CANTERSPROFILERS

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Andritz

Andritz group is a global technology leader in the sawline chipping head industry. With many decades spent in the industry and countless years of know-how, Andritz continues to innovate and lead the way when it comes to sawmill chipping. The Andritz TKD (TurnKnife-for-Drums) system for profiling equipment makes your sawline more flexible and efficient, while providing longer run time and less unplanned downtime. The TKD profiler system can be fitted to your machine, with a wide variety of cutting diameters and knife counts tailored specifically for your application.

You never need to compromise between economy and quality—Andritz gives you both. Our advanced technology is continuously developing, with even better tools and even smarter forms of collaboration.

We are continuously developing new canter and profiling technologies, as well as process optimization. Together with customers around the world, we improve the chipping quality and debarking results in the sawmill. Sawmills with our knife systems are superior to most others in the market and have a clearly dominant position in the forest industry.

With Andritz, the process is optimized based on the customer’s needs. Therefore, we can continuously create the highest possible return on the wood raw material together. Tools from Andritz in your sawmill increase productivity, minimize operating disruptions, and provide higher revenues. This is why we are almost everywhere that forest raw materials are processed.

Our knowledge gives you an advantage!

Bid Group

Backed by several decades of experience, BID Group and its Comact brand have all it takes to offer high-performance and innovative sawing technologies. BID understands that quick and efficient equipment is an integral part of the optimal solution. The following mechanical innovations have enabled sawmills to increase productivity and profitability.

l Double Profiling at Secondary Breakdown l Splitter at Primary Breakdown

BID now separates the entry modules of the Comact secondary breakdown for a greater sawing quality and reduced recovery loss. Here, the canters are combined with the profiling module, followed by the gang saw. Since the equipment is not chipping at the same time as the sawing because the modules are separated, no lateral pressure is applied on the saws. This results in better quality of sawing, less variation, better durability of the saws and shorter gaps. The configuration is a good fit for mills transforming larger logs with bigger dimensions (10-12 in.) with no edgers.

BID Group introduces new sawlines with double profilers combined with a splitter on the Comact primary breakdown solutions, a game changer for the breakdown of logs with a larger diameter.

The double profilers now allow the production of two side pieces of different widths and offer an endless range of widths (up to 4 in. for the thickness of a block or a side cant). As for the splitter, a horizontal saw allows the resaw of the first and/or second side board, in two pieces of different widths (2x4-2x4, 2x4-2x6…) with high accuracy to avoid damage to the central cant. This module also has two profilers that finish the pieces to the proper width.

The main benefits for this type of profiling are:

—Improvement of the production performance

—Improvement of the breakdown line speed by up to 30%

—Improvement of the sawmill flow

—Reduction/elimination of the edger operating costs

Innovation is fundamental for BID Group; each saw line is adapted to the client’s specific needs. Contact your BID representative today.