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Laser Sensors Help Reduce Waste at Wood Fiberboard Plant

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Ruth A. Mendonsa

Eliminating waste is a prime concern for any manufacturing plant, not only from the financial standpoint, but also from the environmental one. At a Swanboard AB wood fiberboard manufacturing plant in Larvik, Norway, the problem was how to cost-effectively prevent wet fiberboard from being pressed into sheets of uneven thickness on a high-speed production line. Similar to the paper-making process, the wood fiber stock, destined for use in the building and construction industry, is smoothed and drained on an endless wire gauze conveyor belt. The nature of the mixture used and the direction of...Read full article

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