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Of the 105 members producing 85 per cent, of the production, I am given to understand that these are all based on the log frame principle. Mills visited in Finland include — Paimio River, Ltd. This mill was built in 1944 at a cost of 8,000,000 Finnish marks, and the shares are held by 78 forest owners and 5 forest owners associations. The plant consists of a two-story wooden building containing — One Karhula log frame cutting through and through. One two-saw edger. One circular resaw recutting slabs and edgings. This unit operates only five months of the year, and produces approximately 2,000,000 ft. b.m. on a forty-eight-hour week. An efficient two-line mill visited in Finland was— Zoh Askolin Isnas, Finland This was a new and modern mill of two stories, brick construction, cutting logs down to 5 in., average 17 ft. long, and 4-5 cubic feet per log. It was a two-line mill, tandem principle, Bolinder equipment, sorted to | in. diameter classes, and produced 64,000 per day with the following man-power : Top floor — Foreman . . . . . . . . 1 Log pond feeding mill chains .. . . .. 2 - 3 Log frames : Head .. .. .. .. 2 Cleaning up and slabs .. .. .. .. 1 Cant Gangs : Head .. .. .. .. 2 Edgers : Head .. .. .. .. .. 2 - 7 Top docking chain (travelling two ways) .. .. 2 Man marking for docking and grading .. 1 Bottom docking chain .. .. . . .. 2 - 5 Green sorting chain— One side .. .. .. .. 5 Other side for kilns . . .. .. .. 2 - 7 - 22 Bottom floor (dealing with slabs and cleaning up)— One radial arm resaw .. .. .. .. 2 One five-saw edger .. .. .. 2 One three-saw crosscut .. .. 1 One resaw .. .. .. .. 2 One hog . . .. . . . . 1 Cleaning up and stacking .. .. .. 2 32 This mill had a return belt to edgers from green sorting chain and from docking chain. Progressive-type kilns. Steam generator, 1,000 h.p. Mill requires 700 h.p.

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