PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING AND FINISHING IMPROVED ENGINEERED WOOD SIDING

    公开(公告)号:US20250065531A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-27

    申请号:US18945242

    申请日:2024-11-12

    Abstract: An improved engineered wood product, and related methods, with improved actual and apparent surface quality. The product includes a high basis weight fines layer overlaying a strand matrix base layer, with one or more overlay layers. The fines layer may be placed between the overlay layers, if multiple overlays are present. The configuration of fines layer and overlay layer(s) minimizes the presence of sub-surface imperfections that may result in visible telegraphing on the exposed surface. A light pattern or texture may be embossed on the outermost overlay layer during the pressing process. Additionally, a paint primer layer or coating with added aggregate may be applied to help camouflage inherent sub-surface defects.

    VENEER SORTING CONTROL DEVICE, VENEER SORTING CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR VENEER SORTING CONTROL

    公开(公告)号:US20220215527A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-07

    申请号:US17607624

    申请日:2020-10-20

    Inventor: Koji MORITA

    Abstract: Provided is a veneer sorting control device including: a sorting condition setting unit 11 that sets sorting conditions for each of a plurality of kinds of defects so as to sort a veneer into a plurality of quality ranks; a defect detection unit 13 that detects the plurality of kinds of defects with respect to each of a plurality of pieces of veneer image data acquired from an image storage unit 100; a quality rank sorting unit 14 that sorts a plurality of the veneers into a plurality of quality ranks in correspondence with the sorting conditions which are set and defect detection states; a first totalization unit 15 that totalizes the number or a number ratio of the veneers in the plurality of quality ranks which are sorted; and a display control unit 17 that displays the totalization result on a screen. The number of the veneers sorted into the plurality of quality ranks can be confirmed by a simulation using the veneer image data stored in the image storage unit 100.

    Veneer sheet conveying apparatus and method of controlling the same

    公开(公告)号:US11285634B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-29

    申请号:US16494758

    申请日:2018-08-11

    Abstract: When a veneer conveyed out by a discharging conveyor is a product veneer, a sorting apparatus is rotationally driven to pierce the product veneer with needle-like bodies by a guide member and a push-up member (a rolling bearing). When the veneer conveyed out by the discharging conveyor is a trash veneer, the sorting apparatus is rotationally driven so that the trash veneer is not pierced by the needle-like body. With this configuration, the progress of the abrasion of the needle-like bodies can be delayed as compared with the configuration in which the product veneer and the trash veneer are both pierced by the needle-like body. As a result, the time to replace the needle-like bodies can be extended, whereby the running cost can be reduced.

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