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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 20, 2020
Applicant:

Boise Cascade Company, Boise, ID (US);

Inventor:

David Bolton, Lena, LA (US);

Assignee:

Boise Cascade Company, Boise, ID (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 41/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/898 (2006.01); B32B 37/12 (2006.01); B32B 38/18 (2006.01); B32B 21/14 (2006.01); G01N 21/359 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 41/00 (2013.01); B32B 37/1284 (2013.01); B32B 38/1808 (2013.01); G01N 21/8986 (2013.01); B32B 21/14 (2013.01); B32B 38/1858 (2013.01); B32B 2309/72 (2013.01); G01N 21/359 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system for production of layered wood products employs local and independently operating robotic panel assembly cells including one or more veneer handling robots, one or more core handling robots, and one or more glue application robots to produce stacks of layered wood product panels locally near the pressing stations. Consequently, the stacks of layered wood product panels are independently built at, or near, the location of the pressing stations. This eliminates the need for traditional panel conveyors, traditional layered wood product panel assembly layup lines, and stack press delivery lines. This, in turn, eliminates thousands of moving parts and dozens of people from the layered wood product production process.


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