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vat. Off this 4" line, there is a
1" hose every 4', spraying
water over the top of the
blocks. The water is heated in
a large (50,000 gal.) sump by a
big steam coil and pumped
over the blocks, returned,
filtered, and used over again.
The source of this water is
waste-water from the whole
complex.
To save wear and tear on the
Adco-West Stud Machine and
smooth out the flow, we
installed a Morbark Pole
Peeler. We are routing all our
small blocks up to 8", through
this machine. We knock all the
knots and bark off and round
up these small blocks for the
stud mill.
Electric eyes
The core sorting system on
the P.M.I, lathe sorts by
electric eyes. Everything un
der 8" goes to the stud mill
and everything over 8" goes to
the 4' lathe.
At the P.M.I, core deck,
cores are machine transport
ed to the stud mill infeed deck.
On the Coe lathe, we also
sort to an 8" maximum for the
stud mill. Here we also do the
sorting with electric eyes.
Cores from the Coe lathe
travel directly to the stud mill
infeed deck down the back
wall.
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The small log
Kinzua has gone to a lot of
effort to get the small log, the
P.M.I, cores and the Coe cores
properly sorted and prepared.
Trimming studs prior to the
planer is the secret to the flow.
The outfeed of the planer
and the corner transfer onto a
How it works.
By Monte Stookey
sorting chain.
Studs are graded next. The
grader pulls onto loads all the
economy and off species.
Graded studs are stacked
automatically, banded and
ready for shipment. In this
operation, we have only three
people on each of two shifts.
We have a few minor changes
to make in this area, but we
are looking at shipping 1,000 M
feet per month. I can't stress
enough the value of having a
place to go with these small
logs. This installation has
been a very profitable one.
We use our 4 lathe strictly as
a recovery machine. These
are typical blocks recovered
from our 8' lathe spinouts.
Other than these spinouts, we
only run the remnants from
the log on this lathe.
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First of a Kind
The Kinzua central hydraul
ic system is one of the first of
its kind. Supplied by Hydra
Power Systems, it supplies all
three lathes, eliminating the
usual individual system for
each lathe.
We have cut our lathe
hydraulics downtime to al
most zero, only having the
occasional broken hose or fit
ting. Another very important
factor is the elimination of the
mess, and fire hazard.
To eliminate downtime even
further, we have far more
pumping capacity than our
lathes require and can actual
ly operate two pumps short.
On both our 8' lines we have
Morvue Infra-Scans control
" ling new Elliott Bay Clippers.
With the installation of the
Elliott Bay Clippers, we have
again eliminated downtime.
Stacker operation
A Durand Vacuum Diverter
leads to a Durand 2-Bin
Automatic Veneer Stacker.
This stacker stacks only heart
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