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By Eric Dunn June 5th, 2018
SM2: What is Smart and Agile Manufacturing?
Why should you care?
Optisaw 2018
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§ Non for profit Research & Innovation institute ▫ 75M$ in R&D and Innovation activities
▫ 425 employees
▫ 175 member companies (Canada only)
▫ Associated with Universities in research
▫ Laboratories
§ Majors Programs of Innovation ▫ Forest Operations
▫ Wood Products
▫ Pulp & Paper, Packaging and sanitary
▫ Bioproducts & Bioenergy
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Challenges of the forest industry sector
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§ Mill equipment are partially/not interconnected ▫ (loss of information, duplication of functions) ▫ Value chain elements (FàC) still in silos
§ Skilled manpower shortage § Sawmill Technologies not attractive to tech
people § Traditional tech deployment based solely on
traditional performance indicators offers modest ROI (eg: productivity, output-material)
§ Strong desire to diversify products and co-products
§ Operational Excellence varies considerably between CO, within mills of the same COS, shifts and even a department
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SM2 Mission: In sync with 21st Century Needs
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§ Stimulate the growth and prosperity of the Canadian processing sector by: ▫ Reducing dependency on co-products
income; ▫ Enhancing value & recovery and productivity
via breakthrough technologies; ▫ Enabling SMART and AGILE manufacturing
solution for the 21st century business needs and market demands ;
▫ Accelerating research to commercialization by facilitating partnerships between industry, government and academia.
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SM2 Outcome: A Smart & Flexible Manufacturing Toolbox
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Sawfiling room
Applications:
Advanced Intelligent Vision (7 applications) Smart Platform (5 applications) New technologies (3 applications)
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Advanced Intelligent Vision and Applications #1 : LOG/TREE IDENTIFICATION VISION
▫ Need - Automatic Tree or Log
species ID using bark
▫ Area of application - Debarker and bucking
control
▫ Benefits - Yield recovery improvment
debarker - Productivity Gain debarker - Production costs reduction
Deep Learning Algorithm
FIR
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▫ Need - Capturing more value from
large valued logs
▫ Area of application - Log sorting by 3D shape &
internal quality - Log breakdown at headrig
line
▫ Benefits - Improve grade recovery
FPI CT Feature Detection
FPI CT concept
Advanced Intelligent Vision and Applications #2: INTERNAL LOG DEFECT FEATURES IDENTIFICATION
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Advanced Intelligent Vision and Applications # 4/5 : AUTOMATED LUMBER SPECIES ID (Green & Dry conditions)
PIR Sensor
▫ Need - Provide a 95% accurate species
identification system in lumber (sawmill and planer mill)
▫ Area of application - Green sorting of lumber (SPF) - Sorting for niche market/value
(Planer)
▫ Benefits - Improved drying productivity - Improved grade and y ie ld
recovery
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Smart Platform A : REAL TIME ADAPTIVE CONTROL FOR DEBARKING
RT Controller
▫ Need - Automatic measurements of
logs attributes (temp, MC, Species)
• Control in real time debarker’s operational parameters from infeed information
▫ Benefits - Improve LRF - Increase speed - Reduce costs
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Smart Platform B : REAL TIME ADAPTIVE CONTROL FOR LOG TURNING
▫ Need - Create Smart Log Turner with auto
diagnostic; - Combine Advanced Vision System
with AI (Machine Learning, data science,…) for Real Time Process Control
- First step for future application on other machine-center
▫ Benefits - Improve volume and value
recovery - Plus 500K$ annually or 1.75$/m3
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Smart Platform C : AUTOMATED SAW FILING ROOM
▫ Need - Improve Operational Excellence in sawfiling
room - Interconnectivity between smart machines,
tooling and material (tracking) • Integrate technology like Guide temperature
sensor to track the saw history. - Mitigate shortage of skilled sawfilers - Increase feed speeds
▫ Benefits - Reduce saw kerfs - Improve Lumber recovery - Reduce production costs
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Smart Platform D : REAL TIME ADAPTIVE CONTROL FOR PLANER SETTINGS
▫ Needs - Self adjust cuttings tools, bed,
etc on a continuous basis • Using data from the
incoming lumber, tooling quality and outcoming lumber quality
- Combine AVS with AI (Machine Learning, data science,…) for RT planer control
▫ Benefits - Improve grade recovery (7%) - Improved value gains $4.45/Mbf
Courtesy of Les Produits Gilbert
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New technologies 1 : NEW GENERATION OF SAWBLADES
▫ Need - Narrower kerfs target 0.080 in, feed speed > 1,000
fpm - Increased durability (2x)
▫ Benefits - 1,25$/MBF/0.01" reduction - $375,000, (100MMbf mill) - Improved Lumber Recovery, %2x4 ↑, predominant
length - Reduced chips, reduced sawdust - Lower production costs
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New technologies 2 : ULTRAFAST LUMBER DRYING
▫ Needs - Match the drying productivity to the sawmill productivity - Adapt process to mixed lumber thickness, width and length - Eliminate the sorting line - Dry at different final MC specifications and quality
requirements depending on product end-use
▫ Benefits - Reduce production costs - Increase mill flexibility and agility (pull - approach)
▫ Schedules & deliverables - Summer 2020 - Small lab demonstration
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New technologies 3 : COMMERCIAL DEMO OF CONTINUOUS PRECISION RADIO FREQUENCY DRYING (Spruce and Fir)
▫ Needs - Match the drying productivity to the sawmill
productivity - Adapt process to mixed lumber thickness, width
and length - Eliminate the sorting line - Dry at different final MC specifications and quality
requirements depending on product end-use
▫ Benefits - Reduce production costs - Increase mill flexibility and agility (pull approach)
▫ Schedules & deliverables - Summer 2018 - Commercial demonstation of a Continous precision
RF drying system
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Closing Remarks
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§ Companies react faster to market changes by producing smaller, more profitable production runs or batches.
§ New generations of Advanced Vision systems, New technologies,
PLUS Smarter machines with Artificial Intelligence, Machine and Deep Learning for real time adaptive control EQUAL Manufacturing of the future adapted to Business needs and market demands of the 21st
century for SMART and AGILE manufacturing solutions.
§ This century will reward the Gazelles - companies that will be smart, fast, and flexible.
§ You want to participate, dont hesitate to call us
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Thank you For additional information: Serge Constantineau ing.f., MSc Directeur de l’initiative SM2
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