LOG PROCESSING METHOD Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC B27B1/00 

FIELD: woodworking industry.

SUBSTANCE: log processing method involves delivery of logs, their sorting as per diameters, debarking and rounding up, sawing of logs into parts, chipping and production of fuel wooden pellets. The logs are sorted as per the diameters and tapering. The tapered logs are sawn into two short logs of an equal length and every short log is sorted as per the diameter with being placed in a short log bin. The sorted timber is piled in an accumulating stack of the respective diameter and length. When every stack reaches the volume sufficient for the shift processing, the timber lot is supplied for sawing. In the beginning of every shift the set-up operators adjust the equipment for the required log diameter and length.

EFFECT: increased log processing efficiency.

1 tbl