The H855D and LH855D harvesters can now be equipped with the Tigercat FPT N67 engine in Tier 2 and Tier 4f configurations for sale worldwide. Tigercat FPT engines offer improved reliability, lower long term maintenance costs and full support from Tigercat and the Tigercat dealer network.
The H855D series harvesters are available with two-piece or telescopic ER boom systems. Tigercat’s patented ER boom technology allows the machine operator to extend and retract the boom on a horizontal plane smoothly and quickly using a single joystick.
The stick boom or ‘reach’ joystick controls both the main and stick booms simultaneously, resulting in the attachment moving either away from or toward the operator. The main boom and tilt functions operate in the traditional manner to adjust the height and angle of the attachment.
The engine and hydraulic system are specifically designed to achieve maximum performance and minimum fuel consumption in harvesting and processing applications. High horsepower allows the carriers to maintain hydraulic flow as the pressure increases, maintaining quick feed speeds and significantly boosting productivity. The H855D series carriers are an excellent fit with the Tigercat 575 harvesting head.
For steep slope applications, the LH855D features Tigercat’s patented leveling system, providing exceptional stability in steep slope applications. It uses two massive hydraulic cylinders and heavy steel sections for a solution that is both simple and robust.
Due to the unique geometry of the leveling system, the machine is well balanced on slopes. In addition, the ramped undercarriage (both the front idler and the rear gearbox are set higher than the centreline of the undercarriage) allows the machines to easily drive up over rocks and stumps.
Tigercat has announced that Keith Gauvreau has joined the Tigercat product support team.
Based out of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Keith will provide support for Ontario and the Great Lakes Region. Keith comes from a mechanical background with a college degree in heavy equipment mechanics, a welding certification from the American Welding Society and twenty-three years of field support experience.
“I am excited to work for a company with such a great quality product,” states Keith. “I truly look forward to doing everything I can in keeping our customers happy with this product.”
Tigercat will debut a prototype model 602 skidder at Les Cognées, a unique forestry event to be held in the heart of the French Alps in Les Gets, France, June 24-25.
The 602 skidder design team is meeting the challenge to produce a small, compact, lightweight skidder platform that can be adapted to a number of niche applications.
The prototype 602 model will be equipped with a Tigercat FPT Tier 4f N45 engine. It will use centre joint oscillation with the goal of achieving an overall width estimated at 2,8 m (110 in).
The 602 prototype for Les Cognées will also be fitted with a French designed and manufactured swing boom for use primarily in Europe.
There are plans to further leverage this prototype into other related models such as a cable skidder and a dual drum cable skidder to widen the platform’s application and geographic relevance.
However specifications and configurations are not completely defined at this time. Stay tuned for more information in late 2017.
Forestry is one of the most important industries in Brazil and trees there have a very high growth rate. But a changing climate including drought can lead to the reduced growth of such species as cultivated eucalyptus and pine.
“Brazil needs the latest expertise and technologies and they’re presented at Elmia Wood,” says Jorge R. Malinovski, General Director of the forestry consulting firm of Malinovski in Brazil.
The firm organises South America’s leading forestry fair, Expoforest, in Brazil. But it is to Sweden that Brazilians come to find the very latest developments. Jorge Malinovski will be attending the next international forestry fair, Elmia Wood 2017, with some 40 decision-makers from some of the country’s major forestry companies.
“They’re looking for technical innovations and international partnerships,” he says.
Very high growth
Much of Brazilian tree cultivation is done on plantations, with the biggest increases occurring in the southeast of the country. The most common tree species are eucalyptus and pine.
Other cultivated species are Paricá, Teca, Mogno Africano, Seringueira and Australian cedar. Tree growth is very high from the perspective of traditional forestry nations. On one hectare of eucalyptus, growth is about 50 cubic metres per year, with final felling after 7 years for pulp wood and 16 years for sawn timber. Although it is not possible to make a totally fair comparison, trees on Brazilian plantations grow four to five times faster than conifers in the northern hemisphere.
Good conditions for forestry are the foundation for major investments, mainly in the production of paper pulp. From 2011 to 2019 capacity will more than double, from 14 to 30 million tonnes per year.
