Lumber Scanning

Woodeye

Most trusted multi-sensor quality scanner for hardwood

Woodeye recognizes wood defects reliably and accurately in order to automate, streamline and optimize your production. The grading and optimization software considers customer specific grading, chopping and sorting rules to increase yield and final product quality.

Customer benefits

Significant recovery increase thanks to precise defect detection powered by MiCROTEC Ai
Improved value yield and quick return on investment
Best-in-class optimization for furniture and window components
30+ years of experience for hardwood applications
Smart housing design for low maintenance and long-term life

Flawless Performance

With cameras and sensors from all four sides, the Woodeye scanner creates a complete image of the material and its qualities. The system makes decisions on cutting, grading and sorting in a matter of milliseconds, with unprecedented accuracy and consistency.

Unbeatable detection

Our system spots every imperfection and attribute so that the customer can set up the qualities and characteristics in their products as they desire. Whether you want to focus on durability flaws or aesthetic deficiencies, our software will meet your specific needs and level of quality.

Powered by MiCROTEC Ai

Artificial Intelligence (Deep Learning AI) is integrated into all quality scanners from log to finished board. The AI knowledge of all MiCROTEC companies is merged into the MiCROTEC Ai platform, raising the possibilities of Deep Learning AI in the wood industry to a completely new level.

Award winning design

MiCROTEC has been proclaimed as one of the winners of the iF DESIGN AWARD 2022 for the Industry Sector. Their design represents a concentration of sophisticated high technology that allows quickly collecting thousands of images of the scanned boards. The shape of the Goldeneye and Woodeye scanners represents iconographically a big electronic eye.

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Technology

3D Laser
Scattering Laser
Color
X-ray
MiCROTEC Ai

Technical Data

Width up to 350 mm (13.7")
Thickness up to 180 mm (7.09")
Speed up to 300 m/min (1000FPM)

Applications

Sorting
Trimming
Cross-cutting

Features

Re-rip optimization
Molding optimization
MiCROTEC Connect

Options

Simulation suite
Synchronization suite
Moisture profile
Warp profile
Annual ring orientation

Customer Quote

When the decision to invest was made, it was clear to us from the start that we would work with MiCROTEC again, because we have been 100% satisfied over all these years.

Hohmann Holzindustrie, Germany

Woodeye Models

Woodeye 301

Laser
Color
X-Ray
Speed up to 150 m/min (500FPM)
Sorting, Cross-cutting

Woodeye 302

Laser
Color
X-Ray
Speed up to 150 m/min (500FPM)
Sorting, Cross-cutting

Woodeye 501

Laser
Color
X-Ray
Speed up to 300 m/min (1000FPM)
Sorting, Cross-cutting

Woodeye 502

Laser
Color
X-Ray
Speed up to 300 m/min (1000FPM)
Sorting, Cross-cutting

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Products references

Woodeye Crosscut: Hohmann Holzindustrie 100% satisfied

Hohmann Holzindustrie from Geisa/DE has particularly high demands when it comes to the automatic detection of defects. The Thuringian company therefore needs a reliable partner in the field of scanner technology and has repeatedly opted for MiCROTEC's Woodeye scanners.