SPRING/SUMMER 2017

Informative magazine for the industrial sawmill industry

WORLD NEWS: SAWMILLING SUCCESS: CASE STUDY:

Wood-Mizer TITAN African Sawmill Increases WM1000 Industrial
Wideband Sawmills Efficiency with TITAN Sawmill Installations

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 FROM THE CEO
Whether you are reading this as an existing customer or
someone who is interested in learning more about Wood-
Mizer’s growing presence in the industrial sawmilling
arena, this edition of Wood-Mizer’s Industrial Voice,
featuring the launch of the new TITAN range, is actually Informative magazine for the industrial sawmill industry
the result of many years of a dedicated and deliberate
effort and strategy to “earn our spurs” in the industrial EDITOR
sawmilling industry. Deanna Bunten

Large Log Sawmilling ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Although we have been producing our industrial level resaw Chase Warner
since 1991 with units now operating all over the world, our 317.808.0818 – cwarner@woodmizer.com
first industrial narrowband log breakdown saw, the LT300
Richard Vivers, CEO CREATIVE MANAGER
Wood-Mizer LLC
(now known as the WM4000), and the accompanying Janine Axsom
material handling systems, were launched in 2001. Today,
we have an extensive amount of industrial narrowband log ART DIRECTOR
breakdown units operating throughout the world cutting a wide range of log species into Kimberly Tabor
varied end products. These units are operating efficiently and effectively and continue
to earn excellent returns for our customers. CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Chase Warner Serafin Chan
Jacob Mooney Etienne Nagel
Small Log Sawmilling
In 2006 we focused on the cost-effective processing of small logs and developed the SLP
REPRINTS AND PERMISSIONS
(Smart Log Processing) family of products also based on our well-proven narrowband To order reprints of the magazine or request
technology. We now have numerous SLP components working as individual units or as permission to republish an article, call 317.271.1542
part of complete SLP lines that are successfully converting small logs into valuable end or email editor@woodmizer.com.
products throughout the world.
CONTACT US
Wideband Sawmilling 8180 W. 10th Street • Indianapolis, IN 46214
In 2010 we launched our first wideband, crowned steel wheel sawmill – the WM1000. www.woodmizer.com
This sawmill was designed to tackle the need from many of our customers to be able to 317.271.1542 • 800.553.0182
saw up to 1.7m (67") diameter logs. The year 2013 saw us launch the WB2000 – our first
wideband standard log-size sawmill that can operate with 3" spring set blades, or up to
4" Stellite® tipped, or swaged tipped blades. It can saw logs up to 1m (40") in diameter
and up to 6 tons in weight.
Wood-Mizer supports environmentally-friendly business
practices and sustainable forestry initiatives in the forest and
The knowledge that we have gained over the last 26 years about the needs and expectations in its printed communications.
of this part of the sawmilling industry and pressure from existing industrial Wood-Mizer
customers, recently prompted us to take the next step up into a fully-fledged wideband ON THE COVER:
sawmilling family of products. The impetus came when the well-respected South
African based manufacturer – Multisaw – entered into discussion with us to promote
and manufacture their proven range of wideband sawmilling and material handling
products throughout the world. These discussions led to Wood-Mizer purchasing the
rights for this range of products and a long term commitment from Multisaw to partner
with us on system design, installation, support and training.

The Wood-Mizer TITAN products are here – extending the range of our industrial
sawmilling offering and providing a seamless progression for our existing industrial
customers, or a new option for those already in the wideband sawmilling business. Call
us for more information – we are ready to serve. Thank you for your interest in all that
Wood-Mizer has to offer.

Sincerely yours, Read more about the new Wood-Mizer

TITAN product line starting on page 4.