Climate change is causing drought
At the same time, ongoing climate change is causing drought in parts of Brazil, mainly in the west and northeast regions. The result can be less growth and lower felling productivity.
Brazil’s forestry industry is aiming to balance this situation with the aid of the latest knowledge and technologies. That’s why a delegation from the country’s bigger forest companies is coming to Sweden and Elmia Wood 2017.
“It’s at Elmia Wood that manufacturers launch their new harvesting machinery and other forestry equipment. It’s a trade fair that all forestry professionals need to attend,” says Jorge Malinovski.
ELMIA WOOD EDITION & PRODUCTS EXPO 2017 – BOOK EARLY!
LOGGING & BIOMASS
Forwarders: The improved power and capacity of the forwarder has revolutionised the possibilities for cut-to-length harvesting operations. IFI tracks suppliers as they continue down that path.
Winch Assisted Logging: Mechanised timber harvesting on steep slopes – world wide report.
Trucks and Trailers: Cutting down the timber and processing the lumber are the primary forest industries but the link in between is crucial for their smooth running. Wood transport uses the world’s foremost truck manufacturers and speciality wood trailer and IFI reviews which ones are doing the best job.
Operation Focus – JOHN DEERE: The Beaujolais region doesn’t only produce wine. A huge number of resinous trees, predominantly conifer and often mature Douglas, cover the landscape.
Operation Focus – TIGERCAT: TBC
LUMBER PROCESSING
SAWLINES: The complete sawline sits at the heart of the sawmill and provides a home for a multitude of technologies that combine to make sure that heart beats consistently and rhythmically. IFI speaks to companies delivering complete sawlines into businesses across the world to see who is drumming up the most business and what the market is demanding.
Mobile Sawmills: Round up of major manufacturers.
Wood Drying Technology: From double-track, single-track and side-loading configurations, the sawmill’s work isn’t done until the icing is put on the cake. For the lumber processing industry, icing the cake involved drying and finishing the sawn-wood products properly, dressing them up for market. The feature will look at not only the latest in kiln technology and the issues facing kiln manufacturers, but the supporting components that keep modern kilns at the cutting edge, such as moisture measurement systems, kiln humidification systems, and thermal modification and vacuum drying.
ENGINEERED WOOD PRODUCTS
WOOD BASED PANELS: IFI now covers all the latest news from around the world relying on a defined database of professionals in the panel manufacturing industries. Manufacturers are currently supplying us with in depth reports on their latest technologies and new installations.
Special Features: PB Plants & Technologies
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Louisville, MS – joined by federal, state and local leaders, company associates and members of the community, Winston Plywood & Veneer recently hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its new plywood mill in Louisville, Mississippi. The location was once home to a shuttered mill that was destroyed when an F4 tornado struck three years ago. Today, in its place stands a state-of-the-art plywood facility that employs over 300 associates and is expected to generate tens of millions in annual economic activity for the region.
“Today is a great day for all of us who work at WP&V,” said Winton Plywood & Veneer President Jon Pierce. “We could not be more thankful for the collaboration and support we’ve had from Mayor Hill, Governor Bryant, the Mississippi Development Authority and those across our community. Everyone has stood with us as we worked together to make this mill a reality.”
“The grand opening of Winston Plywood & Veneer is a momentous occasion for this community and for our great State, showing what can be done when business partners with government at all levels to create jobs and spur economic growth,” Gov. Bryant said. “I am thrilled to be back here, standing with these newly-hired workers and this company, to celebrate the official launch of this outstanding manufacturing business in Mississippi.”
“When we broke ground here two years ago, in the aftermath of a devastating storm, we said we would stay the course until we delivered and opened the finest plywood mill in North America. I am very proud to say today that we have kept that commitment, and that the future for this business is bright,” said Andrew Bursky, Chairman and Co-Founder of Atlas Holdings LLC, the parent company of New Wood Resources LLC. Winston Plywood & Veneer is an operating company of New Wood.
“This occasion is to celebrate hard work, partnerships, community, and most of all hope. Our community has experienced the great recession, plant closures, and a devastating natural disaster in recent years. Winston Plywood & Veneer’s commitment after the storm forged a storybook partnership, giving hope to a community in need,” said Louisville Mayor Will Hill. “I am eternally grateful for the cooperation with our partners and sincerely believe this project is a beautiful example of how public/private partnerships work in economic development. The synergy of Federal, State and local government working with the private sector has given a rebirth to plywood manufacturing in Louisville, Mississippi. I would also congratulate all the hard-working people of Winston Plywood & Veneer for making history in our community.”
