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Lineal-Edger Scanning in a Tight Space
Our Recommendation
 


For lineal-edger applications, we recommend using the JS-20 SX. This standard-range scanner provides lineal scanning of boards, cants and small to medium-sized logs.

 

 
  Product Specs  
       
  Max Resolution: +/- 0.025”  
 
 
  Max Scan Rate: 275 profiles/sec.  
 
 
  Depth of View: 20” to 60”  
 
 
  Field of View:  30” @ 60”  
       

You want to go lineal. You want the low maintenance and high accuracy that only lineal scanning can give. But you just don't think you have enough space. Well, it's time to reconsider, because JoeScan makes lineal scanning possible – not to mention easy and affordable – even for short-coupled infeeds.

How it Works

By having multiple scan zones, each responsible for scanning just a portion of the board, you can get a full lineal scan with as little as one foot of travel. We know, because we've installed systems that do just that. Our scanners offer the flexibility to match the number of scan zones to your space and budget requirement. And only JoeScan delivers the proven reliability and ease of use of the JS-20 scan head.

Diagram showing each scan zone covers a portion of the board, allowing the entire board to be scanned in just a few feet of travel.

The Original Lineal Scanner

JoeScan helped pioneer lineal scanning. Over the past four years, we've been hard at work delivering the best scanning for lineal systems. By focusing on the specific needs of sawmills, we've been able to deliver more of what customers want, while still remaining remarkably affordable.

State-of-the-Art and Simple? Yes and Yes.

No doubt your sawmill wants the best technology. But technology that doesn't solve real problems is just needless complexity. That's why we combine leading-edge technology with real-world simplicity in the JS-20 scan head.

Needless Complexity

JoeScan Simplicity

Custom hubs, cables and computer cards

Off-the-shelf Ethernet switches and cables

"No hot swap" warning stickers

Hot-swap day or night with no fear

Fiber-optic cable

Standard copper conductor cable

A multi-zone scanner on a combo board and cant edger scans the entire board in less space.

 

The JoeScan scanners on our TMT edger are very reliable - they operate consistently every day with little upkeep. They're so reliable that sometimes we overlook routine maintenance on them. They're sort of like a Timex watch: they take a licking but keep on ticking.  -- Bruce Duncan, Kane Hardwood