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Capital investment, not including $26,000 of working capital $474,000 



Operating cost, annual $710,000 



Sales, annual $976,000 



Net profit, annual (before income taxes) $266,000 



Return on sales 27 percent 



Return on investment 56 percent 



Employees 13 



Energy requirement 



Electrical 1,623 kWh/day 



Oil equivalent (of gasoline, oil, or gas) 15 gal/day 



Wood residue, burned or sold 16 million Btu/hr 



Average cost of the 8 Mbf of No. 2 Common lumber consumed daily in the 

 plant is estimated at $200/Mbf and sale price of the 4 Mbf of rectangular blanks 

 marketed daily is estimated at $1,200/Mbf. Material flow is diagrammed in 

 figure 28-9 and plant plan view in figure 28-10. 



RIP CUT-TO -LENGTH 



FACER-PLANER 



LUMBER HOIST 



m 



32 



RAIL AND CROSS 

 TRANSFER 



GLUE AREA 



a 



LUMBER STACKING/ UNSTACKING & 

 DRY STORAGE 



LOADING DOCK 



DEHUMIDIFICATION 

 DRY KILNS |4| 



Figure 28-10.— Plant layout. (Drawing after Huber et al. 1981. 



