schnittpunkte Inverness 2.0 – Commissioning of OSB-plant From Alberta, Canada to the Scottish Highlands… Norbord based in Toronto, Ontario / Ca- nada is one of the leading wood based product manufacturers and with its pro- duction volume of over 7 million m³ OSB it is the biggest OSB producer worldwide. They operate 17 sites on three continents which generate a turnover of more than 1.8 billion US$. In 1999 they bought the mill in Inverness, UK which was the first Norbord site in Eu- rope. In addition to being generally the first European site producing OSB, the mill in Inverness was also the first European one winning the FSC-certificate (Forestry Stewardship Council) for sustainable fores- try. Beside the Cowie site which was also commissioned in 1999, Norbord enlarged its presence on the European market with the takeover of the site in Genk/ Belgium in 2004. Norbord’s brand products are nowadays one of the most prestigious in Europe. They are used in the construc- tion industry as well as in the DIY and furniture industries. Investments in machinery are part of the daily business for companies like Norbord. However, the investment in Inverness was one of the biggest challenges in the com- pany’s history… 54 Unusual move…Relocation as an alternative to a new installation 80 sea containers, 6.500 tons transport weight, 152 trucks for the road trans- port – these figures represent a part of the high investment of about £95 million in the Scottish Highlands. Aim of this in- vestment: Exchanging the multi-daylight presses for a continuous press and nearly doubling the production capacity of up to 640.000 m³ / year. Norbord chose for that idea an unused, new continuous Dieffenbacher press at their site in Grande-Prairie, Alberta/ Cana- da which was ready for shipment within a few weeks. The machine was transported by truck through Canada and arrived in the harbour of Nigg, near Inverness, by vessel from Thunder Bay, Ontario, Cana- da. By January 2017, the machine parts had been assembled at the new site and modified by using new parts. Now the installation consists of the forming line, screening, gluing, CHP plant, drying and stacking. From engineering up to the chip transport For this project Holtec got the order for the complete Green-End, i.e. for the whole log yard handling, debarking as well as for the transport of the flakes to the first bin. The core part of the log handling up to the flaker, is the VarioBarker Type VB 2*10.500 / 2R / HY made by Holtec – the machine, initially presented at the LIGNA 2013, has been sold 15 times now. The main feature is the continuously adjustable work angle of the machine allowing to adapt the dwell time of the logs in the machine, the throughput as well as the debarking de- gree. These arguments finally convinced Norbord’s technical team – and so the Holtec rotary debarker was chosen ins- tead of the originally planned integration of the existing drum debarker. As flaker, a knife ring flaker was used, which was modified before installation. Holtec finished the electrical and hydraulic integration of the machine in cooperation with the flaker specialists.