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UPGRADE By Dan Shell
Sierra-Pacific Industries’ all-green Oregon sawmill boosts finishing end speed and efficiency.
R NOTI, Ore.
ecent improvements at Sierra-Pacific’s Noti mill 25 miles west of Eugene, Ore. have boosted efficiency and quality at the facility that produces all-green, 100% Douglas fir products, primarily dimension lumber along with timbers. During the past four years, the mill has added a new Lucidyne (now owned by Microtec) grade scanner, new USNR trimmer infinite fence system and most recently a Hogue Industries high speed dual fork stacking line with end-tamping
feature. A Samuel strapping system with innovative batten feeding feature was added to the line shortly after. The mill’s finishing end had been a bottleneck for the operation, says Mill Manager John Simington, adding that improvements in the area the past few years — grader, fence and new stacking-strapping line—have boosted overall efficiency.
PROJECT The largest of the projects included an all-electric Hogue Industries high speed dual fork stacker with secondary hoist
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