Sawmilling resources posted on-lineFriday 11 Mar 2016
To remain internationally competitive, local sawmills increasingly were looking at technologies that can be used to increase lumber yields, improve grade recoveries and get higher production speeds out of their saw-lines. Lowering the service or maintenance requirements of equipment and reducing the sawing costs for their operation were also high on the list of “must haves”. As well as new innovations around sawing and wood scanning systems, case studies of companies investing and bedding in some of this new equipment was a key focus for the FIEA event. There was also a much greater emphasis on the practical issues around selecting, installing, commissioning and running saws. Renowned sawmilling experts from around the world led sessions on how saws within the mill are best aligned, maintained and operated to improve both sawing performance and a mill’s productivity. Some of the trends being projected for future sawmilling were; simpler, high production mills with reduced manufacturing cost replacing complex mills, single pass sawmills becoming more commonplace, high speed 4 sided canters with multiple profilers and vertical arbor gangs were expected to process the majority of the wood under 400mm in diameter and high speed edgers were increasingly expected to be replaced by high speed board profiling. All delegates were able to access and download presentations post event. FIEA members, in addition to a wide library of resources from recent technology events, can now access each of the presentations below from the Tech Updates section of the FIEA website, www.fiea.org.nz. Using Precision Optical Alignment Tools to Improve Sawing Performance Carl Baines, International Sales, Brunson Instrument Company, United Kingdom Steve Addington, Alignment Specialist, Brunson Instrument Company, United States Selecting Scan Heads: What every sawmill needs to consider Joey Nelson, President, Joescan, United States Sawmill Equipment Design & Developments Ron McGehee, Founder and President, WaneShear Technologies, United States Saw Design, Troubleshooting, Performance, Alignment and Maintenance Joe Shields, Machinery Support Technician, USNR, United States Harry Penn, Sales & Service Rep, USNR, United States Investing in Automation: What can the latest technologies do for local wood processors? Ben Blower, Sales & Marketing Manager, Design Energy, New Zealand Domestic & International Overview of Lumber Markets Rob de Fegely, Director, Margules Groome Consulting, Australia Building in Scanning and Optimisation into your Mill Mat Thomsen, Site Plan Controller, Hyne Timber, Australia For FIEA members who have lost or can’t remember their access code to the tech resources, please email jeannette.dekker@fiea.org.nz | ||
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