept. of Forestry. It represents a 12% increase over the 2012 harvest of 3.75 billion BF. Timber harvest increases can be attributed to a strong export market for Oregon logs in 2013, coupled with a domestic market recovery, particularly in housing. Whether this trend will continue for the 2014 harvest is uncertain due to housing forecasts being revised to lower numbers and a sudden cool-down in the export market that occurred during the second quarter of 2014, ODF reports. The largest increase in harvest came from non-industrial private forestlands where harvests increased 61% to 511MMBF from the 2012 total of 318MMBF. This is most likely due to small forestland owners taking advantage of higher prices as a result of a still strong export market in 2013. The harvest on industrial forestlands rose from 2.56 billion BF in 2012 to 2.75 billion in 2013, an 8% increase. Harvests on Native American forestlands increased 5% from 2012 to 2013, rising from 63MMBF to 66MMBF. On Oregon’s west site, federal forestland posted modest increases in harvests; an 11.5% increase on Bureau of Land Management lands (for a 2013 total of 165MMBF) and a 6% increase in harvests on U.S. Forest Service lands (totaling 392MMBF in 2013). State public lands, which include Common School Fund and Board of Forestry forestlands, posted a slight increase

MARTIN CONTINUES FSC CERTIFICATION

PROTESTERS FOCUS ON SENECA PLANT Three people were sent to jail, accused of trespassing, during a protest at the Seneca biomass power operation in Eugene, Ore. A larger group of protestors, apparently representing Cascadia Forest

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Defenders and Earth First!, marched outside the operation singing songs and chanting. Two protesters locked themselves to structures within the mill and so they had to be removed from the locking devices. Protestors apparently had concerns over the operation’s air emissions and over the company’s “privatization” of public lands in the Elliott State Forest, where Seneca purchased nearly 800 acres in East Hakki Ridge from the Oregon Dept. of State Lands for $1.9 million. Scott Timber Co. also was a winning bidder in two other parcels within the Elliott State Forest. The three purchases involved a combined 1,453 acres.

CATCHMARK ADDS TO SOUTHERN BASE CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc. announced agreements to acquire 55,671 acres of Southern timberlands in two separate transactions totaling $106 million. The properties are located primarily in middle and south Georgia (approximately 95% of the acreage) as well as north Florida. These acquisitions are expected to add 2.5 million tons of timber to CatchMark’s merchantable inventory, comprising 72% pine plantations by acreage and 48% sawtimber by tons, and are expected to increase the company’s annual harvest volumes over the next decade by 230,000 to 250,000 tons. The two transactions—known as Oglethorpe and Satilla River—are expected to close during the third quarter. During 2014, CatchMark has acquired or entered into agreements to acquire 100,000 acres of timberlands. Jerry Barag, CatchMark’s president and CEO, comments, “These two acquisitions represent the continuing execution of our business strategy to add high quality timberlands with above average productivity characteristics to our portfolio. We continue to concentrate our purchases in key U.S. South fiber baskets.” Headquartered in Atlanta, CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc. is a self-administered REIT that began operations in 2007 and owns interests in approximately 320,400 acres of timberland in Georgia, Alabama and Texas.

GP PURCHASES HUNT CHIP MILL Georgia-Pacific completed the acquisition of a chip mill in Bernice, La. from Hunt Forest Products, Inc. for an undisclosed price. “We view this acquisition as a long-term investment that expands our access to wood and fiber supply in the region,” says Mike Adams, senior vice president of sourcing for Georgia-Pacific. “The Bernice chip mill is a quality asset with a team of talented employees and will fit well into our existing sourcing operations.” The Bernice chip mill produces “clean chips” from logs that are used to make paper products.

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ATCO LEVERAGES RESOURCES, PERSONNEL, TECHNOLOGY IN DEVELOPING WORLD-CLASS ORGANIZATION After acquiring veneer mill in 2007, new ownership weathers market storm and emerges stronger than before. Lathe has received large and small upgrades since 2006. BY DAN SHELL

FRUITVALE, BC ollowing seven tumultuous years leading 55-year-old ATCO Wood Products, CEO Scott Weatherford says the recent economic downturn’s silver lining is that tough times forced the company to “truly focus on how to be successful and where to invest and improve.” Weatherford adds that the tight business environment motivated managers to make decisions that needed to be made even quicker. “It was a matter of survival,” he remembers, noting that at one point prices for core products were better than veneer, so the mill switched strategies and ran smaller logs, went to one shift, and also switched to extensive whole log chipping for more than a year to maintain operations while riding out the worst of the downturn. The soft market forced managers and supervisors to focus tightly on reducing costs, says Mark Semeniuk, ATCO Chief Operating Officer. “It’s really tough when you’re in the thick of it, but I think we’ve come out of the downturn stronger than before, with better cost structures, better product quality and a stronger company culture,” he adds. After acquiring the mill in 2007 there were a few good months before the tough times set in. But at the same time, Weatherford recalls, “We knew we were getting a good mill and a good

Clipping area investments have improved efficiency, product quality.

business. The owner had invested, and the plant had a good reputation as a quality producer.” Key to ATCO’s success is a strong foundation built on three main legs: high quality forest resources; a skilled and experienced work force; and productive technology and equipment. Since Weatherford took the helm there’s been plenty of work and investment in all three areas. ● “We’ve really started merchandising our log supply better to get the highest value,” Weatherford says, adding that employees are now taking the approach

that ATCO is in essence a timber conversion company and finding the highest value for the forest resource is imperative. While ATCO concentrates primarily on peeling Douglas fir, Englemann spruce and western larch, a wide variety of high quality timber in a range of species is available on ATCO’s two timber harvest licenses. Together, the licenses allow a 186,000 m3 annual cut in locations close to ATCO and other regional mills. Logs are sorted in the woods and routed to their highest value destination. “We’re really proud of our work in the

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High quality forest resource is a key company asset that's managed sustainably.

woods in terms of sustainability and utilization, and we set a high standard in terms of our ability to utilize all parts of the tree,” says Semeniuk. To boost overall timber utilization, managers are taking a close look at some type of biomass to bioenergy conversion. “We’re very interested in bioenergy and trying to decide how to best capitalize on the opportunity,” Semeniuk says, adding that such fiber is under- CEO Scott Weatherford, left, and COO Mark Semeniuk utilized in the area. clipper in 2011. This was followed by ● Though the mill had an experienced and skilled work force before the ownan even larger project—a Ventek Multiership change, Weatherford says, he bePoint Diverter System installed in 2012. lieved the mill’s people assets needed Additional investments include adding refocusing and investment. “The mill an Altec thickness monitor to the lathe; had been and continued to be successful installing a Universal grinder to produce but the culture was in need of renewal,” hog fuel that’s now sold instead of he adds. burned; upgrading the block conditioning “We worked to increase the sense of vats’ natural gas heating system; and reteamwork and make sure everyone was placing most of the plant’s rolling stock. working toward the same goal,” WeathIn addition, a new core sawing and stainerford says, adding that floor employees ing system adds more value to the veneer are now given more input in operational plant’s residual products. decisions and mill improvement proThe newest project? A brand new Rejects. With employee input, ATCO form knife grinder. “It’s not a huge inWood Products also developed new vestment but it’s a big deal for a mill policies and a vision statement for curour size,” Weatherford says, adding that rent operations and future goals. the peel improvement should boost ● Equipment and technology investATCO’s product quality for hardwood ments are ongoing at the plant, which plywood and overlay applications. upgraded its lathe just prior to the ownership change with a new Raute x-y MILL FLOW charger and controls. “We immediately started looking at Log trucks entering the ATCO yard projects for the plant that would imroll over a set of Western scales and are prove safety, productivity and quality,” unloaded with Caterpillar 980D and Weatherford says. Deere 644 wheel loaders. Logs are sortProjects since 2007 have ranged from ed by species, with Douglas fir, larch the small—new hydraulic clamps on the and spruce the top three species targetlathe knife—to the large—a highly ined. Log specs are a 9 in. top minimum, novative green veneer grade scanning up to a 32 in. butt maximum. system from Ventek installed at the Logs are fed to a Valon Kone Kodiak

No, they weren’t trying to be among the first listings in the phone book. Instead, the name ATCO stands for company founder Atle Nelson, a Swedish immigrant who had settled in the area in the 1920s, worked in several sawmills in the region and in 1959 bought a sawmill in Fruitvale, BC at the current ATCO Wood Products site. The company was known as Atle’s Company for a short time but quickly became ATCO Lumber Co. ATCO Lumber continued to operate the sawmill on its current site, then built the veneer mill adjacent the sawmill in 1973. In 1976 ATCO purchased a nearby sawmill and ran two sawmills and the veneer plant until 1984 when the original sawmill in Fruitvale burned down. The other sawmill operated until 2002 when it was closed, leaving the veneer plant as the only ATCO Lumber mill. Atle’s sons, the second generation of the family, were involved with the mill in various capacities for most of ATCO’s 55 year history. Ted, the youngest son, was the sole remaining owner in 2007 when he sold the operation to his daughter, Rebecca Weatherford, and her husband, Scott Weatherford. Despite the lack of direct veneer industry experience—Rebecca had grown up around the company but worked in hotel management in Canada and the U.S. while Scott was an engineering executive with PACCAR in Bellevue, Wash. and had worked with Deere, Cummins and Kenworth—the two dove into their work and have successfully guided the operation through tough economic conditions while fostering a sense of teamwork and making wise and innovative investments. As part of the ownership transition the company’s name was changed to ATCO Wood Products. Today Scott is CEO of ATCO Wood Products Ltd. and The Nelson & Ft. Sheppard Railway Co. in Fruitvale, BC. Rebecca is President of both companies and focuses on guiding the organization's philanthropic efPW forts in the community.

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Veneer diverter system has made veneer flow more consistent; note closeup of spiked belts that aid veneer control, right.

32 in. double-ring debarker and bucking system, which features a Bruks drum chipper for lily pad pieces and logs under the 9 in. minimum. An MDI metal detector keeps logs with foreign objects in them from feeding into the process. After bucking, peelers can be laser scanned for diameter and separated into diameter classes for conditioning and peeling. “We’re looking to do more of that in the future,” Weatherford says, adding operators are still working out the overall strategy. From the bucking line’s peeler bins the bolts are moved to one of nine hot water conditioning chests that are heated by natural gas. Peelers are fed to a step feeder that presents them to a Raute Wood x-y charger system. The lathe is a vintage Premier Gear system that’s “been upgraded and rebuilt many times,” Weatherford says, noting the x-y charger and related controls upgrade came in 2006. The lathe’s primary peel thickness is 1 ⁄10, followed by 1⁄8, along with a variety of proprietary customer peels. Due to the custom products, the mill may make several lathe changeovers in one shift. From the lathe, veneer flows to a vintage Raute rotary clipper that’s received some of the latest in innovative veneer production technology upgrades from Ventek: A Ventek GS-2000 veneer grade scanning system that operates in a green veneer application is just upstream of the clipper and makes both grade and clip determinations. An Altec thickness monitor behind the clipper adds to quality control. Weatherford adds that a big benefit of the grade scanning system is the information developed. “We’re using better data to help drive our operations and decisions, and that ties back into our new mission statement,” he says. Veneer flows to a Raute stacker that features four 54 in. and two 27 in. bins.

Cores are a key value-added product.

Accurate and efficient veneer handling and routing is facilitated by a Ventek Multi Point Diverter System, installed behind the clipper in 2012. The diverter replaced the traditional tipple section and tray loading system and provides a more consistent flow of random material to the

green chain while almost completely eliminating the trash material that always found its way to the green chain with older systems. Weatherford cites the speed of the diverter system, and the ability to remove the trash at the clipper, as drivers for increased production, improved recovery and more efficient green chain operation. Weatherford adds that the diverter system is a step closer to fully automatic random stacking. “We’re taking a close look at it, and think the industry is getting closer to it. I think it’s something you’ll see in the near future.” Random and fishtail material flows to the green chain; trash material is sent to an Acrowood chipper. Peeler cores go to a storage area then are sent through a precision end trim saw and sawing system that removes two sides, creating landscape timbers. The timbers can then be stained before shipping to add more value. Some three-fourths of the mill’s veneer production is sold into the U.S., and all U.S. shipments go by rail. Interestingly, ATCO is on a short line system that connects to the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad system coming north

On-site rail siding boosts efficiency and competitiveness in moving veneer to market.

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from Spokane. In 2010 Rebecca and Scott Weatherford purchased the short line railroad that’s roughly six miles long, renamed it the Nelson & Ft. Sheppard Railway Co. and now operate it primarily for ATCO shipments. “We bought the line several years ago, so now we’re in the railroad business,” Weatherford says, adding that the access to the BNSF system into U.S. markets is a competitive advantage. “It really adds to Short line system makes key connection with BNSF. our efficiency in transporting our product to West Coast plywood plants.”

