Project details CWA assisted Weyerhaeuser Trus Joist (formerly Weyerhaeuser iLevel) with the mechanical and structural design for new infeed equipment to provide an automatic veneer finishing system in tandem with ergonomically-designed manual feeding stations for the production of Parallam™, the world’s only commercially-manufactured and marketed parallel strand lumber product. Solutions The two infeed lines were… Read More
Sector: Wood Products
Wood Chip Barge Unloading, Distribution & Reclaim Systems
Project details CWA was engaged by Harmac Pacific (formerly Pope & Talbot) to provide engineering, procurement, and construction management services for the reconfiguration of the entire wood chip unloading, distribution, and reclaim systems at the pulp mill in Nanaimo, British Columbia. Solutions CWA was responsible for the initial concept and the detailed design of all… Read More
Wood Chip Transhipment System
Project details Robert Allan Ltd., Canada’s most senior consulting naval architecture firm, was recently engaged to design a system for transporting wood chips by barge to a transhipment zone and then loading them into Handymax-sized vessels for export. Robert Allan Ltd. contacted CWA for assistance with developing a material handling system for transloading the chips… Read More
Wood Chip Unloading System
Project details CWA was engaged by Canadian Forest Products (Canfor) to provide engineering and project management for a new wood chip unloading system at its pulp mill in Prince George, British Columbia. Solutions CWA provided engineering and project management for the wood chip unloading system including a 125-ton combination railcar/truck dumper and an outstocking conveyor… Read More
OSB Plant Log Pond & Green End Modifications
Project details CWA was engaged by Louisiana-Pacific to design a heated log thaw pond and associated conveying equipment for the oriented strand board (OSB) plant in Dawson Creek, British Columbia. Challenges Process piping for heating the log thaw pond was innovatively designed to withstand a corrosive, humid environment and extreme cold weather conditions. Conveyor chains… Read More
Truck Dump & Outstocking Conveyor System
Project details CWA was engaged by Harmac Pacific (formerly Pope & Talbot) to upgrade the chip receiving, outstocking, reclaiming, and storage facilities at the pulp mill near Nanaimo, British Columbia. The upgrade provided Harmac Pacific with the flexibility to balance the ever-changing fibre supply on the coast and meet the mill’s chip consumption requirements. Solutions… Read More
20MW Cogeneration Plant
Project details CWA assisted Riverside Forest Products (now Tolko Industries) with the selection and installation of major equipment and the complete building structure for a 20MW biomass cogeneration plant in Armstrong, British Columbia. The cogeneration plant converts wood waste into renewable energy in steam and power, producing steam for an on-site veneer plant and exporting… Read More
Sawmill Modernization
Project details CWA assisted Tolko Industries Ltd. with their modernization plan to optimize production and the cutting program at their sawmill in The Pas, Manitoba based on the short-term and long-term log and fibre supply. Equipment was selected to accommodate the optimized processing rate and provide the flexibility required to meet the projected annual log… Read More
OSB Plant Conveyor System
Project details CWA provided the detailed design of the complete conveyor system for the greenfield oriented strand board (OSB) facility, including: Log-handling infeed conveyors. Rake-flight conveyors. Idler and slider belt conveyors. Hog fuel-handling chain and belt conveyors. Hydraulic and electro-mechanical drive units. Emergency fire dump and diverter gates. Electric and pneumatic actuator systems. Automated conveyor… Read More