LOOKING EAST The EWD chipper canter FZ5
Kraslesinvest estimated the future raw wood
requirements to feed the massive wood
processing complex at about 8 million m3
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cameras, 50 +50 sorting bins, automatic stick distribution, and automatic dry load handling system. Jartek has also taken on
responsibility for drying technology and has installed 12 drying lines, eight tunnel lines (progressive kilns), and four chamber lines (2-stage kilns) coordinated under a semi- automatic drying process. Once dry, the sawnwood products under go automatic quality grading with cameras and are divided over 50 sorting bins for both modular and free-length cutting. Installation of the Jartek equipment was delayed slightly because of other inhibiting construction works on site but began in October and was not expected to affect the commissioning date. Jartek has completed significant installations all over the world, including major Russian deals, but, despite not forwarding any numbers, was confident this deal had set a new record. “As far as we know, this is biggest single deal that anyone has made in Europe or Asia since 90s,” the Finnish supplier speculated. “We delivered a similar complement of equipment – greensorting lines, drying and drysorting – to an UST-KUT customer, TSLK 3, in 2007, but that order was not as sophisticated. The greensorting was more manual, the drying was with drive-in chambers, though the drysorting technology was roughly the same. “Over 2008 to 2011, we supplied Arkaim in Vanino with very similar green sorting and dry
sorting lines but did not deliver a drying system. Those two and the Kraslesinvest project are the biggest deals with which we’ve been involved.” EWD was also involved in the Arkaim installation, where it supplied a very similar heavy duty profiling line. Basic features of the unit include a profiling line for up to eight profiled sideboards; final cut with vertical and horizontal double arbour circular saws; log diameter range of 100-550 mm; feed speed of 50-150 m/minute; installed electrical power 0f 5.5 MW; and a total weight of 600 t. EWD had delivered all pieces to site by late in 2011 and had begun its part of the installation by the end of the year. The Kraslesinvest deal is the type of contract all the industry’s leading suppliers are pushing to get their hands on. The fact that this major deal has gone to three proven groups with a track record in Russia is no coincidence. It is not always easy to do business in the East and as certain supplies build their reputations for excellence, others may be left behind.
It will be interesting to watch
over the next five years how many of North America and Europe’s established providers, who are yet to get a foot in the Russian door, deal with the prospect of losing out in one of the world’s most prospective marketplaces. This is not something over which Holtec, Jartek and EWD will be losing too much sleep.
The EWD double arbour circular resaw, FR12
EWD double arbour circular reducer saw, DWK
Our current projects in Russia show that there is a great demand in high- quality solutions for the sawmill and wood-based panel industry in the east of
the Ural – Holtec’s Alexander Gebele
68 International Forest Industries | FEBRUARY/MARCH 2012
The EWD profiling unit, FR15
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