Boise Rotary Debarker Project

KUJO ETC

International Falls, MN 56649

218-360-1432

 

Kurt J. Eisenach

Kurt became involved part way through this $ 7 million project to provide additional electrical engineering support to assure meeting a critical project completion date. He worked part time for 4 months. The Debarker was started up on schedule.

The project consisted of the design and installation of an all-new log handling, rotary debarking and conveyor system to feed an existing 1000 HP log chipper. The project included state of the art PLC networks, intelligent motor control centers, touch screen operator interfaces and multiple variable frequency drives.

Some of the project engineering areas Kurt handled include:

Vendor critical path deliveries coordination
Specifications for the CCTV subsystem
Specifications for the PLC terminal and software
Analyze & redesign existing 1000 HP synchronous motor controller 
Design of synchronous motor field forcing circuitry 
Recommended spare parts
Installation supervision, including NEC compliance
Startup & troubleshooting
Documentation updating