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To economically convert small logs into saleable lumber -- pallet wood would be typical -- Wood-Mizer's small log processing arrangement is the latest (and already widely used) answer. Component parts include a transverse vertical saw, a horizontal resaw, edgers and conveyors.
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 | Wood-Mizer’s newest method for returning better profits from low-value small logs
The SLP II reduces costs while increasing efficiency
15.05.2013
At LIGNA 2013 , Wood-Mizer is exhibiting a new concept for converting small logs into boards efficiently and quickly. Wood-Mizer’s SLP II is an automated line made up of three sawmills connected by a material handling system. The SLP II line processes the logs that are 10-40 cm in diameter and ... more
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 | Wood-Mizer reports about the improvements in the design of its HR500 Horizontal Multi-head Resaw
27.03.2013
Since 2007, when the multi-head HR500 first appeared on the market, this capable and affordable resaw has proved its efficiency and cost recovery in many wood processing businesses. The HR500 can be customized from just one to up to six cutting heads, each equipped with 11kW electric motors. The ... more
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 | SLP evolves in response to market demand
26.12.2011
Wood-Mizer developed the Small Log Processing (SLP) line to provide an efficient and economical way to process small logs while achieving good productivity and high yield of sawn boards. SLP lines are designed to customers' requirements from a choice of twin and single vertical bandsaws, multi-head ... more
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 | TVS - Twin Vertical Saw
10.12.2008
A wood cutting machine, launched this year, offers a new, progressive idea incomparable in Europe and crucial for wood processors More than 150 small log processing (SLP) set-ups have been installed across Europe and successfully exploited since their launch this year by leading narrow band sawmill ... more
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 | Extendable horizontal resaw telescopes opportunities
21.07.2008
Wood-Mizer has revealed the impending launch of a modular horizontal resaw with from two to six cutting heads, to meet the needs of small sawing operators, farmers and estate owners who wish to further extend timber processing. The add-on or subtract resaw, which devolves from the company’s ... more
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 | Enhanced, sustainable small log processing by Wood-Mizer
27.05.2008
Evolution of the prototype small log processing system (SLP) unveiled at the Ligna timber & forestry fair in Hannover one year ago has evolved to the state-of-the-art set-up demonstrated at Xylexpo. Several components are upgraded to enhance this Wood-Mizer arrangement and 150 of them have been ... more
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 | Small Log Processing: A Quantum Leap in Pallet Wood Production
12.01.2008
Traditionally, making money from the conversion of small logs is tricky. It depends on a lot of factors. For a start it is a quite complicated, with many variables. On one hand its seems attractive since small logs –– say, 100-400mm in diameter and 900-400mm long –– are easy to get and ... more
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 | Debut for sustainable, small log processing set-up
14.05.2007
Small log processing, the principal demonstration, showed how small logs of often previously unviable species are converted to profitable lumber. It is achieved by a set-up comprising a twin vertical saw (TVS), a TVS log infeed system, a TVS slab cross-transfer conveyor and an edger for edging ... more
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