B - Operations – Transporting – 27 – B
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
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B
B27B 25/02 (2006.01) B23D 59/00 (2006.01) B27B 31/06 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2218171
An apparatus and methodology are presented for automatically infeeding workpieces to a saw. A first workpiece is selected at an input station. A servo-driven friction belt system is connected to the input station, and advances the workpiece under a laser projection system. The laser projection system projects a laser pattern onto the workpiece, the laser pattern corresponding to one of a plurality of patterns corresponding to the blade configuration of a fixed arbor gang rip saw. Finally, there is a pinch roller system for removing the workpiece from the friction belt system and moving the workpiece into the saw, while maintaining the workpiece's orientation under the laser pattern. Also provided is a sensor for measuring the board width while moving on the servo-driven friction belt system, where the width is input to a computer controlling the friction belt system and which determines the optimum laser pattern.
James L. Taylor Manufacturing Company
Ridout & Maybee Llp
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