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Rawlings Mfg. Celebrates 40th Year
The Rawlings family knows the meaning of hard work. The family business started out as a sawmill construction company in 1976. While growing a successful business and reputation within the forest industry, Pat and Cliff Rawlings raised their three sons, John, Craig and Mike, in and around sawmills, working and learning the industry from the inside out.
In the early 1980s, Cliff developed the Rawlings solid rotary wood hog. During this time, sawmills had generally used hammermills to pulverize bark into hog fuel for boilers, but many had given up on processing cedar because the bark was so stringy. Cliff’s new grinder used a system of solid rotors that efficiently reduced the more challenging bark without the usual equipment breakdown. The same concept is being utilized today in the Rawlings wood hog.
In 1996 John Rawlings improved on his father’s original rotary hog design an introduced the Super Hi Inertia Rotor. Since then, Rawlings has earned the reputation for a heavy duty wood hog that can handle tough materials, such as green waste, cypress, redwood and cedar. Rawlings has manufactured and marketed several series of product lines offering its customers wood waste processing equipment in a full range of sizes and models.
Rawlings Manufacturing Inc. still knows the importance of owning and operating a family owned company. The next generation of Rawlings sons, Cliff and Nick Rawlings, currently works at the company and brings new energy to the future vision at Rawlings.
Rawlings Manufacturing wishes to to thank its customers for making this 40th anniversary milestone happen.
Key Knife Chipper Package
Rotochopper and Key Knife announce the launch of the Key Knife chipper knife package, which allows horizontal grinder owners to chip and grind with a single machine.
The chipper knife package is a bolt-in option that works with the standard patented replaceable mount rotor for the Rotochopper B-66 and B-66 E. This chipper knife system makes it simple to diversify into chipping applications without a complex conversion kit or a second machine.
To switch from grinding to chipping, the operator does not need to swap the whole rotor drum or assemble a complex overlay onto the grinding rotor—the operator simply swaps the grinder tooth mounts with chipper knife mounts.
A single operator can switch from grinder teeth to chipper knives quickly and easily. No rod puller or other specialized tools are required (just a torque wrench); no need to swap rotors, re-align sheaves or re-tension drive belts; just two bolts per knife and two bolts per knife clamp.
This system utilizes patented Key Knife technology to minimize knife replacement costs. Key Knife chipping inserts are indexable (reversible). By simply loosening the knife clamp bolts, the operator can flip the knife to utilize a second chipping edge. A Key Knife insert uses significantly less steel, making handling and replacement easier. Visit rotochopper.com.
Arizona Instruments Offers Vapor Pro XL
Arizona Instrument LLC offers Computrac Vapor Pro XL—the latest in a long line of accurate, reliable and easy to use moisture analyzers.
The Vapor Pro XL is a chemical free, moisture specific alternative. It features an upgraded heater, which increases the upper limit for testing temperatures to 300°C and allows for improved control over testing temperatures. The VPXL is also compatible with multiple sizes of sample vials and is equipped with stepped temperature testing capabilities for enhanced method development. The new touch screen and intuitive user interface make the Vapor Pro XL the most user friendly Computrac.
The Vapor Pro XL can be used in accordance with ASTM D7191-10: Standard Test Method for Determination of Moisture in Plastics by Relative Humidity Sensor and ASTM D7546-15: Standard Test Method for Determination of Moisture in New and In-Service Lubricating Oils and Additives by Relative Humidity Sensor
Arizona Instrument LLC introduced its first moisture analyzer in 1978. The first Computrac Vapor Pro was introduced in 1996. Visit azic.com/contact/
Morbark Adds Smaller Flail
Morbark, LLC, has added a smaller flail option to its product line, the 223 stand-alone flail. Easy to transport, the model is efficient and robust for in-woods chipping applications.
“Through extensive market research that included design input from customers, we saw the need for a smaller, more affordable option that gives contractors the versatility of being able to produce clean chips or transition back to producing a fuel chip with relative ease, which is key in an ever-changing chip market,” says Michael Stanton, Morbark Industrial Products Business Unit Director.
The 223 flail is designed to work in conjunction with chippers like the Morbark 23 Chiparvestor, the 40/36 whole tree drum chipper or similar machines. With a large 56 in. x 23 in. infeed opening, the 223 flail accepts logs up to 23 in. in diameter at a feed rate from 70-150 FPM. The Morbark Integrated Control System allows for fine adjustment of feed rate and flail drum speed so that bark removal is maximized and removal of “good” fiber is minimized for superior end products.
With the widest flailing chamber in the market, the 223 reduces hassle while feeding and allows for additional stems to be fed during operation.
Other key features of the 223 flail include the dual horizontal segmented flail drums—each equipped with eight flail chain rods—which are more durable and provide longer wear life, and a large work/inspection area for easy access to engine and hydraulic components, for easier maintenance and reduced costs. Visit morbark.com.
Barko Adds Newlons As Dealer
Barko Hydraulics, LLC has added Newlons International Sales, LLC to its dealer network for all forestry equipment product lines. Located in Elkins, W. Va., Newlons will carry Barko equipment for all of West Virginia and two counties in Maryland.
Shoemaker Retires From Morbark
Morbark announced the retirement of James Shoemaker Jr. after 13 years with the company.
“My job is complete,” Shoemaker says. “When I became president, I had a mission to regain market share and increase profitability. My intention all along was, once the company was sold, to retire and let the new management take charge, and that’s what I’m doing.”
Morbark was acquired by Stellex Co. in March. Shoemaker has been working with new management of Stellex to assist in the transition. He plans to stay involved with Morbark in a consulting capacity.
“What I’ll miss most is the team members here at Morbark,” Shoemaker says. “This is the most wholesome, hardworking, down-to-earth group of employees, distributors and customers I’ve ever met.”
PHG Energy Names Greg Bafalis CEO
PHG Energy has named Greg Bafalis as CEO. Bafalis’ 30 years of leadership in the clean technology and energy fields ranges from Fortune 500 companies to starting his own private equity-backed renewable energy company in Houston, Tex., to running a Silicon Valley clean tech startup.
“Greg’s extensive business and energy background will be invaluable for PHG Energy,” says DeWitt Thompson, V, PHGE’s board chairman. “We are positioned for growth, and he complements our team with an impressive package of skills to guide the future for PHGE.”
Chippers SE Joins Morbark Network
Morbark announced that Chippers Southeast has become the exclusive Morbark tree care products dealer for western North Carolina and almost all of South Carolina.
Chippers Southeast is a division of Ditch Witch of the Carolinas, with headquarters in Charlotte and three full-service branches in South Carolina. Established in 1974, Ditch Witch of the Carolinas has provided parts, service, sales and product support to both North and South Carolina.
B&W Megtec Provides Emissions Solutions
B&W MEGTEC designs, manufactures and installs environmental compliance solutions for waste-to-energy markets.
In waste management plants and WWTP, Megtec technology removes the odors that may be causing a nuisance to neighbors with bioreactors that use biomass to degrade odorous components. And where odors are particularly intractable or VOC emissions higher, thermal oxidizers are used to meet prescribed emission limits and odor levels. For RDF plants, syngas, gasification, gas engine and biogas upgrading applications, Megtec employs thermal oxidizers, particulate removal and DeNOX systems, for the control of VOCs, NOx, CO and particulates to prescribed emission limits.
Its range of emission control includes regenerative thermal oxidizers, gas scrubbers, wet and dry ESP’s and fabric filters (baghouses).
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