Complete MDF Production Facility
Medium Density Fiberboard
Willows, California, USA
Over $380 Million Invested Featuring
- ContiRoll Generation 9 Continuous Press
- Pallmann 3500 kW High Voltage Refiners
- Pallman & Pallmann hammermills to 400 kW
- Steinemann Coarse & Finish Sanding System
- Siemens PLC Switchgear & Substations
- Cat 750 kW gen set & Rogers Plant Air System
- Complete R&D Lab & Maintenance shop
- Mobil fleet and 200+ Shipping Containers
- $4.5 Million Dollar Spare Parts Inventory
NOTE: CalPlant I Holdco LLC and its affiliates and subsidiaries (“CalPlant”), a Northern California-based company focused on manufacturing sustainably-sourced building products, including the creation of the world’s first no-added-formaldehyde, rice straw-based medium density fiberboard, Eureka™ MDF, will be proceeding with an orderly liquidation of its assets, to be completed through a Liquidation Plan approved by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
Order of the US Bankruptcy Court – Case Number – 1:21-bk-11302 | CalPlant I Holdco, LLC
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Plant Summary (In Order of Production Flow)
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Straw Bale Receiving, De-stringing & Pulverizing Lines
(4) Individual process lines each consisting of:
- Nybladt 158 kW drum choppers with bale destringing & pre cutters
- Pallmann 200/400 kW hammermill pulverizing systems
- Explosion proof pnuematic transport systems with 152 kw blower/fans
- Baled straw receiving conveyors supported by (2) shuttle carriages
- (1) 16,000 kG overhead bridge crane with bale grapple & remote control
- Pit type troughing belt chain removal conveyor for stones & waste
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Primary Cleaning & Separating Systems
(4) Individual cleaning/separating system each consisting of:
- Ventapp silicate separator stations with pre separating chambers
- Twin screw integrated blending conveyors with straw distributer/sifters
- Ventapp extraction/filter cleaning systems with large hp power fans
- LHS bag filter/ dust collection systems with explosion proof flaps
- Straw dosing & metering bin measuring 32 m x 4 m wide x 6 m deep
- Troughing belt transfer conveyors of 17 & 37 meters (to refiner plant)
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Pallmann Refining Plant
(2) Complete refiner systems with design capacity of 28 tons/hr. consisting of:
- Pallmann PRS-258/64 high voltage refiners with 3500 kW 4160-volt motors
- Pallmann PR24 pin drum feeder with 500 kW main power & 22.5 kW feeder
- Horizontal digester, 2000 mm dia x 10000 mm long, 75 hp gear drives
- Stainless double screw refiner feed conveyor, 37-meter, 37 kW gear drives
- Armstrong hot water heater with conditioning & dilution water pumps
- Remote controlled blow back pipe transfer system to fiber drying area
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Fiber Drying & Wet Electronic Precipitator Systems
Fiber drying design capacity of 28 tons/hr., summarized as follows:
- Intake temp of 220 deg. C, with 270,000 m3h exhaust volume
- 20 mW gas burner with 770 kW, 4180v high voltage main power fan
- Double mixing chamber type with high efficiency cyclone separator
Wet electrostatic clean air precipitator system, consisting of:
- 200 kW design power, 540 KW HT high voltage system, 95% blue haze eff
- Electrostatic filter designed @ 95% blue haze efficiency, 10-30% VOC.
- Exhaust gas stack with internal scrubber components & quench duct
- Stainless sedimentation & buffer tanks, plus water screening & pumps
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MDF Sifting & Material Transport System
Enclosed tandem fiber sifting systems consisting of:
- Side by side fiber sifting towers utilizing multiple radial fans to 250 kW
- Twin screw 15 kW distribution conveyor feeding sifting towers
- Multiple LHS type WN 1500 rotary air locks with 11 kW gear drives
- Heavy duty inclined troughing belt conveyors up to 80 meters length
- High pressure pneumatic material handling systems with 45kW blower
- Assortment of Ventapp round & rectangular collection hoppers
- ATEX protective T injector system plus explosion proof diverter flaps
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Fiber Mat Forming Segment (partial listing)
Designed for continuous spreading of MDF fiber consisting of
- Overhead blender, fiber bunker, metering retarder & distribution unit
- Continuous pre-press section for compacting fiber mat into 3500 mm width
- Automated Inline belt scale/reject segment, and infrared moisture metering unit
- Ecoscan Sico Scan detection station plus thru belt type metal detection system
- Mat trimming saw segment designed for mat range of 2490 to 3380 mm width
- Mat reject hopper, + multiple moisture spraying stations & belt splicing device
- Mat forming dust extraction & collection system for trimmed fiber material
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ContiRoll MDF Press & Cooling Line
Design speed of 50 mm/s to 1000 mm/s max – partial listing includes:
- ContiRoll Generation 9 MDF press of approx. 35.4 meters long (117’)
- Online X-ray density profilometer device with secondary metal detection
- Diagonal cross cutting saw segment + continuous edge trimming station
- Board weigh scale conveying with reject station with 200 kW breaker unit
- Double rotating rotary board cooling carrousel with auto feed & discharge
- Press area extraction system powered with 230 kW 4150-volt radial fan
- Thermal oil heating system featuring (3) HESS 8000 kW hot oil heater sets
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Board Sanding System
Automatic 2 phase coarse grain & finish sanding platform consisting of:
- Steinemann type 4K-4N dual unit system with combined power of 1150 kW
- Elevated structural sanding deck with sanding data system & control station
- Hydraulic board lifting & board infeed loading table with board suction carriage
- Automatic roller infeed, thru-put and board discharge conveyors
- Fully automatic two-sided optical board inspection system with 2D-3D light source
- Ventapp/LHS high-capacity dust extraction system with 362 kW 4160-volt radial fan
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MDF CTS Cut-to-Sheet System with Board Banding Lines
Fully automatic board cutting & pack-off matrix consisting ofs:
- Infeed length-rip saw station with staging table and fix table transfer segment
- Cut to length hydraulic guillotine cutter with associated waste collection station
- Otto Mayer cross cutting system with auto alignment and pusher transfer table
- Hydraulic lifting/angle/book forming table with stack roller discharge conveyors
- (2) OMS stacked board banding systems with multi-directional diversion table
- Waste material collection with Vibroplan feeders, hydraulic chippers, & load out
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Facility & Production Support
- Compressed air system featuring (3) Roger RMC-KRV-150-125 air compressors
- Marlo RO purified H2O skids & dissolved air flotation water treatment system
- Wide assortment of dust extraction systems with collection silos & hoppers
- Glue storage, preparation, transfer, metering & injection system (entire building)
- Large Quantity of Siemens PLC-MCC control banks & transformer substations
- Quality Assurance lab, mobile vehicle fleet, portable truck scales, shop equipment
- Huge spare parts & copper wire inventory, new/uninstalled structural system
General Information
For Information Please Contact
Kevin Otus
Onyx Asset Advisors, LLC
kotus@thinkONYX.com
+1-415-799-3299 Ext. 101
or
Sam Reese
Rabin Worldwide
sam.reese@rabin.com
Facility Address
6101 CA-162 Highway
Willows California, USA