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 CONTENTS
VANCOUVER URBAN
TIMBERWORKS COPFORD FARM
p. 20 p. 20

COOK WOODS
p. 19
HUNSKI HARDWOODS
p. 21
KAMUELA HARDWOODS SRI MURALI KRISHNA LA UNION QUALITY TIMBER
p. 19 & COMPANY MANUFACTURING CORP.
p. 21 (LATIMCO)
p. 12

UCL SAWMILLS
p. 6

4 Wood-Mizer TITAN 11 Wood-Mizer Introduces 12-15 Philippine

Wideband Sawmills TITAN WB2000 Wideband Company Upgrades to
Announced Sawmill TITAN WB2000 Sawmill to
Improve Profitability
La Union Quality Timber Manufacturing
Corp. (LATIMCO)

18-21 WM1000 Industrial Sawmill Installations

Around the World
p.19 Cook Woods & Kamuela
Hardwoods

p.20 Vancouver Urban Timberworks &

Copford Farm

p.21 Sri Murali Krishna & Company &

Hunski Hardwoods
6-9 African Sawmill
Increasing Efficiency with
Wood-Mizer TITAN
UCL Sawmills

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 WORLD NEWS
WOOD-MIZER TITAN WIDEBAND
SAWMILLS ANNOUNCED
A
s the leading supplier of thin-
kerf, narrowband portable and
industrial sawmills, Wood-Mizer
has significantly broadened its reach into
the industrial sawmilling market. With the
introduction of Wood-Mizer TITAN, the
company now offers a full line of wideband
sawmill equipment that is designed to
improve timber production rates and
elevate a sawmill’s operational efficiency.
This new product line is a result of a
purchase agreement with Multisaw, a well-
established manufacturer of wideband
sawmill equipment since 1990.
THE WOOD-MIZER TITAN LINE
The Wood-Mizer TITAN line
includes wideband primary and secondary
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breakdown sawmills and resaws as well as
circular saw edgers, multirips, optimizing
edgers, manual board edgers, and material
handling equipment. The move will add
further momentum to Wood-Mizer’s
ability to offer innovative high capacity
equipment and broaden the corporation’s
global reach.
“Our well-known narrowband
industrial range has helped wood
producers worldwide cut costs and raise
yields,” says Richard Vivers, President and
CEO of Wood-Mizer. “But that is just one
piece of a very big market. With Wood-
Mizer TITAN, we will serve the high-
throughput needs of industrial operations
with our established network of locations
and commitment to customer support
throughout the world.”
TITAN wideband sawmill equipment
has proven its advantages in the most
demanding markets in the world.
Customers, Patula Product Sawmill in
South Africa, utilize the TITAN system
to produce high-throughput of structural
timber. Patula’s operation consists of a
TITAN twin vertical bandsaw, TITAN
double arbor circular multirip, TITAN
twin head resaw, and two TITAN manual
board edging systems. “We wanted
high production wideband sawmilling
technology that we could rely on to cut
the quality that we want and with enough
additional capacity available to grow
production into the future,” said Phillip
Anderson of Patula Product Sawmill.
“This is exactly what we’ve now achieved,”
added Troy Cooper of Patula Product
Sawmill. “In the last month, we have
increased throughput again by 27%.”

ABOUT WOOD-MIZER
Since 1982, Wood-Mizer has earned
the reputation as the world’s largest
manufacturer of portable band sawmills
with tens of thousands of bandmills sold
around the globe. Today, Wood-Mizer
offers an extensive line of narrowband
portable and industrial sawmills, wideband
sawmilling equipment, resaws, edgers,
kilns, log splitters, material handling
equipment, bandsaw blades and blade
maintenance equipment for woodworking
hobbyists and forestry professionals all over
the world. For more than 35 years, Wood-
Mizer has provided top quality wood
processing equipment and exceptional
customer service for people who want the
freedom of sawing their own lumber for
projects or production.

THE WOOD-MIZER PRODUCT LINE

TITAN wideband machines will
greatly expand Wood-Mizer’s range,
which will now consist of two distinct
product lines, each geared towards
the specific volume and budget
requirements of the end-user.

• Wood-Mizer’s portable and

industrial sawmill line continues
to provide narrowband sawmilling
equipment for entry level to
professional and industrial operations.

• Wood-Mizer’s TITAN products are

strongly-built wideband sawmilling
equipment for high-throughput
industrial sawmilling applications.

