SAWMILLS SECTION, Thurs., Nov. 9, 1961

Design Highlights

Of Celgar’s

Westley Sawmill

Celgar’s new sawmill here is be-
ing viewed with o great deal of In-
terest by the lumber Industry in
North America.

‘There have been few opportun-
Itles in’ the past decade for o
160,000-fbm-per-ahift mill to be de-
aligned from scratch, and in addi-
tion to some basic design features,
Celgar’s engineers ond operators
have taken the opportunity to de-
velop new ideas of their own.

The mill Js vitryally two. com-
plete sawmills in one with each
aide sharing a common cut-off saw,
barker, resaw, and waste disposal

system. us
; Corsideration has been given
to’ future needs for expansion or

nation. ” §
“Newfoundland dnd other for-| 3

the possibility. of change, for flex-.
ibility, Automation has not-been a
primary concern, but rather a pru-
‘dent combination of men-and:‘ma-
chinery. to insure that flexibility
exists and bottlenecks can ‘be over-.
come ahould market. requirements
change. ~

Celgar retained: ‘ton: :control: of
the sawmill design and construction
under the sureruion:* of its resi-|-
dent engineer. Ken Hall,

s New #

power production. The pulp mill
will obtain about 10 per cent of its
chip supply in this manner.

| a

Williston Warns
=
Of High Costs
2 . 2

In Fighting Fires
--Forest- fires burned’ over $40
million. -worth-of logs In B.0, this
Bummer, Lands and Forests Minis<
ter Williston sald at Victoria,’
+ And the government. spent $9
million to. protect the forests from
tire, and fight fires that did ravage
thore’ than one million acres. i
Mr, Williston told the Rotary
Clubs“These are staggering losses
to be borne solely by the people of

B.C, when the forests are a national
resource of the utmost value to the

est ‘provinces are faced with the
same tragic waste, As citizens it is
within your power to support the

ment of Canada, with a new de-

partment: of forestry, actively con-

sult with the provinces to reach &

reallstic and ‘effective national for.
jest: protection policy,

“However pecuilar, it~ is none-

I make

Jogical proposition that the Govern-|

The -Physical Operation

Of Celgar’s

Celgar’s new 150,000 fbm per
shift sawmill is virtually two saw-
mills under one roof, shaning one
cut-off saw, hydraulic barker, rey
saw and waste disposal system,

‘Two .soparnte apecics are sawn
simultaneously; one, fir or cedar,
over a 32-foot no-man carringe and
® 9-foot left hand, single cut, band

mill; the other, pine or spruce, over
@ 20-foot right hand similar set-up.

‘The logs are towed down the
Arrow Lakes and Columbia river in

afted booms of bundled: logs wel-
ghing “up to 60 tons per bundle,
Logs are up to. 48. feet in: length

and the bundles are 97 feet in girth. .

The: bumdies “ ere sorted as to, spe-

theless true that
approaches along this line as min-
ister, it is considered on the’ level
of political controversy rather than
as being in the national Interest.
“Active public support would go
far toward straightening out the
thinking and sense of. responsibility
‘on forest protection: in. Ottawa.” ,

~ Profab. Industry
Making Big Use
Of Wood in Bldg.

engineers were employed within the

: F industry, like
the industry, 1s, begin-

of the overall
Celgar: also retained the letting of
contracts and supervision - ‘during
‘construction.
‘Many unique features have been
put ‘ine Practice auch as crosswise
bundle carriages to replace the tra-
ditional -jackladder, -piston-opera-
ted “fingers”.to control the~break- |
down of log bundles onto the ‘log’
deck, a 90 degree turn: ina green
lumber: conyeyor, ‘a ‘company-mod-
if_led automatic lumber “porter ‘and

the efficiency and.

ther than pleces,’

‘A few years. ago prefabbers
were primarily involved in the sum-
mer cottage and
Today most of them are also inva-

ning to recognise
economy of building with parts ra-{-

one the permanent home industry.

