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Southeast Forest Products (SEFP) in Louisville, Al., recently installed an additional CCA treating facility with an annual capacity of more than 10 million bd. ft. in a single shift.
The plant is one of the first in the U.S. to employ IWT-Moldrup’s unique automatic hydraulic hold-down clamp systems to avoid lashing of the wood before, during and after treating minimizing contact between the plant operator and freshly treated wood.
The wood is almost drip-free when it comes out of the plant and SEFP has it under roof with a concrete pad for storage of the wood. In eight hours, the plant can run six charges of each 7,600 bd. ft. per charge.
SEFP anticipates later adding an automatic material handling system that would increase the capacity of the single cylinder to 30 million bd. ft. still using only one operator, since two additional shifts could run automatically without an operator present. The automatic handling system would also eliminate the need for a drip-pad and a dedicated forklift.
IWT-Moldrup treating plants in the U.S. are supplied by American Wood Technology, Jefferson, Ga.
