Optiscan Chop

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OptiScan Chop
Mike Moylan Scanimation North America
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• A history of Scanimation
• Introduction to scanning techniques
• The OptiScan hardware
• ScanCore user interface
• Hands On Time

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     In April 2000 Scanimation, Inc. was founded
as a new company specializing in integrated
solutions for scanning, measurement and
optimization technologies for the secondary stage
of the solid lumber industry in the North
American Market. The founding of Scanimation is
the result of more than 10 years of successful
and intensive cooperation between  Scanwood
System (the former CTBA) based in Pont a Mousson,
France, and Control Logic Inc, headquartered in
Hudson, NC/USA. The two companies each hold 50
of the issued shares of Scanimation Inc.      
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      Scanimation Inc. offers the North American
market a competent and experienced supplier
offering fully integrated solutions. Scanimation
as a systems integrator guarantees professional
consulting, sales and after sales service for the
different customized scanning technologies
provided in a packaged solution. Those are linked
with their own optimizing, decision, user
interface and PLC solutions. Scanimation works
frequently with the well established suppliers of
machinery and hardware for the lumber industry,
particularly in the rip and cross cut saw
business. Scanimation also works directly with
end users providing specialized solutions for
their unique scanning and optimizing needs in
automated solid lumber processing lines.      
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            Following the highly successful debut
of Scanimation during the last 1 1/2 years in
North America, it became obvious that the
products developed for the North American Market
would also prove quite interesting for Europe
after some modifications required to properly
serve the European Market. For that reason
Scanimation Europe was established for the
Northern and Central European Market to supply
sensor systems as well as integrated scanning and
optimizing solutions for rip and cross cutting
and any other sorting processes in the solid
lumber industry. Scanimation Europe will be
co-located with Scanwood System in Pont a
Mousson, France. The German speaking market will
be served with an office in Dresden, Germany.
 Both locations will provide comprehensive sales
and after sales service
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What Are We Looking For?
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• How Do We Find Defects?
• Grayscale
• Color
• Laser Scatter
• Laser Profiling
• X-ray

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• Knots (Sound, Unsound, Blonde)
• Stain
• Planer Skip
• Wormholes
• Missing Material
• Splits and Cracks

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• Knots (Sound, Unsound, Blonde)
• Stain (Sap, Mineral)
• Planer Skip
• Wormholes
• Missing Material
• Splits and Cracks

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• Planer Skip

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• Knots (Missing Material)
• Planer Skip
• Wormholes
• Missing Material
• Splits and Cracks

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• Any Flaw Involving a Density Change
• Hidden Defects

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• Planer Skip (Greyscale Profiling)
• Missing Material (Greyscale Profiling)

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For the cross cutting of fillets and Square-edged
lumber and automation of defect marking.
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• Accurate Cutting Given the accuracy of the
  defect localization, precise cuts are possible.
• Adaptability You can modify the cutting rules as
  often as needed.
• Scanner is a Drop In replacement for existing
  cutting lines
• Allows the automation of difficult handling and
  visual inspection tasks, improving productivity
• Precise, consistent identification of defects is
  based on a simple procedure easily understood by
  a non-specialist.

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• Ensures that you obtain and maintain the required
  level of quality.
• Permits the use of lower quality raw materials
  for the same parts.
• Reduced labor costs A single scanner feeding two
  cross cutting machines operating in parallel
  replaces at least four operators.
• Stable operation, free of human subjectivity.

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Optiscan Hardware
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• Board Lengths From 2 to 16 ft
• Thickness From 0.75 to 3 inches
• Widths From 1 to 16 inches
• Maximum Feed Rate 590 Ft/Min
• Design allows Drop in replacement of existing
  marking stations.

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Dual encoders ensure maximum linear accuracy as
board moves from one belt to the next
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Air dryer ensures optimum camera and mirror
blowoff efficiency
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Air conditioner to provide computer cooling in
warmer climates
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Swing Arm Mounted User Interface
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Laser Profiler
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• 512x512 Pixel Resolution
• 1 Camera/Side (Up to 4)
• Greyscale/Color
• Scatter
• Profiling
• Resolutions with 10 FOV (Chop)
• ½ mm Surface Detail
• ½ mm Profile _at_ 45 Degree Angle

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Multiple Effects Captured By 1 Camera
Profile ROI
Greyscale ROI
Scatter ROI
512x512(Pixel) Field Of View
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Scancore User Interface
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• Common User Interface for Both Chop and Rip
  Applications

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Sequence
Camera Image Preprocessing
Scancore/Optimizer
Scanner Software Identifies Areas Of Interest
Chopsaw
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CD-ROM
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Mill Manager
Rough Mill Tool For Production Reporting
Management
Typical Rip First Layout(Material Flow)
Mill Manager
Chop Line Running Scancore
Chop Line Running Scancore
Rip Line Running Scancore
Chop Line Running Scancore
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Mill Manager
Rough Mill Tool For Production Reporting
Management
Typical Rip First Layout(Information From Mill
Manager)
Mill Manager
Parts Currently Required
Rip Line(s) Running Scancore
Chop Line(s) Running Scancore
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Mill Manager
Rough Mill Tool For Production Reporting
Management
Typical Rip First Layout(Information From Saws)
Mill Manager
Predicted Parts Produced
Actual Parts Produced
Rip Line(s) Running Scancore
Chop Line(s) Running Scancore