FUTURE Looking ahead, Weatherford says the plan is to keep pursuing the highest quality logs and producing the highest quality veneer while seeking to add quality and value at each step of the process, from forest to mill. “We’re going to keep doing what we’ve been doing Green chain operations have seen investment. while focusing on improving

productivity and creating a great team here,” he adds. According to Semeniuk, “We’re not in a static mode. We’re definitely looking to grow the business but in a controlled manner while maintaining profitability. We’re a wood company, and we see a lot of opportunities to create more value in our fiber basket here.” The philosophy of continual reinvestment to improve safety, productivity and quality is ongoing, Weatherford says, adding that sorting capability, rolling stock upgrades and lathe improvements are areas personnel are looking into, along with continually improving green chain efficiency. “We’ve also been going back though the mill and looking at components that need replacing between now and the end of 2015,” Weatherford says. “But we plan on maintaining a strong re-investment program into the mill here and continually improving quality, productivity PW and utilization.”

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Helping Birth An Industry: ‘I Feel Very Fortunate’ The ‘experts’ at the time looked down on the planer shavings.

I Tom Maloney Washington State University

was fortunate to start in the industry in 1956 at the age of 25 when we really did not know the fundamentals of the dry process industry. Companies would come into our laboratory with consultants and the “magic formula” for making acceptable board. None of these worked as no one knew the fundamentals. Our laboratory could serve as a small pilot plant that included a lot of commercial equipment. And doing research in it involved a lot of hard physical work. We had the machinery but a lot of conveying was done by physical force, not from the normal conveyors found in a regular plant. I was, at a relatively young age, one of the pioneers of a new industry. Most

Composites Hall of Fame. Almost all of them have passed on, leaving just a small group left. There are over 100 individuals I worked with over the years. We were fortunate at the time to have EDITOR’S NOTE: Tom Maloney died funds for basic research. We shut the June 18 at age 83 in Pullman, Wash. laboratory down for about a year to You can read Maloney’s detailed and learn the fundamentals of making dry very impressive obituary back on page process board. 6 in this issue. Please do so. His was a We conducted research on very distinguished career. species, species pH levels, parThe city of Pullman is faticle geometry, resins, resin apmiliar to many of you beplication in blending, the use of cause that’s where Profeswax, layering of particle size in sor Maloney and Washingboards, board specific gravity, ton State University hosted mat moisture content, pressing the annual International techniques, and other parameSymposium on Particleters. What became known as board & Composite Matethe Maloney Spider Web rials for many years. Panel showing all of these parameters World magazine editors and their interactions became a Dan Shell and Rich Donpopular tool when trying to unnell last communicated derstand all of the things one with Maloney in the spring needed to know about board of 2013 as they produced manufacture of all types. This the special publication, spider web is on page 159 of Panel Age 50: A Celebramy book (“Modern Particletion of the Past Fifty Years board and Dry-Process Fiberof Structural & Non-Strucboard Manufacturing”). tural Wood Product DevelWe were very successful in opments. Maloney, albeit all of our basic research and in erratic health, contributhad a good understanding of ed the following column The Maloney Spider Web: Interactions affecting board properties and quality the problems in making a good for the publication. The of us were fairly young. We did not board. At that time, we started performtitle of the column was “Helping Birth have to bow to any elders who knew ing a lot of research for Columbia EngiAn Industry.” We reprint it here—Tom better. We were on our own to progress neering, which was becoming prominent Maloney in his own, and some of his or fail. There was a great group of pioin building the large plants starting in last, words on the industry he loved, and neers and naming them all would mean the late 1950s and into the ’60s. formatted in the style of the Board Talk missing some of them. I believe we Columbia steered many projects into our column he wrote for Panel World durhave honored all of them in our Wood laboratory to assess the problems variing the 1980s and 1990s. 18 • SEPTEMBER 2014 • PanelWorld

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Board Talk ous customers would have to solve to build a plant with the wood resources available to them. We were so overrun with projects that we could hardly keep up. I was running to the airport constantly shipping out reports and sample boards to many different customers. Many of the large new plants built at that time relied on our early research. The main thrust at that time was to use the vast waste material, planer shavings, available in western Washington and Oregon. All of the plants up to that time were based on flaking logs. In comparison, the planer shavings were already cut, most were from dried lumber, and were easily transported to a particleboard plant. The main species available was Douglas fir, and fortunately was one of the best species that was compatible with the urea formaldehyde resins of the time. The pH level was perfect. The “experts” at the time looked down on the planer shavings. But the overall cost of the material to the plant was much less than flakes. Even including freight costs, the cost of delivered board to the East was very much lower. So, one of the most important developments of the past 50 years was learning how to use the vast previously wasted raw material resource of shavings, sawdust, chips, and little used species such as aspen. The real work after making good board was to open up the markets, as particleboard was a new player. They had to supplant the solid wood that was used in the furniture industry. With this success, the industry then exploded. The West Coast shavings were ideal for board. Research was needed and was accomplished to find ways to make the UF resins compatible with the Inland for-

In 1994, the Wood Materials and Engineering Laboratory at Washington State University upgraded its lab with the addition of a mat former contributed by Carl Schenck AG of Germany. Maloney, right, director of the lab at the time, and Larry Frazier, North American GM of Schenck, admire a newly formed mat.

est material in the West and the southern pine shavings in the South. With these advances the industry quickly advanced to a mature one. All our fundamental research also applied to MDF, dry process fiberboard, waferboard, OSB, OSL and the many composites made up of these materials and non-wood materials. The fundamentals have not changed but the machinery companies have made great advances in all parts of a board plant. Some of these advances did not seem possible when we started 50 years ago. In the area of waferboard and OSB, we helped APA develop the Performance Standards by producing about 500 4x4 panels of various properties for their testing program establishing the Performance Standard program. The first work on the I-joist and the nondestructive testing development for evaluating the strength of the veneers used for the LVL part of I-joists was done in our laboratory. What has happened over the past 50 years or so is the development of a major industry worldwide producing billions Tom Maloney, left, presents Distinguished Service Award of square feet of material to Fred Fields of Coe at 1992 composites symposium. all based on wood parti-

cles. I feel very fortunate in having a major part in this development as we saved enormous amounts of the forest resource and found ways to use otherwise “waste species.” In the early days, we worked closely with many innovative engineering and machinery companies, and great plant people. We could go into a plant and run a whole shift working on our research developments. Now, with the mature industry we have and the large corporate plants make a completely different scenario. As I was retiring, we found much of our new efforts stymied because we had to go through a lot of corporate review and rarely could talk to the ones making the final decision. Back when I first started, the university was always (as it does today) showing off our work. I was asked to set up and press a board for the governor who was visiting campus. I did so and had a mat ready to go into the press for the visit. The governor, our university president and other dignitaries were driven right to the lab in a limousine. They gathered around the press (a 50 by 50 inch size), watching this new procedure. When I opened the press to show the finished board, it blew up with a mighty explosion. The president and my boss were mortified for this failure. For once, I was quick to respond, saying, “That ● shows why we need research!”

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TP&EE 2014 IS AROUND THE CORNER markets have improved and everyone waits and hopes for them to surge. No one wants to get left behind if they do, and frankly many mills have needed some work to maintain efficiencies regardless of markets.” The event will again feature a Beer Garden, which is sponsored by Brunette Machinery, Murray Latta Progressive Machine, Comact, Nelson Bros. Engineering and JoeScan. Once again TP&EE has collaborated with its Industry Support Group, which this year includes Engineered Wood Technology Assn., Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau, Timber Products Manufacturers Assn., Oregon State University, TMS Machinery Sales, as well as the magazines Canadian Forest Industries, Canadian Biomass, TimberWest, Logging & Sawmilling Journal and International Forest Industries. Hall D is one of five halls comprising 330,000 square feet on the Portland Expo Center grounds. Portland Expo Center is conveniently located off Interstate 5 between downtown Portland and Vancouver, Wash. It’s only minutes from the Portland International Airport and has immediate access to the Max Light Rail. To register, visit www.timberprocessingandenergyexpo.com.

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ne-hundred sixty exhibitors have eaten up all the available booth space for the Timber Processing & Energy Expo (TP&EE), which will be held October 15-17 at the Portland Exposition Center in Portland, Ore. The event caters to veneer and plywood mills, sawmills, engineered wood products operations and wood energy (cogeneration) operations, with emphasis on primary production machinery, technologies and supplies. Panel World, Timber Processing, and Wood Bioenergy magazines serve as media hosts for the event, which is produced by Hatton-Brown Expositions LLC. This is the second TP&EE. The first one in 2012, held at the same Hall D venue at the Portland Expo Center, attracted 2,000 participants, including representatives from 115 wood products producing companies and 200 specific mill operation sites from 30 U.S. states and five Canadian provinces, as well as several overseas countries. Exhibitors have purchased nearly 47,000 square feet, an increase of several thousand feet over the sold out 2012 event because the show organizers were able to find a new corridor of exhibitor space adjacent the main floor. Many companies expanded their booth space over the 2012 event. As in 2012, the 2014 expo will include a Workshop segment, though because of the tremendous participation in 2012 it has been expanded in 2014. The Veneer & Plywood Manufacturing and Engineered Lumber Workshop will be held the first day of the expo, Wednesday, October 15. The Lumber Manufacturing Workshop will be held Thursday, October 16. Workshop registration includes access to both workshops, admission for three days to the expo floor, and a “beer and brat” ticket for $75. Those wishing simply to walk the expo floor can register for free before the event, or pay $15 to also receive a “beer and brat” ticket. “There was a lot of enthusiasm in 2012 because the event was new and the economy was beginning to show some life,” comments Show Director Rich Donnell, who is also the editor-in-chief of the host magazines for Hatton-Brown Publishers, Inc. “Now we’re into some real project activity as the

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248

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719

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816

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106

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Intertape Polymer Group 21 www.intertapepolymer.com

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150

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Rogers Machinery 642 www.rogers-machinery.com

Timberwest www.forestnet.com

Pacific Fluid Systems, Div. of HAWE Hydraulics 242 www.pacificfluid.com

Samuel Stapping SystemsCoding & Labeling 311 www.samuelstrapping.com

TMS Machinery Sales 151 www.timbermachine.com

MINDA Industrieanlagen Gmbh 243 www.minda.de

Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau www.plib.org

Samuel Strapping Systems 846 www.samuelstrapping.com

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Panel World 725 www.panelworldmag.com

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Möehringer (Simon Mohringer Anlagenbau) 241 www.moehringer.com MPM Engineering www.mpmeng.com Müehlboeck Drying Technology www.drykilns.ca

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Osmose www.osmosewood.com

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115

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Platt Electric Supply www.platt.com

Price LogPro LLC www.logprollc.com

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Signode Packaging Systems www.signode.com

438

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549

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USNR www.usnr.com

737

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615

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625

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TP&EE NAMES SPEAKERS FOR VENEER & PLYWOOD, ENGINEERED LUMBER WORKSHOP Candidate for governor of Oregon will lead off the session. Cross laminated timber also on agenda. he Timber Processing & Energy Expo will include a daylong workshop on Veneer & Plywood Manufacturing and Engineered Lumber to be held the first day of the expo, Wednesday, October 15, in the meeting rooms above the expo floor at the Portland Exposition Center. But before the technology talk begins, the workshop kicks off with a speech by Republican House Representative Dennis Richardson, who is a candidate for governor of Oregon, running on a platform of business improvements and the creation of jobs. Richardson is a retired lawyer, business owner and Vietnam War veteran pilot from Central Point, Ore. He is serving his sixth term in the Oregon State House. Richardson was elected to the Oregon State House in 2002 and during his 12 years there has served on the Environment & Land Use Committee, the Trade & Economic Development Committee, as Co-Chair of the Joint Senate & House Ways & Means Committee, and was elected Speaker Pro Tempore by Democrat and Republican House members. He has also organized numerous legislative and business trade missions to China to boost Oregon’s economy and create in-state jobs. “Across the state, I’m finding Republicans, independents and moderate Democrats who are excited to have a choice to vote for a candidate with the

