?Estimate the chip length produced by a canter chipping head.

Chip length is the distance the log travels between successive knife cuts: feed speed ÷ (arbor rpm × number of knives).
Canter Chip Length

Gray boxes are editable cells; all others are calculated.

Chipping Head Data

Arbor rpm rpm
?Number of knives on the chipping head that cut the same face. Must be a whole number of 1 or more.Number of knives
Feed speed fpm

Chip Outputs

?Feed speed ÷ (arbor rpm × number of knives): the distance the log advances per knife cut.Chip length 0.000in