Wood Product Manufacturer Saw Glue Line Automation

OvrX Manufacturing为建筑市场生产独特的工程木材产品。OvrX“Barricade”系列产品用于屋顶、底层地板和墙壁护套的隔热。这些产品采用可再生木材资源，可从附近的定向刨花板厂获得，需求稳定增长。生产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，专为OvrX设计。如目前实施的，锯胶线继电器逻辑产生大量不容易返工的缺陷产品，从而推高了生产成本。通过设计和实施基于PLC的数字逻辑控制系统来改进机器单元，将生产出更均匀的产品，并允许重新配置以制造新的墙壁和屋顶覆板产品。用于实现升级的基础技术本身在制造业中并不独特，但鉴于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%降至0.5%，并将生产损失率从目前的160分钟/月降至40分钟/月。公司的预期收益来自于以较低成本提高产品质量、提供新产品以及增加制造设施产量的潜力。鉴于这三个属性，该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至8个新的就业机会。

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.