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. 2021 Jul 23;14(15):4106. doi: 10.3390/ma14154106
graphic file with name materials-14-04106-i001.jpg
  1. Assembly table,
  2. Removable lock point,
  3. Compressing clamps,
  4. Milling head with carriage, sawdust removal system,
  5. Removal table.
  1. The residues are sorted and formatted to created blanks of similar dimensions.
graphic file with name materials-14-04106-i002.jpg
  1. Assembly table,
  2. Removable lock point,
  3. Compressing clamps,
  4. Milling head with carriage, sawdust removal system,
  5. Removal table.
  • b.
    The residue piece is manually aligned with two lock points: side and tip, forming a straight angle between the longitudinal side of the panel and trajectory of movement of the router head.
graphic file with name materials-14-04106-i003.jpg
  1. Assembly table,
  2. Removable lock point,
  3. Compressing clamps,
  4. Milling head with carriage, sawdust removal system,
  5. Removal table.
  • c.
    The residue piece is pneumatically fixed in position from above.
  • d.
    Finger joint is milled into one end of the residue piece by moving the router head.
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  1. Assembly table,
  2. Removable lock point,
  3. Compressing clamps,
  4. Milling head with carriage, sawdust removal system,
  5. Removal table.
  • e
    The residue piece is released.
  • f.
    The residue piece is removed for pressing or it can be pushed through the milling area to the removal table for secondary profiling. The removal table is ½ of the finger joint profile height.
  • g.
    The second (or the same residue piece if it is necessary to have finger joints on both ends of the panel) residue piece is manually aligned with two lock points.
graphic file with name materials-14-04106-i005.jpg
  1. Assembly table,
  2. Removable lock point,
  3. Compressing clamps,
  4. Milling head with carriage, sawdust removal system,
  5. Removal table.
  • h.
    The residue piece is compressed from above and the finger joint is milled into the tip of the second residue piece (or the same piece from the other end), thus creating the finished secondary blank.
  • i.
    The panel is released and removed from the removal table.