FDMC Magazine

Increasing yields in the rough mill

Q: In order to increase yields in the rough mill with a rip first operation, we have asked our people that mark the strips for our automatic chop saws to mark as close to the knots as possible. Indeed, this increased yield, but the grain around the knots was especially hard to glue and with the yield emphasis, we are getting more of this rough grain. The bottom line is that we have increased our gluing failures. We want to confirm our observations. Does this make sense to you?