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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2016
Astec Industries, Inc., Chattanooga, TN (US);
Malcolm Angus Windrim, Lavington, AU;
Nathan Anderson, Eugene, OR (US);
Astec Industries, Inc., Chattanooga, TN (US);
Abstract
A debarking machine for removing the bark from a log includes a flail assembly having a flail shaft that is mounted for rotation about a flail shaft axis. A plurality of flail chains are provided, each of which has a fixed end that is attached to the flail shaft and a free end. The debarking machine is adapted to move a log to be debarked in a processing direction that is generally perpendicular to the flail shaft axis. A flail housing encloses a portion of the flail assembly and is configured and arranged to locate the flail shaft at any of a plurality of alternative vertical positions with respect to the log being moved in the processing direction.