US 12,214,521 B2
Method and system for layered wood product production
David Bolton, Lena, LA (US)
Assigned to Boise Cascade Company, Boise, ID (US)
Filed by Boise Cascade Company, Boise, ID (US)
Filed on Nov. 20, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/100,498.
Prior Publication US 2022/0161454 A1, May 26, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B27D 1/06 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B27D 3/00 (2006.01); B27G 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B27D 1/06 (2013.01) [B27D 3/00 (2013.01); B27G 11/00 (2013.01); B25J 9/1682 (2013.01); B25J 9/1687 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A local robotic panel assembly and pressing station, the local robotic panel assembly and pressing station comprising:
a single robot panel assembly cell station, the single robot panel assembly cell station being located at a single stationary robot panel assembly cell station location, the single robot panel assembly cell station including at least one stack of veneer sheets, a control system, and two or more robots all located at the same single stationary robot panel assembly cell station location, the single robot panel assembly cell station producing a green layered wood product panel stack, the green layered wood product panel stack including two or more green layered wood product panels, at the single stationary robot panel assembly cell station location;
a pre-press, the pre-press receiving the green layered wood product panel stack, including two or more green layered wood product panels, from the single stationary robot panel assembly cell station location, the pre-press pressing the green layered wood product panel stack to produce pre-pressed layered wood product panels;
a hot press, the hot press heating and pressing the pre-pressed layered wood product panels to produce cured layered wood product panels; and
a quality analysis and feedback cell, the quality analysis and feedback cell for analyzing quality of cured layered wood product panels.