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FEATURES
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Parton Lumber Installs 5 USNR Kilns Parton Lumber has installed five USNR Aluminum Package Kilns with Kiln Boss Computer Controls at their Rutherfordton, NC facility. These are special, high performance units with enhanced heating, humidity, and venting systems, providing Parton Lumber with improved drying uniformity along with increased production. Furman Parton, who supervises their drying operation, explained, “I’m very pleased with the quality of lumber coming from the new kilns. These USNR kilns do everything they said they would do.” Parton Lumber Company is a third generation, family owned and managed business that was founded in 1948. The company currently has 135 employees and manufactures approximately 53 million board feet annually at its main facility in Rutherfordton. Located in the heart of the Appalachian hardwood region, Parton Lumber manufactures 4/4 through 8/4 lumber from Red Oak, White Oak, Yellow Poplar, and other mixed hardwoods along with the resulting hardwood chips and mulch. Parton also produces timbers from White Pine for the log home industry. The new USNR dry kilns are flexible enough to dry both slow-drying hardwoods as well as the faster drying, light density species, such as White Pine, with excellent results. Three of the USNR kilns are 53' wide, large capacity models, while the other two are smaller, 21' wide units, designed for flexibility in loading. “Parton Lumber knew exactly what they wanted to achieve, and it was up to us to design a drying system that could do the job effectively and efficiently,” said Whit Whitmire, USNR Sales Representative.
In addition to dry kilns, Parton Lumber uses a range of USNR machinery and optimization equipment in its sawmill, where they operate two primary breakdown lines. One line runs a USNR Log Boss Carriage optimized with the USNR-Inovec YieldMaster system. This system was upgraded with StereoScan in 2003. The second line runs a USNR-Kockums Cancar end-dogger style carriage, optimized with the USNR-Inovec LogMaster system. This line was upgraded to a dual-side, StereoScan system in 2004. The End-Dogger scanning system is unique in that the scanners move with the log in place. The mill also runs a USNR edger and USNR trimmer with v6 scanning and TimberGrafx optimization, as well as a complete USNR Sorter system. |
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EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT Whit Whitmire works as an Account Representative for USNR's Dry Kiln Division in the Southeastern United States. Whit became familiar with USNR's long tradition in kiln drying while teaching as a Dry Kiln Instructor at the Haywood Technical College, Wood Products Department in Clyde, North Carolina. He gladly came on board in 1987 as a Sales Rep for USNR's Jacksonville Division (then known as Irvington-Moore). Born and raised in Greenville, South Carolina, Whit received a BA degree from the University of South Florida in Tampa with studies that included meteorology and climatology, which provided an excellent background for his future lumber drying interests. He went on to serve in the U.S. Army and was awarded Distinguished Graduate from the U.S. Army Adjutant General School at Ft. Benjamin Harrison before going overseas. For almost five years Whit lived in Germany and developed a fair knowledge of the local language which now comes in handy with his Amish customers. Upon leaving the active military, Whit transferred to the North Carolina National Guard and received the Army Commendation Medal (ARCOM), before retiring from the Guard last year. Whit has made his home in the mountains of western North Carolina for almost 30 years now. He is married with two daughters and one grandson. He is an active church member and served on a mission trip to Honduras after hurricane Mitch. He enjoys hiking, woodworking, coffee roasting, and golf (not necessarily in that order). Whit's goal is to "shoot his age" on the golf course, but he says it's unlikely he'll live that long.
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PRODUCT FEATURE
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True Flow Profiling Chip Head Each USNR True Flow Profiling Module consists of four independent chipping heads that may be mounted on either vertical or horizontal arbors, depending on the application. Each head can be independently shifted in the vertical plane, while each pair of heads shifts in unison in the horizontal plane. In the profiling process, chippers remove wane found at the "corners" of a four sided cant, producing quality lumber without dealing with "sticks and pieces". But perhaps the most dramatic advantage to profiling is that it can eliminate the need for an edger in a mill.
