| December 2006:
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Timber Processing: Sawing Technology Was Hot 10 Years Ago
A decade ago, the December issue of Timber Processing was mostly geared toward cutting tools and the filing market, which was having a difficult time catching its breath due to recent technology changes... Some new products on the market included Simonds' super edge knife honer, and MDI's TWA-2000 Series search coil featuring MP-3 digital technology in its metal detectors. Pallet Enterprise: Review of Best Pallet Quotes Since 1992 Art Linkletter had a television show called "Kids Say the Darndest Things". They do. Then kids grow and become adults. If they are in the forest products industry, they sometimes say things that become Pallet Profile Weekly's Quote of the Week. By Jeff McBee |
| November 2006:
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Timber Processing: Staying On Track
Management at Pope & Talbot's only U.S. sawmill focuses on LRF to overcome resource and market challenges. Timber sales on the Black Hills National Forest (BHNF) have been well below the Allowable Sales Quantity (ASQ) since 1997 when forest's original land and forest management plan officially expired... A Cat 988 front-end loader feeds the deck of a Valon-Kone 35 in. debarker followed by an MDI Metal Detector. By Jennifer McCary Timber Processing: Always Steadfast Small changes double production at pine dimension sawmill. Independent family-run sawmills are not yet a thing of the past. Harrigan Lumber Co. is still one of the steadfast family sawmills that hum along in rural areas, producing quality lumber and providing jobs for this south Alabama community... Debarked logs pass through a MDI Metal Detector before being routed by a PSI rotary kicker. By Tonya Cooner |
| October 2006:
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Southern Lumberman: Converting to Hardwood
Arkansas' Ledbetter re-opens former IP mill, further diversifying family company. Charles Ledbetter and his sons have added a new piece to the family's company, which already includes a tie mill, chipping operations, trucking and a logging crew... Logs pass through a Morbark 640 debarker followed by an MDI Metal Detector, left over from IP, before entering the mill. By David Abbott Timber Processing: Going to Shop Black Hills operation sets a different course and discovers opportunity in shop lumber... A John Deere 644 front-end loader feeds the infeed deck of a Salem 35 in. ring debarker. Material flows through an MDI Metal Detector and then to the mill. By Jennifer McCary Canadian Wood Products: No Generation Gap Gloomy industry forecasts aside, the fifth generation at Robbins Lumber's legendary white pine mill isn't slowing the pace of innovation and investment one iota as it celebrates 125 years in business... After debarking, logs go through an MDI Metal Detector to lessen the tramp metal risk associated with private wood, and then onto one of two Forsano/USNR double cut bandsaws. By Scott Jamieson |
| September 2006:
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Pallet Enterprises: Potomac Supply Makes History in Its Milling and Logistics Development
This is the third time I have had the priviledge of writing an article about the Carden family and its company, Potomac Supply Corporation... A MDI scanner detects any metal in a log so it can be removed before entering the mill. Bill said, "The MDI scanner maintains vigilance and continuously monitors logs for foreign material. It is a very fine system. We have virtually no metal coming into the mill. It has been a very good machine." By Ed Brindley, Ph. D., Publisher Timber Processing: Going the Distance Joe N. Miles & Sons Lumber, Inc., with two mills in Mississippi and Louisiana, marks its 60th anniversary this year... The seven month project also included a new MDI metal detector, a TWA-2000-HD unit with MP-4 digital microprocessor technology. By David Abbott |
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August 2006:
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Timberline Magazine: Mississippi Mill Adds Second Head Rig, Starts China Export Venture
Charlie Netterville, president of Fred Netterville Lumber Company, was named after his grandfather. "My grandfather was a cattleman, a Church of Christ minister, and a sawmill owner," said Charlie. Like his grandfather, Charlie has taken on multiple challenges. In addition to operating Fred Netterville Lumber Company... the debarked logs are scanned by an MDI (Metal Detectors, Inc.) metal detector. By Diane M. Calabrese Southern Lumberman: Getting Up to Speed Four years ago, construction began on a new sawmill building to house a soon-to-be modernized Quality Hardwoods, Inc. In September 2005, the company completed the second phase of its five-year expansion program... An MDI 24-inch. Metal Detector was installed in front of the resaw to capture embedded metal... By Jennifer McCary |
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July 2006 :
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Southern Lumberman: Building a Competitive Edge
Josey Lumber Co. in Scotland Neck, NC may be considered small by some standards, but it is one of the largest green oak lumber mills in a tri-state region... Two years ago, the company invested $700,000 in a twin log infeed deck which includes the modified HMC butt reducer, refurbished Husky loader, and a new Nicholson A6 ring debarker and MDI Metal Detector. By Jennifer McCary |
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June 2006:
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Timber Processing: Combo SAWMILL
After bucking, logs go through an MDI whole log metal detector and an A8 35in. Nicholson debarker... An MDI vibrating conveyor metal detector scans everything that goes to a 78in. Blak Clawson (Acrowood) chipwood, a West Coast style machine. By David Abbott |
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May 2006:
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National Hardwood Magazine: Multi-Generational MDI Staff Continues Quality, Service
Metal Detectors, Inc. has thrived over the past 41 years as a result of its ability to design innovative products that detect metal contaminants embedded within the thickest of a tree. That service saves MDI's customers thousands of dollars annually. By Wayne Miller Lumberman's Equipment Digest: Old Station Wagon and a Vision Starts Successful Company Many of industry's greatest achievements have humble beginnings and the detection of tramp metal in wood products is no different. Back in 1965, working out of his old station wagon Harry Peltzer identified a major problem facing the wood products industry - metal in logs and wastewood caused untold damage to saws and machinery, injuries to mill workers plus untold loss of profit and production. By Brady Carr Timber Processing: Good Lumberman Logs arrive cut to length and are unloaded by one of two Caterpillar front-end loaders, which also feed the deck of a 38 in. Beloit ring debarker. A MDI metal detector scans logs prior to mill entry....... Two sided cants pass through a MDI metal detector prior to entering a 12 in. USNR double arbor curve-saw with a total of 70 saws and five different pockets available. By Jennifer McCary |
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April 2006:
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Southern Lumberman: MDI Stresses Product Development, Support
Customer support plays a vital role throughout the lifetime of your metal detector. The service department at Metal Detectors, Inc. is committed to keeping your metal detector operating and your mill running efficiently. To aid in efficiency, the MDI service department offers a loaner program for key components of our systems. American Lumber & Pallet: Hot on the Market Metal Detectors, Inc. introduced a proud successor to its renowned T-Series Under Conveyor System, the workhorse of under conveyor metal detectors for over twenty years. MDI's new XR-3000 brings big feet to fill big shoes. Nearly identical in outside appearance to its predecessor, the XR-3000 search coil boasts an entirely new internal design that utilizes their ground-breaking Diamond Construction Process. |
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January/February 2006:
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Mill Product News: Innovations in Metal Detection Continues
In addition to a new seach coil design, the XR-3000 joins our family of digitally controlled metal detectors with the new XR-7F Function Block. Developed by our experienced team of engineers, the XR-7F represents a new series of MDI technology and is guaranteed to surpass the performance of all previous function blocks while providing the consistent reliability of digital technology. |
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October 2005:
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Timber Processing: Quality Metal Scan
For four decades now, metal detector supplier MDI has blended the latest technology with complete customer service - bolstered by a fully vested family ownership structure - and found much success in the sawmill metal detection industry. By Dan Shell |