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experience and vision I would bring to the governor’s office,” Richardson says. “My goal is to benefit the entire state in a way that will restore the pioneer legacy for our children and grandchildren— a legacy of good jobs for Oregon workers…and an effective, rational policy for efficiently managing our natural and human resources with respect for our quality of life and the environment.” In addition to his Republican nomination, Richardson has won the endorsement of the state’s Independent Party. He is opposing incumbent Democratic Governor John Kitzhaber. Richardson’s opening talk is entitled, “Critical Issues for the Northwest Forest Products Industry.” The Wednesday workshop includes presentations on a range of manufacturing processes, as well as an afternoon session on cross laminated timber. Here’s the schedule: 9:10 a.m. Opening remarks and introductions by Fred Kurpiel, Program CoChairman 9:15 a.m.-9:40 a.m. Critical Issues in the Northwest Forest Products Industry—Oregon Rep. Dennis Richardson 9:45 a.m.-10:10 a.m. Veneer Based Industry Producers Face a World of Challenges—Dick Baldwin, Operating Partner, Atlas Holdings/New Wood Resources Break 10:25 a.m.-10:50 a.m. Newest Features of a New Turnkey Plywood Plant—Martin Murphy, Senior Vice President, Raute North America 10:55 a.m.-11:20 a.m. Peeling Optimization—Lathe Scanning Technology, Alan Knokey, Vice President, USNR 11:25 p.m.-11:50 a.m. Meeting Chal-

lenges and Achieving Successes at a Modern Green Veneer Production Operation—Scott Weatherford, President, ATCO Wood Products Break for Visit to Expo Floor 1:05 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Grading Veneer for Structural Applications—Dan Uskoski, VP Sales, Metriguard 1:35 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Best Dryer Performance, Mike Crondahl, President, Westmill Industries Break 2:10 p.m.-2:35 p.m. Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) Development Over view—Dominik Wolfschuetz, Market Research and Market Consulting, VDMA-German Woodworking Machinery Manufacturers Assn. 2:40 p.m.-3:05 p.m. Resource Efficient Systems for the Production of CLT—Thomas Kühnelt, Project Manager, Weinig 3:10 p.m.-3:35 p.m. Practical Experiences in CLT Production—Robert Falch, Managing Director, MINDA Break 3:45 p.m.-4:45 p.m. Panel Discussion: Meeting Customer Needs— Chris Seymour, Region Manager-Western Oregon Region, Boise Cascade; Dick Baldwin, Operating Partner, Atlas Holdings/New Wood Resources; Scott Weatherford, President, ATCO Wood Products On the second day of the expo, Thursday, October 16, the Lumber Manufacturing Workshop will be held. A fee of $75 includes access to both workshops, as well as admission for three days to the expo floor, and a free “beer and brat” ticket. Register at www.timberprocessinganPW denergyexpo.com

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TIME-PROVEN METHOD INCREASES LATHE PRODUCTION & EFFICIENCY T-Time Principle is revisited by longstanding plywood manufacturer. BY DICK BALDWIN

hat is T-Time? It is the elapsed time between peeling the last merchantable veneers on a block to the beginning of usable veneer on the next. As the industry has transitioned from the larger blocks of an earlier era, the block-to-block time delays in peeling usable veneer has consumed an ever larger proportion of scheduled operating hours. The management and minimization of T-Time is a crucial issue for the mill operator. The following describes the origin and history of this important cognitive operating tool, defines the need, describes its use, and provides a how-to prescription of methods that will pro-

vide productivity gains of 20% or more using existing equipment. An understanding of the industrial engineering principles behind the application of the T-Time principle will impart enhanced decision-making skills when upgrading the green end operation through method changes and new equipment.

HISTORY OF T-TIME The large log era ended for most operators during the early sixties as oldgrowth peelers began to be in short supply in the West, and as the plywood industry shifted from the Pacific Coast into new plants within the Northern Intermountain region and the Southeastern United States. Peeler block diameters in those areas were materially smaller, some 10 inches and lower. And the downward trend was continuing in the West as peeler block procurement shifted to the smaller diameter timber stands coming from private lands. The conversion from manual to automated block charging and progressively faster spindle speeds was the customary response to the smaller peeler blocks. However, these improvements didn’t sufficiently minimize the production delays with a lathe peeling a greater num-

ber of blocks per equivalent unit of production. Enter Herb Vonhof, a senior engineer at Simpson’s waterfront facility at Shelton, Wash. Vonhof discovered that there was much more involved in sustaining lathe productivity than just speeding up the charging and peeling process. He set about utilizing an engineer’s approach to solving the productivity problem created by small logs. Vonhof observed that the peeling time per block was trending downward; he also noted that the time peeling usable veneer per block and production per scheduled shift was also declining. Overtime hours were mounting. He identified a major culprit—the built-in processing delays between the good veneer-to-good veneer peeling cycle, even with automated block charging and faster spindle speeds. This phenomenon became even more pronounced as the Simpson mill’s principle log source shifted from oldgrowth Federal timber to the secondgrowth on company lands. The advent of Carl Maxey’s Morvue green veneer clipping system and Durand’s automated green veneer stacking bins during that era only seemed to accentuate the condition as downstream green veneer processing centers operat-

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ed more rapidly concurrently with incoming logs becoming smaller. Vonhof thought about this phenomenon, discussed it with his peers, and concluded: The Vonhof T-Time Principle: The larger the number of blocks peeled per unit of veneer volume, the greater proportional consumption of available peeling time represented by in-built process delays between blocks. Vonhof investigated and noted that a succession of peeler blocks would yield a predictable series of sequential functions; functions that occur repetitiously when peeling was completed on one peeler, and acceptable veneer was again produced on the next. The downstream effect was noted as well; that the green clippers were idle more often as the incoming block diameters declined. He also saw that the greatest functional variation was created by poor centering of the block onto the lathe spindles, or caused by a poorly shaped peeler block. Consequently the greatest variation occurred during the roundup process prior to peeling acceptable veneer. Vonhof proceeded, with the assistance of mill personnel, to graphically depict the lathe peeling cycle. He mapped the process by: 1. Identifying each machine function

inherent in a sequential block to block peeling cycle. 2. Determining the precise time of each function using electronic data and/or a stopwatch. 3. Locating the critical sequential

path of the essential machine functions. 4. Mapping out and graphically displaying these functions sequentially over a time chart. Ten or more discrete functions during a peeling cycle were tallied by the Von-

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the equipment or people and without sacrificing veneer recovery or quality? 5. Prevent? What are some possible interruptions to the peeling cycle? Inadequately designed core conveyor? A jack ladder that can interrupt the process cycle? Chuck design? Cold blocks that create slabs? Can these be prevented? These and other questions provided an interchange of ideas that allowed the Simpson operation to maintain lathe productivity as the log diameter declined over time. Decades have passed since the in-mill research at Shelton, but where the Vonhof T-Time Principle, or its cognitive equivalent, has been used effectively, improvements have followed. hof team. The resulting data depicted the lathe manufacturing useable veneer far less than half of the operating hours. Process improvement teams then and now will use five critical questions in completing a peeling process analysis. The Five Process Improvement Questions. What can be done to: 1. Eliminate? What functions can be eliminated while still completing the process? Are there redundant elements within the sequential peeling cycle?

2. Simplify? Can the process be simplified to obtain a better answer? Will simplification add to the benefits of step one, Eliminate? 3. Rearrange? Can the functions be rearranged to provide a thriftier use of time? Can two or more functions be consolidated to make more efficient use of time? 4. Expedite? Can a process task, such as round-up, be expedited? Can it be done in less time without endangering

T-TIME REVISITED The original work papers are no longer available. However Exhibit 1 reconstructs the process a half century later; this recent data validates the Vonhof Principle and graphically depicts this later data. This exhibit facilitates a rational examination of the data, and provides insights to the possible gains and improvement that can be achieved. Thirteen different lathe peeling func-

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tions are identified in Exhibit 1. In this example, each element was timed, arranged in sequential order on a Y axis, and mapped over a time grid (X axis) in one second intervals. The data was obtained at a southern green end processing loblolly pine into a nominal 1⁄8 (0.125) inch peel. Block diameter ranged from 8-14 inches, with an average of about 10 ¾ inches. The lathe, a modern dual spindle model from a well known manufacturer, was equipped with an X-Y charger, core driver, big bar and other complementary

components that are typical of a modern installation. The lathe’s 450 HP lathe drive motor had a 2.5:1 gear ratio with green veneer conveyor take-away belt speed capable of 945 FPM. The green veneer fed into a short-coupled threedeck tray system feeding into a rotary green clipper. This downstream production process was currently constrained by lathe production. The cycle functions were identified using experienced lathe and maintenance personnel screening the process. The length of each function was mea-

sured electronically and with the aid of a stopwatch. The total of all 13 functions totaled 15.51 seconds before nesting within an 8.62 second block-toblock peeling cycle. The resulting data was validated overall by using a series of 10 consecutive start-stop cumulative timing samples using a stopwatch. Exhibit 2 tallies the results. Overall time per block was 8.62 seconds as stated earlier, or about seven blocks per minute. The lathe was peeling merchantable veneer 3.08 seconds (35.4%) of the total time during each cycle. The remaining cycle time was TTime, or 5.57 seconds (64.6%). The Exhibit 1 graphic was closely examined to identify the critical sequence of functions that comprise the T-Time Cycle. There were four as displayed within Exhibit 3. These include pre-spot onto the spindles, retract spindles, the round-up process, and the trash gate close. The other functions were overlapped to be handled without extending the T-Time. The critical path, defined as the actual net elapsed time between good veneer to good veneer was shown earlier in Exhibit 2. The critical sequence of the four

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functions actually totaled 7.18 seconds in elapsed time; but overlapping of functions reduced that to a net 5.57 seconds. Other functions were carried out independent of the T-Time and actual “good veneer” peeling time. Each of the four critical functions comprising the T-Time was evaluated to identify movements which were easily achievable without major equipment changes. Exhibit 4 displays the results. The first function, pre-spot onto the spindles, was taking 1.04 seconds; precise placement and timing could reduce that to three quarters (0.75) of a second. Retract charger, again better and more precise timing could reduce that; and the trash gate close could be tinkered with to save a little time. The big opportunity was reducing the round-up process. At 3.89 seconds or greater than the actual good veneer peeling time, it became the major leverage point leading to greater productivity. Green end personnel checked to make certain that the X-Y charger was functioning as designed, and then checked for slippage in the charger arms that could skew the block as it was being presented to the lathe. Subsequently the lathe oper-

ator was retrained to be “less timid” in the round-up process; a net reduction from a 3.89 second average per block, to 2.50 seconds was achieved. This later number, 2.50 seconds, was added (see

Exhibit 4) to the earlier three elapsed time improvements cumulatively reducing the average T-Time from 5.57 seconds to 3.75 seconds for a productivity gain of 26.7% shown in Exhibit 4.

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Rather than seven blocks a minute, the mill could now peel almost (8.8) nine.

USEFUL TOOL The T-Time Principle is a useful tool for evaluating a lathe operation including equipment maintenance, lathe operator practices, and existing equipment limitations. It does all of that and

more. An easy mill-man’s method of checking the status of T-Time process within a green end will include a stop watch technique touched upon earlier. Consecutively measure 10 elapsed time repetitions of the peeling process and divide by 10. It shouldn’t take more than a couple of minutes, even setting up the stopwatch. Exhibit 5 is a T-Time performance scale, based on mill visits and hands-on operation, which the author has compiled over recent years. For example, if the T-Time at your lathe is five seconds and more, your operation will perform poorly on small logs. Three (3.0-3.9) seconds is easily attainable in most modern mills with similar changes described relative to Exhibit 4. Newer equipment and electronic innovation will easily shift the mill into the twos (2.9 seconds and lower). This positions a mill to be very competitive. For example, newer mechanical and electronic features of the X-Y charger, including enhanced laser scanning which minimizes round-up and places the incoming block precisely closer to the log being peeled, will sharply reduce the round-up function within the overall block to block time. Other enhancements are also coming of age to cope with peeling smaller blocks and reducing the T-Time in the process. Yet even with the newer innovations employed within a mill, the operator still needs to evaluate the mill’s lathe T-Time on occasion. The simple status check described earlier does more than check TTime. The resulting check alerts the operator to other, often unnoticed, production delays—production delays that are becoming less tolerable as peeler block diameters continue to decline with logs and PW operating costs continuing to rise. Richard (Dick) Baldwin is an operating partner with Atlas Holdings, a parent company of New Wood Resources. Baldwin began his career in the panel industry at age 19 as a stock rustler in the Cascade Plywood Corp. plywood plant. Since then, Baldwin worked with Western and Southern plywood operations and also internationally and has been a consistent booster of plywood in a variety of applications. He is currently participating in the rebuild of a plywood plant in Louisville, Miss.

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EDITOR’S NOTE: The following companies, which are advertising in this issue, submitted the following materials on quality control. All statements and claims are attributable to the companies.

AIRSTAR

In addition to blow detectors, a thickness gauge system is also available using high resolution laser sensors. The thickness gauges can be supplied as a stand-alone system or all-inone system that includes both blow detection and thickness gauges in one unit. Visit airstar1.com

ARGOS SOLUTIONS

Airstar offers blow detection and thickness measurement.

