Scanning
LuxScan shows you how to take your production to a new level of efficiency. Scanning is a 3 step process :
- Board scanning
- Image processing
- Optimizing
1 - Board scanning
In a scanner, everything starts with the EYES.
LuxScan provides solutions based on different types of sensors : Laser cameras for defect detection, color cameras for appearance (matching) or color defects (such as blue stain), and X-ray sensor (for density measurement or internal defect detection) and accoustic sensors (for stress grading applications).
For each application, we define the appropriate sensors- or the best combination of sensors- according to the wood species, wood surface quality and customers requests for defect detection.
Our challenge is to get the best image quality versus the speed the system needs to run.
2 - Image processing
It is well known that we “see” as much with our BRAIN as with our EYES.
Wood inspection means identifying all defects and coloration all along the board, and this with an incredible precision. The brains, Luxscan’s INTEGRAL software, is based on years of research and development.. Typically, recognition is effective for black, sound and loose knots, resin pockets, cracks, wane, inbark, wormholes, blue and red stain, decay, hole, lack of materials, .. dimensions (length, width, thickness) are also controlled all along the piece
3 - Optimizing
Time for approximation is over. Get the optimum from each board!
LuxOptim is a powerful optimizing software, which determines the most efficient cutting / sorting / ripping solution for each board, taking into account customer goals:
“To simultaneously produce a certain quantity of different products, with minimum waste and best value of the wood.”
The Optimum cutting solution for each board is found according acceptance criteria (type, size and defects positions on the piece).
