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Although purchasing saw blades represents less than 1% of the operating costs of a lumber mill like yours, these blades have an incredible impact on your profitability. As you know, the thing really worth its weight in gold at your mill is lumber, along with chips, bark, and sawdust. So to turn a profit, you have to maximize wood substance production while minimizing residue. There’s no getting around! But how do you make it happen?
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BGR Saws has the solution!
Control
Today’s sawing equipment lets you get the most out of your wood pieces (ex: curved sawing). But only your cutting tools can actually implement the strategies your optimization and positioning systems dictate. Ultimately, the power to ensure that these strategies yield concrete, optimal results lies with your saws.
This is why you need control of your saw blades and all cutting tools to have true control of your standard saw deviation. Once you have established consistent results with your saws, you will be able to reduce target size to generate greater profits out of the same volume of lumber. Consistency equals performance you can rely on!
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A. Planing:
Planing knife limitations mean you have to remove .080″ to .120″ of material. This is roughly the same for all lumber mills, and no proven methods have had an effect on this to date.
B. Drying shrinkage:
Wood shrinks an average of 0.070″ during drying in all lumber mills due to the mechanical properties of our wood species. It’s something we have to live with and adjust to!
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Sawing variation:
Very different from one lumber mill to the next, sawing variation is the only variable you have any control over, the only variable that can be reduced—and the only variable that can improve your profitability.
A standard sawing variation of less than .025″ is a reasonable objective for a number of sawing operations, although BGR Saws now has saws and cutting tools that yield even better results. |
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If we take the value set by Forintek of $72 per thousandth, multiplied by the level of improvement in the rate of variation, multiplied by the millions of FBM that pass through your mill every year, the resulting profits speak for themselves!
$72 X 50 X 200 = $720,000 more profit/year.
By partnering with BGR Saws, some customers have managed to maintain a continuous standard rate of sawing variation of under .010″.
Imagine the increased profits your mill could enjoy! |
BGR saws,
a partnership that pays!
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Kerf reduction
Once saw variation is under control, another great way to boost profits is to tackle the issue of reducing kerf! By reducing the saw kerf of your blades, you will produce less sawdust. Less sawdust = bigger profits! |
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By teaming up with BGR Saws, some mills have reduced their kerf by 0.025″. Think of all the benefits this could offer your company!
Example: $72 X 25 X 200 = $360,000 more in your pocket!
Profitable partnership
This is all well and good, but what concrete steps can your lumber mill take to achieve these enticing results?
At BGR Saws, we are more than just saw vendors—we are business partners! We are with you every step of the way to help you improve your performance and find solutions perfectly adapted to your needs.
Technical support tailored to your needs
Analysis of your operations
Your BGR representative will visit your company regularly and provide your management and operations teams with specialized resources so that together you can get a handle on your current performance. We will then suggest a plan to improve the efficiency of your sawing operations.
Your saw blades do not work all by themselves! There are a number of factors that influence their performance.
At BGR Saws, we advise you and find ingenious and effective solutions for every mechanical environment of your saws.
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Cutting edge regression analysis
One of the important aspects of the process is analyzing cutting edge regression and the performance of your workshop sharpening tools. This will help you guarantee the precision of your machines. You will also be able identify the optimum amount of material to grind when sharpening as well as the rate of sawtooth wear.
1. Make a diagnosis
2. Determine the amount of material that must be ground to resharpen the blade
3. Get concrete facts in filing rooms in order set maintenance procedures based on your specific situation and operations
Not convinced yet? See what our customers have to say. |
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