Each TITAN product is designed to

operate as standalone equipment for
existing sawmilling lines or to form
an entire sawmilling line that can be
customized to the requirements of the
end-user. The TITAN line provides for
primary and secondary log breakdown
across a range of log diameters
varying from 4” to 24” (100-600
mm). In addition, Wood-Mizer will
be offering wideband blades soon for
use on TITAN machines with blade
widths up to 6” (150 mm).

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 AFRICAN SAWMILL
INCREASING EFFICIENCY
WITH WOOD-MIZER TITAN

One of the largest sawmills in

South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal
province, UCL Sawmill is
nearing completion of a two-
year equipment transition to
Wood-Mizer’s TITAN wideband
and circular sawmill products.

By Etienne Nagel THE UCL TITAN SYSTEM

riginally operating with two
sawmill processing lines,
UCL Sawmill began a
massive equipment
upgrade in 2015 in order
to increase feed speeds and
overall production levels while keeping
their investment to a reasonable cost.
In order to meet their objectives, they
installed a sawmilling line manufactured at the time by Multisaw,
bringing their total number of processing lines to three.
Multisaw’s sawmill equipment range was acquired by
Wood-Mizer, and is now manufactured and distributed as
Wood-Mizer TITAN. The new TITAN wideband sawmilling
line consists of primary and secondary sawmilling
equipment, board edgers, plus all the necessary material
handling equipment to automate the movement of timber
from start to finish, as well as the removal of waste products
for chipping.
At the beginning of UCL’s TITAN
system is an elevated operator station
that allows the main operator to have
a clear view of the whole process,
along with all equipment controls at
his fingertips. Debarked logs from the
log infeed deck are individually loaded
onto the infeed loader. The log loader
unit rotates each log to the optimal
orientation for cutting, and then it is fed
into a wideband TITAN twin vertical saw, which handles logs from
4" to 17" (120mm to 450mm).
The twin 6-inch blades of the T6-TBLT twin vertical saw
can handle cutting speeds of up to 196' (60 meters) per minute,
producing a two-sided cant and two side slabs. The cutting width
of the TITAN sawheads are adjusted by a servo motor and can
change the cutting width from log to log, if necessary, to help
maximize sawn recovery from the round log. Powered hold-down
rollers keep the log securely resting on the spiky chain during
sawing. As the cants exit the twin vertical saw, side rollers keep the

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slabs held tightly against the cant until they are ready to drop down
onto a cross transfer slab removal conveyor.
The cant continues to move down the line to a TITAN
double arbor multirip, which handles cants up to 160 mm (6")
thick. Before entering the multirip, the cant is flipped onto a flat
side by an automatic kicker while optical sensors engage powered
hold-down rollers that keep the cant moving securely through the
multirip at speeds up to 40 meters (131') per minute. The TITAN
multirip is capable of producing several boards from one cant,
while maintaining highly accurate cuts and a smooth surface finish.
Finished boards exit the multirip and are stacked for drying.
Precise board thicknesses and the high cut quality of the multirip
improves overall timber recovery and reduces the need for further
processing further down the production line. The unfinished slabs
are sent to a TITAN resaw for additional processing.
UCL’s TITAN twin head resaw also uses 6-inch wideband
blades, powered by two 45 kW (60 HP) motors, which produce
up to two waney edge boards from every slab at speeds up to 80
meters (262') per minute. The TITAN resaw is capable of making
almost instant height adjustments between each cut, enabling
better recovery of the slabs being fed into the resaw. In as little

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 as 0.3 seconds, the resaw’s servo height
adjustment motor can reposition the
sawing head to the appropriate height for
an incoming slab.
The waney edge boards are sent to
an unscrambler, which separates the
boards and prepares them for the TITAN
automated optimizing edger. By utilizing
advanced optical scanning technology,
the optimizing edger provides more value
recovery from every board. Each board
is scanned and the computer determines
where it should be edged to get the best
possible recovery. The board is then
automatically aligned and edged at a speed
of up to 460' (140 meters) per minute.
UCL’s decision to replace their existing
manual edger setup with a TITAN
optimizing edger is a testament to the
success of the recently installed line. The
addition of the TITAN edger will complete
their equipment upgrade project and will
enable the saw lines to further increase
production. UCL Sawmill is already
experiencing the benefits of their new
TITAN line by reporting more efficiency,
higher production, and lower production
costs for their operation.

