Abstract: In a release mechanism of a brake device used in a power transmission process, a motor supplies power, an output shaft of the motor is connected to the brake device, the brake device is formed by at least one friction disc and a brake disc, and a lining is installed on a side of the brake disc facing the friction disc, and a side is acted by an elastic member and attached with the friction disc to produce a braking effect. The release mechanism is connected to the brake device and capable of eliminating the braking effect of the brake device when needed, so that a machine can be operated to complete a stroke to improve the safety of use.

Abstract: A band saw machine includes a working bench, a driving wheel mounted to the working bench, a driven wheel mounted to the working bench, and a band saw running on the driving and driven wheels. A storage member and a hydraulic cylinder connected with the storage member are mounted to the working bench. The hydraulic cylinder includes a piston rod for pushing against the driven wheel to make the driven wheel tighten the band saw while moving relative to the driving wheel. A force sensor is mounted between the piston rod and the driven wheel for sensing the tension of the band saw and emitting a sensing signal to a control system. In this way, the control system can receive the sensing signal and controllably making the storage member supply oil to the cylinder body according to the sensing signal to force the piston rod to elongate.

Abstract: A hydraulic stretching device for a saw chain active in sawing apparatus having a saw bar and including a holder (1), a driving wheel (3) for the saw chain arranged essentially stationary in relation to the holder and a guiding part (7) permanently arranged at a saw bar to interact with the holder (1). The guiding part (7) is permanently attached to resist turning and axially displaceable in relation to the holder (1) in the longitudinal direction (8) of the saw bar to allow stretching of a saw chain running round the saw bar (6) and the driving wheel (3). The stretching device for a saw chain is arranged to be active between the holder (1) and the guiding device (7) and including a hydraulically influenced piston (10). The piston (10) is arranged in a displaceable manner at the holder in parallel with the longitudinal direction (8) of the saw bar and has an engaging surface (11) intended to engage an opposing surface (12) on the guiding part (7).

Abstract: A valve device including a cylindrically-shaped space and a displaceable piston dimensioned to fit and move between forward and rearward stop positions within the space, having a first opening connection or inlet to the hydraulic system and a second opening connection or outlet to the tightening piston in the space and an openable check valve positioned in the outlet such that the check valve allows fluid to flow only in one direction from the cylindrically-shaped space to a hydraulic tightening piston in a sawing gear for adjusting the tightness of a saw chain.

Abstract: A resaw includes a frame having at least one head. The head includes a horizontal mounting beam with four wheels operatively mounted to the mounting beam. The wheels comprise an inner pair of wheels and an outer pair of wheels. The centers of the inner wheels are vertically offset from the center of the outer wheels. A band blade is mounted about the four wheels to define a first blade portion and a second blade portion which are spaced from each other. A single head can simultaneously make two slices in a cant to cut two or more boards from the cant. The inner and outer wheels can be moved as a unit relative to the path of travel of a cant and the inner wheels can be moved relative to the outer wheels to enable adjustment of the thickness of the boards cut from the cant. In variations, the resaw can have two heads, and each head can have one, two, or more band blades. With a two head resaw, four slices can simultaneously be made in the cant.

Abstract: An improved bandmill tilt and strain apparatus of the type in which there is a bandmill having a frame support, a driven wheel mounted on the frame support, tracks attached to the interior of the frame support, bearing assemblies received within the tracks, an idle wheel mounted on an arbor which is rotatably received in the bearing assemblies, wherein there is provided a first bearing assembly, a second bearing assembly, a tilt means located directly in one of the assemblies, a tilt control means associated with the tilt means, a common pivot shaft mounted on the support frame, a pair of tilt arms, each arm being pivotally connected at one end to the common pivot shaft, and at the other end bearing the weight of the first bearing assembly member or the second bearing assembly member, the tilt means being disposed between a selected one of the tilt arms and the selected bearing assembly, a strain producing arm rigidly connected to the common pivot shaft at one end, a strain means pivotally connected to the st

Abstract: An apparatus for slitting a stack of folded corrugated paperboard boxes utilizes a thin slitting blade mounted for continuous movement through a slitting station and defining a vertical slitting plane. A stack supporting table straddles the slitting blade support a stack of boxes in a stand-by position above the blade. Adjustable upstream and downstream squaring devices are operative to square and center the stack in the cutting plane and a vertically reciprocable ram operates to move the stack and the supporting table downwardly past the blade against a table biasing force to slit the stack into two half-size stacks. The squaring device is operable to re-square the slit half-size stacks prior to conveyance out of the slitting station. The slitting run of the continuous blade operates in a rigid blade holder which is adjustable to compensate for blade wear and to maintain the cutting edge of the blade in a fixed plane.

