Shine Composing Solutions: Where Every Millimeter Creates Maximum Value

Every millimeter of raw material counts in the veneer and plywood market. Shine’s advanced composing family is designed to maximize recovery while minimizing waste and manual labor. With innovative technologies ranging from core and green to face composing, Shine is setting new benchmarks for quality, productivity, and cost efficiency.

Advanced Composing Technologies for Optimal Recovery

Shine offers a range of composers to meet diverse production needs. Its core veneer composers employ modern, camera-controlled defect clipping, allowing operators to adjust the balance between quality and recovery. This approach preserves valuable raw materials while maintaining high quality.

Meanwhile, its green veneer composites, including both green and green/dry models, increase total veneer volume by automatically integrating green randoms into plywood production. By processing full sheets in the drying and layup, these systems achieve higher efficiency and reduce labor, leading to improved energy utilization.

The face veneer composer enhances production by achieving up to 20% higher veneer sheet recovery compared to traditional methods, which lack face composing altogether. It also enables the production of larger panels beyond the maximum veneer size available on the clipping line. Its innovative defect clipping process creates “invisible” butt joints that are ideal for high-quality plywood overlay and meet stringent liquefied natural gas (LNG) proofing requirements.

Expanding Raw Material Utilization

Shine’s composing solutions optimize raw material usage through several key innovations:

• Superior Defect Detection: Advanced veneer visual analyzers, such as the S7-Composing with AI or S5-Composing systems with optional luminescence sensors, ensure precise clipping that preserves potential face-grade sheets.

• Negative Clipping Margin: By adopting a negative clipping margin (e.g., –10 mm instead of the conventional +5 mm), clipping waste is significantly reduced, resulting in substantial yield improvement.

• Automated Feeding Systems: The patented random feeder concept is designed for both green and dry veneers, handling various wood species and thicknesses efficiently.

These innovations combine to reduce the cost of raw materials – a significant expense in LVL and veneer production – while improving overall process efficiency.

Driving Efficiency with High Automation

Shine’s systems are built for modern mills where automation is key. Fully automatic composing lines, supported by machine vision and user-friendly interfaces, enable one operator to manage multiple lines with minimal intervention.

Pre-set programs and multilingual interfaces ensure production flexibility and consistent quality across different plywood grades. Additionally, the integration of scanning and AI solutions further refines defect detection, leading to improved labor utilization and increased throughput.

In comparative visuals, the same veneer sheet analyzed with a conventional system versus Shine’s AI-enhanced system demonstrates clear advancement. While the older system may miss or misclassify defects such as bark or sound knots, Shine’s AI accurately outlines and identifies every imperfection—ensuring precise clipping and optimal sheet quality. For a detailed case example, explore how industry leaders have partnered with Shine to modernize decades-old composing lines and achieve transformative results.

Lower Production Costs & Superior End Products

By improving raw material recovery and ensuring tighter joints, Shine’s composing technologies help lower production costs while delivering superior end products. This cost-saving advantage makes Shine's solutions a strategic investment for any mill.

The advanced systems produce stronger, high-quality veneer sheets suitable for a wide range of applications, including specialized panels for LNG plywood production and custom plywood grades.

Whether processing veneers from 4ft to 8ft or accommodating various wood species on a single line, Shine’s scalable solutions are designed to adapt to diverse production needs—providing reliability and confidence to industry decision-makers.

Unmatched Support for Peak Performance

Shine’s commitment extends beyond cutting-edge technology to ensure long-term operational success for its customers. With high-quality components, real-time monitoring through MillSIGHTS data collection, continuous improvement driven by actual performance data, and a proactive maintenance network, mills can achieve maximum uptime and efficiency. Local service teams, readily available spare parts, and comprehensive training programs empower mills to sustain peak performance with confidence.

Through an integrated customer portal and digital support services, Shine remains a trusted partner in continuous process optimization. Its advanced defect detection, automated random feeding, and AI-driven solutions are revolutionizing production processes, enabling mills worldwide to maximize material recovery and enhance product quality.

Shine’s innovative composing solutions represent the future of veneer production—where every sheet matters and quality is never compromised. By choosing Shine, you're not just investing in a solution; you're investing in the future of your production process.