Customer testimonials

Industrial teams using AVIAN to catch heat earlier

Operators, maintenance leaders, and plant managers share how continuous thermal monitoring helps them prevent fire risk, reduce downtime, and respond before abnormal heat escalates.

“We’ve already prevented a fire”

While processing beetle-damaged wood, a splinter got stuck. The early warning triggered by the temperature increase enabled timely intervention and prevented an open flame.

“How AVIAN Thermal Cameras Prevent Planer Mill Fires”
Denny Friedrich
Denny FriedrichMercer Timber ProductsDeputy Plant Manager
“I can be anywhere in the mill, or even sitting at home”

I can be anywhere in the mill, or even sitting at home and get an alert from AVIAN and I know it’s time to act immediately.

“Condition-Based Thermal Monitoring at Sierra Pacific Mills”
John Brummel
John BrummelSierra Pacific IndustriesMaintenance Superintendent
“They represent a significant advance in fire protection”

The cameras give me peace of mind about the protection of my business. I can highly recommend AVIAN — the service and support during installation and operation is excellent.

Peter Wanner
Peter WannerWanner HolzCEO
“I’d argue it’s probably one of the best technologies as far as fire safety is concerned”

We had a gearbox that was overheating in our dust shed. Thanks to the alerts from AVIAN, we changed the oil in the gearbox and brought it back under normal operating conditions.

“From Pilot to Prevention: How Chinook Wood Products Uses AVIAN”
Peter Rempel
Peter RempelChinook Wood ProductsCOO
“Motors and drives that are operating at their performance limits have been identified”

The 24/7 monitoring, simple installation, continuous further development and the learning process of the system have completely convinced us!

“How AVIAN helped Sawmill Rosenbaum avert catastrophic damage”
Lothar Rosenbaum
Lothar RosenbaumAnton Rosenbaum HolzbauCEO
“We can now adjust our machines in real time—without shutting them down”

Temperature changes become immediately visible with the AVIAN system, allowing us to react without delay. This kind of predictive maintenance greatly increases technical availability.

Johann Zingl
Johann ZinglRubner HolzindustrieProduction Manager
“AVIAN gives us a new kind of security”

We can send our employees home at the end of their shift with peace of mind, because we know that the critical areas in our company are reliably monitored.

“How Schilliger Holz and Blumer Lehmann Restored Peace of Mind”
Valentin Niedermann
Valentin NiedermannBlumer LehmannHead of Technology
“Every planer mill should have an AVIAN system”

I can’t think of a reason why anyone wouldn’t want to install it.

“Why Charles Ingram Says Planer Mills Need AVIAN”
Jim Anderson
Jim AndersonCharles Ingram LumberVice President