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Burton Mill Solutions is proud to support our industry with our Saw Filer Vocational Training program. We offer results focused training leveraging both proven, traditional approaches and skills to optimize modern technologies at our state of the art training facility in Florence, SC USA. Our intense 3-day classes are available to employees of our customers and had been proven to empower those employees with actionable skills they can bring to your mill and deliver payback on your investment. Classes are taught by our staff and includes our Regional Cutting Tool Specialist, the technicians who are available to customers for on-site technical support and blade design.

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OPTIMAL FILING PROCEDURES

Objective

Implement personalized filing procedures specific to your plant’s planning and requirements with a view to optimizing production.

Benefits of Training:

  • Implement the best procedures for grinding and retipping saws.
  • Refine methods for regenerating cutting edges
  • Improve quality control of sharpness based on rigorous standards
  • Improve saw management system in your mill
  • Develop tools and mechanisms that provide a rapid diagnosis during unscheduled downtime
  • Enable the filing room head filer to certify that work is being done according to the established standards
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LEVELLING AND TENSIONING

Goal

Establish consistent leveling and tensioning techniques throughout the sawmill.

Benefits of Training:

  • Implement best leveling and tensioning practices
  • Adequately balance blade tension and understand how to avoid over-tensioning
  • Precisely locate leveling problems and anticipate correction impacts
  • Monitor blade condition and detect stress limits in order to prevent breakage leading to unscheduled shutdowns
  • Implement appropriate mechanisms to continuously monitor practices
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CUTTING TOOL MANAGEMENT

Goal

Optimize management and handling procedures for saw blades and maintenance equipment.

Benefits of Training:

  • Develop quality control procedures for saw management
  • Improve and standardize saw handling operations across departments
  • Facilitate monitoring to easily trace the blade’s history (use, events, etc.)
  • Clarify the trigger criteria for blade retipping or replacement.
  • Develop a better management system for the saw environment and for lubricants and abrasives
  • Maintain or refine periodic inspections of the filing room equipment
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