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Scanning Technology & Process Optimization: Advances in the Wood Industry (#4180)
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Scanning technology and process optimization are indispensable in today’s competitive forest products industry, particularly considering the high cost of logs which accounts for almost 80% of the cost of lumber. To operate profitably, mills must utilize logs to their maximum potential. Optimization of any operation requires machine vision technology that can accurately determine log geometry and external and internal features considered as defects, as well as computer technology that provides a solution at production speed. Electronic scanning is one of the most rapidly changing technologies in the wood industry mostly due to tremendous advances in data processing. This book provides an overview of various scanning methods and their application to the wood industry in order to maximize processing efficiency and value recovery. Topics include:

  • enterprise optimization using scanning and process control as management tools;
  • optimizing log bucking and sorting;
  • three-dimensional log scanning for automation of log breakdown;
  • lumber scanning for optimized edging, ripping, and cross-cutting; and
  • automated defect detection for lumber grading.

This book, edited by Ryszard Szymani, contains a selection of papers which were presented at International Conferences on Scanning Technology in the Wood Products Industry and provides mill managers with practical guidance on the selection of scanning and process optimization systems for primary and secondary wood processing.

Copyright 1999, 7-1/2 by 9-1/2 softcover, 252 pages, MF-4180