In addition to the press, which measures 2.65m in width and 40.5m in length, Dieffenbacher supplied the drum dryer, the core layer sifter, the forming station with air spreading system including roller deck, the forming line with prepress, and the entire raw board handling system and the automated raw board storage system.
The Metro-Ply Group will use the new CPS+ plant to produce particleboards for worldwide export. The plant will soon be put into three-shift operation and achieve an annual capacity of over 600,000m³.
The second CPS+ within the Metro-Ply Group – the third CPS+ sold by Dieffenbacher – will soon be put into operation. Metro-Ply subsidiary Advance Fiber, based in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, also plans to commission a new THDF plant with CPS+ press.
