Drying
International Forest Products reached an agreement to acquire the assets of Keadle Lumber Enterprises of Thomaston, Georgia. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The objective of this discussion is to summarize recent trends related to industrial kiln drying with especial emphasis on the drying of softwood dimension lumber. According to an relatively recent report, between 1995 and 2007 the number of softwood sawmills in the United States and Canada was reduced by 24.5%. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
When it comes to operating a dry kiln, even the smallest efficiencies add up to big savings and much-needed profits. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers! 1 comments
Lumber producers are looking at ways to increase their average dry product value and to secure new markets for their wood. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
In the Primary and Secondary wood products markets, industry-leading sawmills and wood processing companies must control their critical moisture levels in their lumber or wood products. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Discolourations (stains) in wood have the potential to seriously downgrade and reduce the value of lumber. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
At most sawmills these days, operators and owners are trying to do more with less. But at Sexton Lumber near Bloomfield, N.L., the management team is taking a different approach, and it’s paying off in big ways. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Wood Week will return September 9-10, 2011 to the heart of Eastern Canada’s Forest Industry, combining several established shows, including LogFor, InterSaw and Démo Forêt 2000. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Kiln manufacturers and lumber producers have realized the benefits associated with drying with faster air velocity. As a result, kilns these days are generally equipped with more powerful airflow systems. Increased air velocity through the lumber stack improves heat transfer and moisture pick up and therefore shortens drying time. That’s the good news, but with every gain there is a little pain and in this case that is the extra cost of creating the faster air flow. Electrical energy consumed by the air circulation system may only represent 5 to 10% of the total energy used to dry SPF lumber but, due to the higher cost of electricity, it can represent up to 20% of your energy costs. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
When asked how Apollo Forest Products has fared over the last few years, the mill’s plant manager Dale Slorstad doesn’t hesitate when responding. “There’s no question, it has been tough,” he acknowledges. “However, a strong balance sheet, low debt and our people have pulled us through this.” Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Like many things, the moisture content (MC) of wood can seem a simple and straightforward subject until you start asking questions Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
For a sawmill to survive these days in a medium to large forest products company, it needs to deliver value to shareholders and must play a strategic role in the company’s overall plan. That’s just a fact of life for Brian Ramage, the recently appointed mill manager at EACOM Timber’s sawmill near Gogama, Ont., a small rural community situated about half way between the larger centers of Sudbury and Timmins. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The thermal power generating station in Senneterre, Que. represents a total installed capacity of 34.6 MW, producing steam and electricity from wood waste or fo Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
As lumber drying specialists, we at FPInnovations are constantly asked for the best method to set pitch in Douglas-fir and pine species. While we always give t Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Almost four years ago we ran an article in this series on energy considerations in lumber drying (see Energy Matters in Drying, September/October, 2006). Much o Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
At FPInnovations, one of our main business functions is the presentation and dissemination of technical information for the forest products industry. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
FPInnovations – Forintek Division recently completed a study on the use of low-pressure steam and cold water spray during the drying of mountain pine beetle (MP Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The objective in writing this series of drying articles isn’t to tell you how to dry your lumber. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The weak link in drying has historically been the lack of detailed information on the quality of the dried product. In the sawmill and planer mill, boards are Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
You’re drying black spruce, and your drying time keeps getting longer. At the same time, the planer mill is complaining about wets and over-dried lumber. You h Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
