The cake in cut by high precision cutting machines. Cutting is done by pneumatically tensioned cutting wires.
the pre-cutter and vertical cutter cut the block length and panel width. In this station the profiling (tongue and groove) can be cut into the cake with profiling knives;
the horizontal cutter cuts the block and panel thickness;
the cross cutter cuts the block height and the panel length. Optionally hand-grips can be milled into the cake in the green stage.
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