Potential Yield Increase with Reduced Saw Kerf Deviations when Curve Sawing

• Curve sawing with circular saw blades introduces saw kerf deviations due to the combination of the flat sawblade and the curvature of the saw kerf in log or cant direction. Deviations for a double arbor resaw used for curve sawing, are that the saw kerf becomes wider at top and bottom and that the desired rectangular cross sections of the boards become distorted. The yield loss due to the saw kerf deviation in practice for a sawmill was of interest in this study. Earlier and very approximate guesses and simple estimates have been indicating that the loss of income for a sawmill in Sweden producing 200’ m3 of sawn timber may be about 2 MSEK/year (0.22 Meuro/year). In this study calculations were based on true log data and assumed sawing conditions for a sawmill. A true mixed input log assortment (78458 spruce and pine logs taken into the log yard of a sawmill in northern part of Sweden) was used as basis. Individual curvature of these logs was taken into consideration but the calculation was still approximate because not all facts about sawing patterns, log classes etc. for an actual sawmill were known. Instead one single sawing class was used for the calculation of saw kerf deviation. Results show that the direct yield loss given the assumed input data was 0.61 %-units. This corresponds roughly to the income loss 0.2 Meuro/year mentioned above. Besides from the yield increase there are other advantages gained if the saw kerf deviation can be reduced.

Ämnesord

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Maskinteknik -- Annan maskinteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Mechanical Engineering -- Other Mechanical Engineering (hsv//eng)

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Curve sawing

ripsawing

saw kerf deviation

sawing yield

sawmill

Träteknik

Wood Science and Engineering

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