Sawing Simulator “SAWMILL” v3.0

Sawmill is powerful tool for professionals in sawmills and/or timber sales organisations or even for portable sawmill owner, who are daily responsible of making quick decisions about product portfolio. With just couple of clicks users be able to create and simulate complex sawing patterns and evaluate the existing or new products potential profitability.

Simulation results:

• Needed log diameter for created sawing pattern
• Yield (sawn timber, sawdust, chips, bark)
• Needed log volume to produce 1m3 sawn timber
• Financial results on 1m3 production EBIT, EBITDA & ROCE level
• Log “Ability to pay”, Centerboard “Break even”, NET rawmaterial price
• Square-edge optimization for side boards
• “Suggest” feature to find the best center cutting

Some of other program settings:

• Sawing patterns with 8 centerboards + 8 sideboards
• Unlimited number of profiles (spieces) and dimensions
• Log Diameters from 10mm up to 600mm
• Log Lengths 2800 - 6100mm
• 6 timber qualities with prices
• Automatic sawing size calculations based on shrinkage
• Possibility to save, load and print patterns (with print preview)
• Multi-language interface + translation option
• Possibility to make quick comparison of 5 patterns

Some of the user adjustable variables:

• Log, timber and by-product (sawdust, chips, bark) prices
• Log length-module adjustment
• Production (fixed + variable) & amortization costs
• Monthly production volume and capital employed / 1m3
• Sawblade thicknesses, trimm-off lengths
• By-product (chips, sawdust, bark) coefficients
• Log volume calculation coefficient
• Built in unit converter (US system etc.)

WHY SAWMILL?