Panel Utilization Management

Schelling America, Inc. introduced XBOB, the latest innovation in panel utilization management systems. XBOB incorporates Schelling’s High Performance Optimization (HPO) software, an innovative off-piece storage rack and hard copy labels, to enable you to achieve 100% cutting yield.

As a panel is cut to size, XBOB calculates the dimensions of the unused portion of that panel and assigns a number to the off-piece. This number coincides with predetermined location numbers on the XBOB storage rack. A label is generated and affixed to the off-piece which is then placed in the appropriate slot of the storage rack. This information is simultaneously transferred to the Schelling HPO software and XBOB informs it that the offal part is now available for cutting.

Communication between the saw and HPO is accomplished via a Windows network; thus, all data is available in real time both at the saw and in the office. As future cutting patterns are generated, the HPO scans the data on all offal pieces, evaluates the utilization efficiency of each and when appropriate displays that part storage location number so that the operator can retrieve and cut the piece. In short, offal pieces are never lost or wasted but are instead utilized to their greatest potential with the end result being virtually 100% panel yield.

For more information, contact Andreas Schwarz, Schelling America, Inc., P.O. Box 80367, Raleigh, NC 27623, 919-544-0430, Fax: 919-544-0920, E-mail: aschwarz@schelling.com, Web: www.schelling.com.