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Trans-Gesco Acquires Quadco Retail Operations
Trans-Gesco recently announced the acquisition of Quadco’s Retail Division. Quadco Retail’s operations will be integrated within Trans-Gesco and all Quadco Retail branches will become service points operating under the Trans-Gesco banner. Current service points include Quebec City, Val d’Or, Edmundston, Moncton, Grande Prairie and Roberval. As well as its own products, Trans-Gesco will distribute Timbco and Daewoo products. Trans-Gesco manufactures hydrostatic clambunk skidders, shortwood forwarders, grapple skidders and feller bunchers.  Reader Service Card # 180

CAE’s Trimmer Software Offers Uplift and Recovery
CAE’s trimmer optimizer software Version 5.6 alleviates the problem of improper wane orientation through a process of wane identification, beginning in the sawmill where each piece is analyzed between its chosen trimsaws for comparative face profile and is optimized for the worst narrow and/or wide face. Each piece with marginal wane is identified at the sawmill for best orientation and the piece is flipped, mark down, by the planer infeed operator, eliminating the need to flip each piece to identify the worst face. Benefits include grade uplift improvements and volume uplift due to reduction in trim loss at the planermill, the company says.  Reader Service Card #181

Hakmet Fits Excavators with Parallel Booms
Hakmet Ltd has begun installing Logmer parallel movement loaders on excavators, such as a Logmer model 1610 with a Keto 150HD4 harvester mounted on a 200-sized excavator. The maximum reach of such a unit is 36 feet, when including a 6.5-foot extension. With a lift capacity of more than 2,600 lbs at maximum reach, the loaders are specifically designed for harvesting and feature quick horizontal movement with a single joystick function. The vertical motion is also performed with a single joystick function, increasing productivity. Four standard Logmer sizes are available for various excavator/Keto mountings and sizes can also be custom-made.  Reader Service Card #182

Fecon’s Wood Shredder Tough, Versatile
Mechanical mounts are now available to match the Bull Hog wood shredder from Fecon Inc to rubber-tired or tracked carriers from 55 to 350 hp, including excavators and tractors. Capable of shredding dense brush, standing or fallen trees, stumps, root balls, yard waste and logging slash to any texture from coarse to fine, the Bull Hog offers the heaviest construction in the industry, the company says. Its patented rotor design—belt driven from both ends on most models—provides cutting efficiency and durability. A fixed hammer design provides a 300-hour tool life and incorporates counter combs to hold material for the hammer to cut through and carbide cutting tips.  Reader Service Card #183

New Association Represents Forest Products Companies
Canada’s forest products companies, formerly represented by the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, moved to strengthen and expand both national and international promotion efforts by creating the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) earlier this year. FPAC represents makers of pulp, paper and wood products across Canada and will better reflect the industry’s integrated operations from forests to finished products, the association says.  Reader Service Card #184

Affordable, Convenient Easy Site Inclinometer
The Easy Site Inclinometer from KnoWare Land is an easy-to-use, hand-held tool for forestry and rough survey mapping work. The unique design allows the user, while sighting through the eyepiece, to easily read the angle of incline. The unit is designed with a wide view electronic point of sight feature adjustment for variable red dot brightness, providing an excellent view of the horizon. Along with the included pitch angle calculator, the Easy Site allows quick estimation of individual tree height and, with its attached compass, can also be used to perform rough boundary surveying, eliminating the need for two separate tools.  Reader Service Card #185

GLC Controls Offers Bin Information System
A new Industrial Bin Information System (IBIS) from GLC Controls offers maintenance-free level sensing, graphical bin representation and Internet-ready level measurement. Designed for easy installation, the IBIS system is capable of monitoring up to six bins per chassis. Auto gain control and scaling allow use on varying bin types. Non-contact measurements of bin levels are gathered from sensors mounted on the support structure with a simple, bolt-on design.  Reader Service Card #186

Jobber Mini Sawmill Easy to Use and Install
The Jobber mini sawmill from Josa Corporation Ltd is easy to use and easy to install, the company says, and provides cost savings on boards, studs and beam production. Parts include rails made of two, seven-foot sections and two base stands, including log support and advance mechanism. The 170-lb chainsaw model also includes a saw holder with adjustment mechanism and a holding device for any chainsaw. The 420-lb band saw model includes a band saw and a four-stroke, 6.5-hp Honda engine. Optional are a winch to raise logs on the log support and a blade setting tool. The mini sawmill offers solid construction, precision cutting options for unlimited extension, operation with any brand of saw and fast, easy assembly. The machines can be transported by car, ATV, plane, boat or snowmobile.  Reader Service Card #187

Fabtek Adds Rubber-Tired FT663 Harvester
In response to a growing demand, Fabtek has introduced the 170-hp FT663 rubber-tired, cut-to-length harvester for the North American market. Equipped with hydrostatic drive, an auxiliary 86-gpm hydraulic pump to operate the implements and a charge air cooling system that meets Tier 2 EPA regulations, the FT663 has a cab and boom that sit on the same platform, which can be levelled 15 degrees in any direction. Other features include front-entry cab, a v-shaped bottom squirt boom with a 27-foot reach, a drive-by-wire system, heavy-duty articulation, a NAF gear drive front bogie axle and a John Deere 1200 rear axle. Available processing heads include dangle and controlled.  Reader Service Card #188

Dynagrade Offers Online Timber Strength Grading
Dynagrade equipment for online strength grading of structural timber is easily installed in cross conveyor lines, enabling the grading to take place directly in a sorting mill or at the planer infeed or outfeed. The transverse movement of the timber activates a spring-loaded impact mechanism at the main unit and microphones capture the vibrations from a small impact on the timber end. At the same time, the laser-based measurement unit measures the length. Belt units support the timber during measurement. The system takes up less than two metres of an existing cross conveyor line and has a capacity of 100 pieces per minute. No resetting is needed when a timber cross sectional dimension is changed.  Reader Service Card #189

Non-Contact Moisture Meter from Quasar
The non-contact moisture meter from Quasar Electronics needs to be calibrated only once and can be used for either transverse or longitudinal operation. Following the input of the wood species, the system measures the wood dimensions and determines the moisture level, placing it into one of seven adjustable moisture ranges and displaying it on the LCD screen. Operating on the principle of capacitance measurement, the control unit saves the calibration data for up to 150 items, each with a timber species and dimension. The package includes a central control unit, software, moisture sensor(s) and light cells. Optional items include a PC connection, report printer, colour marking system for moisture levels, up to four switching outputs, up to eight sensors for transverse operation and a width and thickness measuring module. Three calibration methods are available including “C value”, two point and multi-point and up to 1,000 measurements per second can be made. Moisture ranges from zero to 30 per cent can be measured with a guaranteed accuracy of +/- 0.5 per cent, the company says.  Reader Service Card #190

Wajax Earns Award
Wajax Industries Ltd of British Columbia and Alberta was recognized for outstanding machinery sales by Blount Inc at Blount’s Demo Days 2001 dealer meeting in Panama City Beach, Florida. Wajax Industries was one of nine companies recognized by Blount as outstanding equipment dealerships.  Reader Service Card #191

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