Sawmill Machinery

Employees of Hardwoods of Michigan have always been conscientious with their attempts to increase the efficiency, speed, and quality of lumber production.  All employees are encouraged to express their ideas on what needs to be changed and why.  

IMPORTANT MACHINERY

At HMI we understand the importance of recovery from our resources.  Therefore, whenever possible we have taken strides to improve yields from the logs we saw.  To achieve this we have installed and upgraded with the following equipment over the years since 1980:

Rosser Head Debarker

Rens Metal Detector

McDonough 7 foot Band Headsaw

Inovec Scanning

Cleereman 48" Carriage

Jacobson 250 hp Carriage Drive

McDonough 62" Line-bar Resaw

Cornell Grade Edger

Sherman Low-Grade Edger

Double End Trimmer

Simply Computing Voice Tally System for Log Yard and Sawmill

Calipers to check and adjust lumber thickness, especially at each change of the saws.

Simonds and Armstrong Filling Room Equipment