木材刨切机是生产单板和微薄木的主体设备。按照刨刀相对于水平面的运动方向来分类，则木材刨切机可分为立式和卧式两大类；根据刨切方向相对木方纤维长度方向垂直还是平行，又可将刨切机分为横向刨切机和纵向刨切机。现代的刨切机的外形尺寸仅为过去刨切机的1/3，结构紧凑，质量轻，安装调试容易；可连续生产，节省装卡木材的时间，生产效率高；工作极平稳，几乎听不到噪声。
Wood planer is the main equipment for veneer and veneer production. According to the movement direction of the planer relative to the horizontal plane, the wood planer can be divided into two categories: vertical and horizontal; according to whether the cutting direction is vertical or parallel to the length direction of square wood fiber, the planer can also be divided into horizontal planer and longitudinal planer. The overall dimension of modern slicing machine is only 1 / 3 of that of the former planer, with compact structure, light weight and easy installation and debugging. It can produce continuously, save the time of loading wood, and has high production efficiency. Its work is extremely stable and almost can't hear noise.
旋切机也是生产单板的主要设备之一，从某种意义上来说，比刨切机使用得更广泛。旋切机按木段是否绕自身轴线旋转可分为同心旋切和偏心旋切两类。同心旋切机中又分为卡轴旋切机和无卡轴旋切机两种。偏心旋切可获得美观的径向花纹，但生产率比同心旋切低。
Rotary cutting machine is also one of the main equipment for veneer production. In a sense, it is more widely used than planer. Rotary cutting machine can be divided into concentric rotary cutting and eccentric rotary cutting according to whether the wood segment rotates around its own axis. The concentric rotary cutting machine is divided into two types, namely, the rotary cutting machine with clamping shaft and the rotary cutting machine without clamping shaft. Eccentric rotary cutting can obtain beautiful radial pattern, but the productivity is lower than concentric rotary cutting.