A timber
processing and
firewood splitting
machine, which excels in its efficiency and rational
energy consumption, comprises a self-standing bearing frame (1), which is suitable for being placed on the ground, a conveying unit (2), which is arranged in one terminal area of said bearing frame ( 1 ) and is adjusted for step-by-step forwarding of a timber (T) of a pre-determined
diameter (D) in the longitudinal direction of said bearing frame (1), a
cutting unit (3), which is suitable for
cutting said timber (T) to separate longitudinal sections (T1) of a pre-determined length (L) and is arranged in the area above said conveying unit (2), a guiding unit (4), which is suitable for guiding of each particular longitudinal timber section (T1) in said longitudinal direction and along a geometric axis (10) towards a working area (5), where a splitting
assembly (6) is arranged, which is intended for splitting of each longitudinal section (T1) of the timber (T) to several
firewood pieces, wherein said splitting
assembly (6) comprises at least a splitting unit (60), which is by means of a suitable driving unit (61) displaceable to and from along said longitudinal geometric axis (10), as well as a supporting
assembly (9), which is arranged below the bearing frame (1) at a suitable distance above the ground, and which comprises two one towards the other directed flaps (91, 92), which are adjusted for supporting
firewood pieces upon being split apart from the rest of said longitudinal section (T1) of the timber (T) and apart from said splitting unit (60), and are mainly maintained in approximately horizontal position, but may also be pivoted into an inclined or even vertical position, when necessary. In this, said
cutting unit (3) is conceived as a band saw with an endless saw band blade (30) with a cutting area (31) which is formed by equally spaced cutting teeth (32) and is directed downwardly towards the ground and towards the guiding unit (4).