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SAWLINES – LUCIDYNE
Lucidyne offers a quantum leap
development in automated
scanning & optimization
W
hen lumber packages
are produced on-grade,
buyers know they are
getting the most consistent,
highest-quality, best value product
available. Finding those suppliers
who can deliver consistently
on-grade is critical to the lumber
buyer.
GradeScan by Lucidyne
Technologies, Inc., is delivering
a quantum leap development
in automated scanning and
optimization that is breaking
records for on-grade lumber
production. The new software,
Perceptive Sight™ Intelligent
Grading, uses Deep Learning
(artificial intelligence) to
dramatically improve lumber
grading results.
The first GradeScan system
with Perceptive Sight was installed
in February of 2017, and since
then over a dozen additional
GradeScans with Perceptive Sight
have been commissioned, with
another eleven scheduled in the
next several months. This new
platform is delivering powerful
results that are fueling not just
new sales, but record requests for
upgrades to Perceptive Sight.
One customer was so
impressed with the results from
their newly purchased GradeScan
with Perceptive Sight that they
fast-tracked the purchase of a
second system for their sister
mill, and are now in the process of
upgrading a legacy GradeScan to
the new platform.
Because Perceptive Sight uses
Deep Learning techniques, new
characteristics in a mill’s wood
basket can be quickly incorporated
into the software, delivering fast,
high-quality results.
Recently introduced is
Lucidyne’s new QCAssist Tablet,
a now-standard component of
GradeScan. The tablet is a Surface
Pro loaded with proprietary
software that allows mills to collect
and evaluate lumber data on the
go, without having to return to the
computer room and re-enter data
to a spreadsheet.
New characteristics appearing
in the lumber are immediately and
automatically uploaded to Lucidyne
for further evaluation and updates
are automatically downloaded back
to your system, and active by the
mill at their convenience.
The QCAssist tablet:
• D
 isplays board images for
verification
• D
 isplays the GradeScan solution
and grade failure reasons
• I  dentifies grader override boards
• C
 aptures corrected board data
and notes
• F  acilitates evaluation of
multiple, consecutive units of
lumber without returning to the
computer room
• I  mmediately uploads board data
to Lucidyne for further evaluation
each one has been delivered a
successful, seamless, on-time
start-up.
GradeScan has a number
of additional capabilities
including:
• A
 utomatically populates and
update package data and board
files • Deep Pile
Lucidyne’s customers who have not
yet upgraded to Perceptive Sight
are finding the QCAssist tablet a
powerful tool for evaluating the
uplift they can expect from the
upgrade. With QCAssist, customers
can automatically upload packs
of mill-run data to Lucidyne to run
on the in-house Perceptive Sight
platform, and compare the results
from the legacy software to those
from Perceptive Sight. Even before
any additional training is done on
those samples, most customers
see the immediate value of
upgrading to Perceptive Sight.
Lucidyne reports a surge in
orders for new GradeScan systems,
and upgrades of existing systems
to Perceptive Sight. This boom in
sales included projects that were
on a very tight timeline, requiring
the company to manage multiple
simultaneous installations.
Lucidyne’s team of engineers and
field technicians has the flexibility
and elasticity to meet the demands
of these multiple projects, and • C
 ut-In-Two Optimization without
mechanical changes
• Re-Run
• Close-Coupled Installations
• Optional PLC controls
In addition to GradeScan, Lucidyne
is re-introducing its ChopScan
product line, using the same
powerful artificial intelligence
software that GradeScan delivers,
coupled with leading edge high-
resolution sensors. Perceptive
Sight on ChopScan delivers results
for a wide variety of products,
sizes, species, grades and speeds.
An impressive reports package
includes reoptimization and cutbill
pricing, and reports detail board
width, category, run, shift and
total value. The software provides
access to underlying data so
mills can configure their own data
extraction, and perhaps most
powerfully, the Supplier Database
archives board data by source and
grade. This gives mills the power
to evaluate suppliers to negotiate
prices and identify best-quality
suppliers.
Lucidyne’s customers
who have not yet
upgraded to Perceptive
Sight are finding
the QCAssist tablet
a powerful tool for
evaluating the uplift
they can expect from
the upgrade
Lucidyne continues to raise
the bar in the lumber industry
for innovative mill solutions that
maximize fiber and value recovery,
and deliver consistently high-
quality, on-grade, best-value
lumber to the marketplace.
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