703results about "Tree debarking" patented technology

A split support ring having two halves joined by a hinge is mounted about a tree. A trolley is mounted on the support ring and movable horizontally in all positions over 360 angular degrees. A plurality of wheel assemblies are paced around the support ring and depend downwardly providing wheels angularly positionable into contact with the tree for supporting and moving the support ring vertically on the tree. A tension device in contact with the wheel assemblies causes the wheels to gain traction against the tree. A saw is mounted on the trolley, the saw engaged so as to move in mutually orthogonal directions for positioning the saw as needed in cutting into the tree and its branches or fronds.

As a traditional bamboo joint removing method is low in degree of mechanization and production efficiency, and consumes time and labor, the invention discloses a slitting and bamboo joint removing integrated machine for a bamboo billet cylinder, which aims to improve the production efficiency of bamboo processing, belongs to the technical field of processing machinery of bamboo products, and comprises a circular cutter, a solid cylinder, a solid circular cone, an outer cylinder, outer cylinder inner plates, an annular cutterhead, a cutter, a movable baffle plate, a power device, a fixing device, a receiving device, a feeding device and other devices that all form a complete machine. The slitting and bamboo joint removing integrated machine for the bamboo billet cylinder is a novel bamboo joint removing machine for the bamboo billet cylinder, and slits the bamboo billet cylinder and removes bamboo joints at the same time, so as to achieve the purposes of labor conservation and production time conservation, and meet the processing requirement for batch production at the same time.

A multi-axis controlled self-climbing tree trimmer used for shaping and severing peripheral growth from a tree is provided herein. The trimmer typically includes a structural segment hinged together to form a rigid chassis that surrounds a tree trunk climbing segment and a trimming portion. The climbing portion is retained within the structural segment in the form of a number of inward-extending carriages containing one or more rollers for gripping the tree trunk during climbing, and the trimming portion may include a rotatable split ring gear containing centrifugally rotating trimming blade members and/or a cutting tool on a positionable arm. When rotated, the blade members unlatch and pivot, into the trunk of the tree to effect controlled trimming. The system may utilize a multi-axis control system that uses linear interpolation, circular interpolation and coordination of all axes to enable the trimmer to follow an XYZ contour selected by a user.

The invention discloses a tree barking device and belongs to the field of agricultural machines. The tree barking device consists of a grinding wheel guide rail, a reinforcing rib, a grinding wheel guide rail supporting seat, a mechanical main body, a rotary disc, a tip, a tail frame guide rail, a working platform, angle-iron type clamps, a chuck, a working platform guide rail, a main shaft motor, a grinding wheel motor, a grinding wheel and a grinding wheel frame. The tree barking device is characterized in that the grinding wheel guide rail and the grinding wheel guide rail supporting seat are fixedly connected together by the reinforcing rib; the grinding wheel guide rail supporting seat and the mechanical main body are fixedly connected together; the mechanical main body is provided with the working platform guide rail; the working platform is arranged on the working platform guide rail; the tail frame guide rail is fixed on the working platform and is provided with the tip; the rotary disc is arranged behind the tip; the chuck is fixed on the working platform and is provided with the angle-iron type clamps; the main shaft motor is connected together with the chuck; the grinding wheel is arranged on the grinding wheel frame; the grinding wheel and the grinding wheel motor are distributed at the two sides of the grinding wheel frame which is arranged on the grinding wheel guide rail. The tree barking device disclosed by the invention has the beneficial effect of barking off trees automatically.

The invention relates to a barking device comprising a barking arm (1) and a barking tool (2) which is mountable in a tool seat of the barking arm. The barking tool comprises a convex mounting surface (13), while the seat surface (7) of the barking arm is concave. The barking tool is, with the aid of a connecting means, mountable in the tool seat and displaceable by rotating displacement. The connecting means comprises a screw (18) and a sleeve-like nut (21). The head (20, 23) of one of the connecting means parts (18, 21) is designed to prevent displacement and rotation.