Airstar Inc. designs and manufactures quality control systems for the forestry product industry. The system can test all forestry engineered wood products of any thickness, configuration and species, including plywood, LVL, OSB, MDF as well as solid lumber. With more than 40 years of experience in ultrasonic testing worldwide, the advantages of Airstar blow detectors are numerous. In order to achieve repeatability of defect detection a very high signal to noise ratio is needed. Airstar’s 40 to 1 ratio on the thickest engineered wood structures is unmatched. The other advantage of the high performance Airstar sensors is the ability to position the sensors at a precise perpendicular angle to the material. This is the only way to achieve repeatable results while testing multiple different thicknesses. Most competing systems position their sensors at offset angles or very close proximity to the tested structure; this compromise could result in low repeatability. Most blow detectors detect only about one-third of the total width, but Airstar systems could be ordered with a full 100% coverage of the panel width ( 32 channels in 48 in. - 1.2 m width). The standard Airstar blow detectors penetrate products with the thickness of up to 200 mm (8 in.) and have superior defect resolution (due to high sensitivity). Airstar blow detectors are virtually maintenance free, with remote access tuning, support and upgrades. With superior sound filters they can also handle any type of noise from surrounding machinery and any type of harsh environment such as proximity of rip saws, sanders, and press outfeeds. Airstar incorporates a temperature compensation feature that also allows them to handle any type of hot fresh press material with the same accuracy and repeatability. This is essential for installations in proximity to press outfeed. Airstar blow detectors have an auto-calibration feature that doesn’t require any downtime or tedious calibration procedures. The blow detector software application could also be connected to the customer’s PLC. The interface is very user friendly and was designed in collaboration with the world leader in engineered wood products.

Argos automatic repair of softwood plywood

Argos Solutions AS has been a leading supplier of surface inspection systems to the wood panel and building products industry for more than 20 years. With more than 150 surface inspection systems in more than 30 countries, the company has a comprehensive experience from all the different challenges that surface inspection systems are exposed to. Argos surface inspection systems are installed in particleboard, MDF, OSB, plywood, hardboard, full size laminated panels, furniture, gypsum wallboard and cement fiberboard. The Argos grading aystem can be configured to fit almost any production line, from 2 ft. to 10 ft. wide, one-sided or two-sided inspection. For PB and MDF lines, the system can be installed after the press, sander or after the cut-to-size operation. Steinemann Technology AG is the exclusive distributor of the Argos grading system worldwide. The grading system from Argos uses the latest camera technology and solid-state light sources ensuring consistent and reliable detection of all defects. The comprehensive collection of production data allows plant people to optimize the production and make quick adjustments when required. Integrated companies producing both raw board and laminated products will be able to use the integrated recipe system to fine-tune grading in order to optimize the production of both raw board and laminated panels. Between 25% and 50% of the downgraded panels in the lamination department is caused by defects in the raw board surface. The gap can be closed substantially by using the Argos system to grade the raw board depending on which defects the laminated paper will cover. Argos also supplies automatic solutions for repairing plywood panels after the press as well as grading systems in the trimming and sanding lines. The technology can be integrated in-line to reduce the use of people and forklifts. Argos has four lines in operation for automatic repair of softwood plywood—two lines installed in UPM Pellos Finland and two

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lines in CMPC in Chile. The repair technology includes highspeed repair stations equipped with router, face-putty and poly tool heads. Visit argossolutions.no

IMAL PAL

database, the IB700 laboratory tester, the SWELLING & BOIL water bath for carrying out the swelling/absorption tests, the UM2000 moisture meter of which 630 units have been sold worldwide, together with its compact UM2000-LTE version, the GEL TIMER for measuring resin gel time, the VM100 vibrating sifter, the LGB laboratory glue blender, the VU100 infrasonic sifter and the AUTOLAB, an automatic laboratory manufactured exclusively by the IMAL PAL Group. No other player on the market is able to offer such a vast range of equipment to meet the specific work process quality control requirements. Visit imalpal.com

METRIGUARD

IMAL full blister classifier

The IMAL PAL Group offers the most extensive range of quality control equipment. The on-line quality control equipment offered includes the WINTHICK thickness gauge, the WINBLISTER blow detector, the combined WINBLICK thickness and blow detector, WINLEV thickness gauge for the sanding line, the FBC100 full bond blister classifier, the CDP700 on-line density scanner, ISO30X X-ray mat weight per area analyzer, FDM100 X-ray density scanner, UM700 infrared moisture meter, the UM900 microwave moisture meter, UM300 moisture meter, the specially designed UC950 microwave moisture meter to measure chip moisture content upon delivery to the facility, the BPM and BPP mat and panel weighing systems and lastly the automatic FWR mat transversal weight regulation system. Safety quality controls include the SDS-1, SDS-4 and SDSBUS spark detection and extinguishing systems, which are able to handle all requirements in terms of spark detection and extinguishing, from a minimal one point control (SDS-1) through to monitoring an entire area with one electronic unit controlling four spark detection and extinguishing points (SDS-4), right up to a network system capable of controlling eight zones, each consisting of 90 areas, to monitor the whole facility, thus minimizing cable costs and relative laying (SDSBUS). In addition, IMAL PAL offers the APX X-ray cyclone plugging detector for MDF production and the PSD300 press safety device to identify and discard foreign bodies in the mat prior to the pressing process. The range of laboratory control equipment includes the GA717-2 and GA717-4 lab formaldehyde emission testers (with two and four testing chambers, respectively), the FIBERCAM 100 fiber optical screen along with the SCREENCAM100 for chip screening, the DPX300 density profile analyser and its compact DPX300-LTE version, the IBX700 laboratory tester for testing a host of mechanical properties including density profile, recording all the details in a single

Metriguard panel performance tester

Structural panel quality assurance test machines are manufactured, sold and serviced by Metriguard, Inc. The newest machine, the Model 840 Rail Shear Tester, has been designed to test edgewise shear strength in OSB panels to simulate shear stress in wood I-joist members. The Rail Shear Tester follows criteria of ASTM D1037 using hydraulic clamps to grip along the length of a 3.5 in. x 10 in. specimen. Panel thicknesses up to ¾ in. can be tested. Operator safety is one of the primary design goals of the machine. After a test specimen is loaded into the machine, the loading door is locked to prevent operator access to the clamp area. During the automated test sequence, force is applied across the test specimen and measured using a precision load cell. Failure load is displayed and recorded into an SQL database accessible by multiple analytic software tools. Metriguard’s Model 820 Panel Performance Tester is appropriate for use in all structural panel manufacturing plants, regardless of which agency provides certification. The machine performs concentrated static impact load and deflection test requirements in accordance with PS2. The floating bed also facilitates impact testing. Panels from 1⁄4 in. to 11⁄8 in. thick on test spans of 16, 20, 24, 32, 40 and 48 inches can be tested. The Model 830 Panel Bending Tester accepts 2x4 ft. and 4x4 ft. panels, 1⁄4 to 11⁄4 in. thick, for testing based on ASTM D3043 (Method C). Panel deflection can be measured in both the parallel and perpendicular direction and testing continues through failure. Ultimate load at failure is recorded, maximum PanelWorld • SEPTEMBER 2014 • 41

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moment is calculated and the floating average panel stiffness results are tracked. Parts, repairs and on-site service are available from Metriguard to keep these vital quality control machines operating correctly. Metriguard also manufactures equipment for grading and sorting veneer for use in laminated veneer lumber (LVL) and structural plywood. Visit metriguard.com

PERTEN INSTRUMENTS Perten Instruments has developed near-infrared (NIR), diode array based analysis systems and calibrations for key parameters in wood panel production. One of the key measurement parameters is formaldehyde emission of wood composite products. The standard methods for assessment of formaldehyde emission are time consuming. This is a problem for the wood based panels industry. The time between retrieving a sample and result availability is too long for process control and optimization purposes using the traditional formaldehyde emission tests. The testing also requires trained personnel to perform the tests. The sampling frequency is low meaning only a small fraction of the produced volume is actually tested and controlled.

Figure 1: formaldehyde emission measurement

Perten Instruments NIR equipment and calibrations perform these measurements rapidly, reproducibly and accurately. The precision is the same as the official reference methods for formaldehyde measurements. The Figure 1 shows a graph comparing NIR (DA 7250 atline) measurements to formaldehyde emission measurement according to the CARB ATCM regulation. The DA 7250 accurately determines the ASTM D 6007 value and has received the CARB approval beginning of 2014. Additionally, moisture can be measured simultaneously in all parts of the process, including board moisture after the hot

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press. Resin load and wood properties such as pH, acidity and extractives content can be measured in seconds—in the lab or continuously, online as well. The DA 7250 allows precise resin analysis in few seconds by using disposable aluminum cups. A sample preparations and cleaning work are not necessary. Parameters like dry matter, molar ratio, melamine content, gel time, Resin analysis viscosity and more can be simultaneously detected. Perten’s NIR instrumentation is available in three configurations: 1) Lab for off-line measurements (DA 7250 at-line) 2) In-line where the NIR instrument is mounted into the process (DA 7300 in-line) 3) Over-belt measurements at a distance of about 250 mm i.e. after the hot press (DA 7400 on-line) Both process instruments provide results in essentially realtime allowing for automatic or manual process optimization. Similar systems and calibrations are available for the wood

pellet industry where key parameters include moisture, ash, extractives content, density and others. Visit perten.com

RAUTE It is possible to improve the quality of softwood plywood and the profitability of production significantly by repairing of defects. Typical repairable defects in plywood are knot holes, pitch pockets, wane, splits, press defects and debarker defects. Repairing happens either with a one-component repairing compound or putty, or with a two-component polyurethane based compound. Putty is applicable for small defects and polyurethane for bigger. The traditional manual repairing is a relatively heavy, ergonomically difficult, labor-intensive Raute repaired panel

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task. Raute’s solution for the problem is a fully automatic repairing line. The payback time of the investment is short and the most significant cost savings are achieved with the smaller labor requirement, higher capacity, higher quality of end product and savings in putty material. Raute’s new automatic panel repairing line has overwhelming features: ● The best 3D color machine vision solution —the most essential element for successful line application: —High resolution for smallest and accurate defect detection —Pitch stain and strikes filtering system preventing unnecessary repairing —Intelligent and user-friendly operator interface ● The best undivided vacuum cup panel conveyor system from scanner to panel stacking: —Straightening power of warped panels considerably reduces unnecessary rejects —Steady and precious scanning conditions —Panels holding their positions under quick tooling movements and pressure —Simple construction with a low need for maintenance ● Cartesian robots for tooling movements: —The correct and reliable running mode for all line capacity needs —Timing belt driven —Low need for maintenance

—Accurate functions with no need of special know-how Turnkey delivery A softwood plywood mill with an annual production of 200 000-350 000 m3 typically requires two repairing lines. These lines can be implemented with one common operator platform allowing the operator to control the line run and to re-fill the material dosing equipment. Typical line-specific tools and repairing portals include: two routing heads to open up the defect spots, two putty heads and two polyurethane heads. The repaired panels are dried at the end of the line before stacking. The capacity is about 10 repaired panels per minute, two lines producing a capacity of 20 panels per minute. Visit raute.com ●

SIEMPELKAMP Despite great efforts in process control, fluctuations in the raw material properties often result in inconsistent qualities in the product. Such quality inconsistencies are not detected during production and can only be determined on a random sample much later by destructive laboratory testing. That’s the past! Today, experiences in more than 15 MDF and particleboard plants demonstrate that statistical process modeling and prediction of quality properties result in reliable on-line quality control. Based on the relevant process parameters which are online

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measured (SicoScan), statistical methods are able to precisely calculate on-line the quality properties. Highly promising results have been achieved, e.g. average values of prediction accuracy—confirmed by production managers—are: ● Density 98.5-99.5% ● Internal bond (IB) 93-97% ● Bending strength (MOR) 93-97% ● Thickness swelling 93-97% ● Surface soundness 93-97% During production, the material contained in a board passes all process sections. The characteristics of the material and later of the board are determined by the production settings operative at that time the material passes the relevant section. Prerequisite for an analysis of the correlation between process parameters and the resulting physical board properties therefore is the acquisition of data detailing the production history of the product, so-called material flow tracked process data. The laboratory results are linked automatically with this stored process data. With each lab result the system becomes more accurate; that means the knowledge of interactions between process parameters and quality data grow automatically and permanently with each new lab sample. It is a “self-learning” system.

