The Auto Rotation Log Turner is used in conjunction with extended length infeeds that feed four sided canters. The turner rotates logs the log based on data received from an x-y scanner mounted on a conveyor immediately upstream from turner.

The logs are rotated for optimum recovery and handed off to the infeed section, where they are gripped firmly and presented to the machining centers for processing.

The infeed is designed to hold logs in the orientation established by the log turner minimizing any movement of the logs while they are being scanned for machining, thereby increasing recovery.

Infeeds are available in several lengths --- standard, extended, and double length.

The chipping section is a machining center designed to reduce logs from round shapes into squares or rectangles. These modules come in many varieties, but are typically made up of a fixed bottom head, followed by moveable side and top heads.

Saw sections are usually located just behind the chipping section. They can remove one or two side boards from each side of the cants as they pass through the module.

Some chipping canters make a �minimum� guide spline with the bottom head that must be removed when the cant exits the saw section. To accomplish this, Cone Machinery, Inc. makes a machine called a Spline Remover.

After machining and sawing, cants and side boards must be separated for further processing.  To accomplish this, Cone Machinery supplies an outfeed conveyor. 

Horizontal gangs are used to saw cants into lumber.  The cants may be two sided, three sided, or four sided and anywhere from 4" to 12" thick.

Side boards coming from the CNS and other machines in the saw mill must be edged to produce useable lumber. This is done with machines called edgers.