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Tucked away in Hines Creek, Alta., sits family-owned Zavisha Sawmills. Over the years, the mill has successfully adapted and optimized used machinery to fit their needs, which included a used canter line installed in 2014 and upgraded with USNR optimization and controls.
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Family-owned Gilbert Smith Forest Products cedar sawmill in interior B.C. recently upgraded its small log line optimization with a system from MPM Engineering. And in 2013, the mill installed a slabber and carriage and a headrig that can cut up to 42-inch diameters. The install included Lewis controls optimization and 3D wood scanners from LMI Technologies.
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The Price sawmill planned to install a new GEN3 optimizer from Autolog – similar to one recently installed at Clermont Hamel’s sawmill in Beauce, Que. – before the end of 2019. The new optimization system was expected to improve lumber recovery to 3.3 cubic metres/mfbm.
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The trimmer sorter line has also traditionally been one of the toughest places to implement successful scanning. Joey Nelson, president and founder of JoeScan, shares three tips for successful scanning.
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Canadian Forest Industries shares the newest scanner and optimizer technology on the market for sawmills in Canada.
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Century-old EACOM Timmins sawmill in northern Ontario has made several impressive upgrades over the last few years. At the planer mill, an Autolog ProGrader linear planer optimizer uses 3D geometric sensors to measure dimensions, skip, wane, holes and warp and 2D vision sensors to measure knots, rot, splits and shakes and bark. Tracheid sensors measure the slope of the grain.
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Springer-Microtec’s Goldeneye 900 is a 4 sided transverse multi-sensor quality scanner ideal for trimming, edging and sorting.
Goldeneye’s unmatched high geometric resolution of 0.040”, in combination with it’s Laser Scatter, Colour, Dot Laser, and X-ray sensors, ensure precise and reliable defect detection in all applications. Ideal for both the sawmill and planermill, the scanner functions on green or dry lumber, with both rough or planed surfaces. Contact our Vancouver office for a demonstration!
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Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions is giving a repayable contribution of $950,000 to Bois CFM Inc. to boost the mill’s transition to Industry 4.0. Specifically, the money will allow the company to buy new, intelligent scanners.
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More with less was an unofficial theme at the 2019 OptiSaw forum that took place in Richmond, B.C. on June 13, 2019. Presenters, which included several scanning and optimization companies, shared solutions to derive more value from less wood, fewer people, and in less time.
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The ARGUS-FMS fines measurement system, developed in collaboration with FPInnovations, continuously scans the strander outfeed conveyor to provide real-time fines percentages for every cutting pass.
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CFI was among the exhibitors and attendees at the 2018 Timber Processing and Energy Expo (TP&EE). We spotlighted 18 different booths showcasing the latest top-of-the-line equipment, including new scanning and optimizing solutions.
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SiCam’s Closed Loop System provides predictive intelligence to keep your machine running on-size. Our RealTime technology:
• Trends information over time
• Alarms when products are out of tolerance
• Stores and reports data
• Adjusts equipment to maintain size and quality
SiCam can compare actual cut piece with the optimizer to provide detailed machine performance information. Closed Loop Size Control is proven technology currently making automated adjustments on over 50 different machine centers.
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