Sawmill for sawn timber from spruce, fir and pine – sawing, drying and planed products
Meier Sägewerk GmbH & Co. KG
SchmidgadenNew on Amplifa
Sägewerk Meier in Schmidgaden
The Sägewerk Meier sawmill in Schmidgaden in the Upper Palatinate is a long-established wood processing business, founded in 1960 by Michael Meier and run since 2000 by his grandson Wolfgang Meier. The company purchases roundwood in fixed lengths of 4 m or 5 m in the species spruce, fir and pine, occasionally also long logs, and measures it on a calibrated roundwood measuring system. The value chain comprises sawing on a gang saw and double-blade edger, board sorting, drying in vacuum and kiln drying chambers, and planing. Boards, planks, square-sawn timber and laths are sold to major customers as well as end consumers; wood chips and splitter wood are also offered for self-collection. Repeatedly extended halls, an automated saw hall and a warehouse for dried sawn timber form the infrastructure for roundwood purchasing, sawing, drying and finishing.
- Site
- Schmidgaden
- Processes
- Sawing (gang saw, double-blade edger, resawing), Drying (Eberl vacuum drying chamber, Mühlböck drying chamber), Planing (planing room with Weining machine), Board sorting (sorting system), Root reduction (root reducer), Sale of boards, planks, square-sawn timber, laths, Sale of wood chips and splitter wood, Roundwood purchasing and measurement (calibrated roundwood measuring system)
- Materials
- Spruce, Fir, Pine
- Founded
- 1960
- Industries
- Timber trade, Construction industry
- 01
Roundwood purchasing (spruce, fir, pine)
- 02
Measurement on calibrated roundwood measuring system
- 03
Sawing (gang saw, double-blade edger, resawing)
- 04
Board sorting
- 05
Drying (vacuum and kiln drying chamber)
- 06
Planing / finishing
- 07
Sale of boards, planks, square-sawn timber, laths
- 08
Wood chips and splitter wood
Wood species and processes
Spruce
Main wood species for roundwood purchasing in fixed lengths and sawn timber production.
Fir
Second accepted softwood species for sawing and drying.
Pine
Third accepted wood species, occasionally also as long logs.
Locations
Schmidgaden
DESawmill, production and sales
- Materials
- Spruce, fir, pine
- Möhringer gang saw
- Weining planing machine
- Eberl vacuum drying chamber
- Mühlböck drying chamber
- Roundwood sorting carriage
- Root reducer
- Resawing machine
- Stacking system for finished goods
- Wood chip heating
- Calibrated roundwood measuring system
Products
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sawing (gang saw, double-blade edger, resawing)Sawing (wood processing) | – | Long logs (fixed lengths 4 m or 5 m) | – | – | Spruce, Fir, Pine |
| Drying (Eberl vacuum drying chamber, Mühlböck drying chamber)Drying | – | – | – | – | Sawn timber, Spruce, Fir, Pine |
| Planing (planing room with Weining machine)Surface | – | – | – | – | Wood |
| Board sorting (sorting system)Sorting | – | – | – | – | Sawn timber |
| Root reduction (root reducer)Shredding | – | – | – | – | Wood, Root wood |
| Sale of boards, planks, square-sawn timber, lathsProcessing/Trade | – | – | – | – | Wood |
| Sale of wood chips and splitter woodTrade | – | – | – | – | Wood |
| Roundwood purchasing and measurement (calibrated roundwood measuring system)Measurement | – | 4 m or 5 m fixed lengths, occasionally | – | – | Spruce, Fir, Pine |
12 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gang saw | Möhringer | 1 | – | – | Schmidgaden |
| Gang saw (historical) | Hofmann Ane-Sachs | – | – | 1960 | Schmidgaden |
| Double-blade edger | Paul | 1 | – | 1960 | Schmidgaden |
| Planing machine | Weining | 1 | – | – | Schmidgaden |
| Vacuum drying chamber | Eberl | 1 | – | – | Schmidgaden |
| Drying chamber | Mühlböck | 1 | – | 2013 | Schmidgaden |
| Roundwood sorting carriage | – | 1 | – | – | Schmidgaden |
| Root reducer | – | 1 | – | – | Schmidgaden |
| Resawing machine | – | 1 | – | 2008 | Schmidgaden |
| Stacking system for finished goods | – | 1 | – | – | Schmidgaden |
| Wood chip heating | – | 1 | – | – | Schmidgaden |
| Calibrated roundwood measuring system (volume/length measurement) | – | 1 | – | – | Schmidgaden |
Additional services
Company History
- 1960
Founded by Michael Meier; start of operations with a Hofmann gang saw "Ane-Sachs" and a Paul double-blade edger
- 1975–1997
Replacement of the Hofmann gang saw with a modern gang saw, extension of the planing room with a Weining machine, new building for board sorting, renewal of the roundwood yard, expansion and new construction of the saw hall
- 1999
Michael Meier leases the company to his grandson Wolfgang Meier
- 2000
Wolfgang Meier takes over the company completely; automation of the saw hall, new roundwood sorting carriage
- 2008
New resawing machine, stacking system for finished goods, Möhringer gang saw, loader and truck, new exit
- 2013
New drying chamber from Mühlböck; expansion of production area and new construction of a warehouse for dried sawn timber