When processing wood products for maximum value recovery, every cut counts. Ruggedly built chroma+scan 3D scanners provide your saw or planer mill with accurate, reliable data at production speed to optimize log and board breakdown decisions.
Profile lumber for size and shape, build high-resolution color images to enable defect inspection, and conduct full tracheid measurement for improved knot detection. No other wood scanning solution offers all three of these abilities in one device.
Equipment that operates in mills must be durable and tough. chroma+scan 3D sensors are designed to bolt onto your scan frames and get down to work, even in the dust and dirt that comes with the territory.
All chroma+scan sensors include:
chroma+scan offers faster scan rates, superior dynamic range, rapid color profiling, full tracheid measurement for knot detection, and improved reliability and repeatability for maximum value recovery.
The chroma+scan 2400 series is ideal for delivering 3D shape of logs at fast scan rates with a wide dynamic range capable of handling black material (e.g. wet logs) in the challenging lighting conditions typical of sawmills.
When chroma+scan 3000 sensors are mounted in the same opposing plane, they provide true differential lumber thickness profiling without being affected by chain vibration or board bounce. Plus, LMI’s scalable scanning platform integrates multiple sensors into one 3D scanning system, which can deliver real-time data via Gigabit Ethernet.
Get all the same functionality of the chroma+scan 3155 for profile scanning in transverse applications, with the additional capability to detect tracheid effect. The chroma+scan 3250 scans tracheid cells in the wood fibre at 500 Hz, measuring for magnitude and direction (a dot vector). The data collected is used to rapidly identify areas of good versus defective wood.
The chroma+scan 3350 sensor combines high-density 3D profiles with sub-millimeter 2D color imaging at high scan rates for impressive lumber surface characteristic recognition. The result? The highest value recovery from every cut. Designed for true coplanar scanning in transverse applications, the 3350 delivers excellent data accuracy.