EP2439030B1 - Method and apparatus for machining and dividing a cant into pieces of timber - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for machining and dividing a cant into pieces of timber Download PDF

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EP2439030B1
EP2439030B1 EP11184638.2A EP11184638A EP2439030B1 EP 2439030 B1 EP2439030 B1 EP 2439030B1 EP 11184638 A EP11184638 A EP 11184638A EP 2439030 B1 EP2439030 B1 EP 2439030B1
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    • B27—WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL
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    • B27B1/00—Methods for subdividing trunks or logs essentially involving sawing
    • B27B1/007—Methods for subdividing trunks or logs essentially involving sawing taking into account geometric properties of the trunks or logs to be sawn, e.g. curvature
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    • B27—WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL
    • B27B—SAWS FOR WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; COMPONENTS OR ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • B27B1/00—Methods for subdividing trunks or logs essentially involving sawing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B27—WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL
    • B27B—SAWS FOR WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; COMPONENTS OR ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • B27B7/00—Sawing machines working with circular saw blades, specially designed for length sawing of trunks
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B27—WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL
    • B27C—PLANING, DRILLING, MILLING, TURNING OR UNIVERSAL MACHINES FOR WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL
    • B27C1/00—Machines for producing flat surfaces, e.g. by rotary cutters; Equipment therefor
    • B27C1/08—Machines for working several sides of work simultaneously

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  • the invention relates to a method as set forth in the preamble of claim 1 for processing a balk and dividing the same into pieces of lumber.
  • the invention relates also to an apparatus as set forth in the preamble of claim 3 for processing a balk and dividing the same into pieces of lumber.
  • a method and such an apparatus are known from US4879659A .
  • a prior known sawmill line, especially a chipping canter line, used for processing a log and dividing it into pieces of lumber operates as follows.
  • a first step comprises measuring a debarked log three-dimensionally, e.g. with an optical 3D measuring instrument, to find out precisely its geometrical shape.
  • data is collected regarding e.g. the log's diameter, conicity, ellipticity and skewness.
  • the log measurement data is stored in a control unit or the like and utilized in processing the log and dividing it into pieces of lumber.
  • the first woodworking tool is usually a chipping canter, to which the log is delivered in a centered manner and by which two opposite sides of the log are trimmed, and at the same time the removed side surface material of the log is chipped. Hence, the log becomes a balk.
  • each slide slab is preferably conducted by means of a circular saw, having at least two sets of circular blades in a vertical plane of sawing.
  • the first circular saw blade in a set of circular blades lies partly above a balk conveying line in the plane of sawing, the second one lying respectively below the balk.
  • This type of circular saw machine is an economically efficient saw machine for removing side slabs from a balk.
  • the first circular blades are fairly large and the sawing is conducted in such a way that the circular blades sweep the balk along the flank of the first and the second groove and remove part of it, while a side slab is being sawn off the balk.
  • a problem with the above type of balk processing is that the circular saw blades of a circular saw machine are large blades in terms of diameter, such as 600-800 mm, as well as in terms of thickness.
  • Such circular saw blades present a major sawing height, and their rotating speeds, and thereby also sawing speeds, are comparatively low. Consequently, the sawing of side slabs off the vertical sides of a balk is a relatively slow process. This slows down the operation of a log and balk sawmill line. In addition, the resulting abundant sawdust represents a waste of wood material.
  • side slabs can be removed from a balk in another way.
  • the circular blades are fairly small and the sawing is conducted in such a way that the circular blades are adapted to hit the bottom of the first and the second groove, i.e. the intersection of groove flanks, while the side slab is being sawn off the balk.
  • a problem is simply the difficulty of aligning the saw blades so as to hit the intersection of groove flanks. The principal reason for this is the fact that the milling of grooves and the sawing are conducted with different machine units, which are independent of each other. Errors in alignment are immediately reflected in the dimensional accuracy of side slabs, i.e. in the form of varying thicknesses.
  • a method and apparatus of the invention have an objective of eliminating the problem related to prior known sawmill lines, particularly chipping canter lines.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a new method and apparatus, which enable a physical compaction of the sawmill line and speeding up the processing of a balk, and at the same time even improving the yield of sawn pieces of lumber.
  • a method of the invention is defined by the features of claim 1.
  • An apparatus of the invention is defined by the features of claim 3.
  • a preferred embodiment for a method of the invention comprises adapting a distance of the third groove flank from the balk's vertical side to match a thickness of the side slab plus a cross-dimension of the cut made by a saw blade.
