Bin Sorter Up and Running

May 14th, 2012

May 14th 2012

The completion of installation and commissioning means Pinepac’s Bin Sorter is operational. This has been a mamoth project for the group and to have it up and running is very satisfying. We are now at week 8 of operation and the advantages from its grading, sorting and stacking capabilities managing material from the sawmill and presenting to further processing centres is already producing production efficiences and cost savings.

Data linked with the sawmill is enabling the comparison of mill targets and bin sorter targets, providing greater insight into log resource quality and production efficiencies.

Thank you to all who have contributed to the project, from our own maintenance crew, contractors and production staff.

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Licensed Building Practitioner Skills Maintenance

April 4th, 2012

To find out more about what Pinepac is doing to help you maintain your Licensed Building Practitioner Skills, click here…

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Premium Decking Winner at the 2012 Kumeu Show

March 18th, 2012

Congratulations to Chris Smith who correctly guessed the number of lineal metres at our Competition Draw at the Kumeu Show on March 10th and 11th.

A very accurate guess only 200mm off the total tally of 442.2 lineal metres, well done Chris.

Chris Smith recieving his packet of Premium Decking from Pinepac ITM Whenuapai's Store Manager Rob Donald

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Bin Sorter Online and Running!

March 11th, 2012

Pinepac’s Bin Sorter Project is over the finish line!

Watch this space for some updated images of the bin sorter and stacker in action. 12/3/12

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Bin Sorter Construction Update

January 18th, 2012

The end is in sight….

With alot of hard work over the Christmas New Year period the Pinepac Bin Sorter nears completion.

Thanks to the hard working maintenace and construction team the roof over the Bin Sorter is completed and roofing iron is due to be fixed. All walkway sections have been completed and installed including hand rails. The main airlines, deflectors and soft walls of the bin sorter are operational and main scaffolding removed. The final conveyor section has been installed from the yard to the recieving deck which carries not only our precious timber from the mill but network cables to enable the bin sorter/stacker and other machine centres downstream to send live data back to the sawmill. Providing valuable information on the performance of our raw material and overall sawmill productivity.