National Hardwood Magazine - September 2020

AUTOMATION & ELECTRONICS

AUTOMATION & ELECTRONICS Continued R&D Is a large part of the A&E product development. Never satisfied with resting on their past achievements here is a 3D Log Merchandiser being tested using JoeScan’s newest scanners – the JS50s with 50’ logs at TS’ shop. Board Edgers at 40 ppm, and 2 - 3D Trimmer Optimizers running up to 160 lpm. The entire system will use a single scanner technology for log, flitch and lumber, allowing the mill to save money on spares and training.” Meanwhile, Automation & Electronics globally has not forgotten the customers that have gotten them to this point. A&E continues to provide and develop solutions alongside its existing Direct and OEM partners, ensuring they are supported by the head office in New Zealand as well as the worldwide locations. Customers can rest assured that A&E maintains their commitment to support and supply worldwide with industry leading PLC Controls and Software in addition to the Optimization. As part of this partnership A&E and TS have created a controls group to support customers worldwide. The result is over 15 controls and HMI technicians that have an overlapping “normal shift” of 98 hours a week, meaning that the 24x7 support often means you are reaching someone at their desk. Historically many Controls and Optimization companies have been purchased, bought out, and then inhoused by large manufacturers resulting in unwanted www.sicamsystems.com ResawX Measure Width and Thickness without turning the Cant Benefits: Cant Measurement System TIE DOWN MORE TIES! Stop Turning Your Ties into Pallet Cants with ResawX The Tie Market is predicted to Sky Rocket in 2018, ResawX is the tool to identify Tie Cants quickly and accurately. » Assist with Cutting Decisions » Automatic Thickness & Width » Accurate Measurement » Reduce Shims » Cut down on Sawing Errors » Optional Length Measurement » Reduce wasted saw lines Customers Include: » Wheeland Lumber, PA » Pierce Lumber, Iowa » Missouri Walnut, MO » Jim C Hamer, KY Mike 850.974.1195 Duncan 850.902.2886 SawmillMD@mindspring.com www.sawmillmd.com 52 SEPTEMBER 2020 n NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE

changes for their customers. Riley Smith assures this is not the case, stating, “Hardwood Sawmills are the customers that have gotten TS to where we are, and over the last couple of years; our customers have become frustrated by the lack of Hardwood knowledge when it comes to other vendors’ optimization support. It doesn’t matter how many support people your optimization supplier has if the one on the phone doesn’t understand what random width is. The TS and A&E partnership is committed to offering the Hardwood industry leading edge technology with a Hardwood focus even when softwood markets are strong. TS and A&E will work together to deliver the best product for our customers, but A&E’s OEM customers need not worry – TS and A&E are separate companies. A&E’s people don’t sell machinery and don’t share leads with TS – and it will stay that way forever. n A&E optimization provides the user with a highly configurable yet easy to operate interface to the optimizer. The interface is web based allowing operators, managers, and owners vital optimizer data from anywhere on the network. Pictured above is the interface to trimmer optimizer. Learn more at www.automationelecusa.com. Quality North American Hardwoods • Lumber • Custom Rip Programs W11143 Cty Hwy G • P.O. Box 160 • Antigo, WI 54409 • EMAIL kretz@kretzlumber.com TOLL-FREE (800) 352-1438 • FAX (715) 627-4399 • www.kretzlumber.com INTERNATIONAL PHONE 00 + 1 + 715 + 6235410 • INTERNATIONAL FAX 00 + 1 + 715 + 6274399 SEPTEMBER 2020 n NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE 53