  • the apparatus comprises tools for defining a distance of the third groove flank from the balk's vertical side in such a way that it matches a thickness of the side slab plus a cross-dimension of the cut made by the saw machine's saw blade.
  • the saw machine is a circular saw machine, which comprises two side-by-side sets of circular blades working in a common cutting plane, by which the side slabs are sawn off of the balk's vertical sides, the circular blades of said side-by-side sets of circular blades having a radius whose size is most preferably within the range of 100-150 mm.
  • the saw machine is a band saw machine by which the side slabs are sawn off of the balk's vertical sides.
  • the second cutter heads of the second profiling machine are routers, comprising a circular saw blade and a chipping blade, said routers having a diameter which is most preferably 100-150 mm.
  • the saw machine and the second profiling machine are combined in a single processing machine, wherein the saw blades and the second cutter heads, preferably sets of cutter heads, have their working line in a common cutting plane.
  • At least some of the successive treatment units of the apparatus are disposed in the processing line close to each other, such that at least two successive treatment units are arranged within an area whose length does not exceed that of the balk, 6 m in maximum.
  • a benefit of the invention is its capability of conducting the removal of side slabs from a balk quickly, precisely and effectively.
  • a benefit of the invention is that positioning of the saw machine's saw blades and the second profiling machine's cutter heads is adapted to be inter-dependent and is therefore precise and simple.
  • the saw machine is a circular saw machine, it is possible to use circular blades small in diameter, thus resulting in a relatively modest sawing height and a high sawing speed. Consequently, the production of sawdust is also modest.
  • the saw machine When the saw machine is a band saw machine, it is a narrowness of the saw blade which provides a benefit over the circular saw blade.
  • the saw blade When the saw blade is narrow, i.e. it has a small cross-dimension, such as 2 mm, the sawing operation does not produce as much sawdust as in a circular blade sawing operation. At the same, the log yields more sawn lumber than what is obtained in a circular saw operation.
  • the band saw machine is also a faster saw machine than the circular saw machine.
  • a benefit of the invention is a capability of implementing the saw machine and particularly the second profiling machine in a compact, tight unit taking up a small space. This represents savings in the manufacturing and installation costs of a sawmill line, especially a chipping canter line, and furthermore, the log and especially the balk processing line can be generally made shorter than those of the prior art.
  • a first step 101 comprises feeding a log onto a processing line 201 and advancing it through subsequent treatment steps.
  • a second step 102 comprises measuring a log T three-dimensionally with a log measuring instrument, such as a 3D scanner (cf. fig. 3a ).
  • a log measuring instrument such as a 3D scanner (cf. fig. 3a ).
  • the log's geometrical shape such as conicity, ellipticity and skewness, and at the same time - if necessary - its position on a conveyor is thereby found out.
  • a third step 103 comprises storing measurement data of the log T. Processing of the log is optimized in various treatment steps with an appropriate data processing unit 202 with previously stored appropriate programs for conducting the log treatment and optimization. As a general rule, optimization refers to obtaining as high a volumetric yield of useful pieces of lumber as possible and/or obtaining as high a value as possible from the log.
  • a fourth step 104 comprises checking a position of the log on a conveyor and rolling (104) the log with a rotating device for bringing a possible skewness L (i.e. a curved section) to face upward ( fig. 3b ).
  • a possible skewness L i.e. a curved section
  • the logs may include segments curving in various directions, whereby, as a general rule, what is turned upwards is a segment with the most severe and dominating curvature between the log ends.
  • a fifth step 105 comprises feeding the log T to an appropriate first working machine, in this case to a chipping canter.
  • Two first vertical, and most preferably substantially straight sides, i.e. a first side and a second side s1, s2, are trimmed on the log on its opposite flanks, and hence the log is turned into a balk P1 ( fig. 3c ).
  • a sixth step 106 comprises milling side slab grooves, such as first and second side slab grooves u11, u21; u12, u22, near the upper and lower edges of the balk's P1 each vertical side s1, s2 ( fig. 3d ).
  • Each groove u11, u21; u12, u22 has its first groove flank uh1, uh2; uh3, uh4 adjoining the balk's P1 vertical side s1, s2 and disposed substantially perpendicularly to the side.
  • a second groove flank uv1, uv2; uv3, uv4 of each groove u11, u21; u12, u22 is disposed to be substantially co-directional with the balk's P1 vertical side s1, s2.
  • the second groove flank uv1, uv2; uv3, uv4 is disposed at a distance defined by the thickness of a side slab L1, L2 apart from the vertical side s1, s2.
