Schenkmann-Piel-Engineering supplies a new dryer installation for LAMINEX Group particleboard plant in Australia

Dec 06, 2005. /Lesprom Network/. The Australian Laminex Group with headquarters in Victoria is a part of Fletcher Building Ltd of Auckland, New Zealand. Laminex has 7 production facilities in Australia and 5 in New Zealand and is a major manufacturer and laminator of panels for the construction and furniture industries. This new installation for drying of wood particles is part of the modernization of the particleboard plant in Dardanup, Western Australia and has a capacity of 40.000 kg OD/h. The dryer is a direct heated dryer with a drum diameter of 5.6 meters and a drum length of 30 meters. Deliveries and construction are scheduled for the beginning of 2006, and startup target date is June 2006. Schenkmann-Piel-Engineering GmbH is a leading company in the development, design and manufacture of high-capacity dryers, air graders, bag filters, suction and pneumatic transport systems for the particleboard, OSB, MDF and HDF industries, and is wholly-owned subsidiary of the Dieffenbacher-Group of Eppingen, Germany. The Dieffenbacher-Group is a global leader in the manufacture of complete production lines for the wood-based panel industry, and also of forming and automation systems for metal, plastics and isostatic products.