Value-Added Products
It’s Only The Beginning of Value-Added at Cascade
Cascade Hardwood completed the installation of its state-of-the-art planer and gang rip saw system in June of 2025. Fed by a robotic infeed system smart enough to feed both the rip saw or the planer, advance new bundles into position, and work with all the lengths we manufacture, the line is one that allows the ultimate in flexibility.
The new system allows us to knife plane Alder and PC Maple hardwood to precise thicknesses, from 4/4 through 8/4. On the ripping side we can combine planing with either straight line ripping one edge (SLR1E); straight line ripping two edges to the maximum width with a minimum of edging loss (SLR2E); rip our width sorted lumber to large volumes of moulder blanks or optimize gang rip random-width lumber to a range of sizes utilizing advanced technology that moves 4 blades into position on each board.
Customers are already realizing the savings of buying ripped and planed Alder, as buying 13/16” 4/4 Alder that has been straight line ripped can save up to 15% on freight, significantly offsetting the charges for our milling.
Highlights of the
Cascade Yield Advantage program
- Gang Rip using state-of-the-art Cameron optimized movable arbor rip saw
- Straight Line Rip 1 edge or Straight Line Rip 2 Edges to Max Width
- Straight Knife Planing to sander-ready finished thicknesses
- Custom packaging sizes available