  • the grooves u11, u21; u12, u22 serve to define on the balk's P1 trimmed sides s1, s2 at least a first and a second straight side slab L1, L2. This is conducted in an optimized manner according to the log measurement data and the data processing unit's program.
  • a seventh step 107 comprises removing wood material by milling from the second groove flank uv1, uv2, uv3, uv4 of the balk's P1 each side slab groove u11, u21; u12, u22. Most preferably, all wood material being removed is just a thin, such as 0.5-1,0. mm thick slice from the second groove flank. The result is a third groove flank uv1 a, uv2a, uv3a, uv4a, which is parallel to the balk's vertical side s1, s2.
  • An eighth step 108 comprises separating the side slabs L1, L2 from the balk by sawing with a saw machine.
  • One or more saw blades 2081 of a saw machine 208 are adapted to sweep along the third groove flank uv1 a, uv2a, uv3a, uv4a. What is meant by this is that the saw blade traces the third groove flank in its immediate proximity.
  • the third groove flank uv1 a, uv2a, uv3a, uv4a has its distance a from the balk's vertical side s1, s2 adapted to match a thickness b of the side slab s1, s2 plus a cross-dimension c of the cut made by a saw blade 2081 used for separating the side slab from the balk.
  • the cutting width of a saw blade matches substantially the cross-dimension of the cut.
  • the saw machine is a circular saw machine.
  • the circular blade 2081 works its way deep into the balk P, whereby each circular blade 2081 sweeps along and traces the third groove flank without any significant clearance therebetween.
  • each third groove flank uv1 a, uv2a, uv3a, uv4a, especially the distance a is calculated with an appropriate means 2022, e.g. with a data processing program stored in a memory unit 2021, on the basis of measurements and lumber yield calculations conducted on the log T and/or the balk P1.
  • the eighth step 108 comprises sawing the side slabs L1, L2 with the circular saw machine 208 off of the first balk's P1 vertical sides s1, s2 ( fig. 3c ).
  • the circular saw machine 208 comprises preferably at least two sets of circular blades 2081; 2081 a, 2081 b; 2081c, 2081 d, said circular blade sets being disposed in a vertical plane, i.e. in a sawing plane, partly above and below the balk conveying line.
  • the circular blade sets do not have their hubs on a common imaginary perpendicular vertical axis, but at a small distance d from each other and in such a way that the cutting ranges of circular blades partially overlap each other in order to ensure that the sawing cuts completely through the balk (cf. fig. 4 ).
  • the eighth step 108 comprises sawing the side slabs L1, L2 with a band saw machine off of the first balk's P1 vertical sides s1, s2.
  • the band saw machine comprises a thin saw blade in the form of an endless band, which is adapted to extend over two wheels.
  • the band saw machine features at least one jig, which holds the blade at a desired point of sawing during a sawing operation.
  • a thin blade makes a narrow cut, whereby less wood is wasted than in the circular saw operation.
  • positioning of the saw machine's 208 saw blades such as the circular blade sets 2081; 2081 a, 2081 b; 2081 c, 2081 d, and the second profiling machine's 207 cutter heads 2071, 2072, 2073, 2074, sets of cutter heads 2071, 2072; 2073, 2074, is adapted to be interdependent. This enables calibrating the same to work together and in a common cutting plane A-A, B-B.
  • a ninth step 109 comprises separating from each other the remaining segment of the balk P1, i.e. a second balk P2, and the removed side slabs L1, L2.
  • the side slabs L1, L2 are dropped on a suitable lateral conveyor and carried to further treatment of side slabs.
  • the second balk 201 is conveyed on a processing line 201 to further treatment, in which it is e.g. further divided into appropriate pieces of lumber.
  • balk P1 had just one side slab L1, L2 defined, sawn and separated from each vertical side s1, s2 thereof.
  • the balk P1 it is nevertheless possible to subject the balk P1 to defining, sawing and separating two side slabs from one side or both vertical sides s1, s2 thereof.
  • the side slabs are also defined on the sides s1, s2 of a balk with side slab grooves, in this case with two parallel grooves, by which each side slab is defined in an optimized manner according to the log's measurement data and the data processing unit's program.
  • a third groove flank is milled from the second groove flanks of the parallel side slab grooves on the same principle and on the same terms as described above in connection with a single side slab groove.
  • the sawing step 108 of side slabs, their separation from the balk and transfer to further treatment 109 are conducted basically as described above.
