Material Control Solutions (MCS) is a Milwaukee, Wisconsin manufacturer's representative for bulk material handling and wood processing equipment. Since 1999, MCS has helped pulp and paper mills, waste-to-energy plants, OSB mills, and lumber mills specify and buy equipment from Raumaster, Teknosavo, Navco, MPI Magnets, Rawlings Manufacturing, and other leading manufacturers.

A manufacturer's representative gives you one local contact who knows several equipment lines and your plant. MCS can compare options across brands, coordinate site visits and engineering with the manufacturer, and support you after installation.

Raumaster supplies complete wood handling systems, including log handling and debarking lines, chip handling, bark handling, automatic chip storage, and automatic truck loading and unloading. Raumaster also builds pulp bale and roll handling systems for pulp mills.

Yes. Raumaster systems are engineered for a wide range of solid fuels, including bark, wood chips, sawdust, and other forest residues. Each system is customized to the plant's fuel mix, capacity, and storage needs.

WoodSmart™ is Teknosavo's automated control system for drum debarking. It measures drum filling, bark left on logs, and wood lost in the bark stream, then adjusts debarking in real time. Logs are cleaned to the level the process needs, which cuts wood loss and energy use.

Teknosavo reports that WoodSmart™ often pays for itself in under a year. Savings come from lower wood loss, steadier production across shifts, reduced energy for de-icing, and less unplanned downtime.

MPI makes plate magnets, drawer magnets, chute magnets, pneumatic line magnets, liquid traps, filter bag magnets, magnetic rails, lift magnets, and sheet separators. For conveyors, MPI offers self-cleaning electromagnets, cross belt separators, magnetic head pulleys, and magnetic belted conveyors.

A magnetic separator pulls ferrous metal, such as bolts, nails, and wire, out of a moving material stream. It protects crushers, grinders, and conveyors from damage and keeps metal out of the finished product.

Rawlings makes the Horizontal Wood Grinder, the Vertical Feed Wood Grinder (PXZ), and the Vertical Rear Maintenance Wood Grinder (VRM). Rawlings also designs custom wood waste processing systems around these grinders for a mill's specific material and layout.

A horizontal grinder feeds long material, such as slabs and logs, sideways into the rotor on an infeed conveyor. A vertical feed grinder drops material from above by gravity, which suits bark, chunks, and mixed wood waste. The best choice depends on material size and how it reaches the grinder.