Advanced Search
| Title | Publication | Publish Year |
|---|---|---|
|
Production Control for Maximum Machine Efficiency
In planning for maximum efficiency in a furniture plant, it is first necessary to have an overall basic plan for the entire organization. Planning should be directed toward key departments […]
|
Forest Products Journal | 1956 |
|
Production of Eastern Cottonwood 2 By 4 Lumber
The increasing pressure on softwood lumber supplies in the United States has focused attention on the potential for substituting underutilized hardwoods for softwoods. This substitution may be one method for […]
|
Forest Products Journal | 1981 |
|
Proper Use of Chisels and Bits of Mortising and Boring Equipment
In certain types of construction, dowel pins are used for joints and it is necessary to bore holes accurately for inserting the dowel pins. The problem that persists is to […]
|
Forest Products Journal | 1951 |
|
Proportion of Northern Red Oak Veneer Logs Processed Into Veneer and Byproducts in a Half-Round Slicing Operation
I determined the proportion of northern red oak veneer logs processed into slabs and sawdust, backing hoards, spurred residue, round-up residue, and veneer in a half-round slicing operation, Overall, 54 […]
|
Forest Products Journal | 1983 |
|
Prototype Flaking Head Smooths Surfaces Left By Headrig Or Edger Chipping Heads
Flaking heads arranged to follow headrig and edger chipper heads would smooth machined surfaces and produce high-value flakes of near optimum dimensions for structural flakeboard. In the proposed concept, eight […]
|
Forest Products Journal | 1976 |
|
Quality Control in Furniture Production
Quality is conformance to a set of standards for production, quality control is the procedure used to make a product conforming to the standard, and inspection is examination of raw […]
|
Forest Products Journal | 1950 |
|
Quality Control of Veneer and Plywood Manufacture
General principles of quality control must be adapted to the conditions in a particular industry. Present methods of quality control draw heavily on mathematical statistics. The quality control department in […]
|
Forest Products Journal | 1953 |
|
Quality Upholstered Frame Part Yields from Lumber and Green Cuttings Dried By a Radio-Frequency/Vacuum System and By Conventional Kiln-Drying
A study was undertaken to compare, the yields of usable furniture dimension parts from lumber and green cuttings dried by two drying methods: radio-frequency/vacuum (RFV) drying and conventional kiln-drying. The […]
|
Forest Products Journal | 1984 |
|
Rake angle guideline for machining medium-density fiberboard
Moderate rake angles between 10 and 30 degrees are recommended for machining medium-density fiberboard. The recommendations are based on previous experimental data and are corroborated by data from an industrial […]
|
Forest Products Journal | 1987 |
|
Random Sampling Process for Improving Lumber Cut-Up Recovery
A patented process was developed for a very cost-effective and reliable method of improving lumber cut-up recovery. It normally includes the following steps: 1) treating, with a normally invisible indicator, […]
|
Forest Products Journal | 1984 |
|
Ratio-Delay — a Method for Analyzing Downtime in Sawmills
Ratio-delay is a work sampling method for getting facts about machine operations and human activities in organized production processes. Workers or machines are not timed, but a sample of observations […]
|
Forest Products Journal | 1972 |
|
Recent Developments in Circular Rip Sawing
In the 40 years prior to 1965 there were few changes in sawmilling and any changes in sawing equipment concerned greater production rates or reduced operating and maintenance costs. Since […]
|
Forest Products Journal | 1972 |
|
Recent Developments in Double-End Tenoners and Borers
Tenoning is not the most important operation for the double-end tenoner, so emphasis is on modifications and attachments to speed up secondary operations. Increased speed, the first consideration, brings up […]
|
Forest Products Journal | 1958 |
|
Recovery of Structural Grade Veneer from Four Species of Southern Hardwoods
Yellow-poplar, sweetgum, blackgum, and white oak veneer blocks were peeled in a southern pine mill to determine yield of veneer by grade for use in the manufacture of structural plywood. […]
|
Forest Products Journal | 1984 |
|
Reduction of Air Cylinder Exhaust Noise By Plenum Chamber Mufflers
Air cylinder exhausts are important secondary noise sources in many softwood sawmills, planer mills, and veneer mills. Commercial mufflers are available that are reasonably effective but are also subject to […]
|
Forest Products Journal | 1979 |
|
Regression technique for estimating wood moisture content at time of manufacture
Linear regressions were established between wood moisture content (MC) and dimension for a sample of kiln-dried and freshly surfaced redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) and ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) boards. With knowledge […]
|
Forest Products Journal | 1987 |
|
Relating Specific Gravity and Mechanical Properties of Hardwoods to Machining Defects
Selecting another wood species is often based upon the initial cost of the raw material. However, the cost to manufacture a satisfactory surface can add substantially to the final cost […]
|
Forest Products Journal | 1985 |
|
Relationships Between Log Size and Volume Throughput for Types of Sawmill Headrigs
Studies of cubic volume throughput related to log size were conducted in sawmills in British Columbia. Mill types studied included conventional band and circular headrigs, log-gang mills, chipper headrigs, and […]
|
Forest Products Journal | 1973 |
|
Resultant Force and Surface Quality from Some Face-Milling Variables
Although face milling is a versatile metal-cutting process, it has not been widely applied to woodcutting. To determine the effects of several variables on cutting force and surface quality, samples […]
|
Forest Products Journal | 1984 |
|
Review of Incising and Its Effects on Strength and Preservative Treatment of Wood
Various techniques developed in this century for incising round and sawed wood, as well as studies on the effects of incising both softwoods and hardwoods, are reviewed. The review shows […]
|
Forest Products Journal | 1978 |
|
Review of Quality Control in Woodworking. FPRS Annual Review
Application of quality control is spreading throughout the wood industry, but at a rather slow rate compared to other industries. Research studies are incorporating statistical analysis more commonly. Fifteen articles […]
|
Forest Products Journal | 1958 |
|
Review of the Productivity Team Report on Furniture
The productivity team consisted of 16 representatives of the British furniture industry. They spent 6 weeks in America visiting 22 furniture factories and a number of furniture exhibitions and machinery […]
|
Forest Products Journal | 1952 |
|
Ripping Short Stock Safely
Ripping short stock with a hand-feed saw or a power feed rip saw of the old-fashioned type is a dangerous operation. In such cases the operator should cultivate the practice […]
|
Forest Products Journal | 1955 |
|
Rotary Cutting Veneer with a Floating Bar
Studies involving the cutting of veneer using a “floating” nosebar, in which pressure is applied hydraulically, indicate that a commercial lathe operation with a floating nosebar will provide much greater […]
|
Forest Products Journal | 1969 |
|
Rotary Cutting: A Practical Method for Kerfless Cutting of Wood Thicker Than 1/4 Inch
The already short supply of commercially usable logs can be extended through more efficient utilization. One method is rotary knife-cutting lumber-like material up to 1/2 inch in thickness. The feasibility […]
|
Forest Products Journal | 1976 |