  • FIG. 2 An apparatus for processing a balk and dividing into pieces of lumber for the balk is illustrated specifically in fig. 2 .
  • treatment units related to processing the log T are presented in figs. 3a-3f .
  • Fig. 4 shows in a longitudinal direction the sawing of side slabs off the balk P1 in a circular saw machine.
  • the log T is carried forward on a processing line 201 in the direction indicated by an arrow B with one or more conveyors 2011.
  • the log T is treated in treatment units included in the processing line 201 principally in accordance with treatment programs stored in an appropriate data processing unit 202, such as a computer, with a primary objective of optimizing the treatment of a log and maximizing the yield of pieces of lumber obtained from a resulting balk.
  • the treatment units for a log and further also a balk comprise at least the following units: a log scanner 203, a log rotating device 204, a log working device 205, i.e. a chipping canter, first and second profiling machines 206, 207, a saw machine 208, and a separating unit 209 for side slabs.
  • the treatment units are accommodated in the processing line sequentially, most preferably in the presented order.
  • the log scanner 203 such as an optical 3D scanner, is a device capable of measuring the log T three-dimensionally (cf. fig. 3a ).
  • the log scanner is used e.g. for measuring the cross-sections of a log lengthwise along the log at suitable small distances. This enables finding out the log's geometrical shape, such as conicity, ellipticity, and skewness.
  • the location and position of the log T on the conveyor 2011 are also revealed.
  • Measurement data for the log T is stored in an appropriate memory unit 2021, which is most preferably integral with the data processing unit 202.
  • the log rotating device 204 is a device, by means of which a log is to be rolled over for bringing a possible skewness L upward ( fig. 3b ). It is in this position that the log T is treated in the next treatment unit.
  • the log working device or chipping canter 205 comprises preferably two chipping disks 205a, 205b and/or the like chipping tools.
  • the first chipping canter 205 is used for machining two first vertical substantially straight sides, i.e. a first side and a second side s1, s2, on the log T along opposite flanks thereof, and thereby the log is turned into the balk P1 ( fig. 3c ).
  • the first profiling machine 206 comprises most preferably four positionally adjustable and most preferably rotatable cutter heads 2061, 2062, 2063, 2064.
  • the profiling machine's 206 cutter heads are used for machining a side slab groove u11, u21; u12, u22 lengthwise of the balk P1 near the top and bottom edges of the balk's each vertical side s1, s2 ( fig. 3d ).
  • a first groove flank uh1, uh2; uh3, uh4 for each side slab groove u11, u21; u12, u22 is machined on the balk P1 most preferably in such a way that it substantially adjoins the balk's P1 vertical side s1, s2 and in such a way that it is substantially perpendicular to the side.
  • a second groove flank uv1, uv2; uv3, uv4 for each groove u11, u21; u12, u22 is machined on the balk P1 in such a way that it is substantially co-directional with the balk's P1 vertical side s1, s2.
  • the second groove flank uv1, uv2; uv3, uv4 is to be arranged apart from the vertical side s1, s2 at a distance determined by the thickness of a side slab L1, L2.
  • the side slab grooves u11, u21; u12, u22 serve to define on each trimmed side s1, s2 of the balk P1 at least one substantially straight side slab L1, L2.
  • the side slab L1, L2 has its location and measurements determined most preferably in an optimized manner according to data obtained from the log scanner 203 and a treatment program stored in the data processing unit 202.
  • the second profiling machine 207 comprises also four positionally adjustable and most preferably rotatable cutter heads 2071, 2072, 2073, 2074, such as routers. These are adapted to work in pairs in two side-by-side cutting planes A-A; B-B of the saw machine 208.
  • the second profiling machine 207 has its cutter heads adapted to remove wood material in the form of a narrow slice from the second groove flank uv1, uv2, uv3, uv4 of each side slab groove u11, u21; u12, u22, and at the same time to produce a third groove flank uv1 a, uv2a, uv3a, uv4a.
  • the third groove flank is preferably parallel to the balk's P1 vertical side s1, s2. ( fig. 3e ).
  • a distance a of the third groove flank uv1 a, uv2a, uv3a, uv4a is determined by means of the data processing unit 202 with appropriate calculation tools, which are implemented in the data processing unit most preferably by means of a computer program and according to those terms that were presented above in the context of describing the method.
  • the apparatus comprises most preferably tools 2022 for determining the distance a of the third groove flank in such a way that it matches a thickness b of the side slab s1, s2 plus a cross-dimension c of the cut made by a saw blade 2081 used for separating the side slab from the balk.
