Lumber Industry Processing and Conveyor Equipment
Bulk materials are created in the process of making lumber and various wood products. Saw dust, wood chips and wood shavings that are by-products of one process are used for making particleboard, flakeboard and oriented strandboard in another process. Also, sawdust is formed into pellets and used as an alternative fuel source in many industries. KWS supplies equipment for storing, elevating, conveying and metering these bulk materials. Process efficiency is critical to the success of the industry. Our mass-flow hopper and feeder designs are very successful in storing and metering bulk materials that arch or bridge. Also, our conveyors are dust-tight to prevent a hazardous condition such as a fire or an explosion.
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KWS Provides Field Service to Improve Screw Conveyor Design and Operation
Made-to-Order Solution
The KWS replacement screws were very special in design with hardsurfacing to reduce wear. KWS delivered…
Read MoreKWS Saves Georgia Pacific Lumber Mill $60,000 in Potential Downtime
Made-to-Order Solution
Georgia Pacific needed a unique replacement trough section that was leaking sawdust . Within 3 days, KWS…
Read MoreConveying Wood Ash at Georgia Pacific Dimensional Lumber Mill in Pineland, TX
Made-to-Order Solution
Based on material testing and new calculations, KWS designed the new replacement screw with 3/8-inch…
Read MoreShaftless Screw Conveyors for Conveying Shredded Wood at Huber Engineered Woods in Broken Bow,…
Problem Solver
KWS engineers met with Huber personnel to witness the plant's problems and designed a shaftless conveyor…
Read MoreGrit Classifiers for Activated Carbon Plant
Problem Solver
KWS designed a split, two-piece drive trough end that can be removed to allow access for screw removal…
Read MoreScrew Conveyor for Hog Fuel at Boise Cascade Plywood Mill in Moncure, NC
Problem Solver
Boise Cascade asked engineers from KWS to visit the mill to help solve their problems with the inclined…
Read MoreScrew Conveyors to Convey Sawdust at Kingsford Charcoal in Summer Shade, KY
Problem Solver
After reviewing the application, KWS recommended using shafted screws that are close coupled and clocked…
Read MoreTandem Screw Conveyors for Conveying Wood Chips and Bark at Biewer Sawmill in Prentice, WI
Problem Solver
Sales and engineering personnel from KWS met with the operations and maintenance staff at Biewer to…
Read MoreInclined Screw Conveyor for Conveying Wood Ash at West Fraser Lumber Mill in Leola, AR
Problem Solver
An engineer from KWS visited the facility and met with the Boiler Room Superintendent to determine the…
Read MoreTwin Screw Feeder for Metering Wood Shavings at American Wood Fibers in Marshall, TX
Problem Solver
KWS designed and manufactured a twin-screw feeder with independent drive units. Each of the twin screws…
Read MoreShaftless Screw Conveyor for Conveying Wood Products at Georgia Pacific in Fordyce, AR
Problem Solver
KWS-340 spirals are the strongest and toughest on the market and are designed to outlast all other…
Read MoreMetering Wood Waste to Boilers at Georgia Pacific Dimensional Lumber Mill in Pineland, TX
Problem Solver
KWS Engineers visited the Pineland mill and met with the Georgia Pacific Boiler/Kiln Supervisor to review…
Read MoreTubular Inclined Screw Conveyors Feeding Boilers for Lumber Mill Power Generation
Problem Solver
KWS designed an inclined screw conveyor system to move the waste wood product from the hopper to the…
Read MoreSpecial Cantilever Lime Mud Screw Conveyor
Problem Solver
Engineers from Andritz and KWS worked together to design a cantilevered screw conveyor for the…
Read MorePortable Inclined Tubular Screw Feeder for Carbon and Iron Oxide Powder
Problem Solver
KWS created a design with a non-split tubular housing and a screw that fit closely inside the housing to…
Read MoreBiomass Screw Conveyors and High Pressure, High Temperature Reactors
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The design difficulties were to maximize the residence time within the transfer/mixing device while…
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