inside ifg lewiston sawmill by jesse short, norvin laudon
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Idaho
Forest
Group
Lewiston
Sawmill
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Today’s Presentation
Jesse Short
19 years in the sawmill industry
Labor, machine operator, supervision, plant manager, regional manager
4 years with Louisiana pacific 19 years with Riley Creek and Idaho Forest Group
Oversee 3 sawmills in Idaho and Montana
Lewiston operation being the largest at 310mmbf current operating level
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Today’s Presentation
Norvin Laudon
•In the wood industry for last 15 years, developing log and lumber scanning applications
•10 years with Springer-Microtec
•Lineal grading scanner development
•4 years in Germany as developing CT software
•Last 4 years in Vancouver, adapting European technology for use in North America
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Today’s Presentation
Bill Tice
Over 30 years in the forest industry
Almost 7 years with HewSaw
•Capital Sales
•Marketing
•Involvement in English Global Marketing Initiatives
13 years at the corporate level with Canfor and West Fraser
Former Editor of Canadian Forest Industries magazine and technical writer on forest products technology
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IFG Locations And Scale
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Sales Volume Trend
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Todays Sawmills Are Much Bigger and Highly Automated
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Lewiston Plant Overview
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Microtec CT Log Scanner
Opportunities
• X-ray vision, saw logs from the inside out
• Avoid margin negative logs
• Advanced sorting for enhanced sawmill operations
• Calculation of product yield sitting in log yard
• Elevated Education for our scalers
• Avoid anomalies (metal, dead knots, metal, cracks)
• Educate contractors on log quality and optimal age to harvest
• Sort out high quality logs with higher return (veneer, moldings, mantels, log homes)
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The Idea Behind The System, Sawing From The Inside Out
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CT Technology – A Game Changer!
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CT Data Changes Cant Width And Pattern
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Wood Pecker Nest
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Wood Pecker CT Images
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What Size Center Cant Works With This Split?
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Manufacturing Costs Exceeds Lumber And Residual Revenue
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Revenue Negative Log Example
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Improved Uptime and Reduced Operating Costs
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Fall Break- Production Cost > Wood Revenue
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18 Degrees Rotation Changes The Value +8% With -1% Volume
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Saved Drying and Handling Costs!
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Sorting With CT: Log Quality TrialGROUP A GROUP B
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Sorting with CT: Log Quality TrialGROUP A GROUP B
IDEAL LOGS FOR SQUARE, HIGH GRADE BOARDS LOW QUALITY BOARDS – INCREASE WANE
AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
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T H A N K Y O U
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Microtec CT.LOG X-ray Computer Tomography Scanner
Norvin Laudon, CTO, Springer-Microtec
CLOSING THE LOOP: USING X-RAY TECHNOLOGY TO EXECUTE CT LOG SCANNER OPTIMIZED
SAWING SOLUTIONS AT THE SAWLINE
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CONTENTS
- TRADITIONAL VS. CT LOG SORTING
- CASE STUDY: IFG LEWISTON
- CT SCANNING TECHNOLOGY
- CLOSING THE LOOP: FINGERPRINT SCANNING
- SAMPLE LOG TRIAL
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Traditional Log Sorting concept
High speed / low gap / batch mode sawing
3D scanning
Geometric Sort
– either by diameter or cutting pattern
Log YardMerchandizing
Saw
Line
3D scanning
Sawing Optimization
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Traditional Log Sorting concept
High speed / low gap / batch mode sawing
3D scanning
Geometric Sort
– either by diameter or cutting pattern
Log YardMerchandizing
Saw
Line
3D scanning
Rotation Optimization
Problems?
Geometric scanning: No internal quality in
optimization
Sorting and Sawing Scanning are disconnected
(Scanning Decisions made in Logyard aren’t
executed at the Sawline)
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CT Log Sorting – sorting and
sawing connected
High speed / low gap / batch mode sawing
CT Log
Full 3D internal defect scanning Geometric + Quality Sort
–cutting pattern with internal defects
Log YardMerchandizing
Saw
Line
Logeye Fingerprint
3D + Xray scanning
Sawing Optimization
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CT Log – Merchandising and Sorting
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Sawmiller’s dream: "Saw from the inside out"
- See what’s inside a log before sawing
- Use this information to optimize products for Value rather
than Volume
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Hi-res 2D Slices (1 per
cm)
3D volume image
Scanner Output: 3D volume image
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What can you do with a true 3D volume
image?
- Virtual Sawing
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3D Volume image:
Creating Value: Sawing Optimization
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Image processing to detect internal defects
Creating Value: Sawing Optimization
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Cutting Pattern
insertion…
Creating Value: Sawing Optimization
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“Virtually Sawn” boards…
Creating Value: Sawing Optimization
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For every board in the cutting
pattern…
Creating Value: Sawing Optimization
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3D defects are applied…
Creating Value: Sawing Optimization
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OptiSaw 2018
HewSaw
at
Idaho Forest Group
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Today’s Presentation
• A brief background on HewSaw
• What’s in our line-up today?
• What do we have at Idaho Forest Group in Lewiston?
• A look at the technology we use in Lewiston
• What’s coming next for HewSaw?
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Who is HewSaw?
• A major producer of primary breakdown equipment for the
sawmill sector
• Family-owned company based in Mäntyharju, Finland
• Celebrating our 55th anniversary next year
• Over 220 employees worldwide
• Operating on six continents in well over 30 countries
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Who is HewSaw?
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Who is HewSaw?
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HewSaw Technology
R200 single pass machine
R200 A.1R200 1.1
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HewSaw Technology
SL 250 3.4 Line
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HewSaw Technology at IFG
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HewSaw Technology at IFG
SL 250 3.4 Line
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HewSaw Technology at IFG
March 2013 -Contract signed for delivery of new HewSaw SL250 3.4 line
to IFG in Lewiston,
Idaho.
November 2013 - Sawlinecomponents
arrive on site in Lewiston.
December 2013 -
HewSaw line is lifted into
position inside new building.
April 2014 -First log passes through IFG’s new HewSaw
Today – Record setting
production numbers
IFG HewSaw Timeline
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HewSaw Technology at IFG
HewSaw LogIn
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HewSaw Technology at IFG
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HewSaw Technology at IFG
Chipper Canter
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HewSaw Technology at IFG
Cant Saw
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HewSaw Technology at IFG
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HewSaw Technology at IFG
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HewSaw Technology at IFG
Ripsaw
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HewSaw Technology at IFG
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HewSaw Technology at IFG
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HewSaw Technology at IFG
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What’s Next at HewSaw?
dx Sawing
Patent Pending Technology Developed by
HewSaw
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HewSaw dx Sawing - Advantages
• Ability to run larger logs at faster speeds
• Reduced kerf resulting in higher recovery
• More production volume per shift
• Exceptional standard deviation
• Improved lumber finish
• More time between saw changes
Major benefits:
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HewSaw dx Sawing
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HewSaw dx Sawing
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HewSaw dx Sawing – How Does it Work?
Cant saw dx
dx cant saw
unit
standard cant
saw unit dx saw
standard
saw
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HewSaw dx Sawing - Advantages
Speed vs. Log Diameter
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Test Results at Vilppula Sawmill in Finland
In a recent test with dx sawing, we ran 12 inch diameter logs at 500 fpm and produced approximately 160,000 BF in one hour.
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HewSaw dx Sawing
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Idaho
Forest
Group
Lewiston
Sawmill
Questions?