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(11) | EP 0 500 161 A3 |
| (12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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| (54) | Sheet cutting station for rotary cut wood veneer |
| (57) Method for cutting sheets from a strip of wood veneer (12) comprising the phases
of detecting the presence of a plurality of specific zones of the strip and cutting
the strip transversely on command or, in combination, longitudinally and transversely,
to circumscribe specific zones of said plurality in strips as wide as the entire strip
or a fraction thereof. In accordance with this method a station (10) for cutting in sheets a strip of wood veneer (12) comprises transverse cutting means (15) for the strip controlled by control means to obtain sheets of a length falling within preset ranges and sensor means (13) for detection of a plurality of specific zones of the strip upstream and downstream of which is performed a transverse cut. The cutting means (15) comprise blade units for performing a complete transverse cut of the strip or cuts of half strips obtained by longitudinal cutting means (20) to obtain sheets (41), (42) sent to stacking (18). |