Page 6-A THE GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner, Ore.. Thursday. March 17. 1977
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Monte Stookey, Kinzua ply
wood manager, addressed the
Portland Plywood Clinic Mar.
12 where he outlined essential
steps in plywood operations
through integration of ma
chinery and people for in
creased recovery and produc
tion. He told industry repre
sentatives, from western
states and Canada, that Kin
zua started two years ago to
rebuild and replace machin
ery and reorganize and train
personnel to work with the
changes and the goals of pro
duction. To facilitate change,
work was started in specific
areas and continued by area
until goals of operation were
attained.
Here is a personal inside
tour of the plywood operation
at Kinzua with Stookey as
your guide.
"As our raw materials costs
are steadily increasing, and
all the other costs also in
creasing, each and every log
that enters our Log Yard has
to have a designated des
tination. When a log is barked and
goes to the bucking saw, the
blocks, when leaving the saw,
must go directly to their
specific areas.
"On our sorting line, we
have five (5) sorts.
1. Remnants that go to our
4' lathe.
2. Culls that go to our
splitter.
3. Coe Lathe 13" and up.
proper bin, and then to its final
destination.
This particular scanner is
one of the first of its kind. It
will sort to within one-tenth
How it works.
4. P.M.I. Lathe-8" to 13".
5. 0" to 8" Pole Peeler for
rounding up for the stud mill.
To obtain this proper block
sorting, Kinzua purchased a
block scanning and sorting
system through Lloyd Con
trols. We have built our whole
operation around this system,
to get our material in its
inch diameters, ignoring
knots. Ambient light does not
affect it and we have no
human factor involved. The
only function the sawman has,
except sawing, is to select the
remnant and the cull out.
In this area, we also have a '
lily pad chipper to take care of
all the log trim and the rem
nant that won't make a 4'
block.
New barker
Our new barker is a 50"
Salem-Burnette ring and it is
doing a wonderful job for us.
We are barking pine for our
sawmill two shifts, and fir for
three shifts on two 8' lathes in
the plywood in two nine hour
shifts on this barker.
Some of the features are
self-centering, operator fing
ertip control of the tool
pressure, the ring speed, and
the belly chain and infeed
speed. Maintenance and ac
tual downtime on the barker
itself is minimal. A block
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Les Schwab Tire Center salutes
the company. .
the product. . .
and the source.
In Heppner on
Main Street.
676-9481
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