ZippyScan - Transverse
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Fully autonomous board sorting scanner with predictive optimization for leaner inventory management with transversal cross-cutting from 3.5 meter length.
ZippyScan Transverse is a scanner for wet-sawn or dry boards. It is designed to detect defects, assess board dimensions, and perform sorting, trimming, and downstream predictive optimization. It helps sawmills boost product quality, increase kiln load quality, and streamline sorting decisions.
The ZippyScan leverages high-performance computing (HPC) to optimize various products, efficiently processing two boards per second. It handles green and dry wood without optical readjustment, considering enabled production products, quality classes, thickness, and sorting strategies to maximize kiln load quality and minimize unnecessary energy cost per load. Featuring complete 2D optimization, ZippyScan Transverse increases production capacity and stability in the sorting line.
The system’s advanced multi-sensor setup combines 3D laser profiling, scattering laser, and color imaging, enabling accurate detection of board geometry, surface defects, and dimensional irregularities. It identifies warp, cup, twist, cracks, knots, wane, and other visual inconsistencies, supporting comprehensive quality control. For dry softwood applications, the scanner may be combined with density measurement equipment to provide visual strength grading such as the INSTA 142 standard or equivalent.
Optimized for integration into high-throughput operations, ZippyScan Transverse delivers classification results in under one second. Its AI-based decision engine supports real-time control signals to trimmers, stackers, and sorting gates, enhancing downstream efficiency while reducing manual input and operator variability.
The system features an API for real-time business intelligence based on planning and production control data. Companies' IT staff can use the API to connect the device to ERP or BI systems, which provide detailed data on operation performance.
ZippyScan Transverse transforms board sorting into a data-driven, high-precision operation, helping sawmills boost yield, reduce waste, and achieve greater kiln efficiency — all while maintaining operational agility.
With modular installation, the system can retrofit existing workstations and relieve manual labour.
