
WOOD PRODUCTS ENGINEERING
Wood Products Experience
With over fifty years of practical experience, our talented engineers and designers have developed a thorough working knowledge of forest products industry practices, methods and needs. We are involved at every phase of the construction and engineering processes for the following types of plant designs:
- Logs and log processing
- Lumber
- Veneers
- Plywood
- Planing
- Chips
- Sawdust
- Bark
- Fuel
- Biomass of all types including plastics and other post-consumer waste materials.
Engineering & Design Services
- Foundation designs including:
- Pile-supported foundation systems
- Conventional and special foundation systems
- Mat slab foundations
- Process optimization
- Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) improvement
- Machine and equipment engineering and design
- Machine and equipment layouts
- Conveyor and transfer engineering and design
- As-built drawings
- Shop drawings
- Maintenance engineering and reliability Support
- Greenfield facility design
- Building evaluations, renovations and seismic upgrades
- Coordination with OEM vendors for integration into overall plant and product line layout
- Fabrication level design documents
- Special machine design
- Construction review services
Custom built machine control solutions Services
PLC control and Historian systems are essential in the development of modern automation concepts. We offer system solutions with Rockwell Automation control systems for individual machines with or without HMI as well as for networked plants with multiple control points. We work with Ethernet, ControlNet, DeviceNet, Modbus and other networks.
HMI operating systems are all individually programmed and made-to-measure. Large size touch displays are available to support the enhanced visualization of process control and make the operation of the most sophisticated processes as easy as possible.
- State-of-the-art
- Modular and adaptable to various requirements
- Knowhow and parts available worldwide
- In-house programming
- Reliable
Rockwell Automation SI partner
Consulting & Additional Services
Outside of our engineering services our industry experience has allowed us to provide unparalleled business counsel and consultation for:
- Assistance and recommendations for capital improvements
- Preliminary feasibility studies
- Preparing capital estimates, budgets and economic justification including the development of pro-forma income/cash flow statements
- Operational improvements
- Product line enhancements
- Alternative equipment configurations
- Evaluation of facility competitive position in respect to:
- Product recovery
- Productivity
- Staffing
- Manufacturing costs
- Marketing flexibility
- Coordination with OEM vendors for integration into overall plant and product line layout
- Fabrication level design documents
- Special machine design
- Construction review services