TIMBER SORTING AUTOMATION
OUR CLIENT IS A LARGE PLAYER IN TIMBER INDUSTRY who WANTS TO IMPLEment solution that would allow them to mesure with precise accuracy their timber stock and deliveries to their customers.
Requirments
1. Automatic calculations of:
Logs number
Wood Volume
A Stacking Coefficient
2. Video of timber stacks and trucks on the ground.
3. Meet the industry standards for acceptance and inventory of timber warehouses.
4. The accuracy of at least 98%.
5. Seamless integration with the existing solution.
Solution
Our specialists delivered innovative solution that leverages video image analysis to measure timber quantities. All the user has to do to obtain exact information is to take the pictures of a stack of wood from two sides. The program then processes the images to identify the number of logs, the density of the stack, and any other corrections that need to be accounted for. In addition, there are options available for calculating bark quantities and wood quality .
RESULTS
More accurate and cost effective solution than any other methods
The margin for error is less than 3%, with measurement accuracy coming in at 97-98%. By way of comparison, counting by hand registers an accuracy rate of 85-95%, and laser frames clock in at 90-95%.