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Timber Products has brought a new thermally fused laminate (TFL) production line online at its Table Rock Composite Specialties facility in White City, Or.
The line, a Dieffenbacher Zaisenhausen Single Daylight Short-Cycle Laminating Line, replaces an older existing press at the facility. This investment will enable Timber Products to expand its offerings. Timber Products TFL will now be available in sizes up to 5’ x 12’. Timber Products shelving will also be available in 12-foot lengths.
“The new press installation will give us more flexibility to provide the products and sizes our customers are looking to source,” said David Smith, VP of panel sales. “We are looking forward to being a bigger partner with our current customers, expanding to sell to new ones and creating a source of economic vitality in Oregon.”
The line will start with five employees, aiming to operate with three to four as the process fully ramps up. At that point, the line will run with a crew similar in size to the old press while producing roughly three times the output. The new line is also fully automated. Once a panel is loaded onto the infeed, it is not manually handled again until it's banded and ready for the next step, whether that involves shipment or transfer to another machine center, such as shelving or treadmill deck production. This automated process helps create a more consistent, repeatable process from infeed through banding.
Bringing the line online took significant coordination on-site. At times, more than 30 contractors were working at the mill while the rest of the facility continued running at full production.
“This was a team effort to bring in the new equipment while continuing to operate the rest of the facility. What I’m most proud of is how our employees and contractors worked together to safely execute a very complex project. This new line gives us a more automated and efficient process that puts the Table Rock Composite Specialties facility in a great position to support our customers and their continued growth,” said Nick Brown, business unit manager.
