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The state-of-the-art sawmill line at Rauma is fully automated, from log sorting and drying to the loading of outgoing goods. The new sawmill will be able to produce large quantities of highly consistent sawn timber for all purposes. RAUMA SAWMILL TAKES QUALITY CONTROL TO THE NEXT LEVEL
JUSSI-PEKKA AUKIA, photos METSÄ GROUP
The ultra-modern sawmill currently under construction at Rauma will produce about 750,000 cubic metres of sawn pine annually. “We are implementing the newest production technol- ogy in Rauma, and applying it to the sawmill industry for the very first time. This will enable us to efficiently produce large amounts of very consistent sawn timber,” says Ismo Nousiainen , Metsä Fibre’s CEO. Consistent quality is needed above all by the Metsä Fibre customers that produce advanced products or com- ponents for living or construction. Demand for these products is growing globally. “We aim to produce products that support profitable growth by our customers and ourselves. And we seek sta- ble and enduring customer relationships.” DEVELOPMENT LEAP IN AUTOMATED SAWMILL TECHNOLOGY Rauma’s state-of-the-art sawmill line is fully automated, from the sorting of logs to the loading of output. “Machine vision is used to predict faults and jams on the line, after which robotics and automatics solve the problems without downtime and manual intervention. Sawing and handling speed is more than 40 logs a min- ute – three times faster than the traditional method,” says Project Director Harri Haapaniemi . Quality control starts in the forest where logs for the sawmill are selected. The sawmill knows the material it will receive and the end-uses it is intended for.
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