1. Veneer Preparation: Veneer from log rotary or slice cutting undergoes drying, clipping, grading, and repair.
2. Automatic Glue Application: Veneer passes through a roller glue spreader or curtain coater for uniform, quantitative double or single-side gluing.
3. Intelligent Lay-up (Assembly): Glued veneers are precisely stacked by a fully automatic lay-up machine according to preset layers, grain direction (perpendicular in adjacent layers), and structural requirements to form a mat.
4. Pre-pressing and Conveying: The mat enters a continuous pre-press for initial cold pressing, expelling air and preliminary shaping for easier subsequent conveying and loading.
5. Hot Pressing and Curing: The pre-pressed mat is automatically loaded into a multi-opening hot press by a loader, where it undergoes hot pressing under precisely controlled temperature, pressure, and time to fully cure the adhesive.
6. Cooling and Conditioning: The hot-pressed panel is evenly cooled by a cooling and turning station, then enters a conditioning area for internal stress balancing.
7. Calibrating Sanding: The panel passes through a multi-head wide-belt calibrating sander to ensure precise, uniform thickness and a smooth, flat surface.
8. Trimming and Cross-cutting: According to order dimensions, high-precision automatic cross-cut and rip saws perform length and width trimming.
9. Grading, Stacking, and Packaging: The finished product is inspected, graded, stacked by an automatic stacker, and finally packaged and stretch-wrapped, ready for storage or shipment.