The mission: saw crooked logs into high-quality lumber

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France's Escobios is among a growing number of sawmillers that are using cutting-edge technology to overcome the problem of obtaining high-quality lumber from crooked timber without much waste and at industrial speeds. Escobios partnered with sawmilling consultancy and machinery manufacturer Ciris Engineering to produce a $25 million sawmill designed to saw 120,000 cubic meters of high-quality lumber a year. The new sawmill will allow Escobios to get the maximum value from each widely varying log.

Technology application, Industrial equipment and supplies industry, Industrial equipment industry, Sawmills, Escobois, Ciris Engineering

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`Use one load of logs to make eight loads of products'

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Snowcap Lumber Ltd, based in Abbotsford, BC, makes wood panels with high-grade veneers on relatively cheap wood. This process multiplies by about thirty the proportion of usable wood by cutting veneers into 1/32" instead of one inch slices. Snowcap is a subsidiary of Pretty's Timber, which harvests about 81 million board feet annually.

Sawmills, British Columbia, Lumber, Hardwood veneer and plywood, Hardwood Veneer and Plywood Manufacturing, Veneer Core Hardwood Plywood, Production management, Hardwood (Wood product), Veneers and veneering, Plywood, Veneer, Snowcap Lumber Ltd., Pretty's Timber

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A little work can add plenty of extra value

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This article focuses on the International Forest Products Ltd. transforming cheap, low-grade utility cedar lumber into costly finished fingerjointed lumber. Issues concerning the AddVantage density scanning equipment and scanning technologies are examined in this article.

Canada, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, Analytical instruments, Cut Stock, Resawing Lumber, and Planing, Wood Siding, Density & Specific Gravity Equip, Instrument industry, Instrument industry (Equipment), Equipment and supplies, Measuring instruments, International Forest Products Ltd., CAE Newnes Ltd.

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