Biomass
At the end of 2024, Freres Engineered Wood installed a WSM 3232GRI-HP Horizontal Grinder with a vibrating infeed at their Mass Ply facility in Lyons, OR. Freres utilizes the grinder to process waste veneer, and turn that into fuel for their cogeneration plant to produce electricity. One of the unique challenges of this installation was…
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Operators can attain maximum yields from the bioenergy process with the help of our biomass processing solutions. With all-electric stationary equipment, we can design your entire system from infeed to grinding, screening and conveying. The WSM complete line of solutions is not only safer, but reduces maintenance and operating costs. Fuel made from organic matter, such…
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Greenway Recycling – Portland, OR In 2008, Terrell Garrett, owner of Greenway Recycling, invested in a 4864 grinder from West Salem Machinery and has been running it ever since. Greenway Recycling is an innovative construction and demolition sorting and processing facility with the highest recovery rate in the Portland area. “We’re the only company in…
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Discover the unmatched power and versatility of WSM’s grinders, engineered to tackle the toughest wood and biomass materials with ease. The Titan Horizontal Grinder, featuring a massive 20,000 lb rotor assembly, processes high volumes of materials like 6-inch-minus aged bark and logs up to 36” in diameter. Equipped with a heavy-duty chain infeed and a…
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Since 1947, West Salem Machinery has been producing built-to-last equipment, which inspired us to start our new series, “Built Tough Tuesday’s”. This new series highlights our tough and reliable solutions with this week featuring a 25-year-old vertical grinder still going strong in New Zealand. This vertical grinder is used by a sawmill to process wood waste, an essential…
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“Biomass” has many definitions. At West Salem Machinery, we think of biomass in three broad categories: woody biomass, agricultural waste, and food waste. See our previous post on food waste re-processing. A future post will feature agricultural waste. Today’s focus is woody biomass. A Short History of Woody Biomass Biomass utilization has evolved over the…
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At WSM’s size reduction and screening test facility in Salem, Oregon, customers and prospective customers can have feedstock tested. The testing and refining of processes (and sometimes equipment) often result in improving the customers’ operations or help them to make informed, confident machine purchases. We can Simulate Various Size Production Settings and Volumes Whether your…
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