Abstract:
The present invention concerns an apparatus for receiving and feeding into a chipper wood to be chipped, said apparatus containing a feed conveyor receiving log bundles, a tumbling drum breaking the bundles, and a receiving conveyor. The feed conveyor is speed-controlled according to the position information of a log bundle, and the speed of rotation of the tumbling drum is adjusted depending on the amount of wood discharged from the drum. The position information of the log bundle is received for example from the torque moment or input power of the drives of the drum. Thereby the speed of the feed conveyor, respectively the rotation speed of the drum, is set to slow down as a result of the increasing toque moment or input power of the drum, respectively to speed up as a result of the decreasing torque moment or input power.
Abstract:
Procedure and apparatus for controlling the barking process in a barking drum, which procedure uses measuring devices (13a,13b,14a,14b) placed in conjunction with the barking drum (1) to measure the weight of the drum. The measurement signals obtained from the weight measuring devices are used to calculate the degree of fullness of the drum, and this data is used to control the position of the delivery gate of the drum so as to achieve the desired degree of fullness. Moreover, the degree of barking of the logs is monitored, and the barking degree data is used as a basis for the control of the speed of rotation of the drum.
Abstract:
An improved decorticating drum with a selective mode of processing is disclosed, composed of a hollow cylinder horizontally resting on support rollers and being rotatable about its longitudinal axis, being adapted to receive wood fed in at one end and discharge it at the other, in particular a decorticating drum for dry debarking including longitudinal slots at the surface thereof for the elimination of the bark, the improvement comprises detachable covers in the region of the longitudinal slots whereby a wet decorticating drum may be formed, said covers resting against the outer surface of the drum.