Device and method for performing cross cuts on workpieces of wood

A method for performing cross cuts on elongate workpieces of wood, the method comprising:

• producing a cutting list by determining measured values of the elongate workpieces, the measured values including a length of the elongate workpieces and locations of flaws of the elongate workpieces, respectively, and supplying the cutting list to a control unit;
• transporting the elongate workpieces lengthwise in a transport direction along a transport path from a feed transport device to a transport unit of a sawing station comprising a cross-cut saw;
• accumulating the elongate workpieces by a retaining/accumulating device downstream of the feed transport device such that the elongate workpieces abut one another with their end faces in a head-to-tail arrangement and form a line;
• accelerating the elongate workpieces by a transfer transport device downstream of the retaining/accumulating device such that the elongate workpieces are once again separated and spaced apart from one another;
• transferring the elongate workpieces, spaced apart from one another, by the transfer transport device into the sawing station;
• controlling by the control unit based on the cutting list a drive of the feed transport device, a drive of the retaining/accumulating unit, a drive of the transfer transport device, and a drive of the transport unit of the sawing station, wherein the drive of the transfer transport device and the drive of the transport unit of the sawing station are decoupled from each other, such that a gap between successive elongate workpieces during transfer to the cross-cut saw of the sawing station is minimized to such a small distance that the elongate workpieces do not abut but almost contact one another.