LUMBER PROCESSING NEWS
Norra Timber buys Microtec CT log scanner
Federico Giudiceandrea , Microtec CEO , Stig Grundberg , plant Manager at Norra , Pär Lärkeryd , Norra CEO
Norra Group an expanding forest company owned by 17,000 private forest owners has decided to fit their sawmill in Sävar with a Microtec CT Log , in order to further increase the value of each log - at an infeed speed of 180 meters per minute .
At every sawmill , the dream has always been to be able to see inside the log before it is sawn .
Why ? Because saw logs are a biological raw material whose properties vary a great deal . To make best use of the raw material , it is therefore a huge advantage to know the log ’ s properties before you decide how it will be sawn - and that is where CT Log comes in .
Norra ’ s installation of a Microtec CT Log scanner at Sävar Sawmill is the first of its kind in Scandinavia and the first ever to be fully integrated into the saw line to directly control the breakdown process .
This investment of around SEK 30 million is being made in conjunction with the previously announced refit of the saw line itself . These two investment projects will give Sävar Sawmill one of the most modern saw lines in the world .
“ My warmest congratulations to Norra for choosing groundbreaking CT technology to accompany them into the future of sawmilling . We are very happy that Sweden , being such an important country in matters of wood processing , acts as a pioneer introducing this new technology .
We are looking forward to cooperating with Norra , our local partner LOAB and international partners which are taking part in this project ”, states Federico Giudiceandrea , Microtec CEO .
Microtec ’ s sixth CT Log installation Norra ’ s CT Log will be the sixth CT Log running worldwide . There are five CT Logs already in operation : two in Europe and three in America .
A big step forward “ This
represents a huge advance in technology , perhaps the biggest thing to happen in the industry over the past 30 to 40 years . It puts us at the absolute cutting edge of research ,” explains Norra CEO Pär Lärkeryd . “ Since both our sawmill managers , Stig Grundberg and Johan Oja , have been leading figures in the development of this technology , we now have an opportunity to take a leap forward that will leave our competitors playing catch-up for some time to come ,” states Lärkeryd
Maximize resale value CT Log scanner chooses the cutting pattern that maximises overall resale value of all boards cut out from a log , minimizing waste . CT Log is the only scanner capable of giving a complete 3D reconstruction of all inner features of a log .
Most modern sawmill The precise scanning is combined with the latest bandsaw technology from Söderhamn Eriksson / USNR – where the focus is on thin kerfs and high speed - ensuring maximum yield . “ We want to recover as much as possible of every log . We set a target of doubling the speed and halving the cut surfaces ,” says sawmill manager Stig Grundberg .
Sävar Sawmill Sävar Sawmill specialises in the production of high-quality redwood and whitewood products . The sawmill has excellent capacity for planing and uses highquality redwood and whitewood from the counties of Västerbotten and Ångermanland .
Annual production capacity : About 210,000 m ³ sawn timber . Bandsaw line for all timber dimensions . Raw material : About 60 % redwood , 40 % whitewood . Planing : About 40,000 m ³ in one planing line . Capacity for lengths up to 12 metres . The company is quality and environmentally certified in accordance with ISO 9001 , ISO 14001 and PEFC . Norra Timber is certified to deliver FSC Controlled Wood .
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28 International Forest Industries | APRIL / MAY 2017