COLLUM'S LUMBER – CLOSING THE GAP
Over the years the mill has seen several major upgrades, including building a brand new sawmill in 2002 with state-ofthe-art equipment and processes, with a double length infeed (DLI) line and curve sawing gang system from USNR’s Salmon Arm, BC division. In 2006 it installed a new log merchandizing line with debarker, and a new log crane in the last year. More recently it installed USNR’s smart tipple at the Trimmer outfeed, Multi-Track Fence and in June the MillTrak 3D log gap control system on the DLI line. The DLI line processes logs up to 28” diameter in 8’ to 16’ lengths, with larger logs – up to 35”, being fed to the mill’s carriage line. monitoring the flow of lumber in a variety of mill applications. The basic concept was tried and true but had yet to be proven in a 3D log gapping system. That didn’t deter Gregg. He said, “I chose MillTrak because of the support we get from USNR, and the simplicity of the MillTrak system.” Gregg did have one concern about the amount of vibration at the step feeder area and wondered if it would cause any issues. “We thought we would have a problem with vibration around the step feeder, but as of yet we are having no problem ?Z[ ?Z? ?Y[\? ?YH ??H ?\?H ?\??][H[??[? ?] ?[? ??[\? ?X?\? ?X??][???'B???H ?[?Y ? ?YY \ HH[? ?? ?H?YYY ??? ?? H???\ ??? ??[\?[? ?? ][???Y?? ] ?\? H ?]?Z[X[?Y?\?[?\??Y[? ?]?? [x?&\? [X?\??? ?H YX\??H^ Z[?Y ? H HZ[???H ? \?YH H ?[X\?H[?H ?] HZ[ ?Z? ? ?\?[K?8?'?H ?[?Y ? ?YY \ HH[? ?? ?H?YYY ??? ?? H???\ ??'HH ?[?? ? ?^H ] HZ[Y?Y[? \?[??H ?\?Y\?? ??Y^Y\? ?] ??YH?\?]?[?\??[?[? ?Y ?[??H H??? ??Y? H ?\?YY\? ? HH[??YY ?H?Y??\? ??[H ?] ]???\?[H ?\? ]H ??Y? ] ?\? ?\?H[????\?[? \?X?[\? H ?] Z\?Z^Y ?[??H???X[Y]\??[?[?? ?[?Z[???Y[? H ?[YH ?Y? ?8?'H?\?]? ?YYX[?X[???\ [??Y?H?? [H ?????H ??]\? H ??Y^Y\? ??[?\??YH[? ?? H ?\?[H ? ? ?XY H???\\? ??H??[?]?\????H ]?\??? ?X[K??H ?Y H?[?? ?]? \ [? [? HH ?\??&] ?[??[???\?[??Y? ??Y\ \ ??'H?Y???]? \?HY ??HH?] \? ?? ][? ?[\ ??H?YY[??? HH[?[??X\?H?\?[ ?? X?[?] H ?]?Z[ ??? ?YY KT???&\? ?Y?[?[ ?[\?X[?Y?\? ?\?] HZ[ ?[??Y??\??Y[HX??]H ?? ][? ? \? ??[K??? ?[HX??] H?\X?[]Y\?? HZ[ ?Z? ? ?\?[K?T??\?X[?HZ[ ?Z? ? ?\?[\??\?][??[? H?Y[??H?] \?Y]??T???&\?Z[ ?Z? ? ?\?[H\?\?Y?Y ?X^[Z^?H HY??X?Y[??H??Y[?????[??H???^[? \?[?? ?[X\?H??XZ??? ???\??[???[H H? ?\?[H]?? [x?&\? [X?\? ??[ ?Y?\?[??HH ??Y^YH??]Y??? ?X[K H??Y ? ?]?[[?^ [?Y\?[??H?Y??H H ?\?[H ??[?YY H?^ ??\? ?\?[ Y[?H ?]\?\??H?\ [? ]?\ ??[ ?\?H?\?Y???[??[? H?\??[? ?YY? H[?K??? ?? ?[????\?H[?[?Y[?[[?H?? H[??? H ?\?YY\???] H[?[?[?????Y?\?][?]?? [x?&\? [X?\?XX? ?[????]\??]H???H\ ??[X][ H8?&H?? H[??? H????M???Z[ ?YH[??Y\? T??QH
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