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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2013
Applicant:
Usnr, Llc, Woodland, WA (US);
Inventor:
Petri Saastamo, Woodland, WA (US);
Assignee:
USNR, LLC, Woodland, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01); B23Q 16/00 (2006.01); B27B 1/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/19 (2006.01); G05B 19/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B27B 1/007 (2013.01); G05B 19/182 (2013.01); G05B 19/19 (2013.01); G05B 2219/35162 (2013.01); G05B 2219/36515 (2013.01); Y02P 80/40 (2015.11); Y10T 29/49716 (2015.01); Y10T 83/0524 (2015.04); Y10T 83/178 (2015.04);
Abstract
Embodiments provide a pre-cut infeed system for a machine center, such as an edger. A pre-cut infeed system may include an infeed, one or more saws arranged along the infeed, and a scanner optimizer system. The scanner optimizer system may scan a workpiece and determine whether greater value can be obtained from the workpiece by cutting the workpiece transversely into two or more pieces upstream of the machine center. If so, the workpiece may be cut transversely by the saw(s) positioned along the infeed, and the cut pieces may be fed sequentially into the machine center.