Example of on-line quality trending—reduction of used material of about 5kg/m³ within half an hour; IB and MOR under control. (1) calculated quality, (2) necessary safety margin, (3) quality limit to be met

The integrated quality trending in Siempelkamp’s production data management system Prod-IQ facilitates on-line quality control, e.g. for density, IB or MOR. In addition, the statistically necessary safety margin is defined, creating an adjustable quality limit, which has to be met. Even if production has been optimally run-in, continuous, reliable prediction of the quality leads to significant savings, as the process can be continuously optimized without any risk. Material savings of more than 2.5% have been realized, glue savings of up to 8kg/m³, speed up of up to 6% and first-choice boards can be raised by 1%. Visit siempelkamp.com

USNR Exhausting dryers at the lowest temperature point during the process dramatically improves the thermal efficiency of the dryer. This concept has evolved since its inception. Be-

cause the lowest temperature point (wet end of the process) also equates to a high level of moisture evaporation, a wet end seal section located at the infeed to the main dryer section is one of the key design elements. This single point exhaust (SPE) feature allows the system to pull all the process air from the dryer to one region to be exhausted. This patented concept has been coined Automatic Dryer Exhaust Control (ADEC). Dryers equipped with the ADEC system have been proven to increase productivity, reduce thermal energy requirements and reduce exhaust flow. Results of adding an ADEC system to your dryer: ● 10-15% Exhaust flow reduction ● 5-10% Thermal energy reduction ● 8-10% Productivity increase A secondary heating system in the wet end seal (WES) section maintains a high temperature as the gases are mixed, thus ensuring that the volatile organic compound-laden gases (VOCs) remain in gaseous form as they are exhausted from the dryer. This also alleviates pitch build-up. Temperature data gathered at the top of the WES section, the point of air intake from the dryer section, and the point of ambient air intake from the plant, allows the ADEC system to precisely control the amount of heating of the air mixture inside the WES section prior to exhaust. This is key to maximizing thermal efficiency. Achieve greater benefit with Cooler Pressure Balance: • Improves control of dried veneer temperature • Reduces VOCs in the cooler vent • Reduces pitch build-up in dryer/cooler sections • Further improves thermal efficiency Another key element to optimizing dryer operation is control of the cooler exhaust volume to minimize the flow of heated air from the dryer into the cooler section, or cooler air into the hot dryer. This patented Cooler Pressure Balance (CPB) system further helps to maximize thermal efficiency, minimizes pitch build-up, which reduces maintenance and cleaning, and allows for automatic veneer temperature control into the dry veneer stacking process. Pressure sensing manifolds accurately measure the pressure in the last heated dryer section and first cooling section. Any pressure difference commands a change in the cooling section exhaust fan speed. The effect is a near zero pressure differential between the dryer and the first cooler section. Visir usnr.com PanelWorld • SEPTEMBER 2014 • 47

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PROJECTS

COLUMBIA FOREST PRODUCTS IS FOCUSED ON BUSINESS PERFORMANCE

s North America’s largest manufacturer of decorative hardwood plywood and hardwood veneer, Columbia Forest Products has been supplying fabricators for nearly 60 years. The company is a leader in sustainable forestry, as well as in developing innovative and environmentally friendly technologies and products. Columbia maintains a strong market presence in every plywood species, core and size category, including veneer core, medium density fiberboard (MDF), combination core and particleboard core. Wood species include ash, birch, cherry, hickory, maple, red oak, alder, walnut and many others. Columbia is committed to offering competitive products backed by exceptional service and support. Accomplishing this requires having the right systems in place that provide intelligent data for in-depth analysis and proper decision-making in the areas of pricing, sales, inventory and production. Columbia found this to be a challenge and struggled to have a system capable of producing the type data it needed in a format that was usable and efficient. At first, a homegrown system was used, but this quickly proved inadequate. The company then went to a business intelligence data system that also presented limitations with a heavy dependency on leveraging a resource for writing all required reports. After continuing to research solution options, Columbia felt confident that the QlikView application solution offered the best features and functionality needed for extracting, displaying and reporting business performance data.

The product also offered development opportunities to fit the environment at Columbia. To move forward with QlikView, Columbia turned to CHAMPS Analytics, which reviewed Columbia’s requirements and then developed a systematic plan to implement the solution. CHAMPS helped specify hardware needs based on system demands and the expected bandwidth of user traffic. They also worked with the team of developers at Columbia to educate them on how the QlikView product works. With approximately 50 users identified, CHAMPS created a training approach that taught the user community the key points of extracting data from the system and the type data views that were important for the Columbia business. The implementation process pro-

vided a comprehensive approach to ensuring that all training was properly performed. The approach also prepared the user community on how to use the system to meet their stated objectives of seeing company performance data in views that allowed for in-depth analysis and critical decision-making. The system was set up to address the

key areas of pricing and sales data followed by inventory control. Given the deep mix of Columbia’s products and complexity of various pricing structures, it was important to configure the system in order to project data in an understandable format. This allows the generation of graphical data reports at the detailed and macro levels. The detailed reports give those in sales and production roles important performance information while the higher level views are preferred by those in executive management. Appropriate actions can be taken at any of the levels after analysis of the graphical data reports. Graphical views of sales and profitability are available for analysis on a daily basis if desired, or on a routine basis as provided each quarter. “With QlikView, we are able to consolidate multiple data sources into one location,” says Rick Brewer, manager of Application Development, Columbia Forest Products. “It’s a great tool for our needs and is far superior compared to our previous methods. What we are able to do today is much more advanced than before.” This capability equips the sales team with key data on customer performance and overall revenue generation. Reports are routinely used to analyze and review pricing details for both customers and materials costs on the production side. These important views provide the business intelligent data personnel need for making any adjustments based on shifts in customer demand or changes in production loads. The mills can look at segments pertaining to a location whereas executive management may want to view overall costs of materials at that mill from a macro level. The QV solution allows CFP to slice data views any way CFP chooses to review trends, study product group performance and analyze mill location production. For example, an influx of bookings at one mill may require a shift in production to accommodate the de-

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PROJECTS mands. The data intelligence reports enable Columbia to take necessary action based on changes in business conditions or actual orders. Comparisons of similar data can also be made across different mill locations. Pricing is much easier to manage now that they have better views of information across the product mix and how it relates to specific customers. Quarterly pricing analyses are performed to review information and customer pricing models. “The experience with CHAMPS has been positive from the initial system acquisition to setup and training,” Brewer states. “They provide all the support we need whenever we need it.” With regard to return on investment, Columbia is benefitting from man hour cost savings from the elimination of manual reporting; expedited decision-making and time savings with real-time performance visuals; and annualized savings in payroll costs with re-allocation of resources. Columbia already has plans in place for system use beyond sales and pricing. Expanded use will include more within inventory control and other operational areas including production. The value of the tool has been embraced by the user community and executive management is pleased with the instant snapshots the system gives them on business performance. “We now have a system capable of slicing data just about any way we need for instant views and deep analysis,” Brewer adds. Article written by Chuck Patel of CHAMPS Analytics; cpatel@champsinc.com; 770-495-5883; champsanalytics.com.

PLITSPICHPROM ORDERS P’BOARD PLANT Russian operator Plitspichprom (SOUZ Group) and Siempelkamp signed a contract for the supply of a complete particleboard plant, which will replace an outdated multi-daylight particleboard plant of Soviet design at the Balabanovo location in the Kaluga region 100 km south of Moscow. The contract includes Siempelkamp’s 6 ft. x 18.8 m ContiRoll continuous press to manufacture boards 6-40 mm. The customer’s focus will be on the production of boards with a thickness of 38 mm. Pallmann will be responsible for the equipment for the front-end of the line, including chippers and flakers, materials handling and storage. The dryer will be supplied by Büttner, a Siempelkamp subsidiary. The screening technology, a complete resin preparation and dosing system, the exhaust and filter technology, thermal oil boiler, cooling and stacking line as well as automation and drive technology are also part of Siempelkamp’s scope of supply. The EcoFormer SL, developed by the Siempelkamp subsidiary CMC Texpan, will be used for surface layer mat forming. The particleboard plant is designed for a yearly capacity of 180,000 m3 and is scheduled to start in spring of 2016.

UPM-KYMMENE ORDERS ANALYZERS Raute Corp. received an order from Finland-based UPMKymmene Wood for 18 veneer analyzers based on machine vision and moisture analysis technology. It is the largest single order ever received by Raute’s Mecano unit in Kajaani, Finland. The delivery of the equipment is scheduled for 2014 and 2015. The order includes eight machine vision systems for ➤ 54 PanelWorld • SEPTEMBER 2014 • 51

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51 ➤ birch veneer composers that utilize Mecano’s color and fluoroscopic imaging technology and 10 birch and softwood veneer clipping and grading analyzers equipped with the most cutting edge Mecano machine vision and moisture analysis technology, as well as an MIS reporting system. Understanding the needs of customers and focused product development work were key factors in securing the order, according to Raute. “Longstanding extensive cooperation with the sector’s leading names, such as UPM Kymmene Wood, has enabled the development of functions that increase the productivity of veneer manufacturing,” Raute states. Raute’s Mecano unit in Kajaani is specialized in the development, manufacture and maintenance of smart analyzers and offers related training and consulting for the plywood and LVL industry. More than 400 systems have been delivered worldwide. The Kajaani unit employs 23.

VRG TO BUILD MDF OPERATION Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG) ordered a complete MDF plant including a high-end 4 ft. ContiRoll continuous press from the Krefeld, Germany machine and plant manufacturer Siempelkamp. VRG will manufacture high-quality MDF economically with the 33.3 m long press line of the latest generation. The laying of the foundation stone was celebrated in the Thanh Loc industrial park in the Chau Thanh district of the Kien Giang province approximately 250 km from Saigon. The order from VRG included the complete Siempelkamp scope of products in the area of wood-based material production plants. The Krefeld company will supply all plant components from the debarking machine to the stacking line for the finished boards. The heart of the plant is Siempelkamp’s 4 ft. x 33.3 m ContiRoll press. Siempelkamp’s 4 ft. press, the smallest representative of the ContiRoll family, combines all the features of the larger presses. The flexible infeed head, in particular, makes it possible to also produce thin MDF. Additional advantages include reliability, low thickness tolerances and quick startups with stable ramp-up curves. It will be the 18th 4 ft. plant which Siempelkamp will build in Asia. VRG will manufacture boards with a thickness between 2.5 and 30 mm in the popular Asian size 4 ft. x 8 ft. VRG will use Melaleuca wood as the raw material for its MDF production. The essential oils in these evergreens presented special technological challenges for the Siempelkamp experts. The resin and the pressing process had to be adapted to this special type of wood in order to guarantee high board strength and quality. The installation of the Siempelkamp components is scheduled for March 2015.

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DIEFFENBACHER REPORTS NEW ORDERS

reen River Panels (Thailand) Co., LTD. is investing in a second particleboard plant from Dieffenbacher. The plant will be installed next to the existing Dieffenbacher plant, which was set up in 2007 at the company’s Hat Yai location. Production is scheduled to start at the end of 2015. The scales were tipped in Dieffenbacher’s favor by the excellent experience that Green River has had with the existing plant’s production performance, the technical support the company has received and the quick response of the after sales service provided by the Dieffenbacher Asia Pacific Service Center located in Kuala Lumpur and therefore in close proximity to the site, according to the participants. The scope of supply includes a drum dryer, forming and press line and a twin diagonal saw. The forming station is supplied with a 4 head dispersion unit, which uses wind spreader heads with integrated roller screen. The benefits of deploying such technology include the considerably improved spreading tolerances with reduced raw material consumption and perfect surface quality thanks to the reliable separation of impurities. As well as standard particleboard, the plant also intends to manufacture lightweight panels. Delivery is scheduled to commence in May 2015. Dieffenbacher has also won another order for a particleboard plant in South East Asia, for a customer who has yet to be named. The scope of supply includes a dryer, forming and press line, diagonal saw and storage system. The plant is expected to be delivered in July 2015. ● The Dieffenbacher Group can look back on a successful first half of 2014. Dieffenbacher reports a record volume

of orders totaling EUR 800 million with all areas of the company expected to run at full capacity until well into the second half of 2015. So far in the first half of 2014, five new orders for partial or complete plants with a continuous press have been completed. In addition, a number of contracts have been signed. In January 2014, Dieffenbacher received an order from the Taleon Terra Group headquartered in St. Petersburg, Russia for an entire OSB system to be set up in Torshok, in the Tver region, near the LVL system already installed by Dieffenbacher. The system output totals 600,000 m3 per year. Dieffenbacher will deliver all of the machine equipment for the production line, from the debarking and conditioning units for the logs to the strander, dryer and screening unit, forming and press line and raw board handling equipment, as well as the tongue and groove systems with packaging lines. In addition, there are two power plants each with 57 MW combustion capacity included in the scope of supply. The delivery of the OSB system will start in spring 2015, with initial startup scheduled for the end of 2015. The customer will produce standard modules made with OSB and LVL according to American prefabricated houses. The Sveza Group has provided an additional contract from Russia for a particleboard plant. The scope of supply includes the chipping and flaking, dryer and screening unit, glue preparation and gluing system, forming and press line, raw board handling equipment, unfinished and finished board storage, grinding line, pneumatic conveying systems and energy generation. The delivery of the plant with an annual capacity of approximately 600,000 m3 is scheduled for

the second half of 2015. Following the award of the Proteak contract for an MDF plant in November 2013, Dieffenbacher won another order in Mexico when the largest wood-based panel manufacturer in Latin America, Masisa, ordered an MDF plant with an annual capacity of approximately 200,000 m3. The scope of supply also includes a dryer and screening unit, gluing system, forming and press line, finishing line and pneumatic conveying systems. Delivery commences in February 2015. ● In addition, the approval of another MDF project in Mexico is expected in the coming weeks. This would be Dieffenbacher’s third order for an MDF plant in Mexico within 12 months. Despite the weakening economy and ever stronger local competition, Dieffenbacher has secured two orders from China. Dieffenbacher is supplying a THDF system to Hubei YiJia in the Hubei province. The THDF system includes a CPS 265-28 press and is expected to be delivered in April 2015. The second MDF plant with CPS 26533 press is being supplied to a customer that is yet to be named but is located in the Xinjiang province. In addition, a contract has been signed for an OSB production line, which will take the number of Dieffenbacher continuous OSB systems in China up to five. Subsidiary Dieffenbacher SWPM received an order for an entire MDF plant on the basis of a multi-opening line for an Asian customer. The scope of supply includes an energy system, refiner, dryer, gluing system, press and finishing line. Dieffenbacher estimates a record volume of new orders totaling between EUR 450 and 500 million for the current fiscal year in the wood-based panel division. PW

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Martin Murphy has been appointed Senior Vice President, Raute North America. In this position Murphy is responsible for Raute’s North American operaMartin Murphy tions and reports to Petri Lakka, Group Vice President, Technology Services. Murphy’s previous position was vice president, Sales, Raute North America.

