Abstract: In a procedure for the longitudinal orientation of chips, particularly during the manufacturing of OSB boards, spaced apart discs are located on rotating shafts sequentially one after the other. The discs are positioned above a forming belt that receives the chips after they are oriented by the discs. The discs are located on each of the shafts, and these discs together with the longitudinal side walls of an enclosure for the discs, function to longitudinally orient the wood chips to the point of deposit upon the forming belt.

Abstract: An apparatus for aligning chips in the manufacture of strandboards functions to align the chips in a preferred direction by means of vertical aligning plates arranged parallel to one another and equally spaced apart. Spacing rings, spiked discs, solid discs and spiked discs are alternately arranged in that order and in the same sequence on rotating shafts located above the guide plates. The rotating shafts are arranged perpendicular to the preferred direction of chip deposition and are parallel and at a distance from and adjacent to each other. A mounting for each of the spikes of the spiked discs is proposed for the purpose of accurately maintaining a preferred direction for large chips being processed.