Arranged to Receive 17'-6" Maximum Length Boards from Scissors Lift Manually placed on Board Dealer Arms
Individual Boards are Automatically Dealt onto Lateral Chains and Conveyed to a Board Stop
Board Stop Queues Boards for Advancement to Disappearing Fence
Disappearing Fence References Boards for Laser Light Rip Solution Reference
Automatic
Adjusting Fence Positions Boards for Placement into Gang Rip Saw
Fence Positioning Through
Rip Navigator
Fence Mounted Pinch Roll Feeds Board to Gang Rip Saw Mounted Power Table
Nominal 12" Wide Landing Shelf Attached to 36" Long Arms with 1-15/16" diameter Skate Wheels
Pivot Arm Stop Type Board Dealer with Mechanical Linkage Actuation from First Board Stop
Seven Chain Beams Supporting #60 Single Strand Flat Top Roller Chain
Chain Tensioners at Infeed of Chain Beams for Easy Access
30" Minimum to 17'-6" Maximum Board Length Feeding
Capability
Chain Feed Rate of 111′ Per Minute Driven by 2 HP Feed Unit
First Board Stop Positioned to Receive 22" Maximum Width Board from Board Dealer Arms
First
Stop Queues Boards for Measuring Sensors
Disappearing Fence References Boards for Laser Light
Intervention Station
Sixteen Sensors Mounted in Line after Board Queuing Board Stop
Sensors Measure Board Width and Shape. Board Data Provided to Rip Navigator Optimizing Software
Fence Adjustment through Servo Motor / Rack and Pinion Mechanism and Rides on THK Type Linear Rails
Fence Position Through Communication from Rip Navigator and Laser Light
Intervention
Fence Mounted Pinch Roll Driven by Hydraulic Motor, Common Hydraulic Unit with
Gang Rip Saw Mounted Power Table
Exclusive Cut Bill Rip Optimizing, Rip Tracking System includes a Panel PC with 15.1" Color Touch screen, Ethernet Port, and Modem Providing Integration to the Office and Phone
support from Mereen-Johnson
Rip Navigator Controls the Position of the Laser Lights at the Operator's Intervention Station, Adjusts the Board Positioning Fence on the Infeed Chain Deck,
and Positions the Select Saws for Maximizing Yield
Operator Control of Rip Solutions through Pedestal Mounted Touch Screen and Joystick
Automatic Mode for
High Production Environments with no Operator Required at Laser Stand
Board Lengths can be Assigned to Widths to better Satisfy Part Size Requirements
This System Supports Yield and Value
Modes of Optimization
Optimized Modes will Record Board and Rip Information to be used in Report Generation and Arbor Simulation
Report Generation will Tally the Lumber and Break Down
the Rip Data into Board Feet, Linear Feet, Square Feet, Number of Boards and Mix Per Board Foot by Rip Widths
Four Laser Lights to Cast the Rip Solution on Board at the Disappearing Fence
Each Laser Light with Individual Horizontal Servo Motor Adjustment
Laser Light Control through Rip Navigator and Operator Intervention through Rip Navigator and Joystick