LOOKING EAST – OPERATION FOCUS
Major suppliers join forces on Russian sawmill
Huge Russian sawmill projects are steadily emerging and the demand for the supply contracts for such ventures is becoming fierce. Only recently, three European groups began delivering the technology for a 1 million m3
currently being constructed in Siberia. By Chris Cann
S
ome 500 km from the regional centre of Krasnojarsk – in
Boguchany, near the Siberian river Angara in Russia – civil works for a big softwood sawmill began late last year on an area of 4 km. State-owned enterprise Kraslesinvest is in charge of the build, which will see a modern, automated sawmill with a capacity of up to 1 million m3
/y of logs
appear in the heart of one of Russia’s many rich forestry districts. Projects such as this are on the
increase and as Russia imports primarily European and North American expertise for such jobs, the profile of international sawmill suppliers amongst the previously undisturbed Russian forestry sector, is growing. The main suppliers of equipment for the Kraslesinvest mill are Austrian group Holtec, German manufacturer EWD, and Finish company, Jartek. Holtec is supplying logyard and sawmill infeed equipment, EWD is delivering a profiling line with a speed of 150 m/minute, while
Dr Antti Kari with the scanner at Ligna
Jartek will supply three timber sorting lines and drying chambers. The completion of the sawmill is scheduled for spring this year, but that is just the first stage of the development. In a later execution stage, the sawmill capacity will be doubled, which will be followed by construction of another major wood processing complex. The secondary complex will house a pulp mill with an annual capacity of 1 Mt and further production
lines for wood-based building materials. Kraslesinvest estimated the future raw wood requirements to feed the massive wood processing complex at about 8 million m3
/y. The logyard, Holtec’s primary
responsibility, comprises a sorting line with 80 boxes and a state-of- the-art x-ray scanner – the first of its kind in Russia. The EWD profiling line is fed by two lines, each with a Valon Kone debarker and turning device. Each of the mentioned companies are responsible for their part including the installation and its coordination. Holtec started its deliveries in
Trucks on the way to the East Sea harbour loaded with Holtec equipment
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March last year, with more than 50 fully loaded trucks having left the workshop by the end of the year. Arriving at the East Sea, the loads are shipped to Riga, where they are transferred onto the Trans- Siberian rail system for delivery. The biggest loads for Holtec were three tandem step feeders for log separation.
The EWD line at Arkaim
/y sawmill,
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