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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2012
Applicant:
Earl Barker, Enumclaw, WA (US);
Inventor:
Earl Barker, Enumclaw, WA (US);
Assignee:
Weyerhaeuser NR Company, Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/86 (2006.01); B23Q 17/20 (2006.01); B23Q 17/24 (2006.01); B27B 1/00 (2006.01); B27B 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q 17/20 (2013.01); B23Q 17/24 (2013.01); B27B 1/007 (2013.01); B27B 31/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Sawmill auditing and control apparatus and methods employ information from one or more scan zones and/or controllers (e.g., PLCs). Boards may be logically associated with mill equipment which produced the boards, allowing defects or imperfections to be tied to certain equipment. For example, boards may be associated with a primary breakdown machine or a gangsaw, or with a pair of cutters (e.g., saws, chip heads). Such allows auditing of mill operations to identify improperly functioning machinery or out of tolerance conditions, to correct such, and/or provide notification.