Method and apparatus for on-line monitoring of log sawing

US6295907A · kind A · utility

Assignees

• PERCEPTRON, INC. · US
• The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture · US

Inventors

• Mark E. Schafer · New York, US
• Robert J. Ross · Raleigh, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 20, 1998
• Grant date: Oct 2, 2001
• Expiry date: Nov 20, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T83/178
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Ultrasonic techniques are applied to the measurement of wooden members to detect splitting during sawing operations and thereby allow modification of sawing technique or change in saw cut placement.