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 UCL SAWMILL SYSTEM
TITAN T6-TBLT Twin Vertical Saw
• 60.3HP or 73.8HP (45kW or 55kW) saw motor with 7.3HP
(5.5kW) feed motor
• Electronic variable feed speed control from 0-197 ft/min
(0-60m/min)
• Log diameters from 4 ¾-17 ¾" (120-450mm)
• Log lengths available in 10' 10" (3.3m) or 14' 9" (4.5m) or 21'
8" (6.6m)
• 6" (150mm) blade width with .098" (2.5mm) blade kerf

TITAN T-MR160 Double Arbour Multirip

• 2 x 60.3HP (45kW) saw motors with 4HP (3kW) feed motor
and gearbox
• Electronic variable feed speed control from 0-130ft/min
(0-40m/min)
• 23" (580mm) max material width and 3.15 - 6 ¼" (80-160mm)
material thickness
• 12 ½" (320mm) blade diameter with .118 - .197" (3-5mm)
blade kerf
• Optical sensor controlled pneumatic hold-downs

TITAN T6-R/TR Twin Band Resaw

• 60.3HP or 73.8HP (45kW or 55kW) saw motor with 3HP
(2.2kW) feed motor
• Electronic variable feed speed control from 0-262ft/min
(0-80m/min)
• 17 ¾" (450mm) throat width and 5/8 - 13" (15-330mm)
material height
• 6" (150m) blade width with .098" (2.5mm) blade kerf
• Electro servo sizing system for fast size changes under
0.3 seconds

TITAN T-AE Optimizing Board Edger

• 19.5HP or 40.2HP (22kW or 30kW) saw motors with 13.4HP
(10kw) feed motor and gearbox
• 0-460ft/min (0-140m/min) feed speed or 0-25 boards/min
• 1.575- 19 11/16" (40-500mm) cutting width and 3/4 – 1 ¾
(19-45mm) material thickness
• 13/16 -12 ½" (300-320mm) blade diameter with .118 - .197"
(3-5mm) blade kerf
• Electro servo sizing system and computer

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 INTRODUCING WOOD-MIZER INDUSTRIAL WIDEBAND WOOD PROCESSING EQUIPMENT
© 2017 Wood-Mizer LLC

TWIN BAND RESAWS

make your business TITAN STRONG

TWIN VERTICAL SAWS MULTIRIPS & EDGERS OPTIMIZING BOARD EDGER

Introducing Wood-Mizer TITAN, a robust line of strongly-built wideband sawmilling

equipment for high-throughput, high-capacity industrial timber processing applications.
Engineered to improve your timber production rates and elevate operational efficiency, the
Wood-Mizer TITAN line includes wideband sawmills, resaws, circular saw edgers, multirips,
optimizing edgers, and material handling equipment. Make your business TITAN STRONG
with a standalone unit or a complete timber processing system by contacting your Wood-
Mizer TITAN specialist today. Call or go online for a catalog.

#titanstrong Watch the TITAN system in action online.

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800.553.0182 | woodmizer.com/titan
877.866.0667 | woodmizer.ca/titan HIGH PERFORMANCE BANDSAW SYSTEMS
WOOD-MIZER INTRODUCES TITAN
WB2000 WIDEBAND SAWMILL

TITAN WB2000 FEATURES

Power Options
50 HP (37 kW) electric 460v/60Hz 3 Ph
Cutting Capacity
40" (1m) log diameter
Up to 27' (8.2m) log length
35" (900mm) max width of cut
6 ton max log weight

Wood-Mizer’s knowledge of customer needs in global markets has delivered a sawmill that
is the best that both narrow and wideband technologies have to offer. Designed as a high-
production sawmill for the most demanding sawing conditions, Wood-Mizer’s new TITAN
WB2000 is the first wideband sawmill available in the Wood-Mizer equipment line.

