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NARROW BAND SAWMILL TECHNOLOGY NOW ADDRESSES INDUSTRIAL TIMBER PROCESS An industrial timber processing unit -- using the same technology on which the companys 30 000 small band sawmills are based worldwide -- is simulated on Wood-Mizers indoor stand at Ligna. The equipment shown is capable of sawing more than 40m3 in a single shift, translating to over 10,000m3 a year. The equipment shown is also designed for and capable of multiple shift operation. The pivot of the static exhibit is Wood-Mizers new LT300 which represents the companys most powerful, productive mill ever. Using thin-kerf narrow band technology it is part of a system designed to cut labour while increasing yields and profits. It can be linked to a multi-head resaw which is also on display and, to add value to finished lumber, a five-spindle moulder completes the exhibit, reflecting Wood-Mizers From forest to final form slogan. Most powerful, productive band sawmill Wood-Mizers new model LT300 has the most powerful cutting head and fastest hydraulic handling amongst its band sawmills since Don Laskowski and Dan Tekulve perfected the narrow band technology in 1983. The aim of the LT300 is to create an alternative to older, circular mills and wide band mills and to improve yield without escalating the cost. The cutting head is controlled from a separate operator station by joysticks and computerised setworks. From here: log handling, board thickness and cutting head movement are controlled with clear vision. An air jet sweeps sawdust from the cut surface and an electronic cruise control regulates feed speed. More flexible bandmill The LT300s construction cuts out the need for costly foundations or any other special installation. It saws both grade hardwoods and dimensional softwoods with equal ease. This makes it an unusually flexible unit that easily relocates and which readily adapts to changing market scenarios often the key to survival in the timber processing business.