: Sor
mogt Canedinn homes prefabe mak |
extensive use of wood.
is as‘old as‘the

but many still

“~ €, GARSIDE
Director of Sawmill Operations

consider it to ‘be relatively new me-
thod- and regard it with scepticism.
.) ‘Wartime efforts in prefabrica-
tion left & atigma that has not been
easily erased, although the fact re-
mains that this time-saving method
served (at that, time) to eliminate
@ critical housing shortage.

~. “There is, however as little si-
milarity between wartime methods
and those of present day home ma-
nufacturers, as .there is between ‘a.
model T Ford and a 1962 Lincoln,

S|... Prefabricators have found a

ready. market selling direct to the

customer SPO proposes to be his

own fontracto

“This ts the individual who in-

tends to save the builder's. profit
estate

In most instances this custo-
mer produces an excellent home for
himself..In some, however, he diz-

tion for the main members in its

-Columbla’s first integrated foreat
operation in the Interior.
‘The sawmill draws steam) and

covers that he has over-estimated
his: technical ability; The prefab
industry has sometimes been mea-

‘Acceptance by reputable con~
tractors of the prefab -method of
home construction ° 4s growing re-
pidly. For these men prefabrication
is'no longer a theory but a proven
quantity, a method that can pro-
Jauce an improved result. é

Bs,
and barker effluent for pulp ‘and.

ee H

‘From’ the oldest hotel
to-the newest Industry
in Castlegar. :

Castlegar Hotel
Management and Staff ~

Acie ance

Avtug keeps. the 0g hails sup:

: ger and‘slabs to the waste ‘conveyor
‘|sre removed from the roll case by| i

g.]del because of. the ‘small ‘average
:| diameter of the timber,.They are

New Plant

Plled with the desired species of log
bundles, Z

The bundles are hauled out of
the water crosswise up. inclined
tracks by cable 'car. At the top of
the inclined track, and at mill deck
devel, the bundles are lifted from
the cars by a hydraulically opera-
ted fork system. While in the crotch
of the forks, the..bundle straps are
removed ard ‘thé’ jogs are’ spilled
out of the fore ‘on to. bind first
log deck,

Tne are: to! of these haul-ap
and breakdown Hnstallations to
handle the two: species simultane-

up to 8,000 FBM,

Prom the breakdown | decks” the
dogs are kicked into a Jog: conveyor
‘and bucked to length at ?a {72-1
circular “overhead” cut-off
large logs (over!26-inch) a n
saw has also been, installed,

The millslength logs are “then
scaled and kicked. off to storage
decks leading to: the hydraulle bar

Barking ‘6 done by 8 Hansel
Arm barker: within through-capa-
city of up to 60-inch diam logs:
end ‘a barking \capacity. to 48-inch

ously sl.ce a burdle may contain E

quipment*in Duilding: the, Interior's most
odern: sovmnlll: :

put speed is' 85. {pm, Nozzle ‘pres
sure.of up to 1800 psi as anticipa-
ted. < y

In the - barker plant; hayouts
space has been provided‘for'the ad-
dition..of . a mechanical. . barker
should sawing capacity prove to be'
|in excess of barking capacity.

Bach head - tig feeds cante: to
its own HD.22.Esterer gang’ saw
operating’ at S40 RPM. Cants’ cross
the roll case. from the’ carriage by
means .of cant, fippers.

Jacket boards to the, double “eds

@ double acting set of sweeps oper-
ated by the tail sawyer. A feature

fact, that-the ccarriage ‘bunkg’ are
nine. inches “higher than the roll

gun’ shot. carriage feeds are provide
ed. These operate .at.30: psig back
‘preséure and. 160. psig inlet pressure

ing from the pulp ‘mill boilers some
2,500 feet distant,

D22'models operating at 340 RPM.
‘These machines were. chosen in pre-
ference. to .a.:wider/and slower mo-

(continued

Giameter logs.” “through | m

after: reduction’ from:an -eight: inch | g
diameter, 175:psig supply line lead-

nw e
MELE A OAL
iif) hye} fr
ea ae

ae

of the head end installation is the}™

Both. gang. saws .are Esterer |S

‘Long length “dimension lumber is S teatinre over a big load of 24 foot and 26 foot

of. Celgar’s new. sawmill. Here W: Ross.” dimensi ion destinated for Cal
McCutcheon, sawmill sales manager, looks : z oe ie

_ aKa

TTT cea ts

opportunity: ‘to extei
welcome to Celgar Ltd.
on. going i into: full production

es welfare of our citizens --
: 1 asa whole.

