Carter Holt Harvey – Victoria, Australia
Carter Holt Harvey invested $60 million to transform its ageing sawmill in regional Victoria into the country’s largest veneer plant.
The facility processes more than 800,000 radiata pine logs per year, producing approximately 200,000 m³ of plywood board annually.
A new dust collection system was required to manage wood waste generated across the upgraded processing plant.
The system needed to handle a wide range of material, including:
The customer’s primary concern was the risk of product hang-up and hopper bridging, which could lead to blockages and production shutdown.
As the finishing line depended entirely on reliable dust extraction, any malfunction could halt plant operations.
Explosion protection and fire risk management were also critical due to the combustible nature of wood dust.
Nederman MikroPul engineered a single centralised system featuring a large custom-designed W-Series Mikro-Pulsaire® bag filter.
Key design features included:
Collected dust is transported from the hopper directly to the boiler fuel building for energy recovery.
MikroPul’s scope included complete system design, supply and on-site erection.
The dust collection system is now an integral and critical part of the plant infrastructure, supporting continuous high-volume veneer production.