56 | Feature: Kallfass


SUMMARY


■Åsljunga Pallen is one of the largest pallet manufacturers in Sweden


■Sorting the side goods was a production bottleneck


■The company also expanded its sawing line with a resawing machine from EWD


■The new sorting and stacking line is expected to boost performance by at least 20%


UTILISED DOWN TO THE LAST MILLIMETRE


When Swedish company Åsljunga Pallen invested in a new sorting system and stacking line in order to increase the sawmill’s output and level of automation, Kallfass was chosen as the supplier, writes Martina Nöstler of Holzkurier


Åsljunga Pallen from Örkelljunga in southern Sweden specialises in the manufacture of pallets and packaging goods, producing around 7,500 pallets a day. The sawn timber required for this comes from its own sawmill and around 60,000m3


of sawn


timber is produced there every year, 99% of which is processed in-house. “This makes us one of the largest pallet manufacturers in Sweden,” said Stefan Nilsson, owner and managing director of Åsljunga Pallen, adding that the pallets are sold to customers in Sweden and Denmark within a radius of around 300 kilometres.


BEST SOLUTION OFFERED


Sorting the side goods was the bottleneck in production.


“The quality control was done manually – that was very time-consuming,” said Oscar Elzén, production manager at Åsljunga Pallen. For this reason, the decision was made to invest in a new sorting and stacking line from Kallfass, Baiersbronn-Klosterreichenbach/ DE. As part of these conversion measures, the company also expanded its sawing line


Above: Feeding the side material to the wane scanner IMAGES: KALLFASS TTJ | September/October 2024 | www.ttjonline.com


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