Veneer Lathe XY Scanner 3D

Overview

The Altec XY Scanner 3D is a high performance, cost effective drop-in replacement solution for upgrading existing XY scanning and geometric positioning systems on veneer lathes. The system can be configured with up to 64 laser displacement sensors from LMI Technologies, providing superior round-up complete and carriage retract solutions, which yield both increased recovery and production over conventional scanning and geometric positioning systems. The system is fully configurable to handle a wide range of block lengths and diameters.

The new Altec XY Scanner 3D is modular, scalable and easy to use. The system comes with a self-contained Laser Housing and an XY Computer enclosure that can be easily retrofitted into existing lathe charger systems.. Average installation time for the system has been only 72 hours. The Laser Housing provides indexed mounting positions for up to 64 laser displacement sensors. Adding and servicing sensors on the system is as easy as plug-and play. The end-user is provided with the option of starting with any number of sensors and upgrading to 64 sensors at a later date. Fully integrated alarming, system diagnostics, optional motion control and reporting provide for ease-of-use, maintainability and reduced down time.

The system comes with or without integrated RMC100 Motion Controllers from Delta Computer Systems. The Delta RMC100 Motion Controller is a complete off-the-shelf multi-axis positioning control system. Its ease-of-use, high degree of configurability and excellent diagnostics have made it a standard at many veneer manufacturing facilities.

	Up to 64 high-performance lasers
	Sophisticated signal processing algorithms to handle adverse effects of steam, dark color, bark and knots
	Configurable recovery parameters for both strip and sheets of less than full width
	Real-time display of original and optimized block orientation
	Real-time display of predicted "ribbon"
	Accurate carriage retract and round-up complete positions
	Delta RMC100 motion controllers
	PLC interfaces include Allen-Bradley DH+, Modbus, Profibus-DP and Ethernet
	Integrated Microsoft Access™ database for ease of interfacing to plant MIS for reporting
	Integrated historical data analysis
	Full laser and system diagnostics
	User security password protection.

For further information contact Altec at 604.529.1991