Your benefits
How do you increase yield, deliver a better & more consistent product and save labor ?
Saving labor costs
By feeding 1, 2 or 3 fast chop saws, a scanner may typically replace 3 to 9 operators * 2 or 3 shifts, so up to 27 employees per day !
Increasing yield / value
The scanner increases yield versus manual marking, from the accuracy of defect location versus manual mark done by the operator -> a minimum of 3% yield gain can be expected.
The optimizer evaluates « thousands » of possible solutions for each board, considering all the parts description (length, qualities, quantities, ...). This enables more acceptable defects to be left in the final parts, which means :
- more long lengths
- More usable parts from the same raw material -> so more value !
Controlling the production in real time
- You get Real time statistics on the production, from your office by shift, by operator, by supplier, ...
- you can qualify your timber suppliers -> pay what you really get, not what you expect you get from your supplier
- Adjust the product quality for each final customer -> over quality costs money as well !
Increasing productivity
A scanner can process very high volume :
- cross cutting : more than 70.000 meters (210.000 lineal feet) per shift with 1 scanner feeding 3 saws
- Sorting in a planner mill : up to 650 m/mn …
The scanner is capable of running high volumes at a constant speed so you are not longer at the mercy of your employees to control the amount of material to be produced.
It becomes possible to use lower grades as raw material, and to keep the same high quality for the final parts.
Improving product quality
- repeatable and consistent quality for cross-cutting, ripping and sorting
- No human factors: absenteeism, training, retention, fatigue, lack of attention
- Ability to change grading / cutting rules instantaneously
- Less rejects on final products
- No under quality
- No over quality
