The Buzz About Engineered Wood Products and BioEnergy

Attending the Panel & Engineered Lumber International Conference & Expo (PELICE) and the Wood Bioenergy Conference & Expo (Bioenergy)

It’s so great to get back out there to engage directly with the industries we serve and support. After our recent productive showing at the International Biomass Conference & Expo, we’re ready for more. Now we’re headed to Atlanta to engage with the engineered wood products industry at two consecutive conferences: the Wood Bioenergy Conference & Expo (Bioenergy) March 29-30, and the Panel & Engineered Lumber International Conference & Expo (PELICE) March 31 – April 1, 2022. Both events are supported by Wood Bioenergy and Panel World magazines, and Georgia Research Institute.

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Announcing Building Purchase to Expand Production Capacity

Expanding Production Capacity to Meet Demand and Exceed Expectations

We’ve been fortunate to experience record demands over the past few years, and have grown right along with it at a dizzying pace. In 2021, we announced a plant expansion and dramatic workforce growth. Since then, we have succeeded in expanding production capacity at our existing facilities by 30 percent. It’s made a great difference in our ability to keep up with the needs of our customers even during continued material cost and supply chain challenges.

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Back to Biomass Industry Business

Attending the 15th Annual International Biomass Conference & Expo

We never stopped serving the biomass industry – in fact, we’ve been busier than ever – but after the past couple of years with no opportunity to gather in person, we’re more than ready for the 15th annual International Biomass Conference & Expo, March 14-16 in Jacksonville, FL. Actually, the Nashville Biomass Conference in 2020 was one of the last events we attended before the pandemic shut everything down, so it’s extremely fitting that it’s our first conference back after all that time.

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Why Use a VFD for Air Flow Control on Your Fan?

Maintain Static Pressure with VFD for Air Flow Control

Using a variable frequency drive or VFD for air flow control on your industrial fan can increase efficiency and save on energy costs over time. That’s because it gives you a high degree of control while keeping the airstream clear, thus avoiding static pressure losses that inevitably reduce efficiency.

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Types of Fan Shaft Seal

What Fan Shaft Seals Are, What They’re Made of, and Why You Might Need One

There are many industrial centrifugal fan and blower applications that require a shaft seal, including various pollution control, dryer, food and dairy, process cooling, and process heating applications.

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Talking Industrial Dryer Applications with Lathrop Trotter

Centrifugal Fan Functions for Industrial Dryer Applications

Industrial dryers like the rotary dryer and others remove moisture in the production process of various foods, chemicals, biofuels, and other products. The rotary dryer handles a wide range of materials with different sizes and levels of corrosion. It uses a large drum that rotates to dry the material with a direct combustion-heated gas stream.

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Supply & Demand: Keeping Up with Agile Manufacturing

Reliability and Customer Focus at the Foundation of Resilience

We’ve made no secret of the gravity with which we approach our customer commitments. From needs-based innovation to on-time delivery to our 3-year warranty, our processes and culture are built around a laser focus on serving customers reliably. We don’t always name our approach, but if we had to, we’d have to call it agile manufacturing.

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Follow 3 Fan Laws to Avoid Speed Traps

Using Fan Law Equations to Size a Fan and Fan Motor

Change is inevitable. When you’re dealing with heavy-duty industrial machinery like fans, you don’t want to leave the impact of change to chance. Fortunately, there are physics that govern what happens to the fan curve when you change one component like speed. There are three fan law equations that can help you predict the effect of possible or likely change so that you can size your system to accommodate it.

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