System TM NEWS no. 2 2015 eng

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One scanner – one saw concept sold to Dank S.A. in Uruguay

The solid wood industry in South America is currently in a rapid development, with many companies expanding and investing in the newest optimizing equipment for their production facilities.

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System TM launches

new finger jointing machine

Opti-Joint H-200 Read the entire articles on page 4 & 5.

The Japanese company Yoshida & Co. invests in optimizing cross-cut line including scanner

It did not take long for Japan based company Yoshida to make the decision of investing in new equipment for their production facilities.

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South African company Merensky invests in solution from System TM

During Ligna 2013, the initial contact with Merensky was made and has now resulted in the first System TM line sold to South Africa.

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optimization of staff and wood resources

The production facility in Uruguay q

One scanner – one saw concept sold to Dank S.A. in Uruguay The solid wood industry in South America is currently in a rapid development, with many companies expanding and investing in the newest optimizing equipment for their production facilities. Dank S.A. from Uruguay is one of the companies that has invested in a new system solution, in order to optimize their production capacity and keeping up with demands from the industry.

“Working with System TM has been very satisfying, and they have been very professional throughout the entire process. The line lives up to all our expectations and it has increased our production capacity significantly.”

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Gustavo Balerio, Director of Dank S.A.

Dank S.A. The Uruguayan based corporation is integrated by three companies: Fymnsa (Pine plantations), Dank S.A. (timber industrialization and trade) and Ponlar S.A. (electric and thermal energy generation from forestry biomass). Dank S.A. processes logs from Fymnsa plantations. Sawn timber is dried, remanufactured and conditioned for sale.

The system solution that Dank S.A. invested in from System TM is an Opti-Kap 5003 Inline solution with integration of a Microtec scanner model Goldeneye 302. This solution cross-cuts finger jointing components for moulding and millwork customers worldwide.

Opti-Kap 5003 Inline solution Dank S.A. has invested in a simple but very efficient system solution for handling, scanning and cross-cutting of solid wood.

The line consists of an automatic infeed via a tilt hoist and separator that transports the workpieces to the Microtec Goldeneye 302 scanner. This multi-sensor scanner recognizes wood defects in a very reliable way in order to automate, streamline and optimize the manufacturing process. After the scanner, the workpieces are transported to the optimizing cross-cut saw model Opti-Kap 5003.

This cross-cut saw has a unique circular saw stroke and the design of the saw ensures a high quality and accuracy of the cut, with an extremely high capacity.

After the Opti-Kap 5003 cross-cut saw, the workpieces for the re-ripping area are marked via a printer. The marking of the workpieces indicate the re-rip orientation of each workpiece. All other workpieces are

sorted according to their different qualities.

The workpieces can be sorted to cutstock where manual stacking is possible, into different qualities of finger jointing components or directly to either of two finger jointing machines.

This high technological system solution enables Dank S.A. to maximize their production capacity and gain full utilization of their wood and staff resources, at the best price in the industry.

System TM is very happy to have entered into this partnership with Dank S.A. and we are certain that the co-operation with the Uruguayan company will continue many years into the future.

OPTI-KAP 5003

Optimizing cross-cut saw

MICROTEC GOLDENEYE 302 SCANNER

Detection of defects and quality for cross-cut

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The optimizing solution from System TM consists of the following: Opti-Feed 6000 automated feeding systems

System TMs optimizing cross-cut line:

MiCROTEC Scanner model

Production:

GOLDENEYE 302

Wood species: Softwood

Optimizing cross-cut saw model

Number of operators:

Moulding and millwork components

Opti-Kap 5003 OPTI-FEED 6000

Automated feeding system

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The Japanese company Yoshida & Co. invests in optimizing cross-cut line including scanner

From left: Per Juul Jensen (System TM), Akihiko Kawasaki, Yasuhiro Kimoto, Makoto Oki & Keishi Oto (Oki Kikai & Co. Ltd.) and Per Jørgensen (System TM) q

It did not take long for Japan based company Yoshida & Co. to make the decision of investing in new equipment for their production facilities. It was a very short and productive design phase, and apparently, that was all Yoshida needed before placing their order with Oki Kikai Co. Ltd. and System TM. Yoshida & Co. Yoshida & Co. consists of 140 employees and produces for example pallets, chop sticks and laminated boards for gluelam. The initial contact with Yoshida was made when they visited System TM together with their consultant and the Japanese dealer of System TM, Oki Kikai Co. Ltd. This first visit went well and shortly after System TM visited Yoshida in Japan, again together with our Japanese dealer Oki Kikai. During this meeting, the focus was to design a solution compatible with the products of Yoshida, and to design a solution capable of living up to their production requirements.

