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AssigneeUSNR/Kockums Cancar Company
InventorsMurray Boyd, Sandy Webster, Roland Davyduke, Ronald Pobuda, Carl Flatman, Rory Mitchell
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A system for positioning a workpiece in an optimized position. In one embodiment a marking device places a mark on the workpiece prior to the workpiece passing through a scanner cooperating with an optimizer. The optimizer determines the optimized position of the workpiece. The orientation of the workpiece is identified by a first camera. The mark may be used as a point of reference such that the workpiece may be positioned in the optimized position by rotating the workpiece relative to the orientation of the mark. A turning mechanism rotates the workpiece to position it in the optimized position. A further camera identifies the orientation of the mark while the workpiece is being rotated. A processor compares in real time the orientation of the workpiece with the optimized position to determine if the workpiece is in the optimized position.
A system for rotationally positioning a log which is translating downstream along a feedpath so that the log is rotated about a longitudinal axis of the log into an optimized position wherein the log is scanned in a scanner upstream along the feedpath and the scanned image data from the scanner sent to an optimizer digital processor to generate an optimal rotational orientation of the log optimized for a downstream machine center operating on the log, the system comprising:
A method for rotationally positioning a log into an optimal rotational orientation comprising the steps of:
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