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The system can be
equipped with a
two-blade edger or
a multi blade edger
Focused on
board quality
HEINOLA has developed
a new solution that
allows sawmills to
combine transverse
quality scanning and
lengthwise profile
scanning in the edging
of side boards
T
he first of these Combi
scanner devices was
delivered in the summer
of 2016 to Kuhmo Oy. The device
combines a FinScan BoardMaster
grading scanner for transverse
scanning, and a Heinola edging,
scanning and control automation
system.
On the front of the edging
equipment, a new FinScan
BoardMaster E1-50 HDL grading
scanner has been installed, which
scans transversely from above
to measure and optimize boards
based on their quality.
The automation system will
then transmit the scanning data
to the Heinola edging control
automation system. The data on
the board analyzed by the system
is combined with the board data
from the Heinola profile scanning
to achieve the best possible result
The new system is installed in a Finnish sawmill, Kuhmo as a modernization on an existing Heinola board edger
24 International Forest Industries | AUGUST / SEPTEMBER 2017