REAL PROJECTS. REAL RESULTS.
PROJECT LED SOLUTIONS
UK Biomass & Animal Bedding Production
MATERIAL
Pre-shredded dry softwood
Dry softwood arrives pre-shredded, ready for secondary size reduction before moving into the customer’s biomass and animal bedding production process
REQUIREMENT
15+ MTPH to 8 mm minus
The system needed to mill more than 15 metric tonnes per hour of dry softwood down to approximately 8 mm minus, providing a controlled material size for the next stage of production.
ENGINEERED SOLUTION
4460 Hammermill system
WSM supplied a 4460 Hammermill, designed to run with a customer-supplied 400–450 kW motor, together with an air-density separator and infeed chute.
END RESULT
Consistently reduced softwood fibre
The system produces approximately 8 mm-minus milled softwood, prepared for downstream use at the UK biomass and animal bedding facility
Waste Wood to Biomass Power, England
MATERIAL
Pre-shredded waste wood
The customer starts with waste wood that has already undergone an initial shredding stage before entering the WSM system.
REQUIREMENT
Approx. 3-inch-minus biomass feedstock
The objective was to further reduce the pre-shredded wood to approximately 3 inches minus so it could be used for biomass power generation.
ENGINEERED SOLUTION
5472 Vertical Grinder system
WSM supplied a 5472 Vertical Grinder fitted with 27 replaceable-tip hammers, plus an infeed chute with ballistics attachment and a 50-foot belt discharge conveyor.
END RESULT
Biomass-ready processed wood
The system converts the incoming pre-shredded waste wood into an approximately 3-inch-minus wood fraction intended for biomass power production.
Freres Engineered Wood: Veneer Waste to Energy
MATERIAL
Waste veneer
Freres Engineered Wood generates waste veneer at its Mass Ply facility in Lyons, Oregon, creating a wood residue stream that can be recovered rather than treated simply as waste.
REQUIREMENT
Process waste within a restricted footprint
Space was a specific challenge on this installation. The grinder therefore had to fit the available area and connect correctly with the facility’s existing pneumatic air-handling system.
ENGINEERED SOLUTION
3232GRI-HP Horizontal Grinder
WSM supplied a 3232GRI-HP Horizontal Grinder with vibrating infeed. Because of the restricted space, the machine was configured to discharge from the side of the air base, with WSM working alongside Freres’ pneumatic-system supplier.
END RESULT
Waste veneer becomes energy fuel
The processed veneer is used as fuel for Freres’ cogeneration plant, where it contributes to the production of electricity at the facility
Roseburg Forest Products: LVL Waste Processing
MATERIAL
Multiple LVL waste streams
The new Roseburg facility needed to process several different engineered-wood residues: LVL I-beam trim, billet material and defect panels.
REQUIREMENT
One system for varied materials
Because the feed material varies in size and form, WSM worked directly with Roseburg to size and configure a system capable of processing the different waste streams effectively, including the ability to operate at different speeds.
ENGINEERED SOLUTION
Integrated 64-inch grinding line
The system combines a 64-inch-wide grinder with a special rotor configuration, a belt infeed conveyor, powered infeed/feedroll, vibrating collection conveyor and belt transfer conveyor.
END RESULT
Controlled processing through one system
Rather than separate equipment for each waste stream, Roseburg receives an integrated line configured to handle its different LVL production residues through a single grinding and conveying system.