Andritz Oy

Andritz-pantentverwaltungs-gesellschaft M.b.h.

Lennart Thornquist

Pekka Kokko

Janne Lahteenmaki

Jaakko Pitkakangas

Matti Pylkkanen

A log shuffler and conveyor assembly including: a chute including a log conveyor having a bottom surface and at least one sidewall; a gap in the log conveyor, and a log shuffler arranged in the gap of the conveyor, wherein the shuffler includes at least one pivoting plate having a first edge moving reciprocally above and below the bottom surface of the chute.

Shuffling apparatus and method for aligning wood logs in a conveyor

The invention relates to a method and apparatus for removing bark balls from a log flow traveling on a conveyor (3) which extends from a debarking drum (1) to a chipper (2), said conveyor (3) including a roller assembly (4) provided with an opening (5) for dumping from the conveyor (3) a sub-flow consisting of wood pieces and bark balls. The apparatus comprises an adjustable dispenser device (6) for further dividing the sub-flow falling from the conveyor (3) into a portion including mainly wood pieces and a portion including mainly bark balls.

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Doraville, GA, United States of America

Lennart Thornquist