Detailed Project Report (DPR) on wooden pallets, chemical treatment and wood seasoning plant

WOODEN PALLETS, CHEMICAL

TREATMENT AND WOOD SEASONING PLANT

[CODE NO.4161] 

(A) WOODEN PALLETS

Wooden pallets find their application for filling bottom of barrel above which some material is packed. They act as safety measures for transit of goods from one place to another.

A pallet (sometimes called a skid) is a flat transport structure designed to support a variety of goods in a stable fashion while being lifted by any mobile forklift, pallet jack or other jacking device. The goods are placed on top of the pallet and can be secured to it by straps or stretch wrapped plastic film. Majority of pallets are made of wood. The gradual advent of containers for the transport of nearly all goods has spurred the use of pallets because the containers always offer the clean, level surfaces needed to make pallet movement economical.

For the manufacture of wooden Pallets, wood log viz; Babool, Neem etc. is subjected to saw cutting, rendering into Phali (L=4' or 4 1/2', W=4' or 4 1/2' t= 1") and then cutting (on small cutting machine) to convert rond piece of log into square wooden piece (4'x4'x1") and subsequently subjecting to chemical treatment with copper sulphate and sodium Dichromate, followed by wood seasoning in a seasoning kiln.

Skids and pallets were slowly introduced throughout the early 20th century; wooden boxes, crates, parrels and kegs were much more commonly used to utilize, protect, store and transport goods. Wood pallet construction specifications can depend on the pallet's intended use, general, FDA, storage, chemical export, the expected load weight, type of wood desired, recycled, hard, soft, kiln Dried or combo (New & recycle) and even the type of fasteners desired to hold the pallet together, staples or nails.

(B) WOODEN DRUMS

Wooden Drums are available in various sizes with height varying from 28" to 96". Weight of 28" Ht Drum being 25 kg and that of 96" HT being 300 kgs etc.

Cable industry extensively utilizes the use of drums as cables are packed in cable drums.

Wooden drums are made from round wooden logs, subjected to saw machine, formation of phali, nailing, assembling by fixing tie rods, chemical treatments, wood seasoning etc.

AA/ACSR Conductors are exclusively used in electrification purposes. Usually these are made long in length and suitable length can be cut out of it. So handling cables as such is not convenient and it is import and to use some means to store these conductors in a convenient and compact manner, wooden drums are used for this purpose.

These wooden drums are spool shaped structure which is used to carry specified length of AA/ACSR conductor from factory floor to site of conductor laying. The conductors are wounded over this drum. Wooden drums are available in various sizes but for general purposes dia of drum is taken 100-120 cm. with flanges on both sides. The demand of these drums is directly linked with the supply demand balance of electricity. The demand of electricity is expected to reach about 282 billion KWH. Due to growth of extensive and intensive electrification programme, the demand of AA/ACSR conductors is over increasing and subsequently the demand of these drums are bound to increase considerably.

