Veneer slicer

US7918253B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Padana AG · CH

Inventors

• Wolfgang Lacroix · Pfalzgrafenweiler, DE
• Juergen F. Trost · Gräfenberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 2, 2008
• Grant date: Apr 5, 2011
• Expiry date: Dec 2, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B23Q5/027
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for converting a flitch into sheets of veneer. The method and apparatus include providing a drive mechanism which causes relative motion of a knife in contact with the flitch. The relative motion is relatively slower during one part of the cutting stroke and is relatively faster during another part of the cutting stroke.