“Barkée Effluent and Bark Disposal

“meng of barker effluent before dis
-charge to the river: It was therefore

“handling. the ‘effluent from the two

“port the effluent to'the pulp mill, it

‘transport. the bark as well, The
“bark could ‘best’ be utilized by pres-

. which could plug. the. pumping: sy-

_from the effluent and

The) de ign

sawmlit! comme: ‘ced ‘in.’ May,‘ 1059,

with’ preliminary ‘studies’ of ‘Jayouts | stem.

suitable for the log supply and pro-
ducts'to-which ‘these logs could\.be
most ‘efficlently and profitably con-
verted,
‘This phase of the project was
virtually” completed by December,
1968, peas ere Ste
‘The “geography , of: the ..most
suitable site adjacent to the com-
pany'a pulp mill dictated to a cor-
aiderable extent the relatlonship’ of
the: varlous, plant buildings and re-

quired : the « relocation” of .approxis | %

matey 4,200 feet of CPR Kettle
Valley’ mainilne and ‘the excavation

and. 10). of, approximately 820,000 Fs

ouble yards of material.
“During: ‘the’ preliminary ‘layout

solution of them ‘in' order to avold
delay in proceeding with the fea
ed ‘design and layout,” x

In -adadltion, .certain “Goyeiop-

ments in: lumber. mahultactane were | §

considered ‘and -if’ they were ‘to be
inchided? in_ the plant layout, they
study. The

"ince the: pine’ mill alde of’ the
sawmill is dealgned to. manufacture
pine or spruce, ona’ species ate a

Juthber * handling © provided by. the
drop sorter, in reducing “manpower |
and lumber carrier requirements, It
‘all: lumber » other,

also
than ‘dimension: to. be - processed
from log to shipping platform under

“\. Dimension ‘to be | deled fs: pro-
ceased through ‘the dry klins «by,
means”: of *carrler « service. from
green-chiain: storage to the stocker
‘ungeed’ ‘rollcase’ ‘between, the: stacker

ey ln ‘eapaclty, is added,
Purther “lumber handiing econ-

‘Logs .are y opcanionas ned
to -the: miil - in’. Bundles « by. ‘species
with. sonia: ‘pes supplied: in flat

er. logs, it was:
a means of. removing a? “bundles
of 60-ton maximum weight with a

ints. the economies of the watoos

types of’ sorters versus the conven-
Hopel sxean chain, an experimental |

10-foot “diameter ‘and ‘a  50-foot
length from. the: Columbia ‘river,
and. to break the bundle into indiv2
idual “logs: for" "the® mill’ log cut-olt
“saw.

“Ths tiver has a seasotial-rise and
‘fall of 85 feet. This was accom-
plished. by the use of two'sets of
log bundle” carriages, one for each
of two species cut simultaneously
in the two asides of the sawmill,

3
‘logs for.a transfer deck feeding the,
log conveyor tothe cut-off, Baw.

Regulations governing river pol-
ition required .clarifier-type treat.

decided to ‘build one

2, RIVERS

plant ‘st’ the pulp’ mill capable of

& Safety

z INTEGRATION WITH THE PULP
’ MILL

‘woodtoom  barkers ‘and the sawmill
barker with ‘obvious savings in over-
‘all instalation and operating costs.

Since it was necessary.to trans.

was deolded to use this medium to

sing to remove excess water before
mixing with drier hog fuels prior-to
burning in) the © pulp ail power
dotler.

