Wood Product Manufacturer Saw Glue Line Automation

OvrX制造为建筑市场生产独特的工程木制品。OvrX“Barricade”系列产品用于绝缘屋顶，地下地板和墙壁护套。采用可再生木材资源，可从附近的定向刨花板厂，这些产品正在看到稳定和不断增长的需求。制造过程的一个组成部分是锯胶线，这是一种独特的机器单元配置，专门为OvrX设计。目前实施的锯胶线继电器逻辑产生了大量不易返工的次品，提高了生产成本。通过设计和实现基于PLC的数字逻辑控制系统对机器单元进行改进，将生产更均匀的产品，并允许重新配置以生产新的墙壁和屋顶护套产品。用于升级的基础技术本身在制造业中并不独特，但考虑到锯胶线配置的特殊性，定制系统的设计和实施需要OvrX或该地区商业公司无法提供的专业知识。拟议的项目将包括由学院（与OvrX合作）设计和实施数字逻辑控制系统，旨在将缺陷率从1.5%降低到0.5%，并将生产损失从目前的160分钟/月降低到40分钟/月。对公司的预期收益来自于以更低的成本提高产品质量、提供新产品以及增加生产设施容量的潜力。考虑到这3个特点，公司将能够创造可持续的就业机会，并实现增长和扩张，预计将创造5到8个新工作岗位。

OvrX Manufacturing produces a unique engineered wood product for the building construction market. The OvrX "Barricade" family of products are used to insulate roofs, sub-flooring and wall sheathing. Employing renewable wood resources available from a nearby oriented strand board mill, these products are seeing a steady and growing demand. One component of the manufacturing process is the saw glue line, a unique machine cell configuration, designed specifically for OvrX. As currently implemented, the saw-glue-line relay logic produces a large amount of defective product which is not easily reworked, driving up production costs. Improvement of the machine cell by designing and implementing a PLC based digital logic control system will produce more uniform product and allow reconfiguration to manufacture new wall and roof sheathing products. The base technology used to enable the upgrade itself is not unique in manufacturing, but given the specialty nature of the saw glue line configuration, the design and implementation of the custom system requires expertise not available within OvrX or in commercial companies in the region. The proposed project will consist of the design and implementation by the college (in partnership with OvrX) of a digital logic control system, with the intent to reduce defect rate from 1.5% to 0.5%, and lost production from a current rate of 160 minutes/month to 40 minutes/month. The expected benefits to the company result from a combination of enhanced quality of products at lower cost, new product offerings, and potential for increased volume in the manufacturing facility. Given these 3 attributes, the company will be in a position to create sustainable employment and to entertain growth and expansion, expecting to create between 5 and 8 new jobs.