Equipped with up to 4" (100mm) wide bandsaw blades, the
WB2000 sawmill features heavy-duty construction, low maintenance
requirements, and an efficient operation. Electronic setworks and an
elevated operator control station allow a single operator to manage
all sawing and hydraulic log handling functions while maintaining
a clear view of production. The advanced setworks are displayed
on a 12" (304mm) HMI touch-screen which presents board and
cant sizes along with current head height, feed position, and blade
power.  In addition, the new deluxe joysticks provide the operator
with precise control of all sawing and log handling functions, and
feature proportional hydraulic speed control.
addition to an existing business to process irregular logs or to
produce custom orders that the existing equipment is not suited
for.
“The WB2000 is affordable for small to large companies, and
provides flexibility other machines cannot,” shares Ryszard Weber,
owner of a timber processing company in Poland. “With this
mill, I can cut anything – small logs, large logs, high quality logs,
low quality logs. Adding the WB2000 to the business, I can now
make profits from all my logs, instead of only logs that fit on my
processing line. It is perfect for producing custom orders, and I can
now handle smaller orders that were impractical before.”

All hydraulic log handling functions - such as the log clamps, The Wood-Mizer TITAN WB2000 sawmill is now available
chain turners, and power rollers - are modular, and can be moved worldwide. Contact your local Wood-Mizer Representative
to different bunks as needed.  The WB2000 is equally used as to order.
a standalone sawmill to process all required materials, or as an

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 PHILIPPINE COMPANY UPGRADES TO
WOOD-MIZER TITAN WB2000 SAWMILL
TO IMPROVE PROFITABILITY
By Serafin Chan, Latimco Operations Officer

Latimco upgraded to LA UNION QUALITY TIMBER logs and manufacturing and milling our
own timber.
Wood-Mizer’s new TITAN MANUFACTURING CORP. (LATIMCO)
upgraded to Wood-Mizer’s new WB2000
We manage everything, from
WB2000 wideband wideband sawmill to process Southeast
importing of logs to manufacturing of
Asian hardwoods into timber for export
sawmill to process and for their own door manufacturing
finished products. It’s a complete process.
We manufacture doors, jams, mouldings,
Southeast Asian plant in the Philippines.
facia boards and other wood architectural
products for private clients and
hardwoods into timber for We are located in San Fernando, La
government projects and for export as well.
Union, Philippines. Our area is known for
export and for their own tourism and offering a friendly
We are also exploring the Japanese
door manufacturing plant environment to businesses. In our factory,
market. We know Japanese quality
we produce timber needed for
standards are very high - timber should be
in the Philippines. manufacturing of all our wooden products.
accurate and very precise. So, we look for
sawmill machines which can deliver quality
The Philippines is a very nice country
output. Since we bought the Wood-Mizer
and tourism is very strong here. You can
sawmill, our Japanese and local clients are
find a lot of things in the Philippines –
happy with the quality of the products we
friendly people and our culture is very rich.
produce using the WB2000 machine.
We have 7,100 islands and each island is
very unique. Every place you go, you feel
the warm welcome of every Pilipino. THE SAWING PROCESS
First, our logs are imported from
Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon
ABOUT LATIMCO Islands, and Brazil. Some are from New
My father had a lumber business since
Zealand, Australia, and Uruguay.
I was young. After my father turned over
Previously, we only cut Meranti (Philippine
the business to us, we started importing