Te was decided.to hog the bark,
screen it. to recycle large pieces

stem, and re-mix it with the barker
effluent.

“The bark is ‘xemoved:from the
effluent in a drainer conveyor un-

section of a- Brandon ‘Sorter was

iting “sawmill
trial and development’ basis.
4oaa result of this’ work sev~

mateegs Mi ni IM

wa AKHURST

ses0e-11884, Ave, Eamonton Alta.
Tel: GL bearer

“|atem to silo or outaide, storage, the

3 mill fe :
(b) "Hydraulic baker effluent

contract for the construction of the
‘ary. storage shed and savemill dary
er building.

All major material sor bit fate

“In addition to the economy’ or lf

Lumber for. markets all over: the world is produced it
the new’ sawmill. The ‘mill: produces .150,000-fbm-per- «
shift. Lumber is piled. six.units high in the: 1 ;200-foot
by 100-foot dry’ storage and shipping warehouse. Cranes «
dressed |i. this biailding service box cars..and .move: inventory. :

The green “Celgar” ‘stamp on’ the end ‘of the’ lumber.
* advertises. to. buyers everywhere that when: they bay
the company’s lumber Rnd are buying the best Tumber.

available.

= Laitea isa subsidiary
of. Columbia ‘Cellulose Company, Tas
mited ‘which "has operated a” dis-
solving and specialty sulphite pulp
mill at Prince Rupert on the nor-
thern British Columbian coast since
1061.

Columbia * “Cellulose, through

Limited, is

d betes

tion supplied as part. of: fabricate

ited at ‘Edmonton and with ‘olan

‘and erect or install
purchased and supplied to the con-
tractore,o¢ the. site-by -Celgar Lim-

Construction : “was completed
Beptember-16th_ with’ the .exception |-
of pome protection piping
and mill fire alarm and commas
cations. wiring.

‘The “sawmill ‘was located as
okee to the pulp mill ag room for
future exparision would permit: in

In addition: to the’ obvious.ad-

mill for © chip transport,
case by means of & pneumatic sy-

following are some. of the’ less ‘ob~
|
Wanie Utilization
}s Siog fel a utllized at pulp
steam generation,
is. processed in: clarifier system lo~
cated at pulp mill but sized ‘to
both ‘planta. .: 2

* (@) |, Batk fuel valué. 1s impro-

‘were | tw

vantage “of proximity; to the pulp]:
in this

Castlegar at tna foot of the: Arrow

400 miles northward asa vwide,
slow-running portion of -the river.

Above the Iakes are a further
100° miles of ‘the Columbia river
which are suitable for the towing
or driving of the log bundles. ‘This
aystem forms the basis of the com-
pany’s log ‘transportation,

|Forest Utilization & Celgar's
v Lakes

tha novthérm block of -the Tree

Farm Licence ares, The Clty of Re-

velstoke has.8 population of about

3,500 and with, the surrounding area

included, §,600,-Nakusp has Sot
1,200 people,

‘The’ company has invesied, ap
‘proximately’ $50 ‘niillion in woods,
saqmaill and pulp operations. The

in-

‘the logging are [Foes
alfusted at Nakusp, on the Upper
‘Arrow Lake, Revelstoke will also be

Tass on
milling interests in’ the Arrow, Lakes
region ‘of British” Columbis, opera-
Ung. a: sawinill st. Nakusp ‘and: one
af Castlegar. These activities have

from
the'point of view of Raitt con-
aitlons snd fog umber: progac
ton...

+ When. the’ “tatestated. sawiaill
and’ bulp., mill project got underway

°°" qa): Plant water is: supplied by
the, pulp mill pumping system. -

“2 (b) (The ‘fire protection water |<
supply: including ‘the elevated wa~|,
ter® storage

tank, serves’ both the
pulp. mill and sawmill. ;

cluded “a new. sawmlll capable of
producing 160,000 fhm per shift of
lumber as well as chips and hog
{uel forthe pulp mill. _

Gmc EDGAR JONES!

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