Continuous cutting horizontal multi-wire stone cutting machine
AssigneeRock-It Natural Stone, Inc.
InventorsBrandon Chad Baldwin, Billy Caleb Baldwin, Ben Curious Baldwin
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Abstract
A material cutting system for cutting a unit of input material. The material cutting system broadly includes a frame, a number of rollers rotatably supported on the frame, and a cutting assembly. The cutting assembly includes a number of pulleys rotatable relative to the frame, a drive motor drivably connected to the pulleys, and a number of cutting wires entrained on the pulleys such that rotation of the pulleys via the drive motor cycles the cutting wires. The rollers are configured to rotate thereby advancing the input material unit toward the cutting wires such that the cutting wires cut a number of kerfs into the input material unit and hence form a plurality of cut sections.
Claims19
A material cutting system for cutting a unit of input material, the material cutting system comprising:
- a frame;
- a plurality of rollers rotatably supported on the frame;
- and
- a cutting assembly including:
- a plurality of pulleys rotatable relative to the frame about a vertically extending axis;
- a drive motor drivably connected to the plurality of pulleys;
- and
- a plurality of cutting wires entrained on the plurality of pulleys such that rotation of the pulleys via the drive motor cycles the cutting wires horizontally,
- wherein the plurality of rollers are configured to rotate thereby advancing the input material unit toward the cutting wires such that the plurality of cutting wires cut a plurality of vertically spaced kerfs into the input material unit and hence form a plurality of cut sections, and
- wherein the plurality of cutting wires are configured to pass through the plurality of kerfs in a first direction in a cutting phase and in a second direction opposite the first direction in a return phase thereby effecting continuous cutting of the unit of input material.
A stone cutting system for cutting a stone block, the stone cutting system comprising:
- a cutting station including:
- a frame;
- a lower conveyor including a first plurality of rollers and supported on the frame;
- a middle conveyor including a second plurality of rollers, the middle conveyor being vertically adjustable on the frame;
- an upper conveyor including a third plurality of rollers;
- at least one drive motor drivably connected to at least one of the first plurality of rollers, the second plurality of rollers, and the third plurality of rollers for advancing the stone block on one of the lower conveyor, the middle conveyor, and the upper conveyor;
- and
- a cutting assembly including:
- a plurality of pulleys rotatable relative to the frame about a vertically extending axis;
- a drive motor drivably connected to the plurality of pulleys;
- and
- a plurality of cutting wires entrained on the plurality of pulleys such that rotation of the pulleys via the drive motor cycles the cutting wires horizontally,
- wherein at least one of the first plurality of rollers, the second plurality of rollers, and the third plurality of rollers are configured to rotate thereby advancing the stone block toward the cutting wires such that the plurality of cutting wires cut a plurality of vertically spaced kerfs into the stone block and hence form a plurality of stone sections.
A stone cutting system for cutting a stone block, the stone cutting system comprising:
- a cutting station including:
- a frame;
- a lower conveyor including a first plurality of rollers and supported on the frame;
- a middle conveyor including a second plurality of rollers, the middle conveyor being vertically adjustable on the frame;
- and
- an upper conveyor including a third plurality of rollers;
- at least one drive motor drivably connected to at least one of the first plurality of rollers, the second plurality of rollers, and the third plurality of rollers for advancing the stone block on one of the lower conveyor, the middle conveyor, and the upper conveyor;
- a cutting assembly including:
- a plurality of pulleys rotatable relative to the frame about a vertically extending axis;
- a drive motor drivably connected to the plurality of pulleys;
- and
- a plurality of cutting wires entrained on the plurality of pulleys such that rotation of the pulleys via the drive motor cycles the cutting wires,
- wherein at least one of the first plurality of rollers, the second plurality of rollers, and the third plurality of rollers are configured to rotate thereby advancing the stone block toward the cutting wires such that the plurality of cutting wires cut a plurality of vertically spaced kerfs into the stone block and hence form a plurality of stone sections;
- a spray system configured to spray a fluid near the kerfs to cool at least one of the plurality of stone sections and the cutting wires;
- and
- a shimming system configured to automatically insert shims into the kerfs;
- a loading lift including a carriage configured to raise the stone block to at least one of the middle conveyor and the upper conveyor;
- an unloading lift including a carriage configured to lower the plurality of stone sections from at least one of the middle conveyor and the upper conveyor;
- and
- a control system configured to activate the at least one drive motor of the cutting station, the drive motor of the cutting assembly, and the shimming system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.