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SAW LOG [16 records]

Record 1 2021-03-09

English

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

An articulated arm used in turning logs on a carriage.

OBS

The arm, ending in a hook, can be extended to roll the log from the carriage; the log then is re-positioned for the saw by hydraulic bumpers.

French

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

Appareil qui comporte une barre verticale dentée, une chaîne à taquets ou des rouleaux inclinables et qui sert à imprimer à la bille un mouvement de rotation au moment de l'alimentation.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-02-02

English

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

The heavy frame carrying a power-driven saw, and also... in the absence of a log carriage, the table... on which the timber is sawn.

French

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

Cadre portant l'axe et les autres parties d'une scie circulaire de tête.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instalaciones y equipo (Industria maderera)
  • Aserradura de la madera
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Record 3 2005-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
  • Wood Sawing
CONT

Log carriage : In frame-saw milling, a carriage used to support and guide the end of the log remote from the frame saw... Auxiliary carriages(=supporting carriages) may also be used as intermediate supports.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
  • Sciage du bois
OBS

On écrirait mieux «charriot».

OBS

charriot : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 4 2005-06-21

English

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

In frame-saw milling, a carriage used to support and guide the end of the log remote from the frame saw.

French

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

Dans une scie circulaire, ou à ruban, le cadre mobile sur lequel sont montés divers dispositifs ainsi que les griffes qui agrippent la grume au moment du sciage, et qui permet de l'avancer vers la lame de scie ou de l'en retirer.

OBS

Ce chariot, porté par des roues qui circulent sur des rails, est diversement propulsé dans un sens puis dans l'autre.

OBS

On écrirait mieux «charriot».

OBS

charriot : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instalaciones y equipo (Industria maderera)
  • Aserradura de la madera
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Record 5 2004-09-21

English

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

An optimizer used to determine the cutting axis and best position for the log and saw, so as to maximize the value of the lumber products produced.

Key term(s)
  • headrig optimiser

French

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

Optimiseur servant à déterminer l'axe de coupe et le positionnement favorable de la grume et de la scie, en vue d'un débitage optimal en produits.

Spanish

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Record 6 2003-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Sawing
DEF

The portion of a saw log extracted from the top of a trunk.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciage du bois
DEF

Partie d'une grume sciée provenant de la partie supérieure du tronc.

Spanish

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Record 7 2001-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
  • Wood Sawing
CONT

Series 100 Cut-Off Saw... The saw is cycled by a 2-1/2" bore linear positioner for controlled high speed motion. Saw center is maintained at the log center to minimize lateral forces. The saw is driven by a 75 hp motor and cog belt drive.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
  • Sciage du bois
CONT

Notre nouveau servo-positionneur peut accroître votre productivité tout en fournissant des grumes uniformes coupées avec une précision rentable.

OBS

Renseignement tiré de la documentation offerte par la compagnie Forano International de Montréal.

Spanish

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Record 8 1998-11-28

English

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

The mechanism on a log carriage which serves to advance the knees towards, or withdraw them from, the saw line, so regulating the thickness of the piece being cut.

French

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

Mécanisme qui, sur un chariot ou un autre système de sciage ou d'équarrissage, permet d'ajuster la position de la pièce par rapport au plan de sciage ou vice versa et ainsi de régler l'épaisseur de coupe.

Spanish

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Record 9 1998-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Sawing
DEF

With a chain saw, any cut made by applying its nose to e. g. a tree stem or log.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciage du bois
DEF

Petite entaille réalisée avec le bout d'une scie à chaîne, par exemple sur une tige ou une bûche.

Spanish

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Record 10 1998-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
CONT

Log pond. An area of water(... if salt water, a salt chuck) for storing logs, generally attached to a saw-or veneer mill, to which the logs travel via the log haul-up.

French

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

Enceinte remplie d'eau salée et servant à entreposer les grumes destinées à la transformation primaire.

Spanish

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Record 11 1998-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
  • Wood Sawing
CONT

Band saw. An endless belt-like strip of steel, toothed along one or both edges and running uni-directionally between two pulleys, used to saw timber.... In wide band-saws the strip is [greater than] 4in wide, suitable for heavier work, e. g. log conversion and resawing of large lumber.

Key term(s)
  • wide band saw
  • wide bandsaw

French

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

Spanish

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Record 12 1998-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
  • Wood Sawing
CONT

Band saw. An endless belt-like strip of steel, toothed along one or both edges and running uni-directionally between two pulleys, used to saw timber.... In wide band-saws the strip is [greater than] 4in wide, suitable for heavier work, e. g. log conversion and resawing of large lumber; in narrow band-saws... it is [lesser than] 2in wide, suitable for lighter work, e. g. the cutting of curves.

Key term(s)
  • narrow band saw
  • narrow bandsaw

French

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

Spanish

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Record 13 1998-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Sawing
DEF

In sawing logs into lumber on a head saw, the last board in the log to which the carriage dogs are attached.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciage du bois
DEF

Dans le sciage d'une bille sur scie de tête, dernière planche qui en est extraite et qui était retenue par les griffes.

Spanish

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Record 14 1993-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
  • Wood Sawing
DEF

Local damage of log surface caused by instruments and tools such as a saw or cable winch.

OBS

Term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
  • Sciage du bois
DEF

Blessure localisée de la surface d'une bille due à l'utilisation d'une scie ou d'un câble.

OBS

Terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 15 1987-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Sawing
OBS

Log quality is measured by the volume and quality of the potential lumber yield. External characteristics of the log such as diameter, surface indicators, and position in the tree(butt logs or uppers), are used to estimate potential lumber quality. To obtain the maximum yield from top-grade logs, it is best to saw them in a mill with a standard headrig and carriage, which is the first machine in a sawmill to start the breakdown of logs into lumber products.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciage du bois

Spanish

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Record 16 1987-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Products
  • Plywood
  • Wood Industries
DEF

Veneer produced by sawing.

OBS

for "saw cut veneer" : Veneers are cut in two grades or thicknesses, known as saw cut and knife cut. The first named are the thickest, and vary in thickness from 1/32 to 1/16 of an inch. They are cut from the log with a large circular saw, and usually yield about 12 sheets to the inch. Knife cut veneers are much thinner, modern machines making it possible to get from 50 to 100 sheets to the inch, the very thin ones being used as picture mounts. These are cut with rotary and flat knives. In saw cutting the log is well steamed and placed between two stocks, like a leg in a lathe, and under a knife for its whole length. The log is now forced round and against the knife which drops the required thickness at each revolution. By cutting spirally the grain is accentuated and enlarged.

OBS

sawn veneer: Term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Produits du bois
  • Contreplaqués
  • Industrie du bois
DEF

Placage obtenu par sciage.

OBS

placage scié : Terme normalisé par l'ISO, la BNQ et l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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