Winston Plywood & Veneer is well positioned for sustained success in the marketplace. The company’s leadership team collectively brings nearly a century of direct industry experience and expertise; overall, the team includes 304 professionals, nearly two-thirds of whom are residents of the local community. Each associate has participated in extensive skills development training relevant to their job function and completed a comprehensive, mandatory workplace safety curriculum executed by WP&V. The safety and well-being of each team member is the primary pillar upon which the company is built.
The first such plywood mill constructed in the United States in over two decades, the WP&V facility boasts 287,000 square feet and is over 765 feet in length — large enough to house five football fields. The company sells structural and industrial plywood and veneer, procuring its logs from sources all within sixty miles of the facility. The company’s products are used for industrial applications, furniture and residential construction.
About Winston Plywood & Veneer
Winston Plywood & Veneer is an operating company of New Wood Resources LLC, an Atlas Holdings company. With over 300 associates, its new facility in Louisville, Mississippi is a state-of-the-art mill spanning nearly 300,000 square feet long and 765 feet in length. It is one of the most modern and efficient mills in North America. The company can be found on the web at www.winstonplywood.com.
About Atlas Holdings LLC
Headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, Atlas and its affiliates own 17 companies that employ approximately 21,000 associates and operate from more than 120 facilities across the globe, generating more than $5 billion in revenue annually. Its companies are engaged in a variety of industries, including steel, paper and tissue, packaging, aluminum processing, automotive, building materials, capital equipment, construction, energy, industrial services, power generation, and supply chain management. Visitwww.atlasholdingsllc.com to learn more.
PATA Saldus plans to buy 6 timber drying plants with recuperation. Equipment guaranteed yield by treating 50-millimeter pine wood with a wood moisture 80% the starting and ending moisture 8%. The planned productivity is 40,000 cubic meters a year.
PATA Saldus AS is a Latvia-based joint stock company engaged in the forestry industry. The Company’s business is divided into two areas, logging and timber processing.
A Change of Brand
Over a 15 year period, PATA has become one of the biggest forest management and lumber production companies in the Baltic region. Several years ago, we also started retailing timber products and our chain of stores in Latvia continues to grow. The time has now come to develop our visual image, which has not changed since the company was founded – all these years, our priorities have been our work with our business partners, raising the qualifications of our personnel and technological development.
We have created a newly designed brand under which all services provided by PATA and its subsidiary companies will henceforth be consolidated, which ensure even better awareness of our quality among clients. No changes have occurred in relation to the structure of the company itself or its operating directions – we are and will remain the same trustworthy and reliable PATA team!
John Deere is extending its JDLink™ in-base subscription service from three to five years on construction and forestry machines. The update is a result of increased customer interest in technology and the integration of 4G hardware in John Deere equipment.
JDLink is a telematics system designed to remotely connect owners and managers to their equipment, and to provide alerts and machine information, including location, utilization, performance and maintenance data to manage where and how equipment is used.
“The JDLink connection is foundational to John Deere and our channel’s ability to monitor the customer’s machine and improve uptime,” said Jena Holtberg-Benge, director, John Deere WorkSight™ and ForestSight™. “Extending it in base from three to five years across all product lines enables us to connect to people, equipment, technology and insights in order to provide exceptional support and value-added solutions that solve customers’ pain points and needs.”
Sveaskog’s 1Q 2017 net sales increased by 8% to SEK 1,597 million ($181 million). Total delivery volumes increased by 4% compared with the corresponding period in the previous year while selling prices increased by an average of 2%. Sales of wood raw material totalled 2.9 million cubic metres.
Operating profit from continuing operations increased by 10% to SEK 383 million ($43.4 million), compared to SEK 349 million ($40 million) in 1Q 2016. Higher prices and a positive product mix improved earnings by SEK 20 million ($2.3 million).Profit for the 1Q 2017 increased by 3% and amounted to SEK 339 million ($38.4 million), compared to SEK 329 million ($37.3 million) in 1Q 2016.
