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Areas of Focus
Improvement in production and engineering availability
Improvement in product quality
Improvement in throughput
Reduce operating cost per ton
Reduce environmental impact
Eliminate safety hazards
Design for maintainability
Reduce inventory costs through standardisation
Optimisation example - Sectional layout of a jackladder unscrambler
The optimisation involved the following:
Replacement of unscrambler deck
Redesign of jackladder chain, and log lifter attachments
Redesign of drive sprockets and head shaft
Redesign of tail end pulleys and structure
Redesign of feed chute from loading deck
Complete redesign of waste bark handling conveyors
Production improvement 31%
Cost per ton decreased by 18%