Added value: Domtar set to roll out machine stress-rate lumber product. (Forestry: Special Report).Domtar's Sault Ste. Marie Sault Sainte Marie — pronounced "Soo Saint Marie" (IPA /su seɪnt məˈɹi/) — is the name of two cities on the Saint Marys River, which forms part of the boundary between the United States and Canada. sawmill sawmill, installation or facility in which cut logs are sawed into standard-sized boards and timbers. The saws used in such an installation are generally of three types: the circular saw, which consists of a disk with teeth around its edge; the band saw, which expects to be a machine stress-rating (MSR MSR Microsoft Research MSR Montserrat (ISO Country code) MSR Mountain Safety Research (outdoor goods manufacturer) MSR Magnetic Stripe Reader MSR Egyptair (ICAO code) ) producer of premium softwood softwood Timber obtained from coniferous trees (mainly of the pine and fir families). With the exception of bald cypress, tamarack, and larch, softwood trees are evergreens. lumber this fall. The forest products company is investing $562,000 in the purchase and installation of MSR equipment to allow the mill to grade softwood lumber processed at the People's Road site as a value-added product. The Sault mill, which employs 150, currently kiln dries and dresses lumber sawn at Gogama Forest Products. MSR lumber is strength-tested mechanically for use in construction of trusses and other engineered wood products. The Sault sawmill will initially produce two feet by three feet and two feet by four feet MSR lumber in eight-foot lengths, producing about seven million board feet annually. The mill will also deliver MSR two feet by three feet flange flange (flanj) a projecting border or edge; in dentistry, that part of the denture base which extends from around the embedded teeth to the border of the denture. flange n. 1. stock to the neighbouring Anthony-Domtar I-joist plant that began production of Power Joist beams last January. In addition to the Sault mill, other Domtar mills in Nairn Centre and White River will deliver MSR stock to the Anthony-Domtar mill, a new joint-venture project. Alex Encil, Domtar's lumber superintendent, says the adjacent Anthony facility is a good natural fit and requires MSR material for their product line. However, he expects there will be enough material to sell to other customers as well. The machine has the potential for millions of dollars in added revenue for the company, he says. "There are several other Canadian truss truss, in architecture and engineering, a supporting structure or framework composed of beams, girders, or rods commonly of steel or wood lying in a single plane. manufacturers looking to buy that material, and with the big trend toward engineered wood products because of MSR, there will be other companies looking at doing engineered high beams and looking to buy material on the open market," End says. The mill expects to take delivery of the $290,000-machine in mid- to late-September to be operational by mid-October. For the future, the mill is actively pursuing capital spending capital spending Spending for long-term assets such as factories, equipment, machinery, and buildings that permits the production of more goods and services in future years. for an anticipated softwood sawing line to ensure their own reliable supply of fibre for the MSR machine, Encil says. Currently the mill receives about 53 million feet of fibre from Gogama, "but in the long-term for us, a softwood sawmill would be a strong advantage to continue that project." |
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