Slab processing machine for side edge lamination and related method
AssigneePoseidon Industries, Inc.
InventorJose Antonio Alva
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Abstract
A slab processing machine includes a work table, a machining head and drive mechanism. A controller operates the machining head to mill a section of the rough side opposite the finished face of the slab that is positioned upside down on vacuum pods on the work table using a milling wheel received within the machining head, corresponding to side edge areas of a finished cut slab and lamination strips configured to build up the side edge areas of the finished cut slab. The machining head cuts the slab using a circular saw blade that had been switched out and received within the machining head into a final geometrical form for the finished cut slab and into the lamination strips.
Claims22
A slab processing machine, comprising:
- a work table;
- a machining head and at least one drive mechanism connected thereto, and configured to drive the machining head over the work table, said machining head configured to mount a circular saw blade, a milling wheel or at least one finishing tool for respective cutting, milling or finishing of a stone slab positioned on the work table with a finished face of the slab down on vacuum pods and rough side facing up;
- a controller connected to the machining head and at least one drive mechanism, said controller configured to,
- operate the machining head to,
- mill a section of the rough side of the slab that is positioned upside down on vacuum pods on the work table using a milling wheel received within the machining head, the milled section corresponding to side edge areas of a finished cut slab and lamination strips configured to build up the side edge areas of the finished cut slab;
- and
- while maintaining the slab upside down with the finished face down on the vacuum pods, cut the slab using a circular saw blade that had been switched out and received within the machining head into a final geometrical form for the finished cut slab and into the lamination strips.
A slab processing machine, comprising:
- first and second work tables, each positioned adjacent each other within a slab processing area of the slab processing machine;
- a machining head and at least one drive mechanism connected thereto, and configured to drive the machining head over the slab processing area, said machining head configured to mount a circular saw blade, a milling wheel or at least one finishing tool for respective cutting, milling or finishing of first and second stone slabs positioned on respective first and second work tables with a finished face of the first and second slabs down on vacuum pods and rough side facing up;
- a controller connected to the machining head and at least one drive mechanism, said controller configured to,
- operate the machining head to,
- mill a section of the rough side of the first slab that is positioned upside down on vacuum pods on the first work table using a milling wheel received within the machining head, the milled section corresponding to side edge areas of a finished cut slab and lamination strips configured to build up the side edge areas of the finished cut slab;
- and
- while maintaining the first slab upside down with the finished face down on the vacuum pods, cut the slab using a circular saw blade that had been switched out and received within the machining head into a final geometrical form for the finished cut first slab and into the lamination strips.
A method of processing a slab at a slab processing machine, comprising:
- operating a controller connected to at least one drive mechanism and machining head to drive the machining head over a work table, the machining head configured to mount a circular saw blade, a milling wheel or at least one finishing tool for respective cutting, milling or finishing of a stone slab positioned on the work table with a finished face of the slab down on vacuum pods and rough side facing up;
- milling a section of the rough side of the slab that is positioned upside down on vacuum pods on the work table using a milling wheel received within the machining head, the milled section corresponding to side edge areas of a finished cut slab and lamination strips configured to build up the side edge areas of the finished cut slab;
- and
- while maintaining the slab upside down with the finished face down on the vacuum pods, cutting the slab using a circular saw blade that had been switched out and received within the machining head into a final geometrical form for the finished cut slab and into the lamination strips.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.