Success Story

MES for the first cross-laminated timber plant in Upper Austria

Timber

Customer
LOC Holz GmbH
Location
Austria
Implemented solutions
OneBase®MES

As a system provider, ABF GmbH supplies a complete package of software products from OneBase®WORLD, individual software development, project management and commissioning for the ultra-modern cross laminated timber plant at LOC Holz.

The following functions were provided by ABF for the cross laminated timber panel production of LOC timber:

  • The planned production orders are received from a higher-level industry ERP system.
  • This is used to calculate the raw material requirements for the raw panels to be produced, taking into account the minimum stock levels.
  • The production orders, including raw material requirements, panel structure, press fillings and processing programs, are then sent to the systems in the individual production areas at the right time:
    • Cross-cutting and sorting system with Golden Eye for recognizing wood properties and quality.
    • Short finger joint for the production of cross-layer production in the panel
    • Long finger joint for the production of longitudinal layers
    • High-frequency press for producing the CLT panel
    • CNC joinery machine to cut out the required components from the panels
Cross-cut and sorting system

The cross-cut and sorting system produces quality-sorted packs which, like the lamella packs, are stored at the long finger joint using stacker orders from the ABF system.
Before these packs are fed to the production line, the production batch / press fillings are rearranged to optimize the production sequence in order to minimize set-up processes. The previously stored packs are optimized and requested accordingly and transferred to the two finger joints to form the respective longitudinal and cross layers.
The layers are layered to form the press cake and pressed into a panel in the high-frequency press.

The following functions were implemented for this purpose:

  • The technical data generation of the raw panels
  • Assessment of the raw panels (good or reject)
  • Recording the data of the press order
  • Display of information for further processing (turning, grinding, …)
  • Label printing for the raw panel
  • Feedback to the ERP system

The raw panel is finalized on the CNC machine during the panel machining process, known as joinery. The MES supports the process execution with the following functions:

The processing sequence is defined in an operator dialog with processing information and status (e.g. turning, blocking, rejects).
The raw panels waiting to be processed are displayed in the warehouse so that they can be transported to the joinery machine by crane.
After processing, labelling is initiated and the warehouse booking of the panel and components is reported to the ERP system.

The process statuses of the various production areas are visualized for the operator throughout the entire production process.
Production-specific evaluations are available for plant operators and shift supervisors. Transparency and traceability thus contribute to increased quality and productivity.
The current production progress, as well as the production status and stock movements, are continuously transmitted from the ABF control system to the ERP system.

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Manufacturing execution system for the first CLT plant in Upper Austria


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