After this visit, Yoshida decided to invest in an optimizing cross-cut line including a cross-cut saw model Opti-Kap 5003 and a Microtec scanner Goldeneye 302 with x-ray.

Initially Yoshida & Co. ordered a scanner without x-ray, but after a scanner test at the facilities of Microtec in Brixen they were convinced that a scanner with x-ray was able to detect all the defects necessary in their production.

The system solution for pallet production The system solution consists of an automatic infeed system Opti-Feed 6000 Vack that takes one layer at a time from the incoming packs. Because of a low quality of wood, each workpiece is trimmed with 300 mm before they are automatically transported to the Microtec scanner Goldeneye 302 Multi Sensor Quality scanner with x-ray.

This scanner reliably recognizes wood defects and increases the wood utilization.

After scanning the workpieces are fed into an optimizing cross-cut saw model Opti-Kap 5003 where the workpieces are cut according to the scanning results. Part of the workpieces can be sorted to for example chopsticks and the main part will continue through the moulder to finger jointing and fixed lengths.

The workpieces going through the moulder will be stacked by an Opti-Stack 3000 Vack - a portal stacking unit with two units and three stacking stations.

One vacuum head will collect workpieces from all three stations for stacking and the stacked workpieces are now sorted according to three sorting criteria’s of lengths and to finger jointing. A fourth option is sorting of long fixed lengths to a stacking system consisting of an Opti-Stack 3000, equipped with an extra section consisting of two trim saws.

This is to ensure a very high length precision of the workpieces.

The entire process with Yoshida has been a very positive experience. The co-operation between System TM and Microtec has been very good, and System TM is also extremely happy to be working with our Japanese dealer Oki Kikai.

OPTI-KAP 5003

Yoshida are very satisfied with the line, and would like to expand this with an OptiStack 6000 from System TM. We look forward to many years of a great partnership with both Oki Kikai and Yoshida.

Optimizing cross-cut saws

OPTI-FEED 6000 VACK Automated infeed system

OPTI-STACK 3000 VACK Automated stacking system

MICROTEC GOLDENEYE 302 SCANNER

Detection of defects and quality for cross-cut

OPTI-STACK 3000 Automated stacking system

MOULDER

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The new optimizing cross-cut line from System TM consists of the following: •

Opti-Feed 6000 Vack automated feeding system

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MiCROTEC Scanner GOLDENEYE 302

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Moulder

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Optimizing cross-cut saws model Opti-Kap 5003

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System TMs optimizing cross-cut line:

Opti-Stack 3000 automated stacking system

Production: Pallets

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Wood species: Softwood

Opti-Stack 3000 Vack automated stacking system

Number of operators:

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System TM launches machine Opti-Joint H current product port

CSO Per Jørgensen from System TM A/S q

Finger jointing The demands from the solid wood industry for components of a more uniform quality and a more stable product, is increasing. This means that there is a rise in the production of finger jointing workpieces and laminated components. Because of this, System TM has developed and designed a new horizontal finger jointing machine that also matches our existing product portfolio.

“With the development of the Opti-Joint H-200, we have expanded our product line in order to keep up with the demands from the industry. Furthermore, the finger jointing machine matches, and is easy to combine with our existing product segment, when customizing projects for our customers. “

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System TM A/S CSO Per Jørgensen

Optimizing on staff and wood resources To utilize the full capacity of finger jointing machines in the future, it will be necessary to increase the automation before and after the finger jointing machines. This will also minimize the required number of operators. With System TM’s material handling system this automation is easily done, both on existing as well as on new machines.

Adaptable to customized solutions The material handling solutions from System TM can automate standalone finger jointing machines with automatic in-feed and stacking standard systems. Furthermore, the finger jointing machines can be integrated with project solutions providing a direct flow of workpieces being transported directly from other main machines such as scanning and optimizing cross-cut saws. When connecting the finger jointing machines to scanning and cross-cut lines, you minimize the logistics of handling all finger jointing blocks, and are able to produce joint workpieces with continuous grain.

If a production requires that the workpieces are turned, for example best side up, then this rotation will be performed between the cross-cut saws and the finger jointing

machine in a controlled way, and without any use of operators.

One of the main focuses behind this development has been to design a horizontal finger joint machine with an extremely high machine utilization, with or without material handling automation. This is due to our software solutions and ability to integrate and combine different machine modules, but also because of our experience with high-capacity handling of workpieces in a continuous flow.

