Roll Feed Rip Saw

Rip Navigator Scout-HS for the Roll Feed

• Up to 20 boards, 16 feet in length per minute
• Scans lumber for width, length & crook
• Ships fully assembled for fast and easy set-up
• Random width part capability on Select Rip Saws
• Integrates perfectly with Mereen-Johnson Roll Feed Ripsaw
• Real time recording can turn off rips when production requirements are met
• Programmable cut bill will only rip strips which meet your length & cross cut requirements

Superior Construction

Robust steel tube and plate construction maximizes performance, increases longevity and reduces maintenance requirements.

Ultimate Control

Operator intervention station with servo controlled lasers integrated to Rip Navigator controls allow operators to see the computer generated solution and if required, edit.

Reduced Wear

System guide is mounted on linear ways for smooth and accurate positioning integrated with Rip Navigator control. Integral upper and lower rolls both jump for accuracy and reduced wear.

Easy Operation

Accumulator arms with integrated board dealer allows a single operator to control the system.

Increased Accuracy

Mereen-Johnson Power Tables feature dual rolls with pressure compensated drive and timing features for accurate feeding and minimal saw feed bed wear.

Capacity	24” arbor space.
Shifting Saw(s)	First arbor; Two shifting hoggers (optional). Second arbor: One to four shifting blade(s) in combination with optional fixed center blade. 1″ min. width net rip between saws.
Arbor Drive	Belt Drive up to 150 HP, 3600 RPM TEFC saw arbor motor.
Feed Rate	Up to 500’ per minute.
Hold Downs	Eight 4” dia. air loaded press rolls with optional hogging arbor. Infeed and outfeed air loaded shoe hold downs.
Dust Collection	One 18” dia. and one 5” dia. upper – 9,680 total CFM required.
Electrical	Arranged for 3/60/230 or 460 volt power supply (other electrics available).
Shipping Information	Nominal 13’ by 6’ by 6’ shipping skid, 14,400 lbs, 6,550 kg.

How the Roll Feed Rip Saw Works

The Roll Feed Rip Saw combines two shifting arbors with high-speed roll feeding to clean, rip, and optimize each board in a single pass:

1. Feed. Powered rolls drive each board through the machine at up to 500 feet per minute — far faster than chain-fed saws. Dual, pressure-compensated rolls “jump” for accuracy and reduced wear, so feeding stays precise at speed.
2. Hog (optional first arbor). Two shifting hogging blades trim waste edge material from both sides of the board, virtually eliminating edgings instead of leaving thin edge strips to handle and dispose of.
3. Rip (second arbor). One to four shifting saw blades — with an optional fixed center blade — shift to each board’s optimal rip pattern to recover the most usable width, down to a 1″ minimum net rip between saws.
4. Optimize & report. Paired with the high-speed Rip Navigator Scout-HS, the system scans each board for width, length, and crook, generates the highest-yield solution, and captures detailed production and vendor reporting. A servo-laser operator intervention station lets a single operator see — and edit — the computer-generated solution.

The result is a hogging arbor rip saw that cleans, rips, and optimizes in one high-speed pass — pairing the yield of selective ripping with the throughput of roll feeding.

Applications

The Roll Feed Rip Saw is built for high-volume operations that need both speed and yield:

• High-speed gang ripping — production ripping at feed rates up to 500 feet per minute.
• Edge elimination / hogging — removing wane and waste edge material in a single pass, with no edge strips to handle.
• Width & value optimization — shifting saw blades recover the most usable width from every board.
• Rough mill & cut-first breakdown — high-throughput processing of rough lumber into usable stock.
• Random-width part production — Scout-HS enables random-width capability on select rip configurations.

As a shifting blade rip saw with high-speed roll feed, it fits plants where throughput and material yield both drive profitability.

Industries Served

The Roll Feed Rip Saw supports high-production solid-wood operations across:

• Rough Mill — high-speed breakdown and yield recovery from rough lumber.
• Furniture — high-volume dimension component ripping.
• Cabinetry — face-frame, style, and rail stock at production speed.
• Flooring — high-throughput strip recovery from solid hardwood.
• Mouldings — random-width blank production feeding profile lines.
• Doors & Windows — component stock for frame and panel production.
• Custom Millwork — flexible, high-yield ripping for varied stock.

Emerging applications: mass timber and pre-fabricated / modular home component production, where high volume and material yield both matter.