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Murgon workshop supervisor Kevin Gill with Gumnut workers Simon Clarke, Murgon; Bob Spicer, Wondai; and Michael Crooks, Hivesville\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

July 29, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

The large metallic cube which appeared in Gore Street, Murgon, a few months ago is a massive vote of confidence in the future employment prospects for the workers at The Gumnut Place.<\/p>\n

The cube is a gas-fired heat-treatment kiln especially built to treat the thousands of wooden pallets manufactured every month by the workers at Gumnut.<\/p>\n

It treated its very first load last week.<\/p>\n

The kiln was built by South Burnett CTC at a cost of more than $200,000, including a $50,000 grant from the Tarong Community Partnership Fund.<\/p>\n

Gumnut workshop supervisor Kevin Gill said untreated wooden pallets, which had been manufactured by Gumnut workers, were slowly heated to a temperature of 56 degrees C inside the kiln.<\/p>\n

This temperature is maintained for 30 minutes to ensure any living organisms – bacteria or insects – in the wood are killed. The timber is then allowed to cool gently, ensuring that none of it warps.<\/p>\n

This process enables the pallets to be certified for export.<\/p>\n

The Gumnut team helped to assemble the massive kiln on site, although they had to also bring in outside expertise, especially cranes.<\/p>\n

The kiln body was imported from Europe in pre-fabricated sections; the fans and burners came from Germany.<\/p>\n

It took five weeks to build and 50 cubic metres of concrete went into the slab.<\/p>\n

The new kiln should help Gumnut expand its pallet business.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kevin said Gumnut currently has contracts to supply pallets to businesses which send product to Taiwan, Korea, Indonesia and New Zealand. All these pallets must be certified for export.<\/p>\n

At the moment the Gumnut workers are making 2000 pallets a month, but there is a potential for this to be expanded to 4500-5000 a month.<\/p>\n

In the past, the workers would treat the pallets for export using methyl bromide gas. It would take 24 hours to treat just one load.<\/p>\n

“It is now just five hours, which gives the opportunity for a lot more volume,” Kevin said.<\/p>\n

Gumnut provides employment for workers with a disability.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Each gang of workers makes between 160 and 180 pallets a day in the workshop beside the kiln.<\/p>\n

They process 24 tonnes of timber a week, which is delivered on semi-trailers direct from Wamuran Timbers.<\/p>\n

The new kiln is now certified for export.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“It is a huge investment in the future and the job security of our employees,” Kevin said.<\/p>\n

“And it gives us so much more scope for the future.”<\/p>\n

Footnote: Kevin said the Gumnut workers go through an estimated 6.7 million nails every year. But don’t worry … they have nail guns!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The heat treatment kiln was erected next to Gumnut Place earlier this year but the first load only went through the plant last Thursday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A total of 660 wooden pallets can be treated inside the kiln at any one time<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The door alone weighs 2.2 tonnes but can be easily rolled open by just one man<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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