Scraggers
What are Scraggers?
"Scragg-mill" is a industry slang for primary break-down sawmill producing 2, 3 or 4 sided cants.
Woodlandia Scraggers is a family of simple, yet powerful & reliable circular saw-blade scragg-mills intended to replace 5-10 times slower traditional band sawmills.
Woodlandia offers several models of "Scraggers":
Core for logs up to 15".
Scragger-RS2 for logs up to 20".
Scragger-4 & Scragger-4M for logs up to 18".
Why Scraggers are superior than traditional band saw-mills?
It is a 2-10 times faster saw-milling process:
logs are going through the milling unit of Scraggers so logs can be sawn into 2-sided boards just in one pass;Circular saw-blades provide consistent cut (band saws often create a wavy cuts);
No multiple cuts / passes & log rotations are needed;
Comparable pricing with popular high-end band mills;
It is possible to mill squared cants in 2 passes;
What are cons of Scraggers?
Thicker kerf (thickness of the cut is less on a band saw);
It may take 20-40 minutes to change tooling (change distance between the saw-blades);
3 phase power is required (some band saw may run on gasoline);
Better waste management is required (higher throughput = more waste);
In-feed & Out-feed Log Decks are required to truly benefit from Scraggers;
What are difference between Scraggers?
Design.
Min-Max Log Diameter & Length the sawmill can accommodate;
Number of spindles where saw-blades can be set:
it can be 1, 2 or 4 spindles dedicated for sawing;Power of motors used to drive the sawing spindles;
Way the logs are fed into the sawmill;
What is Woodlandia Core scragg-mill?
Woodlandia Core scragg-mill is primary wood break-down saw-mill for logs up to 15".
Min-Max Log Diameter: 4-15"; Min Log Length: 6/5 ft;
2 sawing spindles. 1-2 saw-blades per spindle.
It can change distance between saw-blades from log to log;
2 milling ,motors: 40HP (30KW) each;
In-feed Chain drive with Log Dogs ("log-pushers") to move the log through the milling unit;
In-feed "transformer" table & manual out-feed roll-table are included;
Saw-blade diameter: 900-1000mm (36-39");
What is Woodlandia Scragger-RS2 ?
Woodlandia Scragger-RS2 is primary wood break-down saw-mill for logs up to 20".
Min-Max Log Diameter: 4-20"; Min Log Length: 10 ft;
2 sawing spindles. 2-8 saw-blades per spindle.
Can works also as a Rip Saw.
1 milling motors: 100HP (75KW) drive 2 milling spindles;
Logs is moved through the milling unit by 2 motorized rollers, 1 at in-feed opening other at out-feed opening;
Motorized In-feed Roll-table, Manual out-feed roll table;
Saw-blade diameter: 710mm (28");
What is Woodlandia Scragger-4 ?
Woodlandia Scragger-4 is primary wood break-down saw-mill for logs up to 18". There are two models: 4 & 4M, which is a bit more capable.
Min-Max Log Diameter: 6-16" (18" for M-model); Min Log Length: 6.5 ft;Th
4 sawing spindles. 1-3 saw-blades per spindle.
It can change distance between saw-blades from log to log;
4 milling motors: 100HP (75KW) drive 2 milling spindles;
In-feed Chain drive with Log Dogs ("log-pushers") to move the log through the milling unit;
In-feed "transformer" table & manual out-feed roll-table are included;
Saw-blade diameter: 550mm (21.5");
