SBC Firemaster Ltd.

$220,000.00 CAD

≈ 3 Canadians' average pay for a year
Department
National Research Council Canada
Program
Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
Recipient country
Canada
Fiscal year
2018-2019
Agreement period
April 1, 2018 – March 31, 2020
Reference
nrc-cnrc:172-2018-2019-Q1-905835

Published purpose

By adopting common sawmill based technologies such as photocell, PLC or PC, encoder and/or laser range finder technology, this project will enable dangerous, inefficient, wasteful existing industrial firewood processors to become safe, efficient, and less dependent on an operator and will utilize each log to its best possible use. This project will leverage technology to bring modernization to the firewood processing industry.

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