HALCO Software Systems Ltd. software

To help achieve the best performance many mills develop bucking rules for the cut-off saw operators. These rules are often in the form of a list, with the desired bucked lengths for different input lengths and diameters. Specification of these rules is a difficult exercise, as one tries to maximize value, recovery, and produce an acceptable product, particularly length, mix. BUCKPRO™ will help determine the optimum bucking "policy", or rules, for the mill.

LOGSIM is a comprehensive log-making simulation program. Typically, the log products have grades which depend on log diameter and length, the extent of defects such as knots, scars, and on form characteristics such as sweep.

CTL-SIM is a comprehensive simulation program that allows accurate modeling of cut-to-length harvesting operations. By simulating accurately the cutting decisions of mechanical harvesters, improved harvest planning and equipment set-up decisions can be made. Different bucking rules can be applied depending on stem quality, for example to consider production of veneer peelers from high-quality stems. If cruiser-called grades are included in timber cruise information, the stem quality can be referenced directly. In cases where cruise data includes only general quality indicators, fractional yields of different stem qualities can be assumed.

WOODSIM is a comprehensive program that simulates log-supply operations, from standing trees or long logs, through to bucked logs ready for sawing, peeling, chipping, or other manufacturing operations.

PANELSIMis HALCO`s general name for a linear programming (LP) optimization model that may incorporate models of veneer, plywood, LVL, OSB, I-Joist, and stud operations. Any number of mills may be modeled either independently or together. An LP model resolves the trade-offs between yield, material flow, and manufacturing and material costs resulting from each operating alternative, to determine the operating plan that truly maximizes profit.