Process for recycling wooden pallets and installation for practicing such a process

Abstract

Wooden pallets are recycled by carrying out a first separation in a reception region (10) between pallets easily reparable and those which are not, in directing the separated items to conveyors: one conveyor (11) which brings them to a disassembly station (20), and a second conveyor which brings them toward a repair station (30). The layers of the pallets are separated from each other by sawing in the disassembly station, so that all the constituent elements of the pallet are separated from each other. Sorting and recalibration of the elements thus separated is carried out in separating, sawing and planing stations (21, 22). The elements thus sorted and recalibrated are stored in a storage station (40) which extends along the installation. The damaged elements are then brought one by one to the repair station, and the sorted and recalibrated elements in the storage station (40) are brought by a distributor (60) located between the repair station (30) and the reconstruction station (50) so as to carry out replacement of the elements withdrawn from the repair station (30) or the reconstruction of new pallets.

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