USNR BULKS UP PANEL TEAM USNR has added three panel industry veterans to its panel team: Trevor Wendt as account manager, Tim Davis as technical sales representative and Dusty Burchfield as sales engineer–drying technologies. The three join existing team members Alan Knokey, Tim Fisher, Pete Volk, Bryan Wolowiecki and Arne Nordstrand.

LIGNA WILL HOST WOOD INDUSTRY SUMMIT LIGNA, the trade fair for forestry and wood industries, which runs May 11-15, 2015, will offer a Wood Industry Summit. Organized by Deutsche Messe in partnership with the German Forestry Council (KWF), the new Wood Industry Summit will comprise an exhibition area, a matchmaking platform and a forum, making it a powerful hub for international lead generation and dialogue. It will be staged on about 2,000 sq. ft. of display area in Hall 13. In the exhibition area, companies and institutions from the forestry technology, sawmill technology, wood panel products and veneer production, wood energy, solid woodworking and pulp and paper industries will showcase their latest technology offerings in the immediate vicinity of international group pavilions run by key players from selected timber-rich target market regions, such as Russia, China, North and South America. The matchmaking platform will feature institutions and delegations of high-ranking government and business representa-

tives from Russia, China and North and South America, who will outline market access opportunities and regional wood industry projects in their countries. The third component, the forum, is for key international representatives of industry, science and government. The aim of the forum is to present new solutions, particularly harvesting technology.

3M APPOINTS CHIEF TECH OFFICER 3M appointed Dr. Ashish Khandpur as Senior Vice President, Research and Development and Chief Technology Officer. He replaces Dr. Frederick Palensky, who is retiring after a successful 37-year career with the company.

B&W BUYS EMISSIONS CONTROL FIRM MEGTEC Babcock & Wilcox Co. (B&W) announced that its subsidiary, Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG), has completed the acquisition of MEGTEC, a De Pere, Wis.headquartered industrial processes solutions provider. MEGTEC will operate as a subsidiary of B&W PGG under the trade name of Babcock & Wilcox MEGTEC (B&W MEGTEC). Its management team will continue with the company, and the company will continue to be headquartered in De Pere. B&W MEGTEC employs 600 in the U.S., Canada, France, Italy, Sweden, Germany, the United Kingdom, China, India and Australia. B&W MEGTEC’s environmental solutions products include oxidizers, energy recovery systems, solvent recovery systems, distillation systems, scrubbers, wet electrostatic precipitators and other equipment for industrial applications.

SANDVIK WILL EXHIBIT AT LESDREVMASH Sandvik will showcase its capabilities in registered embossing and the new opportunities available to customers as a result of its investment in digital printing solutions at the Lesdrevmash exhibition October 20-23 in Moscow, Russia. Sandvik will also announce process improvements that enable the production of textured belts up to 2600 wide,

and etching techniques that can be used to produce textures as deep as 350 microns. Other developments include the introduction of foil technology for texture application, and continuing success in powder technology. Design is central to texture production and Sandvik will be showing samples of a diverse range of surfaces—rough and smooth, matt and gloss, wood and stone, natural and graphic. With regard to its steel belt expertise, Sandvik will launch two important new service innovations: one for more efficient steel belt cleaning, the other designed to improve the quality of press belt repairs and, in turn, the quality of end product. The overall theme will be Sandvik’s ability to help wood based panel manufacturers achieve maximum product quality—an important differentiating factor in what is an increasingly competitive market—while at the same time maximizing press productivity.

HUNTSMAN VENTURE ENHANCES MDI Huntsman and Shanghai Chlor-Alkali Chemical Co. Ltd. announced plans to double the MDI (diphenylmethane diisocyanate) splitting capacity of their joint venture company, Huntsman Polyurethanes Shanghai Ltd. Co. (HPS), at the Shanghai Chemical Industrial Park (SCIP) in Caojing. With the new plant, MDI splitting capacity at the site will increase from 240,000 to 480,000 metric tons per year. Commercial operation is planned to start in 2017. The facility will take MDI precursors and split them to create more differentiated, custom made products for downstream markets. The announcement follows confirmation that Shanghai Lianheng Isocyanate Co. Ltd, (SLIC)—in which Huntsman and SCAC are shareholders—will build a new plant to produce 240,000 metric tons of crude MDI at SCIP, adjacent its existing 240,000 metric tons plant. The crude MDI plant and MDI splitter are part of an integrated isocyanates complex that includes manufacturing facilities for the precursors aniline and nitrobenzene.

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BOISE WOOD PRODUCTS HAS NEW LEADER Boise Cascade appointed Tom Corrick as executive vice president, Wood Products. “Tom has done an outstanding job growing our engineered wood products business and introducing our Boise Improvement Cycle for process improvement throughout Wood Products. He also played a key role in our recent successful IPO process,” comments CEO Tom Carlile. Corrick joined Boise Cascade in 1980 and has held various financial, planning and operating positions. He became the EWP general manager in 1999, vice president in 2004, and senior vice president in 2011, and has been one of the driving forces behind the expansion of the company’s EWP business over the last 15 years. Corrick succeeds Tom Lovlien who announced his retirement. “In his 35 years with Wood Products, Tom (Lovlien) has been integral to our success and his passion for the wood products business has become a part of our culture,” Carlile states. Under Lovlien's leadership, Boise Wood Products has become one of the largest producers of plywood, engineered wood products and industrial pine lumber in the U.S. with 19 manufacturing facilities, over 3,500 employees, and $1.1 billion in sales in 2013. Over the last five years, Lovlien led Boise Cascade’s purchases

of the Kinzua sawmill in Pilot Rock, Ore.; the Arden sawmill in Arden, Wash.; the Filler King beam plant in Homedale, Idaho; and the Chester, SC and Moncure, NC plywood plants.

TOLKO CELEBRATES ATHABASCA OPENING The community of Slave Lake came together June 20 to celebrate the opening of Tolko’s Athabasca OSB mill in Slave Lake, Alberta. Approximately 200 people, including Pearl Calahasen, Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Slave Lake Region; Murray Kerik, Reeve of Lesser Slave River; Tyler Warman, Mayor of Slave Lake; community firefighters; RCMP officers; employees; the communities of Slave Lake and High Prairie; and customer guests from Canada, the U.S., Japan, China, Taiwan and Europe joined Brad Thorlakson, Tolko President and CEO, and Jim Baskerville, VP Oriented Strand Board, to celebrate the grand opening of Tolko’s state-of-theart facility. The mill, which opened for a short time in 2008 before curtailing operations due to poor market conditions in 2009, has the longest continuous press in North America and is capable of producing a variety of panel and specialty products in varying lengths and thicknesses. In his speech to the diverse audience,

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Thorlakson thanked everyone for the continued support of the mill and Tolko during the economic downturn and looked forward to a prosperous future for the Athabasca operation. “We’ve carefully evaluated economic forecasts in the building products industry, and we’re confident that this is the right time to re-open,” he said. He also noted that re-opening the mill has provided approximately 150 direct and indirect jobs in the community, including salaried and hourly positions at the mill, contractors and suppliers, and related community employment opportunities. Thorlakson also thanked the operating team at the mill: “The Athabasca group is an amazing team of highly skilled, safe, innovative and engaged individuals who successfully took on the challenge of bringing the mill back online. They are driven to succeed, to produce quality product and to create a strong culture that supports employees and gives back to the community. We’re looking forward to great things from this team and this facility.” Vice President of OSB and Kraft Papers, Jim Baskerville, discussed the importance of the mill to customers and cited the ability to provide a wide range of quality products as well as the dedication to customer service as key strengths of the new facility. “With our Meadow Lake OSB mill operating in tandem with our Athabasca facility,

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CLIPPINGS customers can look forward to product diversification, improved availability and consistency, and top-notch service from our OSB operations.” Ramp-up on the mill began in late 2013 with first board production last December. The mill is expected to reach full production capacity by 2015.

UNILIN TO INVEST IN CHIPBOARD PLANTS Following the takeover of SpanoGroup, with its important chipboard activities in Oostrozebeke, Belgium, Unilin announced a further commitment to its chipboard operations. Unilin is investing more than € 40 million in two of the Panels Division’s three chipboard-producing facilities in order to reduce overall production costs. Production in the plant in Wielsbeke, Belgium will gradually be dismantled, whereas the production rate in the two remaining facilities at Wielsbeke and Oostrozebeke will be stepped up accordingly. Total production capacity will remain unchanged. The increased production in the two remaining plants together with the other plants of the Unilin group in the Wielsbeke region generate more than enough jobs so there will be no negative impact on employment.

NEW PLANT MANAGER FOR RIDDLE PLYWOOD Tony Ramm is the new plant manager of Roseburg Forest Products’ Riddle Plywood operation in Oregon, taking over for Dave Vculek who is retiring. Ramm’s career is marked by increasingly responsible positions at Boise Cascade (11 years) and Weyerhaeuser (10 years). Most recently, he served as a unit mill manager during an assignment for Weyerhaeuser in Alberta, Can.

WILSONART FOCUSES ON NEW HEADQUARTERS Wilsonart, a leading manufacturer of decorative surfaces, broke ground on its new U.S. headquarters in Temple, Texas. The new building, scheduled for completion in spring 2015, will consolidate key business units into a single, state-of-the-art office space, located on the Main Campus.

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RAUTE ADVANCES TECHNOLOGIES

Raute lathe Smart Scan HD HMI at Plum Creek

Through its ongoing development to improve green veneer quality, Raute has continued to manufacture top quality upgrade and modernization packages for every style and design of rotary peel veneer lines. Raute’s latest work at Plum Creek’s Evergreen mill in Kalispell, Mont. included the SmartScan HD, CLX PLC, along with automation improvements to the step feeder, lathe spindles and green stacker. Raute understands that there is only one chance to make good quality green veneer. Mills will then have to live with the results throughout the rest of the manufacturing process. Raute has been instrumental in the development of green ends in North America. Its latest developments in the green end will improve the peeling process for thickness and size accuracy— from the first planetary roller screw carriage drive, the first full electric XY charger (6 electric XY chargers in operation) and now the first complete Allen-Bradley ControlLogix controlled rotary clipper controller. Raute has improved the peeling process and thereby improved the processing of veneer through the dryer, layup and pressing. These will increase productivity and recovery of the complete plywood manufacturing process and not just the green end. The Electric Rotary clipper consists of the AB CLX PLC and motion control, an RSView HMI, A-B AC Servo knife drive system, and A-B Powerflex roll drive controls. Raute’s top of the line clipper control does not leave anything to chance by just firing the knife. The patent pending knife/roll speed monitoring tracks the rotating knife through the clip cycle and adjust the speeds to ensure accurate sheet sizing and minimal roll wear. If you’re tired of replacing clipper rolls every two to three months, this is the control for you. Let Raute take your green end to the next level, whether by modernization of your existing equipment or through a completely new design. 3360 Visit Raute at TP&EE, Booth 437.

NEW DEVELOPMENTS AT ALTEC

Altec specializes in controls and machinery for veneer green end solutions as well as controls for other areas in the veneer and plywood process. Its goal is to improve customer veneer recovery, product quality and productivity. Altec provides the latest technology and its extensive experience in the veneer industry to work as a team with its customers makes it happen.

Altec electric charger

Since the last Timber Processing and Energy Expo in 2012, Altec has introduced its XY Scanner version 2.0, the Altec Electric Charger, Electric Clipper, revised veneer stacker and is also introducing a new range of Altec Electric Actuators. At this year’s TP&EE, Altec will be showing and discussing all of these products and more. Feel free to drop by and discuss your applications and how Altec can work with you to improve product quality, recovery and productivity. In other news, Altec has recently doubled its workspace by taking over and expanding into the industrial unit next door. Altec has also increased its workforce and currently has 26 employees in Coquitlam, which is a suburb of Vancouver, BC. 8279 Visit Altec at TP&EE, Booth 553.

ACROWOOD—MANY APPLICATIONS

Acrowood name is synonymous with chippers and screens.

