±0.05 mm precision, 350+ measurements per meter: how Tilo made quality visible
The Austrian flooring manufacturer transforms quality control from a bottleneck into a competitive advantage with automated measuring technology.
Tilo GmbH
Tilo has been producing premium wooden floors, stairs, and skirting boards in Lohnsburg, Upper Austria since 1950. It is a family company with a simple conviction: that quality you can't see is still quality you need to guarantee. Every top layer that leaves the factory must meet precise dimension specifications – consistently and in high volumes.
Previously: Hands. Eyes. Gut feeling.
For decades, top layer quality control meant manual measurements.
The pain points
Manual measurement could not guarantee consistent accuracy across thousands of top layers in widths of 140–260 mm and thicknesses of 2.2–4 mm.
Every sorting operation required a physical handling step, which took time, labor, and created scope for human errors.
The solution: mechanical top layer measurement system
The WINTERSTEIGER system doesn't just measure more quickly. It also measures smarter by combining mechanical precision with intelligent classification.
Summary
The quality at Tilo hasn't changed – it was always excellent. What has changed is the ability to prove it consistently, quickly, and without human variations. In every top layer there is more potential than a manual check can reliably reveal. When quality control becomes the invisible infrastructure, production flows (and the value that has always been there) become visible.
±0.05 mm at 40 m/min
Every measurement track provides 350+ data points per meter at full production speed.
Intelligent knothole detection
The smart system detects natural wood features and knows they are not defects, eliminating false positives.
Automatic classification
Operators define quality categories once. The machine assigns each top layer in real time with no manual sorting step.
Color marking
Optional color coding enables immediate visual sorting in the downstream area.
“Direct category assignment means one less step – and, as a result, greater efficiency in production.”
Operations Technician, Tilo GmbH
Where in your quality control is human variance costing you the most?
Talk to us about automated measuring technology and category sorting for top layer production.