Once the go-to product for reducing the cost of furniture and panels, veneer has, for years, been losing ground to synthetic wood components. The change in consumer preference was evident…
“I haven’t really had any issues with it. It’s running like a champ.” Those are the words of Joe Darter about his Veneer Services splicing machine, which he bought and…
Wood processors have no shortage of options when it comes to debarking equipment. If processors deal with large volumes of wood, they have drum, ring, and roller (rotary or continuous)…
Do any of these problems seem familiar? The bark keeps wrapping in your rosserhead debarker. The debarker cannot get through the bark and down to the log. The bark plugs…
We believe in continual improvement at Veneer Services. We never assume our first design is the ultimate design. And it’s why the butt flare reducers we produce today are different…
Since National Casein® stopped producing its Splyset 200 glue, veneer manufacturers have been scrambling to find a splicing glue supplier. In an already limited market, their choices just became that…
The fact that so many mills have invested in scanning and optimizing is proof that yield improvement has great payback. But scanning and optimizing can't give you back what was removed at the debarker.…
The decision to add a new machine to your sawmill ultimately comes down to whether it’s worth the investment. Of all the machines you can add, a butt flare reducer may…
In 2006, Tembec (now LRGB Chemicals) conducted a test to determine the formaldehyde emission levels of its S-315 veneer splicing glue and to compare the glue with PVA veneer glue.…
Veneer splicing glue is notoriously difficult to deal with. It’s either too light or too dark. It takes too long to set, or it sets too fast. And it’s not…