Monthly Meeting Announcement

Columbia Chapter of Professional Engineers of Oregon 

      

Tuesday, March 14, 2023 Program

 PEO Members and Engineers in the Columbia Chapter area welcome!

 

Virtual Tour of Stimson Lumber Company’s Tillamook Sawmill

 

Location: We will deliver the program via our Zoom link with limited seating and pizza at Roger’s Machinery office (details below).  The registration Zoom link is provided, below.

 

Non-members are welcome to attend virtually at no cost, but there will be a nominal charge if a PDH certificate is desired


Program Abstract:  Virtual Tour of Stimson Lumber Company’s Tillamook Sawmill

 

"Stimson Lumber Company, with roots dating back to the 1850s, is one of the oldest continuously operating integrated wood products companies in the United States.” (ref: www.Stimsonlumber.com)


This presentation is a video tour of the Tillamook sawmill. The Tillamook sawmill is the Stimson’s highest technology sawmill with the highest efficiency for converting trees into lumber. The logs are measured by laser scanners, the cutting solutions are decided with computer optimization, and the cutting tools set with high-speed automation. The tour walks through the mill with stops at each machine center to observe each process.


Stimson is a family owned, Portland Oregon based forest products company. Stimson has six sawmills and 500,000+ acres of forest land in the Pacific Northwest with five sawmills producing stud size lumber (i.e., 2x4 and 2x6).  One sawmill produces both custom timbers and dimension size lumber.


Speaker Bio: Cameron Mierau

 

Cameron graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelors of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering.  He was recruited to Canadian General Electric in Ontario and later returned to Vancouver BC to work for CAE Machinery in machine design and R&D for machinery serving the forest products industry. Moving to Portland OR, Cameron worked for Consolidated Sawmill Machinery International as project engineer followed by Coe Manufacturing as project engineer for sawmill and plywood mill machinery, eventually becoming R&D manager. Since 2005 he has been at Stimson Lumber Co as project engineer and manager.

Cameron is a member of PEO/NSPE and ASME and is a licensed engineer in British Columbia and Oregon.

Register in advance for this meeting: CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting on Zoom. 


“Social” alternative: room for up to 12 members at the Rogers Machinery facility (14650 SW 72nd Avenue | Portland, OR) just south of 217 and west of I-5.  The presentation will be “zoomed in” from the sawmill. A variety of pizza and soft drinks will be provided.

Program arranged by David Etchart, PE

DATE

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

 

TIME

Social / pizza at 6:00 pm 

PEO meeting begins at 6:30 pm

Presentation 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

 

COST

 PEO members – No cost to attend

Non-PEO member $10.00

for PDH Certificate

 (no cost for program only)

Food $5 - $10 (at cost)

LOCATION

 Virtual via Zoom or

14650 SW 72nd Avenue, Portland

  

RSVP

Use Zoom link above; but if wishing to attend

at Rogers Machinery facility, also RSVP Ralph Cohen via rmoc999@comcast.net

 

PDH Certificate

1 PDH will be provided for members attending

($10.00 Non-PEO members;

Information provided at meeting)


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