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US 9,314,937 B2Granted
Pre-cut infeed system
AssigneeUsnr, LLC
InventorPetri Saastamo
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Abstract
Embodiments provide a pre-cut infeed system for a machine center, such as an edger. A pre-cut infeed system may include an infeed, one or more saws arranged along the infeed, and a scanner optimizer system. The scanner optimizer system may scan a workpiece and determine whether greater value can be obtained from the workpiece by cutting the workpiece transversely into two or more pieces upstream of the machine center. If so, the workpiece may be cut transversely by the saw(s) positioned along the infeed, and the cut pieces may be fed sequentially into the machine center.
Claims14
A workpiece processing system comprising:
- an infeed configured to convey a workpiece in a direction of flow;
- a first cutting system disposed along the infeed and selectively actuable to cut the workpiece transversely into two or more pieces along a corresponding one or more first cut lines, wherein the one or more first cut lines are transverse to a longitudinal axis of the workpiece;
- two or more workpiece lifts downstream of the first cutting system, the two or more workpiece lifts independently actuable to move the two or more pieces asynchronously onto an outfeed;
- a second cutting system disposed downstream of the outfeed, the second cutting system configured to cut the two or more pieces longitudinally along corresponding second cut lines, wherein the second cut lines are transverse to the first cut lines;
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- a scanner optimizer system operatively coupled to the first cutting system and the two or more workpiece lifts, the scanner optimizer system including a scanner configured to scan the workpiece and a computer system operatively coupled with the scanner, the scanner optimizer system configured to
- calculate a cut pattern for the workpiece, wherein the cut pattern includes the one or more first cut lines, and
- control the two or more workpiece lifts to move the two or more pieces asynchronously onto the outfeed.
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