Pre-cut infeed system
AssigneeUsnr, LLC
InventorPetri Saastamo
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Abstract
Embodiments provide a pre-cut infeed system for a machine center, such as an edger. A pre-cut infeed system may include an infeed, one or more saws arranged along the infeed, and a scanner optimizer system. The scanner optimizer system may scan a workpiece and determine whether greater value can be obtained from the workpiece by cutting the workpiece transversely into two or more pieces upstream of the machine center. If so, the workpiece may be cut transversely by the saw(s) positioned along the infeed, and the cut pieces may be fed sequentially into the machine center.
Claims20
A non-transitory computer-readable medium endowed with instructions operable, upon execution by a processor of a computer, to cause the computer to:
- determine a first cut pattern for a workpiece based at least on a dimensional model of the workpiece or scan data that corresponds to the workpiece, wherein the first cut pattern defines a cut to be made through the workpiece, along a first predicted cut line that is transverse to a longitudinal axis of the workpiece, by a first cutting device upstream of a machine center to thereby cut the workpiece into pieces as the workpiece is transported on a first conveyor toward a plurality of workpiece lifts operatively coupled with the computer;
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- cause the workpiece lifts to move the pieces asynchronously onto a second conveyor, wherein the second conveyor is operable to convey the pieces toward the machine center.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.