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mahogany), but now we include Malaysian
hardwoods as well. We can process all
clients’ specifications.
Imported logs are shipped to the Port
in La Union. We personally do the
unloading from the vessel and cut these
logs to length based on our clients’
specifications. Then, we send these cut logs
to the TITAN WB2000 sawmill for
milling. Next is edging using the EG300
twin-blade edger and the slabs are cut on a
Wood-Mizer horizontal resaw.
We use our big vertical saw to
accommodate logs that the WB2000
cannot process - logs with more than one
meter diameters – up to 1.6m (5’). So, the
vertical saw processes irregular logs for our
manufacturing requirements.
We use the WB2000 to process timber
sizes smaller than one meter. We prefer to
cut on this machine, as it can now give us
a high recovery percentage.
After the milling process, the timber is
packed and sent to another LATIMCO
plant for kiln drying. After drying for 25
days, we manufacture the timber into
doors, jams, mouldings and other wood
architectural products as per client’s orders
for all types of projects such as residential,
low and high rise building. We also
supply kiln-dried timber for Japan-based
customers.
THE IMPORTANCE OF UPGRADING TO
SAWMILL TECHNOLOGY WITH BETTER
TIMBER RECOVERY
In the Philippines and other markets,
higher percentage of recovery is one of the
major goals. Speed is now becoming a
secondary priority. Before, speed was the
primary objective and recovery rate of
50% was acceptable. Now it’s the other
way around. So if any sawmillers want to
achieve maximum recovery – less sawdust,
less waste – then they should think about
investing in Wood-Mizer machines.
technology and safety, but most important,
Our company and products are unique it gives a higher return during the cutting
in the sense that we have now upgraded to process – a better recovery percentage. If
the latest technology. New machines have we continue to cut logs for 8 hour shifts
new capabilities, new strengths, and new daily, our ROI for the WB2000 machine
features that you can’t get from old will be easily achieved. This is not just a
machines. This new Wood-Mizer machine theory, we actually did the figures after we
is a perfect example of a machine where had been cutting for a few months. We
you can use the saw to achieve better could see the difference between the
cutting for each board. I knew that this vertical saw and the Wood-Mizer
machine could give us modern sawing horizontal bandsaw.
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 On the other hand, savings on energy
consumption is almost half. The WB2000
now runs on a 50 HP motor as compared
to the vertical saw which has a motor of
around 120 HP. That’s a big difference.
You can save a lot of electricity.

USEFUL FEATURES OF THE

WB2000 SAWMILL
With the Wood-Mizer wideband
WB2000 sawmill, we have all the features
we need – heavy duty construction,
upgraded technology, higher recovery. The
controls, setworks and everything is perfect.
Our operator knows where the exact
cutting without any loss or increase in
timber size. The hydraulics of the
WB2000 are very tough. They are
designed for tough timber like tropical
hardwoods. This has been tried and tested
already.

IMPORTANCE OF SOURCING
SUSTAINABLY HARVESTED LOGS
At the present, we source our timber from
a legitimate supplier, so we are making
sure that they have the necessary permits
to cut their trees, and they use a program
of reforestation. If they fail this program,
we don’t do business with them.

ADVICE FOR OTHER SAWMILLERS

For wood producers, I recommend that
they should upgrade their facilities,
otherwise, they will be left behind. It’s just
like using an old rotary telephone in the
digital age where people are now using
Androids and IOS – they provide higher
performance.

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world class Customer service
For more than 35 years, Wood-Mizer has been committed to • 35+ years of knowledge and expertise
providing our customers throughout the world with the highest
• Installation and on-site training
quality equipment, service, and knowledge for their ultimate
business success. With decades of experience in the timber • Spare parts and blades readily available
processing industry, our customer service team gives you the
• On-site service and repairs
resources and expertise to keep your sawmill equipment running
and operating at its highest efficiency. • Free aftermarket phone support

Contact your local Wood-Mizer representative today.

800.522.5760 | woodmizer.com
877.866.0667 | woodmizer.ca
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 “SLABS FROM OUR
WM1000 CAN BRING
US UP TO $20,000 AS
WELL AS A GREAT DEAL
OF SATISFACTION FOR
THE CRAFTSMAN AND
THE CUSTOMER.”

- Jennifer Alger
Far West Forest Products,
CA, USA

L VE the
wood life
© 2017 Wood-Mizer LLC

THE SAWMILL FOR MASSIVE LOGS

With a MASSIVE CUT CAPACITY of 67", the Wood-
Mizer WM1000 sawmill is ideal for sawing large logs,
slabs, burls, and crotches. The durable and easy to use
WM1000 sawmill with thin-kerf bandsaw blades provides
less waste and more material recovery when sawing
high-value hardwood, softwood, and tropical species.

800.553.0182 woodmizer.com/industrial
877.866.0667 woodmizer.ca/industrial
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 WM1000
INDUSTRIAL SAWMILL
INSTALLATIONS
AROUND THE WORLD

With 2016 being a record year for WM1000 installations, sawmillers

around the world report on how they are using the massive sawmill
to cut their biggest logs, increase yield and improve cutting accuracy.

