Wednesday, April 27, 2016
The Marcus Wallenberg Prize 2016 is awarded to Alexander Katsevich and Microtec CEO Federico Giudiceandrea for the development of the CT Log 360° Scanner.
CT scanning of whole tree logs to identify knots, cracks and rot can increase the value of the sawn products by at least 10 percent. Knots, resin pockets, tree rings, cracks and rot can be identified before the timber is sawn. The 2016 Marcus Wallenberg Prize is awarded to Prof. Alexander Katsevich and Dott. Ing. Federico Giudiceandrea for the development of this technology.
Marcus Wallenberg, chairman of the board of the Marcus Wallenberg Prize, said, “The introduction of this new technology marks the beginning of a new era for the sawmill industry. The groundbreaking research and innovative implementation have opened new horizons, facilitating further optimization of the sawing process.”
The log scanner has an outstanding capacity. It has a band speed of up to 180 meters per minute, to keep pace with modern sawing lines. In modern sawmills where 3D scanning of the log is used, an approximate of 10 to 15 percent increase in value of the output can be derived. A potential increase of 20 to 25 percent is possible if all the advantages of having access to the internal features of the timber are realized. An investment in this kind of equipment is likely to have a payback time of not much more than a year for an average-sized sawmill.
The CT Log has been installed at Danzer, North America; Arauco, Chile; Siat et Braun, France; Idaho Forest Group, North America and HIT, Germany.
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