Saw blade indexing assembly

A grinding system, comprising:

• a frame;
• a grinding apparatus connected to the frame;
• and
• a circular saw blade indexing assembly connected to the frame, comprising:
• a base;
• a circular saw blade mounting assembly connected to the base and having a saw hub configured to support a circular saw blade;
• an indexing mechanism connected to the base and having a feed finger disposed at a radial distance from the saw hub, the feed finger configured to rotate the circular saw blade about the saw hub between a first arc position and a second arc position;
• and
• a radius adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a relative longitudinal position between the saw hub of the circular saw blade mounting assembly and the feed finger of the indexing mechanism;
• wherein the radius adjustment mechanism comprises a positioning actuator connected to the saw hub, the positioning actuator configured to adjust the longitudinal position of the saw hub relative to the feed finger;
• wherein the radius adjustment mechanism further comprises a controller disposed in electrical communication with the circular saw blade mounting assembly and the indexing mechanism, the controller configured to:
• receive a position signal from the circular saw blade mounting assembly, the position signal identifying the longitudinal position of the saw hub relative to the base;
• detect a radius of the circular saw blade based upon the position signal;
• and
• transmit a longitudinal position adjustment signal to the indexing mechanism to adjust a longitudinal position of the feed finger to correspond with the radius of the circular saw blade.

A circular saw blade indexing assembly, comprising:

• a base;
• a circular saw blade mounting assembly connected to the base and having a saw hub configured to support a circular saw blade;
• an indexing mechanism connected to the base and having a feed finger disposed at a radial distance from the saw hub, the feed finger configured to rotate the circular saw blade about the saw hub between a first arc position and a second arc position;
• and
• a controller disposed in electrical communication with the circular saw blade mounting assembly and the indexing mechanism, the controller configured to:
• receive a position signal from the circular saw blade mounting assembly, the position signal identifying a longitudinal position of the saw hub relative to the base;
• detect a radius of the circular saw blade based upon the position signal;
• and
• transmit a longitudinal position adjustment signal to the indexing mechanism to adjust a longitudinal position of the feed finger to correspond with the radius of the circular saw blade.

A grinding system, comprising:

• a frame;
• a grinding apparatus connected to the frame;
• and
• a circular saw blade indexing assembly connected to the frame, comprising:
• a base;
• a circular saw blade mounting assembly connected to the base and having a saw hub configured to support a circular saw blade;
• an indexing mechanism connected to the base and having a feed finger disposed at a radial distance from the saw hub, the feed finger configured to rotate the circular saw blade about the saw hub between a first arc position and a second arc position;
• and
• a controller disposed in electrical communication with the circular saw blade mounting assembly and the indexing mechanism, the controller configured to:
• receive a position signal from the circular saw blade mounting assembly, the position signal identifying a longitudinal position of the saw hub relative to the base;
• detect a radius of the circular saw blade based upon the position signal;
• and
• transmit a longitudinal position adjustment signal to the indexing mechanism to adjust a longitudinal position of the feed finger to correspond with the radius of the circular saw blade.