Weyerhaeuser Company Limited

Other

The Coe Manufacturing Company, Inc.

Byron B Brookhyser

Darrell E Pierson

Arthur L McGee

Robert H Lichtenwalter

A clipper for cutting wood or plywood veneer transversely and other similar continuous sheet materials is described which ensures that the sheet material is cut in alignment and the cut achieves a square edge on the material. The clipper includes at least a pair of guillotine knife blades, each blade extending transverse to the sheet material, each blade cutting against a single anvil cylinder rotating in synchronization with the sheet speed. Each blade is preferably mounted in an actuating assembly which includes a crankshaft and a connecting rod. The blade is journaled to the crank of the connecting rod at its lower portion. The upper end of the connecting rod is guided along a radial line with respect to the center line of the anvil. Upon turning the crankshaft, the blade advances simultaneously vertically and horizontally into contact with the veneer. The imparted motion is such that the blade always remains substantially perpendicular to the surface of the veneer being cut. Thus the cut achieves a square edge on the veneer. The apparatus also ensures that forward conveyance of the veneer is not disturbed by the knife or anvil. Thus, the veneer is cut in transverse alignment and it exits the clipper aligned and in register with the conveyors.

Oscillating guillotine clipper for wood veneer

A veneer lathe log peeling apparatus and method of producing wood veneer are disclosed employing a powered back-up roll for adding torque to and preventing deflection of log cores of small diameter. The powered roll and an idler roll are positioned in contact with the side of the log in spaced relationship so that the resultant force vector of the cutting forces produced by the lathe knife and the nose bar is directed between the idler roll and the powered roll. The angular and radial positions of the idler roll and the power roll relative to each other and with respect to the axis of rotation of the log are independently adjusted by an automatic control means, in response to decreases in the diameter of the log being peeled. The automatic control means preferably includes separate servo means for adjusting the positions of the powered roll and the idler roll and the speed of the powered roll in response to output control signals of a microprocessor computer having input signals corresponding to the diameter of the log, the speed of rotation of the log and the veneer thickness. Preferably the idler roll is positioned on the opposite side of the log from the knife means and the powered roll is positioned above such knife means. Therefore, the additional torque applied to the log by the power roll automatically increases when the log core tends to deflect thereby self-compensating to prevent such deflection.

Veneer lathe apparatus and method using independently adjustable powered

A heated metal plate drying system for drying either green veneer or partially dried veneer can have a plurality of modular hot presses mounted on a frame. At a loading station, individual sheets of veneer to be dried or redried are fed into a hot press, and at an unloading station the dried veneer sheets are unloaded from the system. Within each individual modular hot press, a direct contact drying process occurs that functions to reduce the moisture content of a veneer sheet. Each individual modular press can be multi-opening and has the ability to open and close on command. Specially designed heated metal plates are part of each press and each plate has substantially parallel grooves on at least one surface. The modular presses are mounted on the frame such that they may be tilted at the unloading station to facilitate unloading of the dried veneer sheets. At the loading station, a loading apparatus functions to sequentially feed individual veneer sheets into the openings. The loading apparatus is pivotally mounted. Also provided is an aligning apparatus for ensuring proper alignment of each veneer sheet within its respective opening after being loaded. The modular presses in one embodiment are mounted on a carousel frame structure that is rotatable on a main bearing so each modular press indexes past the loading and unloading stations.

Veneer drying and handling

A heated metal plate drying system for drying either green veneer or partially dried veneer can have a plurality of modular hot presses mounted on a frame. At a loading station, individual sheets of veneer to be dried or redried are fed into a hot press, and at an unloading station the dried veneer sheets are unloaded from the system. Within each individual modular hot press, a direct contact drying process occurs that functions to reduce the moisture content of a veneer sheet down to the desired uniform level such as within a range of from 1 to 10%. The drying process accepts veneer of different species, thickness, and beginning moisture contents and the controlled process variables include contact time, temperature and pressure. Each individual modular press can be multi-opening and has the ability to open and close on command. Specially designed heated metal plates are part of each press and each plate has substantially parallel grooves on at least one surface. The modular presses are mounted on the frame such that they may be tilted at the unloading station to facilitate unloading of the dried veneer sheets. At the loading station, a loading apparatus functions to sequentially feed individual veneer sheets into the openings. The loading apparatus is pivotally mounted. Also provided is an aligning apparatus for ensuring proper alignment of each veneer sheet within its respective opening after being loaded. The modular presses in one embodiment are mounted on a carousel frame structure that is rotatable on a main bearing so each modular press indexes past the loading and unloading stations.

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Milton, WA, United States of America

Byron B Brookhyser