COST ESTIMATION

Plant Capacity                                       400 Cubic ft./Day

Land & Building (18,600 sq.ft.)              Rs. 15 Lac

Plant & Machinery                                  Rs. 49 Lac

Working Capital for 1 Month               Rs. 1.75 Cr

Total Capital Investment                       Rs. 2.46 Cr

Rate of Return                                        56%

Break Even Point                                   42%

• INTRODUCTION
• (A) WOODEN PALLETS
• (B) WOODEN DRUMS
• OBJECT OF SEASONING
• METHODS OF STACKING
• THE ONE AND NINE METHODS OF STACKING SLEEPERS
• CLOSE CRIB METHOD
• CLOSE CRIB METHOD
• FENCE POST STACKING
• SEASONING METHOD
• (I) AIR SEASONING OR NATURAL SEASONING.
• (II) KILN SEASONING OR ARTIFICIAL SEASONING.
• SEASONING OF WOOD & EFFECT OF SEASONING ON WOOD PROPERTIES
• SEASONING OF WOOD
• EFFECT OF SEASONING ON WOOD PROPERTIES
• SHRINKING AND SWELLING
• MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
• ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE
• RESISTANCE TO DECAY
• FACTORS COMPLICATING SEASONING
• INITIAL MOISTURE CONTENT
• USES & APPLICATIONS
• (A) WOODEN PALLETS
• (B) WOODEN DRUMS
• CODE OF PRACTICE FOR TIMBER SEASONING
• SEASONING OF TIMBER-CODE OF PRACTICE
• 1. SCOPE
• 2. REFERENCES
• 3. TERMINOLOGY
• 4. CLASSIFICATION OF TIMBERS FOR SEASONING PZJRPOSES
• 5. DEFECTS FOR SEASONING PURPOSES
• 6. PRELIMINARY TREATMENT AND STORAGE
• FIG. 1 ONE-AND-NINE STACKING
• FIG. 2 CLOSE CRIB STACKING
• FIG. 3 OPEN CRIB STACKING
• FIG. 4 STACK OF POL
• FIG. 5 STACK OF FENCE POSTS
• 7. MOISTURE CONTENT OF SEASONED TIMBER FOR DIFFERENT USES
• MARKET OVERVIEW
• WOOD PALLET MARKET BY PRODUCT TYPE
• WOOD PALLET MARKET BY END USER
• WOOD PALLET MARKET BY GEOGRAPHY
• KEY PLAYERS IN WOOD PALLET MARKET
• RAW MATERIALS
• PROCESS OF MANUFACTURE OF WOODEN PALLETS
• WOOD SEASONING DETAILS
• PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAM FOR WOODEN PALLETS
• PROCESS OF MANUFACTURE OF WOODEN DRUMS
• WAYS OF SEASONING WOODS
• WOOD SEASONING
• AIR DRYING
• SOLAR DRYING
• MICROWAVE SEASONING
• CHEMICAL SEASONING
• SEASONING AND MOISTURE CONTENT OF WOOD
• MOISTURE CONTENT OF WOOD
• DETAILS OF SEASONING CHAMBER OR KILN
• STANDARD DRYING SCHEDULE FOR COMPARTMENT KILN:-
• FOR OAK TIMBER 16 - 30 MM THICK AT INCREASED TEMPERATURE:-
• DRYING SCHEDULE FOR SOFTWOOD AT INCREASED TEMPERATURE:-
• DRYING SCHEDULE FOR HARD WOODS:-
• GENERAL MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF WOODEN DRUMS
• PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAM FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF WOODEN DRUMS
• WOOD PRESERVATION AND CHEMICALS
• CHROMATED ARSENICALS
• CREOSOTE
• PENTACHLOROPHENOL
• ALTERNATIVE WOOD PRESERVATIVES
• PROPICONAZOLE
• TRIADIMEFON
• ACID COPPER CHROMATE (ACC)
• ISOTHIAZOLINONES
• NEWER WOOD PRESERVATIVES FOR RESIDENTIAL USES
• ACQ
• BORATES
• COPPER AZOLE
• PRINCIPLES OF PLANT LAYOUT
• MAJOR PROVISIONS IN ROAD PLANNING FOR MULTIPURPOSE SERVICE ARE:
• PLANT LOCATION FACTORS
• 1. RAW-MATERIAL SUPPLY:
• 2. MARKETS:
• 3. POWER AND FUEL SUPPLY:
• 4. WATER SUPPLY:
• 5. CLIMATE:
• 6. TRANSPORTATION:
• 7. WASTE DISPOSAL:
• 8. LABOR:
• 9. REGULATORY LAWS:
• 10. TAXES:
• 11. SITE CHARACTERISTICS:
• 12. COMMUNITY FACTORS:
• 13. VULNERABILITY TO WARTIME ATTACK:
• 14. FLOOD AND FIRE CONTROL:
• EXPLANATION OF TERMS USED IN THE PROJECT REPORT
• 1. DEPRECIATION:
• 2. FIXED ASSETS:
• 3. WORKING CAPITAL:
• 4. BREAK-EVEN POINT:
• 5. OTHER FIXED EXPENSES:
• 6. MARGIN MONEY:
• 7. TOTAL LOAD:
• 8. LAND AREA/MAN POWER RATIO:
• PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULES
• INTRODUCTION
• PROJECT HANDLING
• PROJECT SCHEDULING
• PROJECT CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE
• TIME SCHEDULE
• SUPPLIERS OF PLANT AND MACHINERY
• SUPPLIERS OF SAW MACHINE (CIRCULAR/BAND)
• SUPPLIERS OF WOOD SEASONING PLANT (KILN)
• SUPPLIERS OF BOILERS
• ADDRESSES OF RAW MATERIALS SUPPLIERS
• WOODEN LOG (BABOOL/NEEM)
• SUPPLIERS OF COPPER SULPHATE
• SUPPLIERS OF SODIUM DICHROMATE
• SUPPLIERS OF NAILS

APPENDIX – A:

01. PLANT ECONOMICS

02. LAND & BUILDING

03. PLANT AND MACHINERY

04. OTHER FIXED ASSESTS

05. FIXED CAPITAL

06. RAW MATERIAL

07. SALARY AND WAGES

08. UTILITIES AND OVERHEADS

09. TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL

10. TOTAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT

11. COST OF PRODUCTION

12. TURN OVER/ANNUM

13. BREAK EVEN POINT

14. RESOURCES FOR FINANCE

15. INSTALMENT PAYABLE IN 5 YEARS

16. DEPRECIATION CHART FOR 5 YEARS

17. PROFIT ANALYSIS FOR 5 YEARS

18. PROJECTED BALANCE SHEET FOR (5 YEARS)