Nothing Runs Like A … Gilbert?

Anyone who runs a Gilbert planer knows that when they are dialed in, there is no other system like it on the planet. Production output, feed rates, and quality are essentially unmatched.

But with advancements in feed rates comes the inevitable - heat, friction, and strict maintenance schedules. If your team isn't on top of maintenance with these highly advanced machines, breakdowns and equipment failures are all but guaranteed.

A Paradigm Shift in Running Your Planer

There's a new way to run a planer and that's with AVIAN's planer monitoring system. AVIAN monitors Gilbert planers all around the world, with customers like Sierra Pacific Industries, Mercer Timber, Mission Forest Products, and many others. The AVIAN system offers analytics that help you identify anomalies in temperatures BEFORE failure. Our predictive maintenance algorithms and 24/7 monitoring team ensure that you stay producing.

Using the infrared feeds from the cameras, you can adjust the settings of your planer to optimize for feed rates, roll pressures, and even know how often to replace the cutting heads.

With full PLC integration, its easy to trigger emergency shutdowns in the event of a fire or catastrophic failure. For example, in this blog post, we caught a huge fire and triggered a shutdown without any human interaction. Without our system, that multi-million dollar investment in their new Gilbert could have literally gone up in smoke.

Our system reacts instantly and records every incident for analysis including temperature data, thermal videos, and RGB videos since each one of our cameras has both a thermal and visible light sensor!

It Pays For Itself In 90 Days

Across our customer base, we see that customers who install our Planer Package typically see a return on investment in only 90 days!

Try out our downtime calculator today to see how much you could be saving with AVIAN.

And check out our case studies to read testimonials from clients like Charles Ingram Lumber Company, Maple Rapids Lumber, Sierra Pacific Industries, Mercer Timber, and many others across the globe.

Thanks for reading
Drew Hanover
CTO & Co-Founder