WM1000 SPECIFICATIONS ive years ago, Wood-Mizer released a revolutionary sawmill designed
Power Options to facilitate the sawing of large diameter logs up to 67" (1.7m) in
50 HP (37 kW) electric diameter. The affordable price, durable construction, and simple
460v/60Hz 3 Ph
maintenance and operation made the sawmill an attractive choice for
Main Features
Ride along operator station
companies dealing with large diameter logs from all over the world.
Electronic setworks
Power feed Using the WM1000, large logs can be slabbed through and through, sawn
Log length – Limited only by rail length in half, quartered, or broken down into cants for resawing. The operator
Log diameter – 67" (1.7 m) controls all cutting functions while standing on a platform that moves with
Some configurations have different maximum
diameter specification.
the head. The WM1000 also features thinner kerf blades than other large-log
sawing methods, resulting in higher timber yields, more cutting precision and
a smoother surface finish.

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 Here are just a few of the many companies throughout the
world that are using the WM1000 to process large logs:

Cook Woods (Oregon, USA)

Cook Woods offers 250 different
timber species that are sourced from all
over the world. At the center of the
business is a Wood-Mizer WM1000
industrial sawmill with a fully hydraulic
bed, which can handle logs up to 40'
(12m) long and 67" (1.7m) in diameter.
Some of the woods they cut are
extremely rare, so every fraction of an
inch can mean the difference between
making money and losing money on a
certain product.
“I can cut a slab for a conference
table — that used to take over an hour
to mill with a chainsaw — in a little over
a minute,” shares owner Chris Cook.
“Chainsaw mills are rough-cut at best
and generally wipe out ¾" (19mm) or
more with kerf and chatter during a cut.
Our Wood-Mizer WM1000 is laser
leveled over the entire track.”

Kamuela Hardwoods (Hawaii, USA)

Most building materials on the Hawaiian Islands
are imported from overseas. But Kamuela
Hardwoods processes only locally-sourced timber,
supplying islander woodworkers, builders, and even
instrument makers. Kamuela Hardwoods has the
unique ability to provide “rainforest hardwood”
species that were planted locally rather than from
rain forests half a world away.
“We used an Alaskan chainsaw mill, but it
produced massive waste,” said owners Josh
Greenspan and Alex Woodbury. “It was also
dangerous and required inefficient use of our labor.”
Alex and Josh installed a Wood-Mizer LT70 and a
WM1000 sawmill along with a Wood-Mizer EG200
twin-blade edger in order to expand. “We’re dealing
with tropical urban canopy trees with massive base
logs and limbs,” said Josh. “Having the pair of big
sawmills allows us to break down base logs with the
WM1000 and mill up the rest on the LT70 - there is
very little wasted material.” Kamuela Hardwoods
regularly mills more than 40 different species of trees
ranging from softwoods to some of the hardest and
most dense tropical woods in the world.

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 Copford Farm (Sussex, England)
The father and son team of Alex and Harry
Gingell diversified their farm activities to include
sawmilling many years ago. They started by
offering mobile sawmill services, and now that
they are well-established, they specialize in
custom cutting oak to the requirements of local
builders. Smaller diameter straight logs were
easily cut on their Wood-Mizer LT40 sawmill,
but large diameter logs had to be cut in half with
a chainsaw. There was a clear need for a larger
capacity sawmill, and they soon decided to install
a WM1000.
“It’s a huge sawmill but easy to operate,” said
Harry. “In addition to being faster we are getting
much higher yield from bigger logs. Accuracy is
spot on and the surface finish is excellent. We
have had very good feedback from customers”.
The fact that it is a horizontal bandsaw was a
definite benefit, since it could be installed easily
and cheaply on a flat surface rather than
requiring a pit like a vertical bandsaw, and could
therefore be moved without problem if they
decided to rearrange the mill layout in the future.