It is important to integrate all equipment surrounding the finger jointing machine to ensure a continuous high capacity throughout each workday.

ADJUSTABLE CROSS-CUT UNIT FOR TRIMMING AND CUT TO LENGTH APPLICATIONS INCLUDING LUMBER LINE DEVIATION

PRESS STATION

PRE CROSS-CUT STATION

PRE PRESS STATION

ALIGNMENT SIDE ROLLER

STACKING MACHINE, MODEL OPTI-STACK 6000, FOR STACKING OF WORKPIECES OF TWO DIFFERENT LUMBER LINES IN THE SAME PACK, AND AUTOMATIC PLACEMENT OF STICKS BETWEEN THE LAYERS

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new finger jointing H-200 and expands tfolio

ACCUMULATION BELT CONVEYOR

INDEX FEEDING UNIT WITH VARIABLE FEED SPEED FOR CORRECT AND CONSISTENT FEEDING OF WORKPIECES, AUTOMATICALLY MATCHING THE SPEED/CAPACITY OF THE FINGER JOINTING MACHINE

AUTOMATIC WORKPIECE ALIGNMENT

BY SPINFEEDER, MODEL OPTI-FEED 200

TRANSFER AND ALIGNMENT BELT CONVEYOR PRE ALIGNMENT

LUG LOADER MODEL OPTI-FEED H-200

HORIZONTAL FINGER JOINTING MACHINE, MODEL OPTI-JOINT H-200

VACUUM TRANSFER CORNER

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Decking products from the brand ”Thermory” q

Estonian company Brenstol OÜ invests in a high capacity stacking/destacking line Together with our Estonian dealer, JS Engineering, the initial contact to Brenstol OÜ was established, and the process of designing a stacking/ destacking line began shortly after. The line matched the design requirements of Brenstol OÜ, and they decided to invest in order to optimize their production of workpieces for thermal modification.

Brenstol OÜ Brenstol OÜ was established in 1997 and has already become one of the leading thermally modified wood producers in Europe.

Brenstol OÜ is an Estonian specialist manufacturer of thermally modified solid wood and due to the exceptional properties that the ash wood forms after thermal modification, this is the main wood species used.

Thermory – Excellence in Wood The collection of Brenstols thermally modified wood products are gathered under the brand name ”Themory”. Thermal modification is a computer-controlled process, which is carried out in specialized Finnish kilns at high temperatures. Only steam and heat are used with no chemicals added. The Thermory product range from Brenstol OÜ consists of a Medium and an Intense modification le-

vel. The Medium-modified wood is used for indoor use such as for example flooring and wall paneling. The Intense-modified wood is suitable for both indoor and outdoor use such as decking, cladding and wet rooms.

The stacking/destacking line The line consists of three pack roller conveyors, tilt hoist, a cross chain conveyor including a single piece feeding system, stick collector, an Opti-Stack 6000 automatic stacking system and pack roller conveyors for pack outfeed. This solution is operated by 1-3 operators depending on the workpiece length of the production, and is equipped with easy handling of sticks.

With the new stacking/destacking line from System TM, Brenstol OÜ has increased their production capacity with 5 times com-

pared to their previous manual handling.

The main goal of Brenstol’s investment was to optimize their production with a minimum use of human resources. With this investment, they have managed to reduce the number of operators in this part of their production, and has experienced a significant increase of their production capacity Continuous product development The co-operation between Brenstol OÜ, JS Engineering and System TM has been excellent, and we are very positive that we have delivered a solution that will support and enable Brenstol OÜ to continue their product development, and being able to offer high quality, durable, functional and environmentally sound wood solutions.

OPTI-FEED 6000

Automated feeding system

OPTI-STACK 6000 Automated stacking system

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The handling solution from System TM consists of the following: Opti-Feed 6000 automated feeding system •

Opti-Stack 6000 automated

System TM’s optimizing handling solution:

stacking system

Production: Components Wood species: Softwood Number of operators:

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South African company Merensky invests in solution from System TM

The production facility in South Africa q

During Ligna 2013, the initial contact with Merensky was made and has now resulted in the first System TM line sold to South Africa. The system solution from System TM is part of a very big line that produces building components for housing, and was designed in close co-operation with Ledinek that also supplied part of the line.

