EVORIS enables wood-based panel manufacturers to digitalize their production—plant-wide and independent of make and manufacturer. With the help of artificial intelligence (AI), EVORIS apps support continuous monitoring, prediction and optimization of production processes. Comprehensive analyses of live data help plant operators better understand their plants and make important decisions more quickly. The results are higher plant availability, optimized board quality, fewer rejects, reduced use of wood, glue and other expensive raw materials, lower production and energy costs, and fewer CO2 emissions.
Pilot customer and development partner Swiss Krono is a strong advocate for EVORIS. “In our particleboard plant in Menznau, EVORIS has delivered stunning results. Within nine months, the system was able to predict board quality reliably. Within a year, we were able to increase our productivity, substantially reduce glue consumption, avoid downtime and significantly improve the efficiency of the plant,” says Swiss Krono CEO Martin Brettenthaler. Consequently, Swiss Krono also commissioned DIEFFENBACHER to retrofit EVORIS for its existing MDF plant in Menznau.
CEBRO’s advanced plant engineering solutions, meanwhile, help customers create smart synergies within a plant. Intelligent heat recovery concepts, including reusing heat from the press and dryer exhaust air elsewhere in the production process, are just one of many ideas to reduce energy costs and emissions and increase profit.
To help manufacturers achieve operational excellence, CEBRO uses optimized processes and advanced technologies. Examples include a new forming station for particleboard production that improves board quality through increased spreading accuracy; the EVOsteam steam preheater, which increases capacity by up to 20%; and the new belt dryer, which is particularly sustainable thanks to its low thermal energy consumption. The use of low-calorific energy from waste heat also helps to save costs.
CEBRO also helps manufacturers find the right balance between economic and sustainability goals to build a better future for business and the environment. Wood recycling solutions, which help free manufacturers from dependence on fresh wood supplies, are one way that DIEFFENBACHER supports economic success and sustainability. Others include smart environmental and new energy-generation technologies that save costs, cut emissions and reduce a plant’s carbon footprint.
“Our holistic approach, based on the four pillars of EVORIS, advanced plant engineering, operational excellence and sustainability, makes a CEBRO plant a truly smart one that can help wood-based panel manufacturers accelerate their success,” says Sachin Pendharkar, Managing Director of DIEFFENBACHER India. “CEBRO isn’t just for new plants, either. It can be applied to existing plants and achieve outstanding results. For example, our optimization and modernization solutions can deliver significant wood and glue savings. This reduces production costs and gives manufacturers competitive advantages that cannot be underestimated,” Sachin Pendharkar continues.
Greenpanel Industries Ltd. and Greenlam South Limited have both recently ordered a CEBRO plant from DIEFFENBACHER. Commercial production at Greenlam’s new manufacturing facility in Andhra Pradesh is expected by the fourth quarter of financial year 2023-24. The start-up of Greenpanel’s new plant in Routhusuramala, also in Andhra Pradesh, is planned for summer 2024. Another new DIEFFENBACHER plant for Merino Industries Ltd. was recently successfully commissioned in Halol in the Indian state of Gujarat.
