A method for assembling veneer sheet into a plywood comprising the steps of supplying the veneer sheets to a feed conveyer, stopping the veneer sheet so that the forward edge thereof is precisely oriented in the transverse direction perpendicular to the feed direction, detecting the position of the veneer sheet in the transverse direction and calculating deviation thereof from a reference line extending along the feed direction by a computer, and transporting the veneer sheet by a transfer unit to a position on an assembling conveyer for fabricating a stepped lamination. The assembling conveyer extends parallel to the feed conveyer and is operated intermittently. The transfer unit includes a holding member for holding the veneer sheet during the transportation and is controlled by the computer for correcting the deviation while transporting the veneer sheet.

A base plate conveyor for supplying a base plate storage section at one end of a base plate conveyance passage to the conveyance surface of the passage or receiving the base plate from the passage to the storage section. The conveyor is characterized by including the base plate storage section in which a plurality of base plates can be piled so that the base plates are leant against the inside of the section and the conveyed surface of the base plates have a predetermined angle to the conveyance surface of the conveyance passage; and a base plate mover provided at the casing of the conveyor so as to automatically move the base plate from the storage section to the conveyance passage or from the conveyance passage to the storage section. The base plate mover includes a vertically swung arm member, which is swung vertically and translated so as to move the base plate between the base plate storage section and the base plate conveyance passage. The arm member is provided with a suction so as to suck the conveyed surface of the base plate by vacuum action. The base storage section is mounted on a carrying stand which is independently movable and is removably attached to the base plate conveyor.

In a rubber-covered cord units joining machine, parallelogram-shaped rubber-covered cord units are joined to one another by overlapping the edges which are in parallel with the cords thereof, thereby to form a belt-shaped rubber-covered cord product. A moving stand is movable in the lengthwise direction (Y-axis direction) and in the widthwise direction (X-axis direction). The stand is provided above a joining table on which the rear end portion of a joined rubber-covered cord unit and a not-joined rubber-covered cord unit are placed in such a manner that the not-joined rubber-covered cord unit is slightly spaced from the rear end portion of the joined rubber-covered cord unit. An end edge chuck for detachably holding the front end edge of said not-joined rubber-covered cord unit is coupled to the moving stand in such a manner that said end edge chuck is movable vertically and rotatable around the vertical axis thereof.

This invention relates to a method of and apparatus for the positioning of thick slabs (2) to be introduced into a furnace, particularly into a walking-beam furnace, the positioning being effected with the aid of optical devices (5, 9, 10) and electronic devices (11, 12). By this method, at each lateral region opposite the furnace mouth (3), onto the upper surface of a slab (2) and at the region of its end faces (102, 102'), there are projected at least two blades of light (6, 7, 8) of a given length, which are normal to the direction of entrance and advance into the furnace and parallel to each other, the ends of which are perfectly aligned on a straight line which is parallel to the direction of entrance and advance into the furnace, the blades (6, 7, 8) producing parallel lines of light (106, 107, 108) on the surface of the slab (2), the lines being interrupted at the end edges (102, 102') of the slab. The deceleration of the slab transporting movement, and the stoppage thereof, is determined with the aid of electronic devices (11, 12) as a function of the length of the lines of light (106, 107, 108).

Bag sections that pass through a machine are scanned as to their spatial positions within the machine. The measuring points have been arranged at distances corresponding to the stroke of the machine, so that it is possible to intervene in the operation of the machine when a deviation from a given nominal position occurs, before a stopper formation occurs. Each bag section that comes into the machine triggers a subsequent comparison of nominal and actual values in a manner such that the signals of defects that are generated by the lack of work pieces, are neutralized.