An overall method of making engineered strand wood products in relation to a number of different possible criteria is provided. Such a method may involve any combination of different screening procedures to determine the best wood sources from which individual strands may be prepared. Such screening procedures may include initial determinations of certain physical characteristics of individual logs, further or initial determinations of certain physical characteristics of portions of sawn logs, further or initial determinations of certain physical characteristics of individual strands, and any combinations thereof. Additionally, after the initial physical characteristic sorting is completed, optionally the wood may be cut into uniformly sized and shaped strands for incorporation within a target strand product. Still further, such strands, in substantially uniform size and shape, as well as substantially uniform physical characteristics, may then be incorporated into a target strand product in specific predetermined configurations. Such various possible combinations of screening procedures and/or selective stranding processes results in strand products (boards, lumber, and the like) of improved properties over previously made strand products. Thus, encompassed within this invention are processes involving each of these procedures either individually or in combination with other sequential processes for the production of desired strand products.

A tree harvesting apparatus and method is particularly adapted for use in crowded housing and industrial areas where there is concern for relatively heavy cut tree portions causing damage when allowed to free fall to the ground. The tree harvesting apparatus and method enables a cut portion of a tree such as a tree top to be weighed after being cut but before it is lowered or allowed to free fall to the ground dependent on its weight. A camera mounted on the harvesting apparatus enables the cutting and weighing operation to be observed by an operator on the ground. The tree harvesting apparatus mounts on the outer end of a boom which in turn mounts on a turntable which can rotate 360°, thus making the apparatus and method useful for harvesting a plurality of trees from one location of the apparatus.

The invention discloses a tree peeling machine which comprises a frame, a driving device, a cutter disk, an upper feed wheel and lower feed wheels, wherein cutter blades are arranged on the outer circumference of the cutter disk which is driven to rotate by the driving device; wood is clamped by the cutter disk, the upper feed wheel and the lower feed wheels; an axial line of the upper feed wheel or the lower feed wheels is not parallel to an axial line of the cutter disk; both the upper feed wheel and the lower feed wheels are driven to rotate by the driving device; and the direction of a horizontal component of the upper feed wheel and the lower feed wheels on the wood is coincident with the feed direction. According to the tree peeling machine disclosed by the invention, automatic feed can be realized in the cutting process, and an automatic pressing mechanism can be matched with a feed device, so that the wood can be clamped by the feed device all the time when the diameter of the wood is changed. The processing device has a simple structure and can be conveniently operated, manpower and material resources are saved, and the processing cost is saved.

Apparatuses, systems, and methods for debarking logs are shown and described. The disclosed embodiments can be used for quickly and conveniently replacing contact surfaces, such as leading edges, of swing arm assemblies. Some disclosed embodiments include a swing arm assembly having a replaceable insert that defines a leading edge for engaging logs moving along a processing line. The insert can be made of a wear resistant material for a prolonged life. A worn insert can be replaced with another insert to ensure proper functioning of the debarker.

The invention discloses a wood peeling device, which comprises a shell, a sliding sleeve rod, a first rod and a fixed ring. Two pipelines, a fan is installed in one end of the second pipeline, a support bracket is fixedly connected to the bottom of the housing, a diagonal rod is fixedly connected to the bottom of the support bracket, and a support seat is fixedly welded to the lower end of the diagonal rod , one end of the support seat is vertically installed with a support rod, the front of the housing is horizontally equipped with a rotating shaft, the rotating shaft is connected to the door body in rotation, the door handle is fixedly installed on the door body, and the top of the housing The middle thread is connected with an adjusting bolt, the upper end of the adjusting bolt is fixedly connected with a rotating handle, and the lower end of the adjusting bolt is rotatably connected with a knife seat, and a blade is welded below the knife seat. The invention can accurately peel the bark according to the thickness and length of the wood without damaging the grain of the wood.

The invention discloses a high-performance wood restructuring laminated wood and a manufacturing method thereof. Massive remainders, namely wood slabs, produced in wood processing are taken as raw materials to manufacture high-density high-strength laminated boards and squared timbers used for structure and decoration by wood restructuring technology; wherein the waste remainders of the wood processing are sawed, discongested and peeled and dried to form edgings with certain specifications; then the edgings are levelly paved in multilayer, and heat pressing and post treatment are carried out to manufacture laminated boards and squared timbers. The processing technological processes are as follows: sawing the remainders, namely the wood slabs of the wood processing to be edgings with certain width and length, discongesting and peeling, and drying to certain moisture content; carrying out gumming and secondary drying on the dried edgings, then paving the edgings in a concave groove to form blanks; then pushing the blanks in the concave groove to a die on a thermocompressor for heat pressing, forming blank flat squared timbers, and then trimming and sanding to manufacture the finished product.

