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ASM Case Study - Milling Australian Hardwood and Pine

Base figures when Milling pine:

Price per cube for log incl delivery
$55.00
Average Size, cube per log
1.5
Average recovery rate achieved
60%
Average no. logs sawn per day per mill
9
Sawn timber per day (cube)
8
Power costs per quarter (3 months)
$200.00
Mill/Blade maintenance per day
$50.00
Other machine costs per day
$100.00
Number days worked per week
3
Average sell price per cube
$240.00
Profit per day
$827.50

Base figures when Milling hardwoods:
Price per cube for log incl delivery
$100.00
Average Size, cube per log
1.5
Average recovery rate achieved
40%
Average no. logs sawn per day per mill
9
Sawn timber per day (cube)
5.5
Power costs per quarter (3 months)
$200.00
Mill/Blade maintenance per day
$50.00
Other machine costs per day
$100.00
Number days worked per week
3
Average sell price per cube
$500.00
Profit per day
$1,050.00
 
Peterson ASM milling operation set-up
Tailors end view of the milling set-up of their ASM operation. Right of picture is a pit for the saw dust to go into so it doesn't build up so fast.
Milling operation set-up from the millers end
Operators end view of milling set-up. The board remover is set to bring the board back to the operators end where it then gets slid
down the conveyor belt and stacked at the end.
Milled lumber ready for exporting
Milled, graded, stacked and strapped Australian
hardwood timber ready to be picked up and sold.
 
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