Apparatus for slicing fibrous material, in particular, trunk wood

An apparatus for slicing elongate fibrous material comprised of fibers, wherein the elongate fibrous material has a longitudinal direction and wherein the fibers have a fiber orientation extending in the longitudinal direction of the elongate fibrous material, the device comprising:

• a slicing device having an axis of rotation about which the slicing device rotates during operation;
• the slicing device comprising slicing tools comprising a blade carrier and a blade unit;
• the blade units having cutting blade edges wherein the cutting blade edges together define a common cutting surface, wherein the elongate fibrous material is fed in the direction of longitudinal extension to the blade units and slicing is carried out in a direction parallel to the fiber orientation by carrying out a relative movement between the elongate fibrous material and the blade units transverse to the fiber orientation;
• the slicing tools having an end face with a receptacle, wherein the receptacle extends parallel to the end face;
• the slicing tools comprising a cutting element arranged in the receptacle, wherein the cutting element is configured to perform a separating cut in a direction transverse to the fiber orientation in a separating plane between two slicing cycles.