This software as well as its predecessor SawsOptimization program is designed for industrial and planning engineers of sawmill production and is a tool for sawing optimization and achieving the maximum useful output. Modern intuitive web interface reduces the time spent on learning the program and allows you to start working as soon as possible. SaaS (Software as a Service) distribution model allows you to get the functionality updates without having to purchase and install a new version. In addition, all data is backed up daily and a computer breakdown will not lead to their loss, just log in on another computer and continue working. You are also not tied to any particular operating system, our software works on any of them, from Windows and OS X to Linux, BSD and Android. All you need is a modern version of the browser and Interner access. The basic functionality of the program is to calculate the optimal sawing patterns based on set line configuration and lumber sizes. The program will select sawing patterns that can be done on the chosen equipment and provide maximum yield or maximum product price.  In addition, the software will help you to find the optimal dimensions of raw materials. Select the sawing pattern you need, set the log parameters, and the system will calculate the best diameter and the range of optimal diameters for efficient sawing. Subscription allows several users to work simultaneously, and the administrator can set the access rights of employees to the system components. You can sign up for a free trial subscription at https://sawopt.a-vektor.ru/

All-in-one system functions as lumber scanner, searching and measuring device of defects geometry, sort use, species of wood determination, crosscutting optimization.

The main goal of sawmill is to get the maximum profit of raw material. Now this trend is getting stronger. If the sawmill uses old technology and equipment, it can’t exist. One of the main value measures is a yield of a log. There is several ways how to improve this factor, the most effective way — the PC-based optimization of sawing on the basis of 3G modelling. In this way, the optimization operates individually for each log. The modern computer equipment allows modeling all stages of log by searching hundreds of possibilities and accounting the yield of log and its cost, and also takes into account the allowance for edge and processing limits of equipment.

The prototypes of electronic devices that use the principle of scanning by infrared rays for automatic calculating of the cubic capacity and measuring of the log diameter were developed by the Laboratory of the industrial log depot of SevNIIP in 1989 (Arkhangelsk). The first pre-production model, the prototype of modern infrared scanners, was installed in 1990 at the timber industry enterprise Mitino( the Vologda region) as a part of automatic log sorting control system LT-192I. Log measuring device was successfully tested and approved by the State Commission in series production. All these years device was modernized, the algorithms and element base were improved. Now comes the fifth generation of these measuring devices. They are used at different technological stages of sawing from sorting of sawn material, to the control system of log positioning on the band log frame. System of input registration of raw material began to be installed more than 15 years ago and currently already work at hundreds of sawmills, plywood and match factories. The basis of the recording system is a simple, reliable and inexpensive log measuring device in one plane VECTOR 2010E. Modern requirements for measurements provide both high accuracy and repeatability of measurements and advanced functionality: measurement of a complete log profile, ovality and crookedness. Designed by our specialists the log scanner VECTOR 3DE meets these requirements and has already gained significant market share in Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Germany thanks to its functional qualities, reliability and competitive prices.

The geometry control system based on Vector-3D modules and specialized software.

Sorting line control, boosting up the production.

Today it’s difficult to imagine a modern sawmill with a monthly production program of several thousand cubic meters of sawn timber without log sorting line. These lines are the first part of the technological cycle of sawing, having regard to great need for metal  and because of their large footprint, they require a big investment in their construction and maintenance. It’s convenient to add to the main functions of sorting line (acceptance of round timber from suppliers and preparation of raw material for cutting) the sorting based on differentiation of the butt part and the top part, and by that to exclude the log turner  from  the equipment of log supplying to the workshop.

When using the chipper canters, profiling machines, circular and band saws the important role plays automation and positioning systems. The reliability and accuracy of these systems affect the quality of timber and productivity of the line as a whole. Such key performance indicators of the positioning mechanism work as a speed and accuracy are contradictory and for optimal results the qualitative positioning control system and its settings are required. The positioning mechanism should ensure cutters and saws settings with accuracy no less than 0.1 mm.

This program is intended for industrial engineer and it’s a means for optimizing the sawing and getting the maximum useful yield. The program has user-friendly and flexible settings and intuitive interface, which greatly facilitates program installation and further work with it.

For effective process control in modern conditions specialists of timber industry need accurate and objective information about the quantity, volume, quality and dimensional characteristics of processed raw materials. For control and monitoring this information should be presented according different  time intervals, and  these data should always be on hand,for the appropriate services it should be available on the local network in online mode. For distributed enterprises with branches or with head management companies it should be access to information and also through the Internet. Automated accounting of round timber promptly in real time shows how the performance and the rhythm of the sawmill and carries information about the useful output and efficiency of sawmill.

Traditional scheme of side boards processing on most sawmills  is wane cutting for  standard width according to a standard table of cutting , without regard to the individual characteristics of the board. Such a scheme is quite simple and is justified for small-scale production.