Abstract: A saw assembly comprising a bar (9) mounted in a holder (24); a displaceable unit (22) including the bar (9) and mounted on the bar holder (24) to displace the bar (9) in relation to the holder (24); and a first hydraulic piston cylinder member (16) which displaces the unit (22) in relation to the bar holder (24) so that the bar (9) automatically stretches the saw chain (11). According to the invention the displaceable unit (22) comprises a block element (25) which is joined to an inner bar attachment (20) supporting the bar (9), a small gap thus being formed between opposing surfaces, the cylinder member (16) being arranged in the block element (25) to abut against the bar holder. A second hydraulic piston cylinder member (17) is arranged in the block element (25), parallel with the axis of rotation (36) of the bar holder, the piston cylinder member (17) being arranged to abut against the bar holder (24) in order to secure the unit (22) to the bar holder (24) and eliminate the clearance produced by the gap.

Abstract: A mounting base for chain saw guidebars, comprising a plate (11) with a slot (14) in which a guide piece (36) can slide in the lengthwise direction of the guidebar, said guide piece being acted on by one or more pistons (17) energized by a self-contained pressure source (19) preferably comprising a gas spring, and a valve device (18) which can be set in different positions, during sawing urging the guidebar outwards with a predetermined force and preventing displacement inwards, and during changing of saw chain or guidebar permitting displacement inwards of the guidebar while preventing the pistons (17) from urging the guidebar outwards.

Abstract: A safety control system for power operated equipment which ensures operator safety by immediately disconnecting the power drive from a power driven rotating member, such as a toothed feed shaft of a meat skinning machine or a moving blade of a band saw, and then positively stops and then reverses the direction of movement of the rotating member, upon a metal conductive glove worn by the operator, contacting the blade or toothed shaft. The operator's glove is electrically connected to a safety mechanism and upon the glove completing a circuit upon contact with the rotating member or equipment immediately disconnects the power drive from the rotating member by actuating a clutch or tensioning cylinder. A trigger mechanism then is actuated and permits a positive stopping element to engage and stop the moving element.

Abstract: The invention provides a bandmill having an endless loop of bandsaw blade which is automatically strained to a desired tension, and automatically driven at an accurate location or tracking position. The bandmill runs on a pair of spaced co-planar wheels, which are forced longitudinally apart to apply strain to the bandsaw. Actual saw strain is automatically detected by a force transducer within the strain mechanism, and the actual saw strain is automatically compared electronically with a desired saw strain. A servo-controller automatically adjusts distance between the wheels to vary force therebetween so that actual saw strain is varied to approach the desired saw strain. Also, actual tracking of the saw blade relative to the wheels is automatically sensed by sensors located adjacent the edge of the saw blade.

Abstract: A bandmill has first and second wheels and an endless saw blade trained about the wheels. The wheels are mounted to rotate about respective axes which lie in a common plane, but the first wheel is adjustable in position relative to the second wheel with respect to both its distance from the second wheel and its orientation relative to the second wheel. A tensioning mechanism is effective to force the first wheel away from the second wheel, while maintaining the axes of rotation of the two wheels substantially parallel, in response to a signal which is provided by a load cell and represents the tension in the saw blade. A wheel tilt mechanism is effective to adjust the angular position of the first wheel relative to the second wheel in response to a signal indicating the path followed by the saw blade, for maintaining the blade on a proper path.

Abstract: A saw-blade tensioning arrangement for band saw and like machines which includes a hydraulic cylinder (6) having arranged for movement therein a piston (7) which is intended to activated saw-blade tension control means (2). The blade tension is, in this way, dependent on the hydraulic pressure in the cylinder. The arrangement includes means for pneumatically regulating the hydraulic pressure, these means including a pneumatically operated pressure booster (10) and means (19, 20, 35) for activating the pressure booster at the end of a working stroke of the hydraulic piston, therewith to tension the saw blade to the desired working tension, this working tension being determined, inter alia, by the blade width.

Abstract: A winding apparatus for web material with severing device comprising a pair of power driven endless cutter chains wherein the tension of the cutter chains is adjusted during operation of the winding apparatus and thereby avoids the need for periodic manual adjustment and the problems attendant thereto. The device for adjusting the tension comprises a force applying fluid cylinder to move one of the sprockets carrying each chain to a position which increases the tension. A cooperating latch device serves to secure the sprocket in any adjusted position.

Abstract: A band saw blade is loaded between pairs of guide wheels upon tensioning the blade by guiding the blade between pairs of spaced guide plates which define converging slots that converge toward the guide wheels. The approach is particularly useful in loading blades on underwater band saw machines used to cut radioactive materials.

Abstract: An automatic routing device for sheets made of plastic material utilized especially in compound panes has a cutting head with a band having a sharp edge in the form of a band saw blade. The cutting head is mounted to a structure allowing the cutting head to move along three orthogonal cartesian axes and to rotate along two orthogonal rotation axes. An electronic and numeric command and control device is provided to control the head.

Abstract: Slicing device for breads, having a plurality of endless slicer bands which extend substantially parallel to each other and which are passed over drums. At least one of the drums is automatically adjustable and acts as a tensioning means for maintianing a substantially constant tension in the slicer bands. The adjustable drum is supported by cylinder-plunger assemblies one at each side of said drum. The cylinder-plunger assemblies are operable independently of each other. The supports of both drums are connected to each other by a bracket which is mounted to a stationary frame on one side of the respective drum. Both brackets extend in between both parts of the slicer bands.