Vancouver Urban Timberworks

(British Columbia, Canada)
Danny Hagge and Eric Savics of Vancouver
Urban Timberworks utilize their Wood-Mizer
WM1000 sawmill to produce live-edge slabs
and custom wood furniture from locally
salvaged timber. With the WM1000, large
diameter urban sourced logs can be sawed into
half, quarters, or cut into manageable cants for
resawing. The WM1000 was a good fit for the
move forward Vancouver Urban Timberworks
wanted to achieve as a business. 
“Before the WM1000, a lot of companies
were refurbishing really old saws and old
carriage mills, with some interesting equipment
fabrications,” says Danny. 
“So when the WM1000
came out, everyone in the
slab industry was really
excited—it is an affordable,
quality, great production
mill for a medium volume
business.”

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 Hunski Hardwoods
(California, USA)
James and Nick Hunsaker of Hunski
Hardwoods started their urban timber
salvaging business with a chainsaw mill that
would take up to eight hours to cut a single
log. With an increasing inventory of large
timber to be processed, the father and son
team upgraded to a Wood-Mizer WM1000
sawmill and realized the potential growth they
could experience with their business.
“Once we saw the WM1000 in action and
how it made easy work of any sized log, we
knew we needed one,” said Nick. “Before the
WM1000 we could mill one to maybe two
logs per day, now we are averaging three to
five per day with ease. Not only can we cut
more logs per day, but we are gaining one to
two more slabs per log as well. We couldn’t
run our business without it.” Nick
recalls that in the first two weeks
of owning their WM1000, they
were able to mill 30 logs that
yielded approximately 200 slabs.

Sri Murali Krishna & Company

The WM1000 is a solution for companies looking to affordably
extract the maximum value out of big logs. Contact your local
Wood-Mizer representative for a detailed quote.
(Tamil Nadu, India)
A third generation business headed by
Khimji Patel and his son Pankaj, Sri Muralia
Krishna & Company operates with a Wood-
Mizer WM1000 sawmill in Chennai, India.
“We decided to get the WM1000 after we saw
what the [Wood-Mizer] LT70 was capable
of,” Pankaj Patel says. “The LT70’s perfor-
mance, which has now been redeployed to
process teak and semi-hardwood logs of up to
500 mm diameter, convinced us that the
WM1000 can only improve our long-term
competitiveness,” Pankaj says.
“The affordability of the WM1000 when
compared to sawmills in the same league has
also given us an advantage,” Khimji Patel
shares. “We’re getting high performance
capacity from the WM1000. It was also easy
to install while its operation is simple, mini-
mal operator training is required, high pro-
ductivity is achieved and waste is reduced to a
minimum”.

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 PRODUCT NEWS 60" width capacity

NEW! The Wood-Mizer

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Due to the unique combination of
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 PRODUCT NEWS
NEW! Vortex™
Sawdust-Removal Blade
Wood-Mizer’s groundbreaking
Vortex™ blade profile is engineered for
pallet and fence board producers who
need boards as free from excess sawdust
as possible. The extremely unique
Vortex™ blade removes dust while sawing
in order to minimize or eliminate the
need for sawdust removal after the lumber
is processed and has received positive
reports from high production resaw
operations.

Pallet producer, Jeff Coomer says,

“The Vortex blade was getting 98% to
99% of the dust off, so it was impressive
on how much dust it took off compared
to a typical saw blade.” In addition Paul
Smith of Smith Sawmill Service says,
“The new Vortex blade does a great job
of getting the sawdust off the wood. It’s
going to be an asset for companies trying
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Mizer Vortex™ blade is available in a
variety of lengths. Contact your local
Wood-Mizer Representative to order.

NEW! Bi-Metal anywhere in the world,” said John Storm, environment.” The Wood-Mizer Bi-Metal
Wood-Mizer Blades Manager. “The Turbo 7 blade is available in a variety of
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Bi-Metal Turbo 7 blade is the latest lengths. Contact your local Wood-Mizer
With increased air flow and additional
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and is ideal for sawing exotic and frozen
hardwoods, the Turbo 7 profile has
hardwoods in a production sawmilling
received positive reports from high
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throughout the world.

The Turbo 7 profile is now available

in the Bi-Metal blade product line for a
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portable sawmill manufacturer, we also
have a commitment to provide a variety
of high-quality bandsaw blades to the
market to cut any species of timber
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