Sveaskog is Sweden’s leading forest company and sells sawlogs, pulpwood, biofuel, forest seedlings and silvicultural services.
New Zealand log supply will likely be curbed by recent stormy weather, as cyclones dented local production and disrupted sea freight.
“Rain and wind from the ex-Cyclones Debbie and Cook lashed the central and lower North Island in the past fortnight, slowing production rates and causing damage to trees,” AgriHQ analyst Reece Brick said in his monthly forestry market report. “This should slow offerings to the market, but will obviously only benefit those not impacted by the weather.”
AgriHQ’s Brick noted that the East Coast and Hawke’s Bay were significantly impacted, areas which account for about 17 percent of the country’s pine plantations. The stormy weather conditions also caused havoc to sea conditions, forcing at least one ship to cancel its booked shipments to and from New Zealand, and delaying many other shipments, Brick said.
“Ultimately, this will curb April export volumes,” Brick said. Brick’s monthly survey of exporters, forest owners and saw millers showed prices were little changed this month. Domestically, structural log prices for S1 logs remained at $122 a tonne, while roundwood log prices held at $92 a tonne. Pruned logs were more varied, with the P1 price lifting $2 a tonne to $179 a tonne while lesser quality types were stable or weaker.
In the export market, all measured grades were either stable or marginally firmer, with A-grade logs fetching $126 a tonne and export pruned logs at $165 a tonne. AgriHQ noted that shipping rates to China had lifted and shipping capacity was more difficult to secure than earlier in the year.
“Commodity trading between Australia and eastern Asia, particularly in iron ore and grain, is keeping capacity active in the Pacific,” Brick said. “Weather conditions in the wake of Cyclones Debbie and Cook are also limiting sea freight options.
“There is an increasing belief that once commodity exports out of Australia settle, shipping rates will begin to weaken again.”
Two years ago – over two weeks – FIEA’s WoodTECH conference series achieved a record turnout of sawmilling companies drawn from throughout Australia and New Zealand. Over 350 delegates from all major sawmilling companies in the region in addition to leading technology providers from throughout Australasia, North America and Europe converged on Melbourne, Australia and Rotorua, New Zealand.
Two years later, in September 2017, WoodTECH 2017 will again be attracting scanning and sawing technology specialists, innovators and leading practitioners from around the world. The two-day programmes will provide;
New Technology Updates.
A focused and independent platform will showcase the very latest in wood scanning, sawmilling, and mill optimisation technologies from around the globe. This will be achieved through a series of tailored presentations and on-site exhibitions.
Key companies involved in longer presentations include; USNR, US/Canada, Autolog, Canada, HewSaw, Finland, MiCROTEC, Italy, ScanWare, Sweden, JoeScan, USA. Shorter tech updates by local and international suppliers along with exhibitions are also planned.
World Class Workshops.
For the first time in Australia and New Zealand, a series of practical workshops have been set up for local mills. They’re aimed at sawmill production and operational staff. They’ll provide a unique insight into how sawmills can extract the best performance out of their saws, their machine centers and sawing operations. Workshops of between 60-120 minutes are being given on;
– Quality & lumber size control
– Troubleshooting and improving bandmill, gang and board edger performance
– Selecting, operating and maintaining log carriage and optimiser (softwood and hardwood) operations)
– Sawguide selection, installation, operation and maintenance
The objective this year is to encourage sawmill teams – management, mill production, saw-doctors and maintenance staff – to take advantage of the line-up of international specialists being brought into the region to work alongside local mills. This will ensure that teams can collectively put the practical learnings into practice once back on site.
Workshop presenters include; Nick Barrett, SiCam Systems, Canada, Joe Shields, USNR, USA, Harry Penn, USNR, Canada, Marv Bernhagen, Lewis Controls, USA, Chuck Boaz, Corley Manufacturing, USA Ralph Wijesinghe, (Author of the Bandmill Book),Canada Josh Bergen, Precision Manufacturing, Canada, Udo Jahn, Modern Engineering, Canada.
A series of key international tech providers are also now being lined up as part of the TECH talks sessions in the programme on both sides of the Tasman.
Full details on the programme in both countries and each of the workshops can now be found on the event website, www.woodtech.events.
