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Instrumentation for ‘Walsh-Healey’ Noise Surveys
The type of equipment and training, needed to comply with the Dept. of Labor’s current occupational noise standards is relatively inexpensive and easy to obtain. Basic equipment includes a standard […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1971 |
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Instruments for Alining the Knife and Nosebar on the Veneer Lathe and Slicer
Veneer must be uniformly thick and smooth to assure high quality plywood. To obtain uniform thickness and smoothness, the knife and nosebar on the veneer lathe or slicer must be […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1956 |
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Investigating Rotary Veneer Cutting with the Aid of a Tension Test
A special method was used to investigate rotary veneer cutting at the State Institute for Technical Research in Finland. In these tests, the tensile strength of the veneer perpendicular to […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1956 |
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Investigation of machine parameters on the surface quality in routing soft maple
Furniture manufacturers are currently using relatively high quantities of soft maple. Machining defects such as tom or fuzzy grain often occur in soft maple parts at the computer numerical control […]
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Forest Products Journal | 2002 |
| Hardwood Symposium Proceedings | 1987 | |
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Kerf Width and Lumber Yield
Different kerf width sizes usually give different volumes of lumber at certain cant widths. Kerf widths of 9/32 inch and 12/32 inch were used to saw cants of 4, 6, […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1964 |
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Knife Cutting Problems
Grain direction in wood influences surface quality of a machining operation. When the direction of cutterhead rotation is against the grain, and the workpiece is fed in a direction opposite […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1953 |
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Knife Marks Per Inch
It is suggested that the number of knife marks per inch be made the basis for establishing quality standards for surfacing various wood products, just as moisture content is now […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1953 |
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Knife wear due to filler type in plywood adhesives
Knife wear from cutting the edges of southern pine plywood was shown to vary by the filler type used in the adhesive mixes used to bond the plywood. While no […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1989 |
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Laminating Butt-Jointed Log-Run Southern Pine Veneers Into Long Beams of Uniform High Strength
Twenty laminated beams were constructed of log-run, butt-jointed, loblolly (Pinus taeda L.) pine veneers 1/6 inch thick and 100 inches long. The beams were 18 inches deep, 2 inches wide, […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1968 |
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Laser Machining of Southern Pine
In a factorial experiment, with two replications the variables were: Wood moisture content: dry (avg. 12 pct.) wet (avg. 70 pct.); Wood specific gravity: low (avg. 0.45); high (avg. 0.54); […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1971 |
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Laser machining wood composites
This practical, nonstatistical experiment using commercial equipment demonstrated that nominal 3/4-inch composite panels for furniture consisting of a particleboard core, high density melamine crossbands, and walnut veneer face plies can […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1989 |
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Latest Developments in Circular Saw Tensioning
Tensioning is the prestressing procedure commonly used to increase the stability of thin saws. This procedure stiffens the saw blade by introducing favorable in-plane residual stresses. The introduction and evaluation […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1984 |
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Lathe Check Formation in Douglas-Fir Veneer
High-speed motion pictures of veneer cutting with a roller-bar production lathe were analyzed to determine the effect of production variables, such as nosebar pressure and cutting, speed, on veneer smoothness […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1960 |
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Linear Programing and Sensitivity Analysis for Hardwood Dimension Production
A common problem in hardwood dimension stock production is to determine the least-cost grade mix of lumber – input required to satisfy a particular cutting order. An associated problem is […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1973 |
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Linear Programming Application to Machine Loading in a Furniture Plant
The purpose of this paper is to describe an application of linear programming to the production problems of machine loading. The furniture plant studied produces a number of styles and […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1968 |
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Locating Maximum Stresses in Tooth Assemblies of Inserted-Tooth Saws
Breakage of the parts of inserted-tooth assemblies of inserted-tooth log saws has been attributed to the interaction of the assembly parts during the cutting action and ultimately to metal failure […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1970 |
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Log and Sawing Simulation Through Computer Graphics
A computer system with graphics capability has the potential of simulating logs and the process of sawing them into lumber. The log is simulated and displayed on a cathode ray […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1974 |
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Log Centering Errors and Veneer Yield
Waste and recovery percentages of veneer due to poor centering of logs in the lathe are studied. A computer program was developed to determine those percentages, and the mathematical background […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1976 |
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Logs vs. Bolts: Effect of Length on Dimension Stock Yield
To determine whether the live sawing of bolts, of length equal or multiple to the length of the clear cuttings required, offered any advantage over the live sawing of 12- […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1974 |
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Low-Speed Effects on Thick-Slicing
A previous study showed that as knife-cutting speed was reduced from 500 to 5 feet per minute, the depth of fractures caused by the slicing also decreased. The purpose of […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1976 |
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Lumber Complex of the Future–Part V: Log Processing
The hardwood sawmill industry of today continues to reflect both the highly specialized nature of hardwood lumber manufacturing and the general lack of automated processing systems. A typical large hardwood […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1981 |
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Lumber Complex of the Future–Part VI: Log Processing: Future
Future hardwood log processing systems will be versatile. Emphasis on improved conversion efficiency will result in larger hardwood mills (150 to 200 MBF/shift) more centrally located to the resource. High […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1981 |
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Lumber Grade Recovery from Straight Aspen Logs
A total of 609 straight trembling aspen logs, ranging in diameter from 6 to 17 inches and in length from 8 to 16 feet, were grade sawn into either 2-inch […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1973 |
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Lumber Mill Integration from Woods to Car Door
In the fully integrated operation, emphasis is placed on utilizing all wood on the lands and all portions of the tree. In the mill, emphasis is placed on getting the […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1960 |