Inline Strength Grading
mtgBATCH
Approved machine strength grading, without rebuilding the line.
mtgBATCH grades structural timber to EN 14081 on your existing cross conveyor, at up to 30 boards per minute, using the same approved settings as a full inline installation.
CE marking is not a function of mill size. A sawmill producing modest volumes faces the same regulatory requirement as one running three shifts, and until recently the equipment to satisfy it was scaled for the second and priced accordingly.
mtgBATCH exists to close that gap. It is a stop-and-go grading system that fits into a sorting line you already operate, and it produces an approved strength class for every board — measured, not estimated — with the same measurement principle and the same approved settings used at 180 boards per minute.
Why measurement beats appearance
Strength class is governed largely by stiffness, and stiffness has no visual signature. A grader can see a knot, judge slope of grain, and record wane; what cannot be seen is how stiff the board actually is. Visual grading infers strength from appearance, and everything lost in that inference shows up as sound timber placed a class below where it belongs.
A tighter method improves yield and reliability at the same time. More material reaches the class it deserves, and fewer under-strength pieces reach classes where they will be relied upon. A loose method errs in both directions.
mtgBATCH grades structural timber to EN 14081 on your existing cross conveyor, at up to 30 boards per minute, using the same approved settings as a full inline installation.
CE marking is not a function of mill size. A sawmill producing modest volumes faces the same regulatory requirement as one running three shifts, and until recently the equipment to satisfy it was scaled for the second and priced accordingly.
mtgBATCH exists to close that gap. It is a stop-and-go grading system that fits into a sorting line you already operate, and it produces an approved strength class for every board — measured, not estimated — with the same measurement principle and the same approved settings used at 180 boards per minute.
Why measurement beats appearance
Strength class is governed largely by stiffness, and stiffness has no visual signature. A grader can see a knot, judge slope of grain, and record wane; what cannot be seen is how stiff the board actually is. Visual grading infers strength from appearance, and everything lost in that inference shows up as sound timber placed a class below where it belongs.
A tighter method improves yield and reliability at the same time. More material reaches the class it deserves, and fewer under-strength pieces reach classes where they will be relied upon. A loose method errs in both directions.
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Configuration
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What you get for every board
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What the installation requires from you
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Specifications
mtgBATCH grades structural timber to EN 14081 on your existing cross conveyor, at up to 30 boards per minute, using the same approved settings as a full inline installation.
CE marking is not a function of mill size. A sawmill producing modest volumes faces the same regulatory requirement as one running three shifts, and until recently the equipment to satisfy it was scaled for the second and priced accordingly.
mtgBATCH exists to close that gap. It is a stop-and-go grading system that fits into a sorting line you already operate, and it produces an approved strength class for every board — measured, not estimated — with the same measurement principle and the same approved settings used at 180 boards per minute.
Why measurement beats appearance
Strength class is governed largely by stiffness, and stiffness has no visual signature. A grader can see a knot, judge slope of grain, and record wane; what cannot be seen is how stiff the board actually is. Visual grading infers strength from appearance, and everything lost in that inference shows up as sound timber placed a class below where it belongs.
A tighter method improves yield and reliability at the same time. More material reaches the class it deserves, and fewer under-strength pieces reach classes where they will be relied upon. A loose method errs in both directions.
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Configuration
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What you get for every board
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Approvals
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What the installation requires from you
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Specifications
Grading has to keep pace with a faster line?
mtgESCAN runs continuously at 60, 120 or 180 boards per minute. For grading timber away from a line — at purchase, in stock, or in the laboratory — see the handheld Timber Grader MTG. Approval scope by species and region is set out on our Approvals and Certifications page.
Grading has to keep pace with a faster line?
mtgESCAN runs continuously at 60, 120 or 180 boards per minute. For grading timber away from a line — at purchase, in stock, or in the laboratory — see the handheld Timber Grader MTG. Approval scope by species and region is set out on our Approvals and Certifications page.
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