Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Winston Plywood Update 7-1-16



Northeast Corner – Log Ramp Construction
·Placed backfill material on each side of infeed ramp to tree-length deck
· Placed concrete slab on log ramp to tree-length deck

Hog, Glue Room, and Chipper Deck
· Continued installing piping and valves at glue makeup and storage area
·Continued installing piping from glue room to lay-up line equipment

Low Voltage Electrical:
· Continued installing conduit and wiring to breakroom / restrooms / offices at mezzanine area

Plant Build-Out:
· Continued painting building door frames on exterior of main building
· Began installing bathroom fixtures in east-side restrooms
· Completed placing wall tile in restrooms at mezzanine area
· Completed placing floor tile and grout in restrooms at mezzanine area
·Continued installing sheeting on stud walls at mezzanine area

Plant Piping:
·Continued installing insulation on High Pressure Receiver piping
·Continued installing insulation on steam piping and ductwork in boiler room
·Continued checkout and commissioning on air compressors and air dryers
·Continued fabrication of piping to cross truss across north roadway (piping to vaults)

Plant Ducting
·Continued installing ducting inside plant (to trim-saw line and dry hog building)
·Continued installing exterior ducting along the west wall of plant

Site Paving:
·Continued demo work and paving at access to main door to plant (front door at northwest corner of building)
· Completed excavation, backfill, and compaction on roadway north of Building 5
·Set forms, tied rebar, and placed/finished 30’ wide roadway along north side of Building 5
·Set forms, tied rebar, and placed concrete slab at front door to plant (Northwest corner)

Log Conditioning Vaults:
·Completed installing counterweights and hydraulic cylinders on vault doors
·Continued weld-out on piping on vault heating system
·Continued electrical service to components at vaults
·Installed two additional concrete pads in bottom of vault water holding tank (for pump mounting)
· Set heat exchangers on roof of vaults and piped into heating distribution system

RTO Rebuild
·Continued refurbishing RTO duct and equipment
·Connected electrical power to RTO ID fan motor
·Continued installing conduit and power to RTO duct controls and devices

East and West Side Residuals
· Continued erecting west-side truck bins
·Continued installing ducting from building to west-side residuals cyclones
·  Began fabricating and installing chutework from belt conveyor frames into east-side residuals truck bins
·Continued weld-out on structures and framework for belt conveyors to truck bins on east side

Winston Plywood & Veneer
·Continued refurbishing and installing Lathes No. 1 & 2 and related equipment (continued focus on east lathe line)
·Continued installing equipment at both clippers, green stackers, and pull chains (continued focus on east lathe line)
·Continued checkout on No. 2 lathe line equipment (clipper & stackers)
·Continued refurbishing chippers and conveyors for green-end by products (on chipper deck)
·Continued cleaning and painting green-end and dry end equipment and support steel
·Continued electrical installation at Green-End equipment (conduit and power wiring)
·Continued electrical checkout on Log Pro equipment
·Installed roof over debarker
· Continued details on installation of Dryer No. 1, 2, & 3 infeed and outfeed sections
·Continued installing electrical power to No. 1, 2, & 3 dryer components
·Continued installing glue lay-up line mechanical and electrical equipment
·Continued details on installing trim-saw equipment and stacker platforms and stairs
· Installed belting on two conveyors to truck bins on East Side Residuals (ESR)
·Continued installing chutework from bark and block conveyors to bark hog
·Continued installing chutework at transitions from tree-length infeed deck and debarker conveyor, and from block saw equipment block conveyor to hog I/F system
·Continued installing chute work at transitions on by-products handling conveyors at ESR
·Continued installing drive components on miscellaneous ESR conveyors
·Continued performing preliminary test runs on No. 1 Lathe line motors and equipment
·Continued installing chutework at bark hog and at conveyor transition points from debark and Log Pro cut up system
·Continued construction of decks to core kickout pockets
·Continued installing insulation on economizers and boilers in boiler room
· Continued fabrication of infeed deck to No. 2 Lathe step-feeder and began installing infeed system to No. 1 Lathe step-feeder
·Continued fabrication and installation of support steel for No. 1 lathe step feeder
·Continued fabrication and installation of fines & overs conveyors at east-side residuals shaker screens; began installing drive components
·Began fabrication and installation of chute work from conveyors to shaker screen infeed pans
·Fabricated and installed infeed pan on south shaker screen
·Ran first log through debarker and cut-up saws




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