Optimization
High tech reaches new heights at planer operations across Canada and beyond. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The latest version of a business software for lumber and wood products manufacturers offers customization tools and an improved user interface. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
VAB Solutions Inc. management team announced the signing of an exclusive representation agreement with Wolftek Industries of Prince George, B.C. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Wood-Mizer has released the WM4000 thin-kerf industrial sawmill that combines thin-kerf blades with automated technology. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
According to Innovativ Vision, it had its best-ever week of sales last month, selling seven WoodEye timber scanning systems to customers in Canada, Germany and Russia. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
By retooling its Midway mill to a one-line, single-pass system, Vaagen Fibre Canada ULC hopes to replicate the success it has seen south of the border. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A Newfoundland sawmill says it will be the first in Canada to build an automated laser scaling system for measuring wood volume. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Autolog Inc. has announced an agreement with AMS Solutions Inc., a B.C.-based industrial automation company, to act as their technical representative and support group for the Western region. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Halco Software Systems announced it has taken orders for their WSO Sawmill Optimization system at five U.S. sawmills, including Simpson Lumber in Longview, WashL Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
VAB Solutions announced it has recently sold two new planer optimizers, one in Ontario and the other in New Brunswick. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
NorSask Forest Products will be proceeding with a capital investment project in its planer mill operations at its Meadow Lake sawmill in Saskatchewan. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
As market diversity improves for Canada’s wood products business, WFP is on track to undertake some major mill upgrades. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Hatton-Brown has released its initial lineup of presentations for the workshop portion of the Timber Processing and Energy Expo, being held Oct. 17-19 at the Portland Exposition Center in Portland, Ore. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Canadian Wood Products reviews the latest advances in primary log breakdown and optimization systems. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Like other aspects of the sawmill and planer mill, trimming is evolving, with improvements to optimization, fences and saws leading to increased lumber value and volume through greater precision and production speed. 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!
In 2010 USNR launched the Multi-Track Fence, a cost effective solution to improve the speed and accuracy of the trim line. The first fence was installed in June 2010, and today 32 Multi-Track Fences have been installed globally. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Recently, USNR announced new products that improve the process of transforming raw wood fibre into valuable products. 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!
As important as scanning and optimization are at the sawmill, they’re also critical at the planer mill. These processes are an opportunity to minimize losses and maximize profits through detection of defects for assigning grades or re-cut – and for things like removal of boards too high in moisture for re-dry. “Accurate sorting and trimming of our finished fibre for appearance and strength is essential for customer satisfaction, product liability and mill profitability,” says Ron Mohr, quality control superintendent at B.C.-based Conifex. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
