Patent ID: 7835808
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: B23D,B27M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of cutting material comprising connecting a computer to a saw machine, the saw machine including a saw and a pusher for pushing a trailing end of a piece of wood downstream along a processing line toward the saw, programming the computer to optimize cutting of stock to satisfy a cut list, entering a cut list into the computer, selecting a piece of wood to be processed, positioning the piece of wood at a data input station along a data input line parallel to the processing line, a long axis of the piece of wood being parallel with the processing line, measuring length data of the piece of wood, and inputting the length data into the computer, marking a defect in the piece of wood by manually signaling location of proximal and distal boundaries of the defect without affixing an actual mark on the piece of wood, and inputting defect location data into the computer, running an optimization program in the computer to determine a plan for optimal cutting of the piece of wood to exclude the defect and fulfill cut list requirements, positioning the piece of wood along the processing line between the pusher and the saw, executing the plan including computer controlled driving of the pusher to push the trailing end of the piece of wood downstream toward the saw, and computer controlled cutting of the piece of wood into one or more cut list parts, and automatically printing labels for the one or more cut list parts, each label indicating information about the cut list part.