What an interesting time to be in the biomass handling business.

10 April 2009
I remember the early 90’s when the TMP mill boom was in full swing and new mills were being announced and built, especially across Canada.  I had the professional pleasure of working with many of...

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Anybody hear the term “biomass” lately?

6 March 2009
It seems that the concept of tapping into the vast resources of our country’s waste fibrous fuels has excited the politicos of Washington as a way to foreign fuel independence. As a way for America...

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Stacker/Reclaimers with Ten or More Years of Service

4 September 2008
Machines with this much time in service usually are in the high percentage of up-time in the material handling areas. Operations and Maintenance personnel can become conditioned to the reliability ...

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Green Circle Bio Energy, Inc.

4 September 2008
GCBE has now purchased and produced enough white wood and bark to stack both wood piles to over 75% of the full storage volume. In addition, the BRUKS Rockwood site team has fully commissioned the...

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Safety switch and PLC audit

14 August 2008
Stacker/Reclaimers with 5 or more years of service can experience difficulties with the safety switches such as, corrosion of interior parts, insulating coatings of foreign materials, and etc....

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