Acrowood Corp. has a long history of supplying chippers and chip screens for the pulp and paper industry, but it’s experience in wood products mill operations is equally impressive. Acrowood slant disc chippers have operated for decades in mill wastewood applications. Its heavy duty equipment is also

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used in the pellet and biomass industry. In fact, Acrowood first produced mini- or micro-chips for pellet production in 2008 at a plant in Kilkenny, Ireland. This plant also uses an Acrowood Dual Drive suspended rotary screen. Acrowood disc scalpers remove grossly oversized material and pass acceptable material to bypass hogs in the biomass/fuel industry. Its Air Density Separation systems can remove heavy contaminants from a wide variety of feed stocks including sawdust, shavings and wood chips. Acrowood has Dual Drive suspended screen applications in chip screening, sawdust screening and even bark scalping. Its DiamondRoll screens offer compact, non-vibrating means of screening wood chips or other materials for thickness or fines removal. Visit Acrowood at TP&EE, Booth 645. 176

DELTA MOTION CONTROLLERS

urable motion controller alternatives: the RMC75, a two-axis controller, and the RMC150E, a multi-axis controller for up to eight motion axes. Both products have the ability to synchronize multiple axes and transition smoothly between closed-loop control of axis position and the pressure/force exerted, making the controllers well-suited for applications involving fluid power. In order to coordinate operations with other machine building blocks such as PLCs and HMIs, the Delta controllers have EtherNet/IP or PROFINET networking capability. The controllers also interface directly to pressure and position transducers, encoders, and motor drives or proportional servo valves, avoiding the need for additional I/O interfaces. To simplify the task of developing and tuning motion profiles to optimize machine performance, Delta Computer Systems motion controllers include software called RMCTools, which contains a Plot Manager that graphically displays the motion of any of the system’s axes versus time. RMCTools also includes an automated Tuning Wizard that allows designers to tweak control loop gains via a slider bar on the screen, making design optimization a very straightforward operation. Each motion controller also contains a built-in simulator that enables machine designers to save time by proving out their control algorithms before the controllers are connected to real motion hardware. Visit Delta Computer Systems at TP&EE, Booth 818. 9768

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Delta Computers’ RMC75, left, and RMC150E

To fill the need for high performance motion controllers to power forest products processing equipment, Delta Computer Systems, Inc. provides two very flexible and highly config-

INADCO Moisture Measurement BV offers its new Moisturemeter II for continuous measurements of biomass moisture levels and for real time information on the calorific values of the biomass used. Since 2000 INADCO has been a market leader in Europe for equipment that measures the bulk density of growing media like potting soil and peat. Initially the INADCO moisture measurement technology was developed to be used in these potting soil and peat markets and led to the development

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and introduction of the Moisturemeter I in 2006. Based on the principles of the Moisturemeter I, the Moisturemeter II is a new innovation that makes the technology available for the wide range of biomass materials used and the more industrial uses of biomass like power plants.

Currently biomass installations face the problem of changing moisture percentages. The higher the moist percentage in the biomass the lower the energy yield will be in the boiler since the water in the biomass requires the installation to generate more energy for its heating and evaporation. For the highest yield possible the controls for the com-

bustion process in the boiler always need to be adjusted when moisture percentages change. If controls are not adjusted properly the yield of the biomass will go down and the emissions of carbon monoxide and NOx will increase. The new Moisturemeter II is equipped with a conveyor belt and has an integrated belt scale. As a result the Moisturemeter II can measure biomass while it is being fed into the boiler. This in combination with state-of-the-art laser sensor technology guarantees instant information such as: mass flow; flow of solids; flow of water; moisture percentage, actual and within batch; temperature of the product; total mass, per batch and lifetime; bulk density, actual and within batch; real time calorific value of the dry matter (in combination with the fuel value). INADCO CEO Theo Coolen states: “It is very exciting that the technology that made us a market leader in other markets has now evolved into the most accurate biomass measuring equipment on the market. We are very enthusiastic to be able to assist the biomass industry with our expertise and solutions in realizing a higher output at a lower cost both from a financial and an environmental perspective.” Visit inadco.nl. 2709

UNLOADER DE-GUMMED

A multinational manufacturer of engineered wood products, including particleboard, OSB and lower-end plywood, was having trouble keeping its existing silo unloader system up and running. The auger that was anchored in the center of their flat bottom, 14' diameter silo behaved much like the minute hand on a clock face; however it had a habit of binding solid at the perimeter. As you might imagine, these failures would force them to manually unload the silo before being able to attempt any repairs. After many “improvements”

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that only compounded the matter, a decision was made to solve the problem. Wajax was invited to examine the manufacturer’s facility and after reviewing drawings of the existing setup and the completed application data sheet, Wajax offered a 12' diameter Metalfab binactivator with a 24" by 28" rectangular outlet that dovetailed with the existing inclined screw conveyor. To optimize reliably and completely eliminate any build up of the gummy sawdust and pasty gobs of mill scrap that accompanied the waste wood, they installed a self-reversing starter that would change the direction of the vibrator with each start. This easy change in how energy was imparted to the binactivator encouraged a subtle but very real alternate movement within the silo (clockwise and then counter-clockwise) and no resident material ever accumulated. Visit 3418 wajax.com.

MULTI-PURPOSE LUBRICANT

Klüber Lubrication, a manufacturer of specialty lubricants, has introduced Klübertemp GR AR 555, a multi-purpose lubricant offering exceptional corrosion protection and high evaporation stability. Developed for high-temperature applications (up to 250 °C) and applications exposed to aggressive media, Klübertemp GR AR 555 is a white, homogeneous long-term grease based on a perfluorinated polyether oil (PFPE) and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). The product is NSF H1 registered. Common applications include pillow blocks/bearings, seals, rotary joints and ball bearing chains, as well as circulating fan bearings. Lubricants based on PFPE and PTFE are inert and generally regarded as neutral towards most elastomers and plastics. Visit klueber.com. 9560

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VENEER/PANEL SUPPLIERS

DIRECTORY ■ Indonesia

ASIA ■ China

PT. SENGON INDAH MAS Manufacturers of High Quality Plywood • HARDWOOD PLYWOOD—HPVA Grade • ALL SPECIES—CARB/NAUF • CORES: VC, Lumber Core, Combi Core, MDF • PLATFORMS—Veneer Core & Lumber Core • DOOR SKINS Contact U.S. Direct Sales Agent Industrial Wood Products, Inc. Tel: 703-435-6486 • Fax: 703-435-6489 mlubina@iwpwood.com

www.smartbamboo.com Premium quality bamboo veneer & panel FSC certified in 2009 Bamboo Veneer

– European fleece and glue – 4x8, 4x10 and custom cut – Thick veneer available Bamboo – Traditional and Density bamboo Panel – 8, 10, 13 length and custom cut – Many colors and patterns available Hangzhou Smart Bamboo Products Co., Ltd. Email: bhe@smartbamboo.com smartbamboo@ymail.com

NEXT CLOSING: SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Shanghai Lion Wood “Providing Industry Co., Ltd. Value & Cost

■ Japan

• High Grade Hardwood Plywood Savings With – HPVA Grading, All species, NAUF, High Quality Products” CARB, UV, FSC – Whole Pc X Bands, Composed Core – 1/8" - 1-1/2" Thickness: 6', 7', 8', 9' & 10' Lengths • Platforms – VC, MDF xBanded VC, FSC • Paper Laminated Plywood • Veneer Edge Banding – up to 3.0mm – UV Contact U.S. Direct Sales Agent Industrial Wood Products Inc. • Tel: 703-435-6486 Fax: 703-435-6489 • mlubina@iwpwood.com

■ India M P VENEERS, INDIA “Teak People”

Locate veneer & plywood products and services wo rldwide .

KAOCHUAN WOODWORK CO., LTD. Taiwanese Enterprise in China

• FANCY: On Plywood/MDF/PB/BB • VENEER: Custom-cut, Layon, Parquet • PLYWOOD: Hardwood, Poplar, LVL, Marine Tel: +86-573-89110999 Ext. 218 Fax: +86-573-89110599 Email: kaochuan@kaochuanwoodwork.com Website: kaochuanwoodwork.com CARB : TPC 6/CARB-ATCM/M013-HWPW008

Manufacturers of innovative machinery for the rotary veneer & plywood industry

Recognized Export House by Govt. of INDIA AN ISO 9001-2008 Company

Manufacturer of TEAK sliced veneers • In clipped and Bundled 0.5 to 2.5 mm • Spliced Faces 0.5 to 1.4 mm • Panel Size : 50” x 99”/123” and Counter front or any size required. FEQ TEAK LUMBER – Rough & Random Sawn OR Even Quarter Sawn on Edge or Face Teak Decking S4S - QTR - 9mmx36mm; 10mm x 48mm or any size required Thickness 3/4 to 12/4 Phone: +91 755 246 1243 • Fax: +91 755 246 8197 Website: www.mpveneers.com Email: exports@mpveneers.com

Reserve your space today. Call Susan Windham 800-669-5613

Meinan Machinery Works, Inc. 3-130 Kajita-cho, Obu, Aichi 474-8543, Japan E-Mail: sales@meinan.co.jp Represented in USA by: Merritt Machinery, LLC www.merrittmachinery.com

Manufacturer of Creative, High-Production Veneer & Plywood Machinery Horizontal Hot Press, Veneer Dryer Super Precision Knife Grinder Taihei Machinery Works, Ltd. 955-8 Miyamae, Irukade-Shinden Komaki-City, Aichi-Pref., 485-0084 Japan Email: sales@taihei-ss.co.jp www.taihei-ss.co.jp

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VENEER/PANEL SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY ■ Taiwan

■ Italy

GREAT GIANT INC. VENEER AND VENEERED PRODUCTS 260 Dachang Road Niao Song District Kaohsiung, Taiwan 833 Tel: 886 7 3790270 Fax: 886 7 3790275 E Mail: jc.giant@msa.hinet.net

veneermill Europ. Veneer Species: • Oak (flat + rift) • Beech (white + steamed) • Sycamore (figured + plain) • Pearwood and so on All grades in foreign & domestic species

Heinrich Wehmeyer Veneermill Frh.-v.-Twickel-Str. 11 48329 Havixbeck/Germany Phone: +49 2507 98350 Fax: +49 2507 983511 Web: www.wehmeyer.de E-Mail: info@wehmeyer.de

MACHINERY FOR PLYWOOD PRODUCTION ROTARY CUT LINE • DRIER • PRESS • CLIPPER Moglia - ITALY Tel +39 (0) 376 – 557820 Fax +39 (0) 376 – 557818 www.icmcompensati.it info@icmcompensati.com

EUROPE ■ Austria

LEGNOQUATTRO S.P.A. WOOD VENEER DYEING FACTORY Bird’s Eye Maple, Movingui, Similpear, Carbalho, Wengé, Cherry, Burls, Anegré, Kotó, American Walnut, Lacewood, Etimoé, Poplar

The world of veneer at www.veneer-world.com

Head Office & Factory: Factory: Via Brunati, 7 Via Provinciale, 19 20833 Birone 22060 Novedrate (CO) di Giussano (MB) ITALY tel. 0039-31-790246 fax 0039-31-791705 Email: legnoquattro@legnoquattro.it Web site: www.legnoquattro.it

We are an Austrian veneer producer with 50 years of experience in the export of veneer and Layons. We produce all European species but are strong in exotic veneers also. Find more information at www.frischeis.com helmut.spaeth@frischeis.com

■ Poland

■ France

■ Germany

Promote your veneer and plywood or located veneer and plywood products and services worldwide. Reserve your space today.

Call Susan Windham 334/834-1170 Fax: 334/834-4525 susan@hattonbrown.com

■ Spain

PRODUCERS OF SLICED AND ROTARY CUT VENEERS

SUPPLIERS OF FSC SPECIES • All figured species (Eucalyptus, Anegre, Sycamore...) • All pommeles and African species • All burls (Ash, Elm, Olive, Walnut, Oak...) • Bookmatched jointed burl faces.

We supply furniture, panel and architectural grades. VALENCIA – SPAIN Tel: +34-96126 5400 Fax: +34-96126 5144 timbercom@timbercom.com

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VENEER/PANEL SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY ■ Switzerland

■ Ontario

Southern Veneer Products

A FULL SERVICE PLYWOOD & VENEER COMPANY WE OFFER: Short turnaround time, In-house veneer mill—ROTARY, FLAT CUT, RIFT and QUARTERS, Custom pressing capabilities, Architectural specified plywood jobs, Huge veneer and core inventory, Over 100 natural species and engineer veneers in stock, All sizes and thicknesses–6'x4' to 5'x12', Internal logistics for fast on-time deliveries Contact us: Birchland Plywood-Veneer Ltd. TeL: 705-842-2430 • Fax: 705-842-2496 Visit www.birchlandplywood.com to view our “Live Log Program”

Manufacturer of high quality pine veneer and plywood

240 Peachtree Road • P.O. Box 278 Fitzgerald, GA 31750 Phone: 229-424-0294 • Fax: 229-424-0424 Email: info@southernveneerproducts.com Website: www.southernveneerproducts.com

■ Idaho

■ United Kingdom Manufacturers and distributors of top quality Veneer faces and backs in standard as well as component sizes. Bundle and flitch stock also available.