Abstract: A band saw wherein one of the pulleys for an endless band-like blade is movable toward and away from the other pulley to relax the tension upon or to tension the blade. The one pulley is permanently biased away from the other pulley by a relatively weak spring whose bias can be overcome by hand to facilitate the removal of a blade or the application of a fresh blade. In addition, the one pulley is normally biased away from the other pulley with a pronounced force by a package of dished springs whose bias upon the one pulley can be interrupted by a single-acting cylinder and piston unit whose piston is installed between the dished springs and a reciprocable carriage for the one pulley. The dished springs react against a support for the pulleys and bear against the piston.

Abstract: In a bandmill having a column and a pair of arbor-supported wheels carrying and driving an endless saw, a mechanism is provided to move the first wheel relative to the second wheel to accommodate fluctuations resulting from saw loading conditions; the mechanism comprises: a vertical post having one end slidably received in the column; a horizontal plate fixed to the other end of the post; a arbor support fixedly mounted to the plate and having a hinge portion; a tension arm having a first portion attached to the arbor and a second portion extending lengthwise over the plate; and resilient elements located between the second portion of the tension arm and the plate.

Abstract: A chain saw guide bar assembly (30) having improved automatic chain tensioning, vibration damping and lubrication properties, and related lubrication methods are disclosed. A nose guide member (34) rotatably carrying an idler sprocket (34.1) is mounted to an elongate primary guide bar member (32) for reciprocal longitudinal movement relative thereto. Biasing spring members (50, 51), acting on force-imparting surfaces (60.4, 60.5), are protectively enclosed within an internal cavity (33) of the primary guide member and bias the nose guide member with predetermined tensioning force in the longitudinal direction against an endless cutting chain (40). An interchangeable force block member (60) enables preselection of the desired chain tension force. Damping finger members (32.35, 32.36, 50, 51) cooperatively absorb vibratory forces transmitted through the guide bar. Oil passageways (32.33, 32.

Abstract: A bandmill has a frame, first and second bandwheels for receiving and guiding a bandsaw, the bandwheels being rotatable about spaced-apart, generally parallel axes of rotation, first and second arbors of the first and second bandwheels respectively, apparatus fixedly mounting the first arbor on the frame, and a strain mechanism for the bandsaw. The strain mechanism comprises a bearing member for the second arbor and an elastomeric member compressibly supporting the bearing member.

Abstract: A hydraulic tensioning apparatus for the blade of a bandsaw machine. The blade is trained around a pair of wheels, one of which is mounted on a carrier which is movable relative to the other wheel. The carrier is acted upon by a double acting hydraulic motor, the operation of which is controlled by a manually adjustable valve. A check valve blocks the escape of hydraulic fluid from the motor when the manually adjustable valve is set to the "tension" mode.

Abstract: A closed hydraulic system for band saws transmits manually actuated control of the saw blade tension, provides for easy and remote reading of blade tension, instantly stops rotation of the upper saw blade wheel in case of blade breakage, shuts off the motor drive when blade breakage occurs, and prevents restarting of the motor until a new blade is installed and tension is applied thereto. The upper idler blade band wheel is equipped with a spring loaded brake held in a non-braking position by hydraulic fluid which is pressurized from a manually actuated crank which shifts the upper wheel to apply tension to the saw blade band and when the band breaks to release the tension, the fluid pressure drops sufficiently to allow the springs to actuate the brake for stopping the wheel. At the same time, a fluid pressure actuated switch in the electric circuit for the driving motor is opened to prevent restarting of the motor until tension is once again applied to a new saw band.

Abstract: A band saw having a frame supporting a main shaft on which driven wheels of progressively decreasing diameter are rotatably mounted. Idler wheels are journalled on the frame and endless band saw blades are carried by the several driven and idler wheels to provide transversely spaced cutting runs along one side of the frame. Drive is transmitted to one driven wheel, thence through a system of gears to the other driven wheels to move all the cutting runs at the same speed. The driven wheels are rotatably mounted on eccentrics carried by the main shaft and the idler wheels are movable by a cam shaft arrangement relative to one another across the frame. The main shaft and cam shaft are connected by a mechanism which allows both shafts to be rotated simultaneously to shift the position of the several wheels and thus selectively adjust the spacing between the cutting runs.

Abstract: Strain mechanism for bandmill using deadweight lever mechanism in which undesirable effects of inertia of counterweight and friction at knife edges are reduced. Rolling diaphragm air cylinder is used in one of three positions. In first position cylinder extends between arbor carrier arm and plunger tube and supplies portion of saw strain permitting lighter counterweight. In second position it extends between counterweight arm and plunger tube and eliminates counterweights. In third position counterweight is supported on counterweight arm by yoke supported by cylinder which resiliently mounts weight.