WOOD INDUSTRY AUTOMATION
Wood comprises a huge spectrum of processing methods which have been developed and advanced through the millennia.

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The sawmill and wood post-processing industries have developed into a high-tech centre. Sprecher Automation has played a decisive part in making this happen - with customer-oriented partial or turnkey systems for the specific tasks in modern wood processing.

 

RANGE OF SERVICES - OVERVIEW

 

Project planning, management and implementation
for partial or turnkey systems for sawmills and wood post-processing industries
Development of customer-specific hardware and
and software for the sawmill and wood post-processing industry
Manufacturing of electric and electronic components
and devices for the sawmill and wood post-processing industry
Assembly and wiring of switchgears, consoles and
special housings
Mounting and cabling of control and automation
technology as well as measurement technology for sawmills and the wood post-processing industry
On-site modifications, system extensions and
upgradings of existing control systems and automation technology for sawmills and the wood post-processing industry
Commissioning of control systems, automation
and measurement systems for sawmills and the wood post-processing industry

 

 

PRODUCTS - OVERVIEW

 

Control and automation systems including
measurement technology and visualisation for log and timber sorting, packaging systems and post-processing
Log rotation for sawing lines
Control systems for sawing lines and edgers
Customer-specific sensor technology and
imaging systems: 2D log measurement, 3D log measurement (true shape), thickness and width measurement, length measurement, wane measurement, quality scanners (inline moisture meters, detection of annual rings, core wood, warp, etc.)
Turnkey solutions
(power supply, automation and sensor technology)
Visualisation
"cutting pattern optimization"
 
 

SPRETIMB CUTPAT: Modular software package for cutting pattern creation and optimisation
 
 
Measurement systems
example: 3D log measurement
 
 
Data model of timber
 
 
SPRETIMB EDGER:
Software package for edger optimisation


Control station (timber)

 
Power supply

 

→ Products for Wood Industry Automation

 
 
 
SPRESCAN
BOARD 3D-L
Measurement of sawn timber contour in longitudinal conveying systems
SPRESCAN
PHOTOLOG-L
Database-oriented log photographing system
SPRESCAN 3D-L
Real shape measurement systems for logs

SPRESCAN MOISTURE
Non-contact inline moisture meters
 
SPRESCAN
BOARD 3D-T
Wane detection
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Tens of years of experience resulting in outstanding process know-how and international references such as International Paper, Mayr-Melnhof, Stora Enso Timber, UPM Kymmene, Weyerhaeuser have turned Sprecher Automation into the expert for the automation of wood industries.