■ Quebec

■ Indiana

■ Canada

6670 - 144th Street, Surrey, BC V3W 5R5 Plant: (604) 572-8968 Fax: (604) 572-6608

Producers of high quality fine face veneers. Specializing in species indigenous to the West Coast. We manufacture Music grade solids and veneers. We also offer custom slicing, cut-to-size and log breakdown. Fir • Hemlock • Spruce • Pacific Maple (Figured and Plain) • Alder Western Red Cedar

P.O. Box 339 Post Falls, Id. 83877 208-773-4511 FAX 208-773-1107 email: info@idahoveneer.com Locate veneer & plywood products and services wo rldwide .

NORTH AMERICA ■ British Columbia

Knotty Idaho White Pine Western Red Cedar Red Alder Clear White Pine & Ponderosa Pine Clear Vertical Grain Douglas Fir, Hemlock, & Cedar

Manufacturer of high quality veneers. Specializing in engineering flooring blanks and stiles and rail components. Lengthwise sliced hardwood veneer and cut-to-size veneer from 1/7" to 1/50" Walnut, Cherry, Maple, Mahogany, Red & White Oak, Eastern White Pine, Hickory, Aromatic Red Cedar, Birch, V.G. Fir, Alder 300, 6e rue Nord, Daveluyville, Qc, Canada G0Z 1C0 Tel: (819) 367-3100 Fax: (819) 367-3199 placages.beaulac@beaulacfils.com www.beaulacfils.com

■ United States ■ Georgia

Amos-Hill Associates, Inc.

Quality Veneers Manufacturers of Decorative Hardwood Veneer Domestic and International Markets Species include: Walnut, White Oak, Red Oak, Hard Maple, Cherry and Birch “Quality is the Lifeblood of our Business” 112 Shelby Ave. ◆ P.O. Box 7 Edinburgh, IN 46124 Phone: 812-526-2671 ◆ Fax: 812-526-5865 E-mail: info@amoshill.com Website: www.amoshill.com The mark of responsible forestry FSC Supplier: SCS-COC-002445 * SCS-CW-002445

Manufacturers of Fine Face Veneer Machinery

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VENEER/PANEL SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY ■ Kentucky

CURRY VENEER SALES 1014 EAST SIXTH STREET NEW ALBANY, IN 47150 Email: bradblcveneer@gmail.com “Hands On Personalized Relationships”

... the kaleidoscope of veneer

SUPPLIERS OF: HARDWOOD DOMESTIC VENEERS Carrying a diverse line of Cherry and Walnut to supply your every need Imported Veneers Including Recon Veneer (Veneer Style) and Rotary Okume FSC Species Available

Locate veneer & plywood products and services worldwide.

NORSTAM VENEERS, INC. Proud to announce we have the “Newest Veneer Mill in the World” MANUFACTURER OF QUALITY HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD VENEERS

CUSTOM CUTTING AVAILABLE A new “Dimension” in Veneer & Plywood

Dimension Hardwood Veneers, Inc. Rotary & Sliced Veneers 509 Woodville Street • Edon, Ohio 43518 Main Office - Tel: 419-272-2245 • Fax: 419-272-2406

Dimension Plywood Inc. Custom Architectural Plywood & Face Veneers 415 Industrial Blvd. • New Albany, IN 47150 Tel: 812-944-6491 • Fax: 812-944-7421 www.dimensionhardwoods.com FSC-C041275

Producers of fine veneer for the global market, since 1892

P.O. BOX 32 HWY. 135 MAUCKPORT, IN 47142

BUS: 812.732.4391 FAX: 812.732.4803

RSVP is proud to offer a full line of imported and domestic veneer that includes burls, crotches and highly figured woods. If you would like more information pertaining to these products or others we offer please contact us directly or visit our website.

www.ifpveneer.com ■ Michigan

COLDWATER VENEER, INC. Sliced Face Veneers Oak ● Carolina Pine Cherry ● Hard Maple ● Walnut Dean Calhoun ■ Dave Counterman Don Steffey ■ Rob Taylor Jack Freese Tel: 517-278-5676 • Fax: 517-279-7104 548 Race Street Coldwater, MI 49036 www.coldwaterveneer.com

Locate veneer & plywood products and services worldwide.

1285 Indianapolis Rd. • Columbus, IN 47201 Ph: 812-375-1178 • Fax: 812-375-1179 www.RSVPveneer.com

Cherry Maple White Oak Walnut Hickory Red Oak Exotics Indiana Veneers Corporation

1121 East 24th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46205 Tel: [317] 926-2458 Fax: [317] 926-8569 Url: www.indianaveneers.com Email: sales@indianaveneers.com

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VENEER/PANEL SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY ■ North Carolina

■ Minnesota

■ Oregon

BUFFALO VENEER & PLYWOOD CO. Quality Plywood, Six decades strong! Stock Panels Counter Front Panels All Thicknesses and Cores NAF, FR and MR Availability Domestic and Imported Veneers CARB P2 Certified 501 6th Ave. NE - Buffalo, MN 55313 Tel: (763)682-1822 Fax: (763)682-9769 Email: sales@buffaloveneerandplywood.com Website: www.buffaloveneerandplywood.com

■ Mississippi

Quality Plywood Since 1920 ◆ Manufacturers of Cut-to-Size and Stock

Panel Plywood ◆ Supplier to the Residential, Hospitality, Commer-

cial and Institutional Industries ◆ Manufacturer of Veneer and HPL panels with Lumber Banded, Lumber Core, Particleboard, MDF or Veneer Core substrates ◆ Fully Machined, ready-to-assemble, panels or simply press and ship ◆ Sizes up to 60 inches by 144 inches ◆ All species, plain sliced, rotary and fancy faces

P.O. Box 7447 • High Point, NC 27264 Sales: (336) 861-4100 • Fax: (336) 861-4700

■ Ohio

Architectural Paneling, Door Skins, Custom Cabinet Package and Furniture Plywood ● Panel sizes up to 5' x 12' ● 4', 5' and cross-grain sanding capability ● Veneer manufacturing to 14' lengths ● FSC Certified ● NAUF products available ●

2323 Cross Street ● Eugene, Oregon 97402 Sales: (541) 461-0767 ● Fax: (541) 461-0738 Email: westernpanel@aol.com web site: westernpanel.com

■ Pennsylvania

Veneer & Lumber LOGS 1270 Baltimore Pike West Grove, PA 19390 Email: Info@Crown-Wood.com Website: www.crown-wood.com Tel: (610) 869-8771•Fax: (610) 869-4166 CROWN HARDWOOD CO. INC.

MAGNOLIA FOREST PRODUCTS, INC.

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DISTRIBUTORS OF SYP Plywood & Lumber OSB Cut to size

A new “Dimension” in Veneer & Plywood

1-800-366-6374

Dimension Hardwood Veneers, Inc.

www.magnoliaforest.com Terry, MS J.I.T. & P.I.T. Nationwide NEXT CLOSING: SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

■ New York

Rotary & Sliced Veneers 509 Woodville Street • Edon, Ohio 43518 Main Office - Tel: 419-272-2245 • Fax: 419-272-2406

Dimension Plywood Inc. Custom Architectural Plywood & Face Veneers 415 Industrial Blvd. • New Albany, IN 47150 Tel: 812-944-6491 • Fax: 812-944-7421 www.dimensionhardwoods.com

ESTABLISHED 1972

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Universal Veneer Mill Corp. Manufacturing and Sales Sliced Harwood Veneers Custom Cutting Available 1776 Tamarack Road Newark, OH 43055 Ph: (740) 522-2000 Email: info@universalveneer.com

Proudly serving our clients in the hardwood plywood sheetstock, plywood component, solid wood component, face and core veneer markets for over 40 years. Looking forward to applying our worldwide knowledge and resources to help create the solution you need. inquiry@pittsburghforest.com Office: 724.969.5000 375 Valleybrook Rd, McMurray, PA 15367

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VENEER/PANEL SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY ■ South Carolina

■ Virginia

Darlington Veneer Co., Inc.

WEST POINT VENEER

Established 1918

Manufacturer of sliced face veneers

•Manufacturers of stock sizes of hardwood plywood •Species range from ash to walnut in rotary, plain sliced and rift cut •Core constructions of veneer, lumber, flake and fibercore •Lengths up to 12 feet in all cores •Fire retardant plywood

Carolina Pine is our speciality Oak • Cherry • Walnut • Maple • Ash • Poplar

Robert van der Meulen ■ Samuel Agcanas Tel: 804-843-2900 ■ Fax: 804-843-2554 320 Dupont Street West Point, VA 23181 Custom Cutting Available Member of the Coldwater Veneer Group www.coldwaterveneer.com

P.O. Box 1087 • Darlington, SC 29532 (843) 393-3861 • Sales: 800-845-2388 Fax: 843-393-8243 email: rhubbard@darlingtonveneer.com

SOUTH AMERICA

NEXT CLOSING: SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

■ Brazil

■ Vermont

Promote your veneer and plywood or located veneer and plywood products and services worldwide. Reserve your space today.

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North America’s largest manufacturer of fancy face rotary veneer. Offering FSC certified veneer products in Red Oak, Hard Maple, Birch, Ash, Tulip Poplar, Basswood and Soft Maple in Stock Panel & Cut-to-Size Lay-ons as well as unspliced veneer .4mm thru 1.6mm thickness

334/834-1170 Fax: 334/834-4525 susan@hattonbrown.com

Plain sliced Alder and Aromatic Cedar faces and flitch stock are regularly available. Also offering domestically produced FSC Mixed Credit/CARB Phase II Compliant Aspen platforms - both long grain & cross grain dimensions in a variety of thicknesses.

Contact Sales at 802-334-3600 • Fax: 802-334-5149 www.cfpwood.com • 324 Bluff Rd. • Newport, VT 05855

VENEER/PANEL SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY Next closing: September 23, 2014. Submit your own ad information (on a separate sheet of paper) and we will typeset it for you for FREE. Be sure to include any good-quality artwork that should be included and to include this form for payment/contact information. We will fax you a proof before final print for your approval. ❑ Payment enclosed

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DIRECTORY The Feltham-McClure Co., Inc.

Daqota Systems Inc. 9248

2151 Wembley Place • Oviedo, Florida 32765 407-366-9333 Ofﬁce • 407-366-4900 Fax www.thefeltham-mcclurecompany.com

P.O. Box 2188, McKinleyville, CA 95519 (707) 826-1120 P.O. Box 198, Cloquet, MN 55720 (218) 878-0665

web site: www.daqota.com – XY Scanning Systems _ Motion Control _ Slicer Controls _ Vat Controls _ Lathe and Tray Controls _ Information Systems _ Custom Control Systems _ Electrical Engineering _ Process Control _ Y-only vees centering _ Vision Systems (hi res laser measurement) 4809

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Veneer Lathe Service - All makes, models and peripherals for all end products. Installation, Laser Alignments, Retrofits, Rebuilds and Troubleshooting Peel Problem Troubleshooting and Rectification Lathe Training Seminars - Operational and Maintenance Representing: Demco Manufacturing and Doyle Tool & Gauge

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Specializing in confidential career opportunities in the Forest Products industry

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Management Recruiters of Houston Northeast

Tel: (800) 985-5191

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“Your Success Is Our Business” Serving the Wood Products and Building Materials Industries For more than 21 years.

Custom search & recruitment services for the complete range of composite panel and related careers in the U.S., Canada and Europe. www.olsonsearch.com

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Top Wood Jobs Recruiting and Staffing George Meek

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EVENTS AUGUST

MARCH 2015

20-23 • International Woodworking Fair, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Ga. Visit iwfatlanta.com.

8-10 • APA-Engineered Wood Assn. annual meeting, J W Marriott San Antonio Hill Country, San Antonio, Tex. Call 253-565-6600; visit apawood.org.

SEPTEMBER

Listings are submitted months in advance. Always verify dates and locations with contacts prior to making plans to attend.

12-14 • Oregon Forest Industries Council annual meeting, Sunriver Resort, Sunriver, Ore. Call 503-371-2942; visit ofic.com. 13-14 • 26th WMI Workshop on Design, Operation and Maintenance of Saws and Knives, Holiday Inn Portland Airport, Portland, Ore. E-mail szymani@woodmachining.com; visit woodmachining.com. 15-17 • Timber Processing & Energy Expo, Portland Metropolitan Exposition Center, Portland, Ore. Visit timberprocessingandenergyexpo.com.

NOVEMBER 20-23 • Lesdrevmash, 15th International Exhibition, Expo Centre Fairgrounds, Moscow, Russia. Visit lesdrevmash-expo.com.

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10-13 • FMC China 2013, Shanghai World Expo Center, Shanghai, China. Call +86-21-64371178; e-mail: fmc@ubmsinoexpo.com; visit fmcchina.com.cn.

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