BoardHound

The revolutionary BoardHound™ system reliably tracks board information from your planer/edger to your trimmer. It does this by applying a series of invisible fluorescent marks on the wood at speeds up to 3000 fpm as it travels through the sensing equipment. BoardHound then reads the marks back off the wood at the trimmer infeed and correlates the original measurement with the board. BoardHound is capable of tracking all manner of data such as detailed stress information and moisture. Since each mark defines a record number, not the actual data, there is no practical limit to the amount of information that can be tracked with each board. The type of data that can be tracked: stress, moisture, thickness/width, optimizer solutions. If you can measure it, BoardHound can track it!

With our focus on the industry and technology expertise, Concept Systems is the automation leader in the Wood Products Industry. Our expertise is in identifying machine center deficiencies and developing automation systems that increase efficiency, improve quality, increase safety, and/or increase production with a rapid payback. Concept Systems provides improved controls on your most critical machine centers, including headrig carriages, log merchandisers, gangs, edgers, and trimmer/sorters, to name just a few. These improvements are recognized by applying our extensive experience in PLC, HMI, process control, Information Systems (IS), along with our expertise in motion control, robotics, CNC programing, 3D laser scanning, machine vision, and high-speed printing and labeling. Let us start helping you maximize your recovery.

The partnerships we have with industry leaders like Rockwell Automation / Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Wonderware, FANUC, Delta Tau, SICK and Cognex allow you to leverage the benefits we receive when you partner with us.