Cameron Rip Systems - Gang Ripping

Cameron Automation offers a wide array of gang ripping options for your Rough Mill.

Advantages of a Cameron Machine:

  • Increase in Yield due to Auto-Skewing Bent and Crooked Boards
  • Cutting Edge Software Written in House
  • The Right Sized System to fit your Mill
  • Best Value in the Industry

The Skew

Cameron Automation has pushed the envelope once again to simplify sophisticated equipment and bring it to the small shop to increase yield and save labor. The Skew is our answer for Rip Optimization in a custom shop. It will quickly transform any small hand-fed gang saw into a full and complete rip optimization system. Cameron has further refined their rip software to make it easy and affordable for the small shop.

Typical Skew users:

  • Custom Moulding & Millwork.
  • Mid-Size Custom Cabinet Shop.
  • Wholesale Lumber Distributor.
  • Advantages Over Hand Feeding:
  • Increase Safety. 7-10% Increase in yield.
  • Extremely accurate positioning of boards. (No yield loss due to misalignment).
  • Arbor Optimization.
  • Simulations.
  • Tallies both incoming and outgoing material automatically.

Advantages of the Skew:

  • Skewing fence increases yield
  • Automate any Gang Rip Saw, fixed or movable
  • No additional infeed material handling equipment required
  • Single operator loads and defects
  • Automatic Skewing for even higher yields...get 2-3% additional yield
  • Increase safety
  • Catalog each and every board
  • Machine ships assembled
  • Up & Running in 1 day
  • Communicates with moving blade saws to position blades automatically

Cameron Skew Rip System Video

Skew Rip System with 2 Moving Blade Saw

Skew Rip Systems

Typical Skew users:

  • Custom Moulding & Millwork.
  • Mid-Size Custom Cabinet Shop
  • Wholesale Lumber Distributor.

Advantages

  • We call it The Skew because the fence will skew to the left or to the right to increase the yield on boards that do not have a straight edge.
  • Our programmers write our software in-house allowing changes and free upgrades.
  • Floor spaces is 62" x 154", the smallest in the industry.
  • All incoming and outgoing pieces are tallied to help you control inventory and reduce material cost.

Cameron Skew with 2 Moving Blade Saw

  • 12' of 16' long configurations
  • 5-7 Boards per minute
  • 3' - 12' Length (16' Length on 16' Skew)
  • 2.5" Maximum Thickness
  • 15" Maximum Width
  • 5,000-7000 Board Feet per shift
  • 2 Moving Blades
  • Multiple Fixed Blades
  • Auto Feed
  • Auto Skew
  • Variable speed up to 130 feet per minute
  • Three (3) sets of anti-kickback fingers
  • Four (4) individual pressure rolls
  • Steel dip chain construction with urethane inserts
  • Powered out-feed roller
  • Digital controlled lubricator for feed chain.
  • Saw blade positioning is by servo motor
  • Accommodates 12" & 14" diameter saw blades
  • Powered by 50 hp or 60 hp motor
  • Glide lock spindle technology
  • Amp meter for monitoring arbor motor running amperage
  • Easily accessed v-belt driving saw arbor for reduced vibration and higher tolerances
  • Easy access to spindle and blades for maintenance and tooling changes

Quick-Rip System

Quick Rip #413 Series Rip System

Typical Quick Rip users:

  • Moulding & Millwork Shops.
  • Mid-Size Cabinet Manufacturers
  • Window & Door Manufacturers
  • Wholesale Lumber Distributor.

Advantages

  • A Quick Rip System with Moving Blade Technology.
  • Auto Skew increases the yield on boards that do not have a straight edge.
  • Moving Blade Saws come with (2), (3) or (4) Moving Blades Depending on your Cut Bill and Lumber
  • Our programmers write our software in-house allowing changes and free upgrades.
  • Floor space is 104" x 459", the smallest in the industry.
  • All incoming and outgoing pieces are tallied to help you control inventory and reduce material cost.

Quick Rip / #413 Rip System

  • 10-12 Boards per minute
  • 4'-16' Length
  • 2.5" Maximum Thickness (4" on Larger Saws with 14" dia. Blades)
  • 15" Maximum Width (24" on Larger Saws)
  • 14,000 - 16,000 Board Feet per shift
  • 2 Moving Blades (3 and 4 Moving Blades on Larger Saws)
  • Multiple Fixed Blades
  • Auto Feed
  • Auto Skew
  • Variable speed up to 130 feet per minute (up to 195 ft/min on Larger Saws)
  • Three (3) sets of anti-kickback fingers
  • Four (4) individual pressure rolls (6 on Larger Saws)
  • Steel dip chain construction with urethane inserts
  • Powered out-feed roller
  • Digital controlled lubricator for feed chain.
  • Saw blade positioning is by servo motor
  • Movable saw maximum cutting height: 100mm / 3.9"
  • Accommodates 12" & 14" diameter saw blades
  • Powered by 50 hp or 60 hp motor (75 - 125 hp Motors for Larger Saws)
  • Glide lock spindle technology
  • Amp meter for monitoring arbor motor running amperage
  • Easily accessed v-belt driving saw arbor for reduced vibration and higher tolerances
  • Easy access to spindle and blades for maintenance and tooling changes

The Rip-One

The Cameron Automation Rip-One is a complete lumber scanning, optimization, and gang ripping work cell designed for smaller shops. It increases productivity dramatically by transforming gang ripping into a single person operation. This is achieved by incorporating an inexpensive but extremely powerful high resolution 3D scanning system.

Once a desired cut-bill is entered into the computer, the operator simply places boards on the scanner's infeed conveyor. The board is automatically fed through a scanner which accumulates a high resolution color image of the entire board. In addition to the color image, high resolution profile data is also captured, creating an accurate 3D image of the board. Sophisticated computer algorithms process the image and profile data to determine the location of defects. The software then optimizes to determine a rip solution based on the desired cut-bill. Finally, a servo controlled fence positions the board in front of the gang rip saw. This fence skews, allowing it to position the board at the optimum angle for ripping. The movable blades on the rip saw are moved into position and the board is fed through the saw.

The ripped board ends up right beside the operator. This makes it easy for the same operator to stack the finished material. It also gives him instant feedback on how the system is performing.

List price for the entire system for ripping 12' lumber, including a movable blade Rip Saw is tens of thousands or potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars less than other companies scanners alone. Optimization systems that don't incorporate scanners typically read the width of the board in one or more places and at best work with only a two dimensional outer profile of the board. They are incapable of detecting wane or defects in the board. These optimizers can give a "best guess" ripping solution based on the board's profile, but an operator is still required to finalize the solution based on the actual characteristics of the board. The Rip-One on the other hand brings the power of lumber scanning to the smaller shop, and until now, only larger shops could afford the advantages that could be gained by scanning lumber before ripping.