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January 2007
FEATURES
Centralia Sawmill; High-Speed Efficiency
The Centralia Sawmill is a new greenfield mill located in the small historic
town of Centralia, Washington, about halfway between Seattle and
Portland. The high-speed, high-production mill was built to address the
abundant supply of mid-size logs in the region. Construction began in
June of 2005 and the mill started-up a year later in July of 2006.
Centralia's ground-breaking
ceremony in June of 2005.
Although the mill hasn’t yet hit full production, they are currently
processing almost 7,400 blocks in eight hours. That is based on nine foot
stud blocks with a nine inch average, which works out to a little over
300,000 feet in an eight hour shift. “We’re shooting for 360,000 feet per
shift,” said Mark Carter, Chief Operating Officer at Centralia Sawmill.
The mill has a single primary line feeding two secondary lines, and uses a
USNR Vertical Shape Saw (VSS) on one secondary line, and a USNR
optimized Edger Maximizer on the other.
USNR optimized transverse
edger processes the resawn
boards and sideboards into
lumber.
The VSS is a relatively
new technology
designed to transform
bucked logs or cants
into boards ready for
sorting, trimming, and
planing all in a single
pass. Centralia’s VSS
breaks down four and
six inch thick center
cants.
With the profiling head feature of the VSS, the jacket boards coming out
of the VSS are edged and sent directly to the sorting line – not the board
edger. This simplifies flow and saves space in Centralia’s mill. Mark said,
“We like the machine, it does a good job.”
USNR full-coverage 3D
scanning and optimization
system on the dry trimmer.
USNR’s Edger Maximizer system handles the sideboards from the
primary line, along with secondary cants and flitches which have been
split at the resaw. The Edger optimizer is “working very well” according to
Mark. “It was one of those things, we turned it on, kind of tweaked and

tuned it for a bit, and it’s been running ever since. The Smart TriCam
scanners have been very reliable, and very accurate”.
USNR provides comprehensive product training to help its customers get
up to speed on these complex systems. “In my personal background, I
come out of some pretty heavily optimized operations, and I think it’s
pretty straight forward and actually easy to work with,” said Mark, referring
to USNR’s Edger optimizer system. “But Paul Green (USNR Optimization)
has made it really easy for us.
USNR high-speed planer
system.
Paul conducted a two-day onsite training seminar to help familiarize key
personnel with the workings of their specific system. “I had our key
planerman, mill foreman, and QC guy in there with him going through the
training seminar, which really helped us quite a bit” Mark added. “I’ve
been able to get into the optimizer and make changes to our wane
allowances, percentages of trim, and dollar tables. It’s very flexible.”
Interestingly enough, the Centralia Sawmill does not run with a trimmer in
the sawmill itself. “We trim before we go to the planer” Mark said. “We do
all of our rough trim and finish trim before it goes through the planer,” he
explained. Centralia’s trimmer system uses USNR’s full-coverage 3D
Smart TriCam scanning and optimization to get the best solution, and “it
works very well” according to Mark.
The mill planes its lumber with a USNR planer, including a planer infeed
and bridge. The Centralia Sawmill primarily produces green Douglas Fir
studs, as well as 2X4's and 2X6's in all lengths of eight, nine and ten feet.
The mill also produces some pallet and moulding stock of 1X4 random.
They say their product is very uniform due in part to their milling and
planning processes.
”USNR has been a great
company to work with. I’d
work with them again in the
future.” - Mark Carter, Chief
Operating Officer, Centralia
Sawmill
Mark confirmed, “USNR has been a top notch company for us to deal
with. They have stood behind their equipment completely. I’ve dealt with a
lot of vendors over my 37 years in the business, and this experience has
been very good as far as USNR and their back-up service to us. It’s been
stellar.”

EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT
Steve Dalby has been representing USNR and its products to the Solid
Wood and Engineered Wood industries across Canada for over ten
years.
He began his career working with OEMs on fluid power and control
systems, and was introduced to this aspect of sawmilling in 1988. Taking
a real interest in the industry, Steve has made Wood Products his focus
ever since.
Steve graduated from the British Columbia Institute of Technology with a
degree in Computer Systems and Operations Management in 1983. He
now lives in the Okanagan in Kelowna, BC.
Steve Dalby, USNR Account
Executive for Western Canada
PRODUCT FEATURE
Pineapple Rolls for Planer Infeed Systems
USNR Pineapple Rolls are
made using advanced
machine manufacturing
techniques to stand up to the
demanding sawmill
environment.
USNR Pineapple Rolls are are not on the menu in a sushi bar. Instead,
they can be found in your planer mill.
Located on the planer
infeed table, the spiral
design of this high-speed
feed roll grabs each board
from the infeed chains and
pulls it up against the
linebar. Boards are then
fed down the bridge, into
the planer.
Design features:
Design options:
• RW90 chrome provides
long-lasting life
• Rolls are dynamically
balanced and fully
machined, not cast
• Replaceable knurled band
• Variable spiral tapers to accommodate
specific lumber sizes
• Variable knurl sizes to reduce lumber
marking and enhance feeding
• Fully customizeable; any shaft size, any
diameter, any pitch

