Cheap Machines Can Cost Thousands in Downtime
When purchasing equipment, do you factor in the cost of downtime the equipment will create when it stops working? Of course you don’t. You’re buying new equipment so that you…
Four Maintenance-Friendly Designs to Consider in New Machines
Financial controllers and maintenance workers live in different worlds. One works to keep the numbers in order, and the other does his best stop leaks. One works in air conditioning,…
Increasing Profitability with Efficient Equipment
Profitability is at the core of any business. The more money you bring to investors and owners, the more valuable you become. So, if there’s a simple way to make…
Automating the Wood Processing Industry
Automation presents a solution to worker shortages across the forestry product industry. But despite the growing demand for forest products and the lack of workers, the industry has been slow…
Making Log Troughs Easier to Maintain and Assemble
Last week we looked at the standard designs for log decks. When researching them, we also looked at log troughs and likewise weren’t satisfied with the designs we found. So,…
Why We Don’t use Glue Pots on Our Veneer Splicers
It’s the silver bullet of veneer splicing: an all-in-one splicer that doesn’t require a separate glue area. Although the idea sounds great, we decided not to add a glue pot…
Benefits of a Hot-Cold Veneer Press
A hot-cold veneer flattening press from Veneer Services outperforms a standard hot press in several ways. A hot-cold veneer press is able to provide flatter veneers for easier gluing and…
Engineering Better Log Decks
If a lumbermill asked to build a tree-length log deck, how would you do it? You’d probably first ask how it is usually done. Log decks are commonly built with…
Butt flare reducer.
Why Our Flare Reducer Kicks Log Butt
Investing in a butt flare reducer prompts the question: what makes for a good machine? We believe we’ve answered that question. Why a Butt Flare Reducer? Mills and veneer-processing companies…