Statistical approach to making decisions in manufacturing process of floorboard

Abstract

The study was conducted at a Polish company operating in the wood industry under the R&D project “Increasing the effectiveness of use of wood in manufacturing processes”, aimed at reducing raw material waste in the surface layer manufacturing process. Results of our studies on the improvement of the wet cutting technology are presented in this paper. Minimization of variability is the first step to reduce material consumption in the process of cutting wood into lamellas. Appropriate values of factors which significantly affect lamella thick ness after the cutting operation can be determined through real-life experiments. The methodology is to improve and/or reduce operational allowances and to redesign the tolerance and machine parameters/setting.