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OT-2026-000001550

System and method for removing metal fasteners embedded in wood products

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Manufacturing & Assembly Equipment › Assembly Systems
Inventors
BARRY AIDAN, COMPTON TYLER, GILLIES ANDREW, JAEGER BRETT, LAW ERIC, MICALI MAXWELL, THIELE ALEX, ZACKS GABRIELLE
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URBAN MACHINE INC
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US-12583066-B2, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 24 March 2026
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Abstract

One variation of a method includes: receiving a recycled wood workpiece in an inductor volume; accessing an image of the inductor volume; based on a set of features detected in the image, detecting a first reflective elliptical object embedded in a surface of the recycled wood workpiece and deriving a first location of the first reflective elliptical object. This variation of the method further includes: identifying the first reflective elliptical object as a first metal fastener occupying the first location; triggering the stage to drive an inductor, arranged within the inductor volume, within a target coupling distance of the first location of the first metal fastener; and triggering a driver to supply a target alternating current to the inductor to heat the first metal fastener via induction heating and to reduce retention of the first metal fastener by the recycled wood workpiece.

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OpenTechnical Publication OT-2026-000001550, “System and method for removing metal fasteners embedded in wood products,” published September 15, 2026 at 19:06:36 UTC, https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000001550.

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