"Our aim is to produce high quality products to stay competitive in the market and to satisfy the customer's needs by providing a wide range of products. That is why we invested new technology to obtain an overall control of our production."
"The very good partnership with Microtec and Springer convinced us that we made the right decision", comments Fernando Gnoatto, General Manager Lumber division & International Sales.
In order to increase production capacity in the dry-sorter and planer line for quality grading of boards at the Curitibanos plant, Berneck decided to invest in new software and machinery. While Microtec delivered all lumber quality scanning and optimization devices, as well as PLC control, Springer planned the mechanical components. With a feeding speed up to 1.8 m/sec in transversal feeding that is max. 165 boards per minute at 640 mm (25 inch) lug space, this installation is the fastest and most modern planer mill in South America.
The heart of this new industrial unit in Curitibanos is Goldeneye 900 Multi-Sensor Quality Scanner in transverse feeding for dry sorting. Goldeneye 900 scans the boards in a single scan frame from top and bottom with 4-side visual inspection including dimension, scatter and grain deviation and color. Right after the Goldeneye 900 scanner, a trimmer station with two saws on either side of the board, cuts the boards to the final length for packaging.
“The great advantage of the production with Goldeneye 900 is to perform the measuring and quality selection in transverse feeding. This new technology provides reliable results even at a high throughput speed increasing our added value”, comments Fernando Gnoatto.
The planer line also features an inline moisture meter M3 Scan that determines the board’s moisture to check if the degree of moisture content is within the thresholds. Immediately after the scanner there is the first Microtec Viscan Strength Grader in Brazil equipped with an X-ray device that determines the density of the boards and predicts the strength by automatically sorting the boards into strength classes. The sorting process is carried out by Variosort Lumber Sorter, the fully automated Microtec software that supervises sorting, packaging and wrapping of the boards. Variosort’s data interface communicates with Viscan Strenght Grader, Moisture Meter as well as the Multi-Sensor Quality Scanner Goldeneye 900 for a reliable board tracking.
Immediately after the scanner there is the first Microtec Viscan Strength Grader in Brazil equipped with an X-ray device that determines the density of the boards and predicts the strength by automatically sorting the boards into strength classes.
The planer line also features an inline moisture meter M3 Scan that determines the board’s moisture to check if the degree of moisture content is within the thresholds.
such as a double tilt hoist system, servo lug loader with special hold down belt, trimmer, tray sorter, stacker with multi-cross-cut and double lift, as well as a packaging press and a strapper.
The new dry sorting and planer mill at Berneck Curitibanos. Berneck's industrial complex consists of more than 170,000 m2 with three manufacturing units, the headquarters located in Araucaria, the industrial unit of Brasnorte and the most innovative planer mill in Curitibanos, Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil.
Berneck Company offers products of a high standard thanks to their constant investment in new technologies and quality control. For over 40 years, Berneck has maintained commercial relations with more than 60 countries on every continent, confirming the reliability of its products both at home and abroad.