Your global equipment supplier for the biomass industry Woodland Equipment, which is the only biomass operation in town.” The 5710C tracked grinder features a feed opening of 60’ x 44’, capable of taking a large range of forest fibre includ-ing stumps. It includes the company’s Impact Release System, which allows the operator to switch from a consistent product-sizing mode to the floating anvil mode for primary reduction operations where accurate sizing is a less critical fac-tor but fuel consumption is a concern. The 5710C carries an operating weight of 83,000 lbs. and it fitted with either a Caterpillar C27 or C32 engine at 1050hp. In the forest, the Peterson has per-formed as expected for Brandner and his operation. On the day we joined the team, the crew was deep in the forest west south-west of Prince George. The resource roads leading to the jobsite were thin and in fairly rough shape, which must have made it difficult for Excel’s fleet of chip trucks to navigate their way to the site. However, with an average snow depth of approxi-mately 18 inches and an air temperature around minus 15, the equipment was able to function without any difficulty. A Hyundai forest machine was feed-ing branches and brush into the Peterson 5710C, grinding the wood to the spec size demanded as part of the contract with Pacific Bioenergy. The chips were being stacked along the roadway for easy access for the chip trucks, which cycled through when full loads were ready for transport to the pellet plant. Since taking the contract in 2013, Brandner and his team at Excel have been successful in meeting the demands of the contract, and have purchased a second Peterson grinder now that the original grinder in operation has neared the end of its usable life. Both Peterson’s have been sold and serviced by the team at Woodland Equipment, which has also supplied additional equipment for the operation, including the Hyundai forest machine used in tandem with the Peterson grinder. Without question, the relationship between Woodland and Excel has kept the grinding operation working success-fully in the woods surrounding Prince George. And while there is no indication that Excel plans to expand its operation at any point in the near future, the com-pany’s constant ability to provide innova-tive solutions for fibre-based operations in northern B.C. provide plenty of oppor-tunities for future investments should the right opportunity arise ANDRITZ is one of the world’s leading suppliers of techno logies, systems, and services re lating to equipment for the bio mass pelleting industry. We offer single machines for the production of solid and liquid biofuel and waste pellets. We have the abili ty to manu-facture and supply each and every key processing machine in the pel-let production line. ANDRITZ Feed & Biofuel A/S Europe, Asia, and South America: [email protected] USA and Canada: [email protected] www.andritz.com Canadian BIOMASS 21
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