Economic Feasibility Analyses 



3521 



wide and y4-inch thick, and stringers 48 inches long and PA inches by 3y4 

 inches, is located immediately adjacent to an existing pallet assembly plant so 

 that pallet parts are transported directly by conveyor from one plant to the other. 

 About 43 percent of the cordwood weight is converted to pallet parts, 38 percent 

 to pulp chips, and 19 percent to sawdust (fig. 28-13 bottom). Cost of wood is 

 estimated at $37.50/cord delivered to the mill. Sales price of the pallet parts is 

 estimated at $170/Mbf and that of pulp chips at $13/ton, green- weight basis. No 

 sales value is assigned the 4,800 tons of sawdust, green-weight basis, produced 

 annually. 



I 



1 



13 



i^3i3ijafi 



k- 



t 



^ 



^EZM 



^ 



10 



E3 



Fm 



1 LOG DECK 



2 SCRAGG HEADRIG 



3 SLAB CONVEYOR 



4 RESAW 



5 SLAB RETURN 



6 EDGER 



7 DECK BOARD CONVEYOR 



8 TRIMMER -40" 



9 CHAIN CONVEYOR TO MILL 



10 STRINGER CONVEYOR 



11 TRIMMER -48" 



12 CHAIN CONVEYOR TO MILL 



13 CANT RESAW 



ONE TON - 

 PULP BOLTS 



PALLET SHOOK 

 .43 



CHIPS 



38 



-> SAWDUST 

 .19 



TOTAL 1.00 TON 



Figure 28-13.— (Top) Plant layout for manufacture of pallet parts. Not shown is a cutoff 

 saw on the input log deck. (Bottom) Material balance for pallet-part manufacture 

 based on ovendry weight of cordwood including bark. Both pulp chips and sawdust 

 include some bark. (Drawings after Hansen and Reynolds 1981.) 



