Making Linerboard

Wood comes into the mill in three forms: longwood (tree-length logs), short-wood logs and wood chips. The logs and chips may be stored or used immediately. Wood chips are stored in modern outside storage facilities.

Logs must first be debarked before being chipped. This is done in giant revolving barking drums where the bark is knocked off the logs as they tumble and pound against one another. The logs are fed into a chipper where knives on a huge spinning disc cut them into pieces the size of quarters. The chips are then screened for size: chips too large are rechipped and those that are too small are burned for fuel.