NEW PROJECTS
AJD Forest Products has placed an order for an Inovec-USNR
TrimMaster optimization system for the trimmer in its mill in Grayling, MI.
Last year the company ordered a USNR hydraulic sorter bay addition.
AJD produces 25 mmbf of lumber annually.
Catalyst Paper
bought a USNR
Dynastar
Computerized
Maintenance
Management system
for its facility in
Coquitlam, BC.
Dynastar is designed to optimize asset value and improve manufacturing
productivity. It provides advanced functionality that empowers
maintenance personnel and operators to effectively manage all
maintenance activities, improving manpower utilization and extending
asset life.
USNR says Thank You
to our customers for
the new orders.
We appreciate your
continued loyalty and
pledge to continue
earning it!
CM Tucker Lumber of Pageland, SC has started up two recently
refurbished kilns. USNR was commissioned last year to reskin the kilns,
rework the fan systems and upgrade the control systems with Kiln Boss
controls. The company produces split rail fencing as well as timbers.
Comeau Lumber recently purchased a USNR Kiln Boss control system
for its drying operation in Meteghan, NS. Kiln Boss is the key to drying the
most lumber possible in any given space. It automatically runs drying
schedules while compiling diagnostic information, allowing you to access
kiln histories, pinpoint problems, and adjust the heat where you need it.
Most importantly, Kiln Boss has been found to reduce degrade by up to 8
percent. Comeau Lumber processes Spruce into dimension lumber.
Hubert Moore Lumber has ordered a USNR 3D LASAR scanning system
and MillExpert log optimizer for the existing C-Frame at the Alapaha, GA
mill. The existing gang system will also be upgraded with USNR's Smart
TriCam scanning system. Hubert Moore processes Southern Yellow Pine
for 4/4” boards, 7/4” dimension and custom timbers.
Two kilns are back on line at International Paper in Meldrim, GA after
USNR reskinned and outfitted them with new hinged doors.
Maski Inc. has started up a new Inovec-USNR YieldMaster G3
optimizer system on the existing Carriage at the sawmill in Louiseville,
QC. The mill has a capacity of 40,000 bf. per day, and benefits from the
accurate opening faces of the YieldMaster system. The sawmill cuts a
variety of hardwoods, but mostly Maple for their own panel mill. Maski
Inc. makes hardwood edge glued panels for the furniture industry.

Mason County Forest Products ordered a USNR MillExpert optimizer
upgrade for a Geo2 scanning system to increase recovery and improve
throughput in the Shelton, WA mill.
Mullican Lumber placed an order for two Inovec-USNR YieldMaster G3
optimizers for the existing carriages at the mill in Ronceverte, WV. Logs
are brought in by conveyor and are kicked off either to the right or the left
hand carriage for primary breakdown. Downstream, is a combination
gang / edger for further breakdown. Mullican Lumber sells hardwood
lumber on the open market, and they also provide a substantial amount of
flooring grade product to their own flooring mill.
Sierra Pacific has started-up the new USNR double length infeed
primary breakdown line in its 28' mill in Burlington, WA. USNR provided
an A/R conveyor, Quad Roll Log Turner, Vee-Chipper and VFM with a
sharp chain outfeed to an existing L&B Bandmill, which was transferred
from the Quincy, CA location. Sierra Pacific also installed a new USNR
high-speed planer system with PLC controls. The mill processes large
diameter Douglas Fir and Hemlock for dimension lumber.
Sawmills rock!
Wespine Industries in Dardanup, Australia has purchased a complete
new USNR primary breakdown system for the plantation pine sawmill at
Dardanup, near Bunbury, in Western Australia. The new primary line will
include a quad-roll log turner, a short optimized log infeed with slewing
and skewing to maximize recovery, and conical chip heads. A vertical
feed module with a sharp chain will feed an L&B-style quad bandmill with
separator outfeeds. USNR’s Optimization Division will supply Smart
TriCam scanners, MillExpert optimization software, and ControlLogix PLC
controls for the breakdown line.
Westwood Lumber has ordered an
Inovec-USNR YieldMaster G3 optimizer
system with StereoScan for the headrig
carriage at its mill in Reedsport, OR. This
hardwood grade sawing facility
processes Alder and Maple for customers
ranging from furniture companies to
millwork manufacturers to hardwood
lumber distributors.
Westwood Lumber provides
Alder hardwood stock for
Fender Musical Instruments.
The company produces random width
and length lumber with all the cutting,
milling, drying and grading done on site.
Westwood Lumber has additional
facilities built specifically for hardwood
remanufacturing, specializing in
hardwood “blanks” for custom
components.

NORTH AMERICAN LOCATIONS
Headquarters Arkansas Florida
Woodland, WA 98674
phone (360) 225-8267
Hot Springs, Arkansas
phone (501) 262-1010
Jacksonville, Florida
phone (904) 354-2301
Michigan Oregon British Columbia Quebec
Brighton, Michigan
phone (248) 573-1930
Eugene, Oregon
phone (541) 485-7127
Parksville, BC
Canada
phone (250) 954-1566
Plessisville, QC
Canada phone (819)
362-7362
INTERNATIONAL LOCATIONS
Chile England New Zealand New Zealand
Patricio Faundez y
Cia. Patricio
Faundez Santiago,
Chile
phone 56.2.220.1517
Sawmill Machinery CNC Design
J.F. Wilson
John Marwick
Tyne & Wear, UK Auckland, NZ
phone 0191.253.1402 phone 64.9.274.1280
Skookum Forest Tech
John McLachlan
Auckland, NZ
phone 64.9.525.2402
Japan Russia Russia
Hirota Corporation
Ryosuke Hirota
Shimada City, Japan
phone 0547.38.3211
Lydia Volkova
Moscow phone
+8.917.511.8679
Oksana Filina
Khabarovsk phone
+7.4212.254.258
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