  • the tools 2022 are employed when working the log T and the balk P1 on the processing line 201.
  • the tools 2022 are most preferably stored in the memory unit 2021.
  • the saw machine 208 is in one preferred embodiment a circular saw machine.
  • the circular saw machine 208 comprises appropriate circular blades 2081, which are arranged in sets 2081 a, 2081 b; 2081 c, 2081 d on a vertical sawing plane and which are provided with one or more suitable drive motors 2083.
  • the circular blades 2081 of a circular blade set 2081 a, 2081 b; 2081 c, 2081 d have partially overlapping mutual cutting ranges for ensuring a sawing operation that extends through the balk P1.
  • the side slabs L1, L2, which are defined with the side slab grooves u11, u21; u12, u22 on the balk P1, are cut by sawing off of the first balk's P1 vertical sides s1, s2 ( fig. 3e , fig. 4 ).
  • the saw machine 208 has its saw blades 2081, such as a set of circular blades, adapted to trace the third groove flank in its immediate proximity as the side slab s1, s2 is being sawn off of the balk's vertical side s1, s2.
  • the circular blade 2081; 2081 a, 2081 b; 2081 c, 2081 d has the size of its radius h most preferably within the range of 150-200 mm.
  • the circular blade's radius h is not more than half of the maximum vertical thickness of a heavy-duty balk P1.
  • the second profiling machine's 207 second cutter heads 2071, 2072, 2073, 2074 are routers, comprising a circular saw blade 2070a and a chipping blade 2070b.
  • the circular saw blade 2070a has most preferably a diameter of 50-100 mm.
  • the chipping blade 2070b has preferably a diameter of the same size.
  • the saw machine such as the circular saw machine 208, and the second profiling machine 207, particularly the second cutter heads 2071, 2072, 2073, 2074, such as routers
  • the saw blades 2081 such as the sets of circular blades 2081 a, 2081 b, 2081 c, 2081 d, and the second cutter heads 2071, 2072, 2073, 2074, preferably sets of cutter heads, have their working line arranged precisely in the same cutting plane A-A, B-B and it is jointly adjustable precisely to a desired cutting plane position in a plane perpendicular to the cutting plane.
  • the separating unit 209 for side slabs comprises e.g. an open-sided longitudinal conveyor 209a, such as a transport chain, which is co-directional with the processing line 201.
  • the side slabs L1, L2 are adapted to fall by gravity onto a lateral conveyor 209b for side slabs present underneath the conveyor 209a, while the second balk P2 is advanced to further treatment on the conveyor 209a and the processing line 201.
  • balk P1 had just one side slab L1, L2 defined, sawn and separated from each vertical side s1, s2 thereof.
  • the balk P1 it is nevertheless possible to subject the balk P1 to defining, sawing and separating two side slabs either from one or both vertical sides s1, s2.
  • the side slabs are also defined on the sides s1, s2 of a balk with a profiling machine, which is similar to the first profiling machine 206 and comprises a necessary number of cutter heads.
  • the side-by-side side slabs to be separated from one side s1, s2, and the parallel side slab grooves thereof, are determined in an optimized manner according to the log's measurement data and the data processing unit's program.
  • Third groove flanks are milled as necessary from the second groove flanks of the side-by-side side slab grooves on the same principle and on the same terms as described above in connection with the first profiling machine 206 and in connection with defining a single side slab.
  • the sawing step of side slabs, their separation from the balk and transfer to further treatment 109 are conducted basically as described above.
  • At least some of the sequential treatment units of the apparatus are disposed on the processing line 201 close to each other, such that at least two successive treatment units are arranged within an area A whose length does not exceed that of the log T, and therefore that the balk P1, 6 m in maximum. Consequently, a part of the log T/balk P1 on the processing line 201 is worked on by one treatment unit while another part of it is worked on by the preceding treatment unit.
  • the leading end of a balk lies in one treatment unit, such as being treated by the first profiling machine 206 with the side slab grooves u11, u21; u21, u22 being machined on the balk P1, while at the same time the middle portion (or at least the trailing end) of the balk P1 lies in the preceding treatment unit, such as being treated by the chipping canter 205 with the balk P1 being shaped and the vertical sides s1, s2 being trimmed on the log T.
  • the log T lies simultaneously in three successive treatment units.
  • the balk P1 has its leading end in the saw machine 208 and in the second profiling machine 207
  • the balk P1 has its middle portion in the first profiling machine 206
  • the balk p1 has its trailing end in the first chipping canter 205.

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