A tree trimming device that automatically climbs a tree or other vertical member and shears limbs or debris as it climbs has an anchor structure, a cutting assembly, vertical connecting pistons, and a cutting blade assembly. The anchor structure and the cutting assembly may be attached by vertical connecting pistons. The device climbs vertical members by clamping the anchor structure to the tree or other vertical member, then extending the vertical connecting pistons, which forces the cutting assembly to move up the vertical member, shearing limbs or other debris as it moves. Once the vertical connecting pistons are extended, the cutting assembly may be clamped to the tree, and the vertical connecting pistons may be retracted, thus pulling the anchor structure up the vertical member towards the cutting assembly. The process may be repeated until the vertical member is trimmed to the desired height. The process may be reversed to lower the device back to the ground.

The invention provides a method and a device used for removing the skin of a wood-edge plate, consisting of a power, a transmission part, a frame, a workbench (1), feeding mechanisms (5, 4) and a cutter. A slotting saw (2) is arranged on the lower left of the workbench; a saw kerf (8) and a positioning track (9) are arranged in the centre of the workbench in longitudinal direction; the positioning track (9) is provided with flexible strip cutter rollers (6) in horizontal state, left inclined state and right inclined state; a dust hood (7) is arranged above the roller (6). The device is specially used for removing the skin of a wood-edge plate; classification and pre-disposal are carried out to the edge plate in advance when the skin is being removed; the excessively thin plate is not processed and the skin of the plate with non-uniform thickness is removed by section on which the thin plate is cut and the thick plate is preserved; the whole skin of a thicker plate with is removed; coarse and hard knurr is cleaved by the saw and iron nails are pulled out. By adopting the device to remove the skin of a wood-edge plate, the invention has the advantages of sufficiently taking the wood-edge plate as the raw material of integration material, solving the lack of raw wood, removing the skin quickly, cleanly and thoroughly and not damaging the xylem.

The invention discloses a tree trunk skin removing machine and a skin removing method, relates to the field of tree trunk skin removing equipment, in particular to the tree trunk skin removing machine. The tree trunk skin removing machine comprises a T-shaped bottom plate. The tree trunk skin removing machine is characterized in that a supporting shaft is fixed to one end of the upper side of theT-shaped bottom plate, the upper side of the supporting shaft is hinged to one end of a U-shaped rod, and a first top block is in threaded connection with the other end of the U-shaped rod. The two opposite ends of the upper side of the T-shaped bottom plate are separately and fixedly connected with two ends of a cross rod of a T-shaped groove rod through an L-shaped bracket, a T-shaped sliding rail is arranged on the cross rod of the T-shaped groove rod, a first T-shaped sliding block is arranged in the T-shaped sliding rail, a first cylinder rod is fixed to the middle of one side of the first T-shaped sliding block, and the first cylinder rod penetrates through the T-shaped sliding rail, a first sliding groove at the lower end of a straight groove rod and a clamping groove at the upper end of an H-shaped groove rod. The tree trunk skin removing machine can realize the skin removing of tree trunks and smashing of tree skins.

Apparatuses, systems, and methods for debarking logs are shown and described. The disclosed embodiments can be easily adjusted to process different logs. Air-cell rings provide for a wide range of force gradients to process both large and small diameter logs. The rings include force gradient adjustment mechanisms configurable to provide different force gradients to process logs.

A debarking blade arrangement is carried by a frame of a tree harvesting head and includes a fixed knife segment that cooperates with three articulated knife segments carried by each of right- and left-hand, articulated debarking arm assemblies which are disposed on opposite sides of a tree stem feed axis. Each arm assembly includes a rear arm section that carries a first knife segment, an intermediate arm section and a front arm section that carries second and third knife segments and is yieldably biased toward the intermediate arm section so as to dispose the second and third knife segments for engagement with a tree stem. A hydraulically-powered arrangement is coupled to each arm assembly for selectively pivoting the entire assembly about a fixed axis and for pivoting the intermediate and front arm sections relative to the rear arm section for keeping the knife segments in debarking engagement with the stem.

