US 11,986,972 B2
System and method for repairing plywood
Erkki Kauranen, Lahti (FI); and Antti Mäkinen, Nastola (FI)
Assigned to Raute Oyj, Nastola (FI)
Appl. No. 17/275,510
Filed by Raute Oyj, Nastola (FI)
PCT Filed Aug. 26, 2019, PCT No. PCT/FI2019/050598
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 11, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/053475, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 20185760 (FI), filed on Sep. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0032491 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B27D 5/00 (2006.01); B27G 1/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/898 (2006.01)
CPC B27D 5/00 (2013.01) [B27G 1/00 (2013.01); G01N 21/8986 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for repairing at least one plywood panel, the system comprising:
an input section for inputting plywood panels in the system,
an output section for outputting the plywood panels from the system,
wherein at least one of the following: the input section, the output section comprises a support structure configured to support a stack of the plywood panels,
the system further comprising:
a movable detection device for scanning a halted plywood panel in the system,
a repairing device for performing a repair operation for the plywood panel halted for the repair operation,
a transport device for transporting a plywood panel from the input section to the output section, and
a control device for generating a control signal to the repairing device in response to a detection of a defect in the plywood panel on the basis of information obtained with the detection device,
wherein the detection device and the repairing device are arranged in one of the following: the input section, the output section, and
wherein the movable detection device is configured to move in a direction of a transport of the plywood panel from the input section to the output section.