Merensky Merensky produces a wide variety of Pine lumber grades for use in both industrial and structural applications. Furthermore Merensky is synonymous with high-quality kiln dried Eucalyptus for application in joinery and furniture. They manage the largest privatelyowned plantations of Pine and Eucalyptus across South Africa with a total of 69,000 hectares.

Stress grading from Microtec Because this line produces building components, the workpieces have to be stress graded to gain the right quality of strength regarding specific building regulations. The strength grading system is supplied by our partner Microtec and is 100% automated and integrated into the line. It consists of a moisture meter, curve scan, strength grader and a visual scanner including x-ray.

• The moisture meter measures the workpieces in an extremely precise and repeatable fashion, at the highest conveyor speed.

• The curve scan recognizes distortion of workpieces such as for example twists and bows.

• The strength grader calculates the dynamic modulus of elasticity and automatically sorts the workpieces into the requested strength classes.

• The Multi-Sensor Quality scanner including X-ray that allows you to recognize wood defects in a reliable and accurate way in order to automate, streamline and optimize the production.

With the above technology, it is possible to grade the workpieces according to their different strength grades. This process, integrated with optimizing cross-cut saws, ensure correct cross-cutting and sorting of the strength qualities, before the workpieces enter the subsequent finger jointing machines and sorting options.

The optimizing cross-cut line The system solution consists of an auto-

matic infeed system that feeds the workpieces to a Ledinek moulder. The moulded workpieces will then be transported though the stress grading system from Microtec in a controlled workpiece queue system. After stress grading, the workpieces are transported to a distribution system and fed into two optimizing cross-cut saws. The saws cut the workpieces into different qualities according to their strength, measured by the strength grading equipment from Microtec.

After cross-cutting, the workpieces are sorted to a new vertical finger jointing machine from Ledinek, an existing finger jointing machine or to manual sorting for a third finger jointing machine. This system solution is prepared for a third saw if Merensky in the future wishes to increase the capacity of the line.

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“To all the System TM personnel, a BIG thanks for your commitment, dedication, professionalism and support. I have worked with quite a number of suppliers in the past and your personnel are up there with the best. I am very much looking forward to our continued relationship. Again THANKS to all”.

It has been an excellent process working with Merensky on this project and System TM is truly appreciating the new partnership and look forward to many years of great cooperation.

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OPTIMIZING CROSS-CUT SAWS

Pieter Mattheus, Operation Manager

The handling solution from System TM consists of the following: •

Automated feeding system

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Moulder

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Microtec Multi-Sensor Quality Scanner

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Two optimizing cross-cut saws

MOULDER MULTI-SENSOR QUALITY SCANNER Detection of defects and quality for cross-cut

AUTOMATED FEEDING SYSTEM

System TM’s optimizing cross-cut line: Production: Building components Wood species: Softwood Number of operators:

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Automated material handling systems from System TM System TM offers a wide range of automated handling systems for automation of main machines in a production. Our automated handling machines are designed to dramatically increase the capacity of the main machine and to reduce labor costs.

In order to meet all customer demands, our range of material handling systems consist of both standard system solutions and fully customized project solutions.

OPTI-FEED

Automated feeding systems

OPTI-KAP

Optimizing cross-cut saws

OPTI-JOINT

OPTI-STACK

Automated finger jointing systems

Automated stacking systems

OPTI-SOLUTION Customized system solutions

With System TM’s automated material handling systems, we are able to advise and supply you with the right solution to fulfill your specific requirements and demands, and to obtain a more efficient and profitable production.

Please visit our website at www.systemtm.com and find the material handling solution suited for you and your production.

System TM is extending the production facilities with 2,500m² This initiative was taken in order to continue the growth of the company, and to be able to adapt very quickly to present and future demands

System TM A/S Skovdalsvej 35 DK-8300 Odder Denmark Tel: +45 86 54 33 55 Fax: +45 86 54 32 19 tm@systemtm.com www.systemtm.com

In 2011 System TM decided to build new production facilities of 2,000m² and in December 2011 the new facilities were ready for production. It has been of great value to System TM with these extra square meters, in order to keep up with the increasing demands for our equipment. When these facilities were built, the expectations towards the future were very positive, and the preparations for a second construction was made.

In order to keep up with resent and future demands, it has now been necessary to

build the additional production facility with a size of 2,500m². This enables System TM to adapt very quickly to future demands and continue the growth and development of the company.

The new building makes it possible to test very large production lines, improves the logistics and makes it possible to meet the requirements of both present and future customers. The new production facilities are ready for production in November 2015.

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The construction of the second production facility of 2,500m2