Shop and Moulding solution , above : The Moulding board is limited in width because its scale would round up to 9 , dropping the yield below 2 / 3 ; the longer Moulding rip is constrained by a knot on the top side . The bottom rail allows an initial crosscut so the door cuttings don ’ t have to line up across its opposite sides .
was installed . Bob Presley with WB Company did the engineering to fit all the new equipment into the existing tight location .
Mill personnel involved with the project were Rodney Krogh , Mark Krogh , project management ; Ron Haviland and Lonnie Smith , sawmill and planer QCs ; and Jerry Nicholson working on the mechanical end . On USNR ’ s side involvement was primarily Jeff Falk , capital sales ; Ben Whitaker , project manager ; Shawn Devantier , optimization project manager ; Bob Arnold , sawmill grade scanning product manager ; Don Reeder , optimization software ; and Jason Sells , controls .
Training was held at USNR ’ s facility at Eugene , Oregon about a month prior to startup . Three Evergreen personnel were trained extensively on the MillExpert suite as well as maintenance and troubleshooting on the scanning hardware . During installation and commissioning further training was undertaken .
Continuous improvement
With new products and new markets on the horizon , Rodney Krogh isn ’ t finished improving his operation just yet . He plans to continue to employ more advanced technology to refine his process even further . “ In the near future we will be looking at optimizing with BioVision at the sawmill trimmer to do a better job of sorting out our rough products for grade to improve overall drying , and install USNR ’ s Transverse High Grader ( THG ) in the Shop planer to grade all of our Shop products .” The BioVision scan frame features BioLuma 2900LV sensors positioned above and below the scanner transfer . Integrated LED lighting effectively illuminates the wood ’ s characteristics for high resolution , highly accurate visual data collection .
ISSUE 3 - 2013 | Millwide INSIDER 11