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LPS Equipment & Acquisition is proud to announce a completely redesigned interactive website, created by LumbermenOnline.com, the sister company of LUMBERMEN’S Equipment Digest. The new website features multiple search functions to assist customers in searching North America’s largest inventory of quality used sawmill, pallet and other wood related equipment. In addition to fast and easy search functions, the new site includes a simple to use, no obligation “Equipment Locator” service to make finding that just right piece even faster. Chuck Lepinski, LPS Equipment & Acquisition president and CEO recently said, “The ease of search functionality and equipment locator service of our new website will offer the industry a single source for both buying and selling”. If you are searching for forest industry machinery and equipment, rolling stock, have single item or a complete plant to liquidate, visit www.lps-inc.com first.

West Salem Machinery (WSM) announces the development of a new screening design – the WSM Waterfall™ Disc Screen. This machine delivers high capacity “fines” screening, and improves screening efficiency due to increased material agitation. WSM’s Waterfall Disc Screen’s unique design utilizes multiple roll screening decks that agitate and tumble the mat of material being screened as it falls from level to level. This tumbling movement is similar to a waterfall in that the mat is blended as it falls and fine particles that were in the upper portion now have a chance to be screened on the lower deck. As a result, you achieve high volume screening capacity and effective product separation in a small package size. To make this possible, the WSM Waterfall™ Disc Screen utilizes a tight spacing between discs, allowing a variety of fiber materials (bark, chips, sawdust, shavings, hogged wood, compost) to be sorted by size (thickness and length). Fine particles pass between the discs, while over-size pieces are retained above. Recent applications include panel and pellet fiber preparation by screening green sawdust and shavings before drying; high capacity ag-residual screening for removal of dirt and fines; and high volume chip screening for fines removal in a pulp woodyard. These versatile screens are available in multiple sizes, with screen widths from 48” to 84” and lengths to 20 ft. The WSM Waterfall Disc Screen joins the West Salem family of fiber preparation machinery, including our full complement of screens and grinders to suit any application. Please contact a specialist at 503-364-2213, or visit our website where photos and descriptions of all our equipment are available.

Collinwood TN – September 20, 2013 - Froedge Machine has completed installation of a new transfer, trim saw, and green chain upgrade for Hassell & Hughes Lumber Company in their Collinwood, Tennessee mill. Designed and installed by Froedge, the system consists of a declined lugged transfer which moves lumber and cants from the second story mill to ground level, an unscrambler with even-end rolls, an overhead bypass conveyor for railroad ties, a dealer deck infeed to a Froedge-rebuilt HMC multi-saw trimmer, and declined outfeed to a 50 foot-long green chain. David Hollis, Plant Manager at Hassell & Hughes commented that they were not only pleased with the equipment from Froedge, but were happy with the installation process itself. “We have rarely experienced an installation crew that was so organized, hard-working and self-motivated. They cooperated very well with our own staff, and we were able to work very well together to complete the project quickly and efficiently.” The new system starts at a single output point from the two headrig sawmill. Boards and pallet cants from the mill go through the transfer/unscrambler and onto the trim saw, while railroad ties are directed over the unscrambler and directly across to the board dealer. All finished goods move out of the trim saw onto the green chain for sorting and stacking. “Hassell & Hughes has been a valued customer for many years”, said Tom Froedge, Vice President of Froedge Machine. “We understand how labor costs and downtime can negatively affect profitability, so it was important for us to provide a system that exactly met the project goals.” The updated mill output was designed to give Hassell & Hughes the option to increase production and easily add more automation in the future if required. Froedge Machine & Supply has been in business for over 50 years, and specializes in automated material handling machinery, grade mark readers, and software for the lumber and woodworking industries. The company also performs specialty industrial repairs, custom CNC machining and fabrication, and operates a full service industrial parts and supply house. Learn more at www.froedge.com and www.lumberhandling.com.