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PEELER BLOCK [2 records]

Record 1 2003-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
  • Plywood
DEF

A small veneer lathe designed to handle shorter peeler block lengths.

CONT

The facility stores, debarks, and cuts logs into blocks in the log yard. Three lathes peel the blocks to produce green veneer, with peeler cores and wood chips as by-products. One lathe, the four foot core lathe, is driven by steam.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
  • Contreplaqués
DEF

Dérouleuse de dimensions réduites conçue pour le déroulage des billes courtes.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Woodworking
  • Wood Sawing
DEF

The automatic reduction, through a variable knife-angle mechanism, of the knife angle of a rotary-veneer lathe as the diameter of the peeler block decreases during peeling.

OBS

automatic pitch: term used in the Commonwealth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail du bois
  • Sciage du bois
DEF

Réduction automatique de l'angle du couteau d'un dérouleuse au fur et à mesure que le diamètre du billon diminue en cours de déroulage.

OBS

Ce réglage est réalisé par l'intermédiaire de mécanismes variés.

Spanish

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