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US 2016/0107281 A1Published application
Feeding device for a format machining and/or edge application machine, format machining and/or edge application machine and method
AssigneeHomag Holzbearbeitungssysteme AG
InventorPeter Rathgeber
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Abstract
A feeding device, a method for feeding panel-shaped workpieces through that device, and a format machining or edge application machine including such feeding device are disclosed. The feeding device includes at least one infeed guide, which is adjustable in a horizontal direction, and rotatable in a horizontal plane with respect to the traveling direction of the workpiece.
Claims15
A feeding device for a format machining or edge application machine, comprising:
- a conveying device for moving a workpiece in a traveling direction and an infeed mechanism comprising infeed rollers,
- wherein an infeed guide is arranged adjacent to the conveying device, and
- wherein the infeed guide is adjustable in a horizontal direction and rotatable in a horizontal plane with respect to the traveling direction.
A method for feeding a workpiece to a format machining or edge application machine, the method comprising the following steps:
- conveying a workpiece in a first pass, wherein the workpiece is aligned with respect to an infeed guide and is subsequently fed to a machining tool or an edge application station,
- detecting along a traveling direction a width dimension of the workpiece and an inclination of a side of the workpiece, and
- conveying the workpiece in a second pass in an alignment rotated by 180 degrees, wherein the infeed guide is adjusted in accordance with the width dimension determined in the first pass and rotated in a horizontal plane in accordance with the determined inclination, and the workpiece is aligned with respect to the infeed guide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.