ROMI-3: Rough-Mill Simulator Version 3.0: User's Guide

Joel M. Weiss; Ed Thomas; R. Edward Thomas

doi:10.2737/NE-GTR-328

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ROMI-3: Rough-Mill Simulator Version 3.0: User's Guide

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Authors:

Joel M. Weiss, Ed Thomas, R. Edward Thomas

Year:

2005

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/NE-GTR-328

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-328. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 75 p.

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Abstract

ROMI-3 Rough-Mill Simulator is a software package that simulates current industrial practices for rip-first and chop-first lumber processing. This guide shows the user how to set up and examine the results of simulations of current or proposed mill practices. ROMI-3 accepts cutting bills with as many as 600 combined solid and/or panel part sizes. Plots of processed boards are easily viewed or printed, as are detailed summaries of processing data (number of rips and crosscuts) and yields for each grade.

Keywords

gang-rip-first, chop-first, lumber processing, secondary processing, computer simulation

Citation

Weiss, Joel M.; Thomas, R. Edward. 2005. ROMI-3: Rough-Mill Simulator Version 3.0: User''s Guide. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-328. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 75 p.