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NEW PROJECTS
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Ball Lumber of Millers Tavern, VA has started up their USNR Log Optimization system with 3D Smart TriCam lineal scanning. The system was installed on an existing USNR Sharp Chain. Battle Lumber in Wadley, GA is upgrading their USNR Auto Stickering Stacker with a new carriage assembly along with new stacking forks. The order includes a direct fork lift upgrade to replace the complete fork lift assembly and all fork lift fingers with the new heavy duty design. The stick feeder will also receive updated components that incorporate facilitated bearing alignment in the feeder cams and a positive gripping stick lug design. Battle Lumber also runs USNR 3D LASAR scanning and optimization on their carriage system.
C-Wood Lumber in Collinwood, TN recently placed an order for two direct fired USNR package kilns along with two new USNR burners. Each kiln will hold about 60,000 board feet of lumber. The mill dries mostly mixed hardwoods and some White Pine lumber and timbers. Fox Lumber has purchased an Inovec-USNR YieldMaster G3 carriage optimizer system with StereoScan for the hardwood processing operation in Mill Creek, WV. Georgia Pacific of Philomath, OR ordered a USNR MillExpert 4-head 3D LASAR scanning and log optimizer upgrade for their existing Maxi Mill overhead carriage. The new system will replace a light curtain system. The mill processes Douglas Fir into dimension lumber. Hawkeye Forest Products in Trempealeau, WI placed an order for an Inovec-USNR YieldMaster G3 optimization system. The mill processes mixed hardwoods specializing in Walnut, Hickory and Cherry. Hawkeye Forest Products is a second generation family owned company that was founded in 1983. Kiwi Lumber of Masterton, NZ recently purchased two USNR optimization systems from Skookum Forest Technology for their log and cant breakdown machine centers. Manufacturier Warwick has ordered a USNR 58" wastewood chipper for the mill in Woburn, Quebec. Just last year, the company installed a new USNR four-knee carriage with four onboard log turners, complete with 3D LASAR scanning and optimization. The mill processes mostly Eastern White Pine. Mary's River of Philomath, OR has installed a new USNR Edger Maximizer system including an infeed table, unscrambler, lug loader, and tipple. This is the first system to combine USNR's MillExpert edger optimizer system with DynaVision B800 scan sensors. The mill processes Western Red Cedar and manufactures a diverse line of products including siding, decking, boards, and fencing.
The Ponderosa Pine lumber from this region of Oregon is very fine grained and soft textured. It is considered by many users to be among the best available in North America for use in manufacturing operations that produce windows, doors, cabinetry and other prominent end uses. Robbins Manufacturing of Tarrytown, FL has purchased a Smart TriCam upgrade for their existing gang. Aanalog TriCams with be replaced with eight new transverse Smart TriCam sensors. The order also inlcludes a new computer cabinet complete with primary and back-up optimizer computers. The mill is already running the latest USNR MillExpert software platform, which provides increased recovery and process control. TBM Hardwoods in Hanover, PA has ordered four new USNR package kilns, for a combined total of 19 USNR-Irvington Moore kilns onsite. The existing Kiln Boss system will be expanded to include the newest kilns. The mill processes a variety of domestic and imported hardwoods. Wallowa Forest Products of Wallowa, OR placed an order for an Inovec-USNR YieldMaster G3 system with StereoScan on an existing headrig carriage. Weyerhaueser of Dallas, OR has utilized their Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA) to upgrade to the latest MillExpert edger optimizer software. The mill also upgraded the system with faster computers that provive faster processing speeds, and more robust edger solutions with higher recovery. Weyerhaeuser of Dallas, OR is replacing an Inovec YieldMaster light curtain system with a USNR 3D LASAR carriage scanning and optimization system. The order also includes a new ControlLogix PLC based setworks system provided by Concept Systems. |
EVENT CALENDAR
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June 21-23 - SFPA The Forest Products Expo will be held in Atlanta, GA this June. We are exhibiting a profiling primary breakdown line along with optimization, material handling and dry kilns. Visit USNR booth # 1331. For more information go to www.sfpaexpo.com July 12-15 - MLMA The Mississippi Lumber Manufacturuers Association is hosting2007 Annual convenvetion at the Grand Tunica Casino and Resort in Tunica, MS. For more information visit www.mslumbermfg.org July 26-29 - SLMA The Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association will host its 2007 annual convention at the Lansdowne Resort in Landsdowne, VA. For more information visit www.slma.org |
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