Sawing apparatus
AssigneeAlcan Research and Development Limited
InventorJean Pierre Hardouin
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Abstract
A sawing apparatus for sawing long lengths of material into shorter pieces having a predetermined length and discarding spoiled and short end pieces comprises a saw movable across a saw table formed in two parts which can be tilted independently of each other to tip sawn material into a receptacle. The downstream part has a nose piece projecting just beyond the saw to support the leading end of a length to be sawn. The apparatus also comprises exit and entry tables and a number of sensors for respectively detecting the leading and trailing ends of the lengths of material and for automatically initiating sequences of operations of releasable clamps for clamping the lengths of material, traversing movements of the saw, and the tiltable table parts.
Claims5
Sawing apparatus comprising a saw, a saw table across which the saw can be traversed, and which includes first and second parts extending respectively on opposite sides of the line of movement of the saw, means for inclining each of said two parts independently of the other to tip material off that part, and a releasable clamp at the same side of said line of movement of the saw as said first saw table part for clamping the lengths of material against movement lengthwise of themselves, the said second saw table part having a nose portion which projects a short distance on said same side of the line of movement of the saw at the general level of the table.
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