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US 6,550,601 B2Granted
Aligning and feeding device for panel-shaped workpieces
AssigneeGreCon Dimter Holzoptimierung Nord GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsKlaus Jurisch, Volker Camen
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AssigneeGreCon Dimter Holzoptimierung Nord GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsKlaus Jurisch, Volker Camen
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In order to monitor the adjustment state of the entrainers (1), which are arranged in each case in pairs transverse to the feed direction (4), of a feed chain (2), it is proposed to arrange an adjusting station along the guide of the feed chain (2) and to arrange a measuring station at a spaced interval therefrom. The adjusting station serves to adjust manually the entrainers (1) in a common adjusting plane extending perpendicular to the feed direction (4), whereas the measuring station is arranged to detect the adjustment position of the two entrainers (1) in a measuring plane likewise perpendicular to the feed direction (4) and, in accordance with a tolerance field which can be defined by the user, to generate an error signal which at the same time renders it possible to identify maladjusted entrainers (1).
An aligning and feeding device adapted for use in an apparatus for the processing of an end-side of a panel shaped workpiece, said apparatus having at least one feed chain movably mounted on a guide for movement in a feed direction oriented substantially along said guide, a plurality of entrainers for receiving the workpieces being adjustably positioned at spaced intervals along said feed chain, said entrainers being movable by said chain along a feed path defined by said guide, said entrainers being arranged in pairs and spaced apart from one another transversely to said feed direction, said aligning and feeding device comprising:
A method of measuring the position of entrainers relative to an adjusting plane of an aligning and feeding device using an evaluating unit, said entrainers each being arranged on a feed chain in pairs spaced transverse to the feed direction of said feed chain and at spaced intervals from each other along said feed chain, said method comprising the step of operating said feed chain during a measuring procedure such that during a time interval corresponding to the passage of an entrainer pair through a measuring station, a feeding speed is adopted which is based on data from the evaluating unit.
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