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A Gap-Filling Phenol-Resorcinol Adhesive for Laminating
A search was undertaken for a gap-filling adhesive for gluing rough lumber and planer skip lumber into laminated beams and other laminated products. The commercial adhesives examined were either low, […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1973 |
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A General Collector Sizing Method for Solar Kilns
Even though solar kilns can be cost effective, one reason they are not currently being built and utilized is because a simple manual design method is not available to the […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1986 |
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A Grapple Processor for Plantation Thinning
Small boom-mounted grapple processors are popular in Scandinavia where they eliminate manual delimbing, bucking, and piling of trees. Such a machine–the Valmet 940 grapple processor–was tested in a first thinning […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1985 |
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A group decision making approach to research proposal evaluation and selection
The purpose of this study was to develop a systematic method of selecting research proposals in a way that would reflect the multiple objectives of an organization represented by a […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1990 |
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A Hand Instrument for Evaluating Wood By Compression
A lightweight, hand instrument is described that can be used in the woods or mill to preselect material of high fiber strength so that such timbers can be earmarked for […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1966 |
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A Hardwood-Bark-Sawdust Compost for Greenhouse Pot Flower Production
Hardwood bark fines (screenings from a mulch-plant bagging operation) and hardwood sawdust were tested as potential constituents of artificial soils. Five media (bark-vermiculite, bark-sawdust NH4NO3, bark-sawdust Ca(NO3)2, peat-vermiculite, soil-sand-peat) were […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1972 |
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A harvesting equipment selection process for the Pacific Northwest
Managers of forest operations are routinely faced with the need to replace existing equipment, or to select new machines for changing harvest conditions. However, before capital investment funds are committed, […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1996 |
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A Hydraulic Test Facility for Timber Structures
A new structural test unit at Purdue University consists of a structural floor slab, steel holding brackets, and a hydraulic system for applying load forces to full-scale specimens. Wall reactions […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1956 |
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A Hydrodynamic Particulate Approach to Pit Membrane Pore Size Distribution
This paper deals with a satisfactory means for investigating the pore size distribution within the border pit membranes of conifers. It deals with the use of size control particulate material […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1967 |
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A Hydrostatic Roller Bar for Veneer Lathes and Thick Slicing Studies
A discussion of the four conventional types of pressure bars used in veneer peeling is presented and the limitations of each are outlined. To overcome the major problem of excessive […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1970 |
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A Hypothesis for Cell Wall Density
Cell wall density is an important parameter with respect to the mechanical strength of cells; it is used as a predictor in wood quality studies because of its high correlation […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1968 |
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A laboratory system for generating individual dry secondary wood fibers
Utilizing wastepaper secondary fibers in wood fiber composites offers a potential means to improve recycling efforts. Continued research in this area is needed to expand recycling opportunities. However, it is […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1996 |
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A laboratory technique for coating strands with resin droplets of controlled size and spacing
The distribution of adhesive on strands is one of the key characteristics for the blending of oriented strandboard (OSB) furnish. Optimizing the adhesive distribution on the strand surface will result […]
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Forest Products Journal | 2003 |
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A Laboratory Test of the Leachability and Decay Resistance of Some Synthesized Borate Compounds
Quaternary ammonium tetraphenylborates (TPBs) and quaternary ammonium tetrafluoroborates were synthesized for the manufacture of leaching-resistant boron wood preservatives. The leachability of these boron compounds and the termite and decay resistance […]
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Forest Products Journal | 2012 |
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A laboratory-built clip-on strain gauge transducer for testing wood
Experimental testing of wood structural members often requires many specimens and multiple strain measurements on each specimen. Thus, an efficient and economical strain-measuring instrument is desirable. This paper presents a […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1989 |
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A life cycle environmental and economic assessment of optimum value engineering in houses
Public concern that wood-frame construction overly stresses the forest resource has led some to advocate a reduction in the use of wood. Possible activity toward that objective includes total substitution […]
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Forest Products Journal | 2006 |
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A Life-Cycle Assessment of Forest Resources of the Pacific Northwest, USA
Life-cycle inventory (LCI) and life-cycle assessment (LCA) were used to provide quantitative assessments of the environmental impacts of forest management activities that are required to produce feedstock for wood products […]
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Forest Products Journal | 2017 |
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A Lignin Adhesive System for Flakeboard Production
A new renewable adhesive system based on pulpmill effluent is described for flakeboard production. The system involves base activation of wood flake surfaces with 3N sodium hydroxide, followed by application […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1986 |
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A Linear Programming Optimization Model of Woody Biomass Logistics Integrating Infield Drying as a Cost-Saving Preprocess in Michigan
Because of the greater demand in using woody biomass for bioenergy and bio-based products, feedstock supply chain optimization becomes more important to decrease supply chain logistics costs. As a primary […]
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Forest Products Journal | 2016 |
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A log drying model and its application to the simulation of the impact of bark loss
A log drying model describing heat and mass transfer in logs during drying is presented. The model is based on the water potential concept. The moisture content-water potential relationship and […]
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Forest Products Journal | 2006 |
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A loglinear model approach for evaluating and adopting log and lumber grading strategies
A loglinear model is presented that describes the connection between log quality parameters and the quality of the sawn lumber. It was determined, using this model, that the grading of […]
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Forest Products Journal | 2005 |
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A Look Ahead At the Industry
This subjective forecast indicates a need for increased quantity and quality from the forests, improved utilization, and production of useful items rather than semifinished commodities.
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Forest Products Journal | 1962 |
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A Look Ahead in Northeastern Sawmilling
Current developments and prospects for the immediate future in the Northeastern sawmilling area are discussed, with a projection regarding the place of the sawmill in the atomic age. Sawmills of […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1956 |
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A Look At . . . the Strength Design of Furniture
Furniture may be regarded as a type of structure and designed accordingly. A three-step procedure leading to the strength design of furniture is proposed: 1) the static and dynamic loads […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1966 |
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A Look At Degradation in Particleboards for Exterior Use
This discussion is divided into three parts: 1) A discussion of the properties that exterior particleboard must have for various uses, based on the supposition that the uses are divided […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1967 |