A blade comes in from the mill and we flag the teeth that need work; it heads back and we catch what didn't grind out. All tracked through each blade's life.
In production today at Trinity River Lumber Co., Weaverville, CA.
Tracking
Every blade, every tooth
A full history, grind after grind — how long blades last, how they wear and repair, and which to retire.
Speed
~40 seconds a blade
Analyze the blade, unload it, load another. And we're still improving speed.
Focus
Filer judgement, magnified
We show you the teeth that need a filer's judgement, and magnify them for you.
01 · The machine
Kavrik captures high-resolution imagery of every tooth, every blade, every scan. The platform fills two roles in the filing room — damage diagnostics on blades coming in from the mill, and Quality Control (QC) verification on blades going back out. Multi-machine deployments scale with your operation.
Where it fits
The optional laser etch on intake gives every blade a permanent ID — the foundation for full-lifetime, per-tooth tracking.
02 · Built for the filer
Information only matters if a filer can act on it. The software shows you what matters and makes quality control something you can do at a glance.
03 · Visibility
Inspecting and tracking every blade builds a complete record of the filing room. Emailed reports surface what's actually happening — damage trends, blade lifetime, filer load — so you have the information you need to make decisions in the saw shop.
04 · Founders
Andy and Tobe Zane bring software, controls, and mechanical engineering experience built across decades — and a family with deep roots in timber and lumber.
Software & Controls
Fifteen years building software, automation, and controls for the timber and lumber industry. PhD in Computer Science at UMass Amherst (expected 2026), leading and collaborating on peer-reviewed AI research with MIT, Harvard, and Columbia researchers.
Mechanical & Manufacturing
Decades of mechanical engineering across industrial and aerospace systems. Has outfitted factory floors with fleets of custom-designed and manufactured machines, and runs a full machine shop — CNCs, lathes, and the tooling Kavrik is built on.
05 · Partnership
From the start, Kavrik has been built alongside the people who run the saws. The filers at Trinity River Lumber Co. in Weaverville have been instrumental in getting us this far; their feedback shaped how the system reads a blade and what it puts in front of you. We'd like to keep building the same way. The production and R&D rounds below are how to be part of it.
Current pilot partner
What we're looking for
Another roundsaw laser-etching round is coming — get in touch to reserve a unit. No saw-vision machine required; a planned mobile app attaches comments and data to individual blades.
In production with Trinity River Lumber. Get in touch if you would like to reserve a unit.
An expansion of the Kavrik platform to bandsaw inspection is in active development. We're looking for bandsaw operations to shape the system with us.
06 · Contact