The Drayton Valley project team has experience with real-time lumber size control having come from Weyerhaeuser's OK Falls operation. They reviewed all their options and in November 2004, selected the SiCamT RealTime System. Todd Buchanan, Partner in charge of Business Development, at SiCam Systems Corporation says:
"The Drayton Valley sawmill is a real-time lumber size control challenge. It requires a combination of MPP (Multiple Piece Profile) scanners and traditional single point lasers to do the job properly. The installation proceeded in March-April 2005 and we are very excited about the features and technology advancements planned for the project. Drayton Valley gives us an opportunity to showcase the world's best real-time lumber size control technology in a range of applications including:
- Chip Cant-Single Point Laser Scanner
- HDA Stack-MPP Top Scanner
- Cant Height & Width & Saw Step Detection each Side-MPP Side Scanners
- VSA Stack-MPP Side Scanner
- Small Line Stack Thickness & Width-MPP Side Scanners
- Edger Width-Single Point Laser Scanner
- Fence Verification-Single Point Laser Scanner
This combination of scan zones allows the SiCam™ RealTime System to scan the pieces immediately as they are produced. In-keeping with our standard best practices, all scan zones track each sawline separately. In this operation, every sawline is being tracked. Drayton Valley is our fourth Weyerhaeuser site. With the top notch Drayton Valley team, our goal is to make this installation wildly successful."
SiCam Systems Corporation designs, markets and supports the SiCam™ RealTime and SiCam™ Caliper lumber size control technologies. SiCam™ RealTime is installed in more than 30 operations and 75+ scan centers. The SiCam™ Caliper System is installed in over 125 sites in four countries. The SiCam™ name is widely known in the lumber industry as the premium lumber size control brand.
SiCam Systems Corporation's team is internationally recognized as pioneers and leaders in the field of lumber size control and sawing center predictive maintenance. SiCam Systems Corporation is located in Surrey ( Vancouver ) British Columbia , Canada and it can be reached at:
