Patent ID: 6539830
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: B23D,B27B,B44B,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for automated sawing and marking each board of a series of boards, the method comprising the steps of:a) placing a series of boards on a conveyor; b) automatically controlling by a computerized process controller: a lengthwise conveyance of boards on the conveyor, a marking station, and a sawing station; c) gripping each individual board to convey said board lengthwise; d) calculating with the computerized process controller stud location positions on each board; e) calculating with the computerized process controller locations on the board to be sawed; f) advancing each board toward the sawing station; g) printing two dimensional stud location indicia on the boards at the stud location positions by a printing mechanism at the marking station without contacting each board with the printing mechanism; h) performing step g without stopping the advancing of each board; and i) performing a sawing operation with a chop saw at the sawing station on each board at the locations to be sawed.