Tolko Industries Ltd. is a progressive Canadian company that leads the industry in adopting new technologies. They recognized the simple, elegant solution that Saw-ADD offers for lumber size control and became our Canadian showcase. They did not hesitate to make a purchase at the TP&EE 2014 pictured on the left.
Their optimizing group specialist Derek Daudrich put Saw-ADD to the test. Having already invested in a size control measurement system they were able to track the reduction in standard deviation which enabled them to reduce their target size. Another huge advantage that they tracked was the reduction in unscheduled saw changes by a factor of five. They determined the payback period for Saw-ADD was 10 months on an ELI that only utilizes the bandsaws about 30% of the time. They also discovered that the drives are undersized for taking full advantage of Saw-ADD and are scheduled to upgrade them which they estimate will bring the payback period down to 7 months. This will be more like 2.5 months on a machine with a higher percentage of bandsaw usage.