Wood Industry

 

 

Fast, safe and efficient production processes are indispensable for high productivity in the saw mill, engineered wood, veneer and furniture industries. SICK offers a variety of products and complete system solutions, which lead to optimized production results. As a technology leader in many areas, and as the worldwide leading developer and manufacturer of intelligent sensor technology, SICK has extensive expertise gained from many years of experience in factory, logistics and process automation. Let SICK help you optimize your processes in the wood industry.

 

Transport 

 

 

• Commissioning with RFID and volume measurement

• Access protection

• Height measuring and position detection

• End position detection

 

Log sorting 

 

 

• Log measurement

• 3D log measurement

• Height measuring and diameter detection

• Access protection

 

Transport and scrap wood disposal 

 

 

• Quality determination

• Volume determination

• Distance measurement

• Filling level measurement with radar

• Filling level measurement with rotating paddle switch

 

Saw line 

 

 

• Cant measurement

• Wane measurement

• Board detection

• Cant detection

• Position detection

 

Lumber sorting 

 

 

• Lumber measurement

• Filling level and board detection

• Path measurement

• Hazardous point-of-operation protection

• End postition detection

 

Veneer peeling 

 

 

• Log measurement

• Veneer measurement

• Distance measurement and end position detection

• Access protection

• Path measurement

 

Planing and cross cutting system 

 

 

• Cross cutting calculation

• Quality determination

• Access protection

• Package ejector

 

 

Panel dividing saws, edge-banding machine, machining center 

 

 

• Hazardous point-of-operation protection

• Board detection

• End of material detection

• Access protection

• Width measurement

 

Storage and conveying technology, packaging and conveying technology 

 

 

• Crane protection

• Distance measurement, fine positioning and data exchange

• Reading data

• Hazardous point-of-operation protection

• Transport system protection

• Access protection with muting

• Access protection without muting

• Pallet detection

• Package detection

• Package measurement