The invention provides a brush cutter and chipper that attaches to the end of an articulating arm or boom on equipment. The cutter may utilize existing hydraulic power and controls. The cutter includes a housing with external feed assembly that feeds material through a gate to an internal cutting assembly. The feed assembly has a tensioned upper roller that may move arcuately and a stationary lower roller. The rollers preferably rotate oppositely and each has peripheral cleats to facilitate feeding. The housing mounts an internal rotating drum that may be rotationally linked with the rollers. The drum has a cutting surface, which may be a peripherally wound toothed chain, that cuts entering materials smaller pieces. The drum rotates against the bottom side of the fed material to insure that the material is cut into small pieces. The small pieces exit through a chute at the bottom of the housing.

An overall method of making engineered strand wood products in relation to a number of different possible criteria is provided. Such a method may involve any combination of different screening procedures to determine the best wood sources from which individual strands may be prepared. Such screening procedures may include initial determinations of certain physical characteristics of individual logs, further or initial determinations of certain physical characteristics of portions of sawn logs, further or initial determinations of certain physical characteristics of individual strands, and any combinations thereof. Additionally, after the initial physical characteristic sorting is completed, optionally the wood may be cut into uniformly sized and shaped strands for incorporation within a target strand product. Still further, such strands, in substantially uniform size and shape, as well as substantially uniform physical characteristics, may then be incorporated into a target strand product in specific predetermined configurations. Such various possible combinations of screening procedures and/or selective stranding processes results in strand products (boards, lumber, and the like) of improved properties over previously made strand products. Thus, encompassed within this invention are processes involving each of these procedures either individually or in combination with other sequential processes for the production of desired strand products.

A log debarking machine includes a rotary cutter head on a debarking arm. The arm is pivotally mounted on a car so that the head engages a rotating log. The weight of the arm is supported by an elastomer spring to improve debarking engagement between the head and the log.

The invention discloses a log peeling device which comprises a workbench. A set of sliding rails are arranged on the upper surface of the workbench. Vertical mounting boards are arranged on the upper surface of the workbench and located on the two sides of the set of sliding rails. Each sliding rail is provided with an electric cart, and a mounting block is arranged on the upper surface of each electric cart. A first circular groove is formed in the upper surface of each mounting block. A first linear motor with the upward telescopic end is arranged in each first circular groove. A controller is arranged on one side surface of the workbench. An electric supply joint is arranged on one side of the controller. The power wiring terminal of the controller is connected with the electric supply joint through a wire. The input end of the controller is connected with the electric carts, the first linear motors, the second linear motors and a rotary motor through wires. The log peeling device has the beneficial effects that automatic turning and cutting processing modes are achieved, the working efficiency is high, personal safety of workers is maintained, and the log peeling device is convenient to use and high in novelty.

A pole saw apparatus includes a saw blade, a pole, and a tubular adapter connecting the saw blade to the pole. The adapter includes an obround blade-receiving end that stably telescopingly engage sides of the blade-receiving end, with bolts fixing the blade on the adapter. The adapter also includes a pole-engaging end that is cylindrically shaped to telescopingly engage the anchoring end of the pole. A friction clamp includes a transverse shaft extending through the pole, the shaft being shaped to slide into longitudinal slots in the pole-engaging end of the adapter and then rotate into circumferential slots where it is not longitudinally removable. A rotatable cam handle on the clamp is manipulated to create circumferential friction to hold (or release) the adapter on the pole. The blade, adapter and pole align along a common centerline for robust and balanced use.

Method and device for delimbing a tree trunk (60) in a compliant gripping state defined by a set of limbing knives (18, 24, 26, 28) enclosing the trunk. The limbing knives are repeatedly adjusted through a control unit (46) for adaption of the gripping state to a varying thickness of the trunk when the trunk is advanced between the knives for the delimbing of the trunk. The invention comprises entering a desired compliance (D1) of the gripping state in the control unit (46), detecting an actual compliance (d) of the gripping state, and performing each adjustment of the limbing knives via the control unit until the actual compliance (d) corresponds to the desired compliance (D1).