Unique Challenges
Harvesting a natural product and bringing it to market is not an easy task. The value stream is a long process from forest to building site. Natural product processing requires significant feedback to operators in order to efficiently supply a quality product. Moisture content, thickness and quality are just a few of the many process parameters that are constantly monitored by operators.
Digital and alphanumeric displays deliver real-time process feedback to keep operators informed. The sections below provide a brief list of the more prominent forest products applications and the customers we've helped.
Popular Applications
| Board feet output display | |
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| APPLICATION |
Planing and saw mills typically need to know how much product is being processed in real-time in order to meet production goals. A real-time board feet per minute or hour display is used to keep operators and supervisors informed. Additionally an average board feet per minute or hour display can show average throughput at any time since the beginning of a job or shift. |
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87/415 Rate Display Plus, XL400 Production Monitors Numeric 4" to 12" |
| Process monitor (pH, moisture, temperature, viscosity) display | |
| APPLICATION |
Natural products have a tremendous amount of variability. Operators use process feedback and their experience to produce a high quality product with the least amount of waste. Process feedback displays provide real-time data of pH, moisture content, temperature, pulp viscosity and more. |
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| Message display | |
| APPLICATION |
Real-time process feedback is important in order to keep operations running smoothly and efficiently. Display safety messages, production information and general employee messages to inform, alert and motivate employees. |
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Forest Products Customers
The following represents just of few of the many customers in the forest product industry that we've helped with our solutions.
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• American Hardwoods, Inc. |
• International Paper |
