| In a saw mill, the tree trunk is stripped of its bark and then separated into planks using a gate saw, circular saw or band saw. These planks still have a so-called wane (waney edge) on their narrow sides – the original surface of the circular tree trunk. The wanes should be removed in the following side trimming system. Depending on the position of the plank in the original tree trunk, the wane can be flatter or steeper and the plank is broader or narrower. If as large a yield as possible needs to be achieved during side trimming, the width of the wane must be determined, so that this can be sawn off at the appropriate width. If too much is sawn off, valuable material is wasted; on the other hand, if too little is removed there are still residues of wane on the finished board. The company Esterer WD from Altötting ini Germany is using the optoNCDT1401 laser sensor for this task.
Particularly when wood is wet it has a shiny surface, which conventional optical sensors have difficulties measuring. Therefore, optoNCDT sensors from Micro-Epsilon are used for the Combimes side trimming system. The planks arrive horizontally in the side trimming system
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 Requirements for the measuring system:– Fast profile measurement – Analogue output – Low cost solution for optimum side trimmingAmbient conditions: – Room temperature – Dusty (flying sawdust)Sensor series used: – optoNCDT 1401 – 200
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