Method and apparatus for an automatic sawmill
US5088363A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 20, 1990 |
| Grant date | Feb 18, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 20, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T83/7189
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In an automatic sawmill, logs are first sawn horizontally into pieces that are respectively deposited flat side down on a bed plate and conveyed through multiple, close spaced horizontal bandsaws located above the bed plate. Sawn cants are positioned by clamps to have their waney edges removed by a flying saw after clamp retraction.
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