Patent ID: 6752887
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: B27D,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for transversely gluing veneer strips to obtain a butt-glued veneer carpet comprising:transporting individual veneer strips along a transportation path having a transportation direction to a heating zone to be glued using a plurality of independently operable transportation members which are arranged to extend side by side in the transportation direction, determining orientation of an edge of one of the veneer strips being transported in a direction transverse to the transportation direction at a plurality of measuring points by using a first sensor unit that includes a plurality of sensors arranged in a direction transverse to the transportation direction, one of the transportation members being independently operable in response to a determined value of one of the sensors that is assigned to the one of the transportation members based on relative transverse positions of the one of the sensors and the one of the transportation members relative to the transportation direction, calculating a desired orientation of the edge of the one of the veneer strips in an area of the heating zone based on values determined by the sensors of the first sensor unit, and independently adjusting time/path functions of at least one of the transportation members as needed to change the orientation of the edge of the veneer strip based on the orientation of the edge of the one of the veneer strips as determined by the sensors of the first sensor unit.