Technology
Norwood Sawmills introduced a new personal bandsaw mill that the company says is good for hobbyists, first-time and custom sawyers. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Automation continues to find its way into the filing room as demands for greater efficiency and speed – and a looming labour shortage – continue. 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!
Design updates to Sennebogen's line of material handlers includes, Eco-Mode, which combines reduced engine speed with an automatic idle control that helps reduce fuel consumption. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
After two years of research and development in both Europe and North America, Cut Technologies has designed a tipping machine perfectly suited for the North American sawmill filing room. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Williams and White Machine Inc. announced Cut Technologies Machinery Ltd. as the sales representative of the Sure Sharp Knife Grinding product line. 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!
The Tigercat AC16 articulated carrier self-propelled carrier gives mill yards more options. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Sexton Lumber rebuilt its planer mill, automating grading and maximizing throughput for an enviable return on investment. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
It is well known that wood is a combustible material, and combustion incidents do happen in industries processing wood. 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!
Panasonic announced the launch of its Toughbook C2 – a semi-rugged convertible tablet PC that is Panasonic's first Toughbook model optimized for the new Microsoft® Windows 8 Pro operating system. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Scierie Dion invested $15 million in its own mill to saw both hardwoods and softwoods on the same line. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Many B.C. sawmills are going without fire inspections, even though provincial law requires municipalities to inspect all public buildings regularly. 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!
Canfor is helping to pump new life into the small southeastern British Columbia (B.C.) community of Radium Hot Springs. 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!
Gilbert is pleased to announce that on May 3, 2012, the company sold its 50th Gilbert Planer. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
