Patent ID: 8365781

Claim:
Arrangement for manufacturing edge glued laminations for the manufacture of edge glued laminated panels from thin timber logs, the arrangement comprising: a first saw for sawing the logs through in parallel sections to form pieces of wood, a drying section for drying the pieces of wood, a planing section, and a cutting section for longitudinally cutting the pieces of wood to form lamination pieces ( 4 ), said cutting section being followed by: a gauging system for continuously gauging each lamination piece and obtaining a gauging result, a feeding section comprising endless feed conveyors ( 7 , 8 , 9 ) of reinforced rubber 5-15 mm thick, which are arranged to fix the lamination pieces ( 4 ) laterally, the feed conveyors ( 7 , 8 , 9 ) resting on idler or drive rollers ( 12 ) along an entire length of the feed conveyors, the feed conveyors ( 7 , 8 , 9 ) having a number of longitudinal channels ( 11 ) on the side remote from the lamination pieces ( 4 ), the idler or drive rollers ( 12 ) being provided with circumferential surfaces having tracks ( 16 ) which correspond to the channels, wherein the feed conveyors ( 7 , 8 , 9 ) are arranged to feed said lamination pieces through a flexibly adjustable edge sawing machine, and means for controlling and optimizing the width adjustment of said sawing machine based on said gauging result.