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OPERATION
OPERATION
#415-R1
8-15-18 - JR
Loading the Opti-Rip
Boards should be placed on the Roller Arms or Infeed Chains. End alignment of the boards
is important. All boards should overhang the belt closest to the operator far enough so that
the pinch rollers will pick it up, but not so far that the board will hit the Operator Controls
or lineal measurement bar when traversing to the pinch rollers. On machines with infeed
chains, an inventory of boards should be maintained at all times before the rst stops.
These boards help to push a board over the stops when it is singulated.
Operator Controls
A panel of simple controls are available to the operator during a production run.
Emergency Stop Button: This red mushroom button shuts off all electrical power to the
machine. This button locks in the down position and needs to be twisted and reset before
the Start button will operate properly.
Start Button: This green button powers up the machine. It should light up when the
machine is powered on.
Conveyor Switch: On Automated Opti-Rips, this switch powers the infeed conveyor
chains. On Quick Rips with no infeed chains, this switch does nothing.
Process Button: This button causes the board currently under the lasers to be moved to
the pinch rollers and fed into the saw. At the same time, the next board is positioned under
the lasers.
Next Pattern: This button should be pressed when the operator is trying to rip around a
defect in the board. This button tells the computer to move the board under the lasers so
that the next best ripping solution based on the weighted values of the ripped widths is
displayed. Each time this button is pressed, another rip solution is displayed, in descending
order of value until there are no more possible solutions. The "next pattern" button will not
function in "edging" mode thus the board will need to be positioned solely by the jog knob.
Deduct: This button will be pressed by the operator when the operator wants a narrower
solution because the usable width of the board is less than the measured width of the
board. Each time this button is pressed, the computer subtracts the deduct amount set for
the current setup from the width of the current solution displayed and moves the board to a
new solution that is narrower than the result. The deduct button will not function in "edging"
mode thus the board will need to be positioned solely by the jog knob.
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