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Some Factors Affecting the Glue Bond Quality of Hard-Grained Douglas-Fir Plywood
Typical hard-grained 1/8-inch-thick sheets of Douglas-fir heartwood and sapwood veneer were collected from two mills (A & B). Half of each sheet was dried at the mill of origin, the […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1954 |
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Some General Characteristics of Capacitive In-Kiln Moisture Monitors
The technology of in-kiln monitoring of the moisture content of lumber loads using the capacitance method is not perfected. The development of the technology has been empirical and progress seems […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1982 |
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Some Variables Affecting the Shrinkage of Western Hemlock
The shrinkage of western hemlock during drying was measured by a specially constructed instrument that kept a continuous record of the change. The instrument was so constructed that shrinkage and […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1956 |
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Sorting Incense Cedar Types for Drying
Visually segregated samples of sapwood, light heartwood, medium heartwood, and heavy heartwood were analyzed with a G.E. recording spectrophotometer and a photovolt densitometer. Total reflectance and color data were statistically […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1968 |
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Sorting Southern Pine Green Veneer to Improve Drying Control
Three green veneer sorting measures (water content, green weight, and both combined) were evaluated as means to control dry veneer moisture content variables of percent MC, water content, and percent […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1971 |
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Sorting southern pine lumber to improve drying
The moisture content (MC) of green southern yellow pine lumber varies from 40 to 161 percent. Separation of green lumber by MC before drying would presumably result in more efficient […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1990 |
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Sorting sugi lumber by criteria determined with cluster analysis to improve drying
Sugi (Cryptomeria japonica D. Don) is one of the main species used for structural lumber for Japanese wood housing. The initial moisture content (MC) of sugi is relatively high and […]
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Forest Products Journal | 2006 |
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Stain Control in Eastern White Pine – Using Ammoniacal Zinc Oxide in Mill Conditions
Sixty thousand board-feet (Mbf) of green, rough-sawn 1-inch eastern white pine boards (Pinus strobus) were treated with an ammoniacal zinc oxide solution under mill conditions to examine its effectiveness in […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1975 |
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Status of Drying Research and Practice
This is a compilation of projects, findings, and comments made during the year 1963-64, indicating the research and development efforts concerning wood drying. Topics covered are: air-drying, forced-air drying, kiln-drying, […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1965 |
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Status of Wood Drying in 1956. FPRS Annual Report
Trends in wood seasoning are discussed. Included are developments in air drying and kiln drying, and special seasoning processes. Dry kiln clubs are listed, and a bibliography is given of […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1957 |
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Status of Wood Drying, 1959
Industrial progress on preseasoning treatments, air-drying, kiln-drying, and applied and fundamental research are discussed under the following headings. Preseasoning treatments.–The prevention and control of brown stain during drying of sugar […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1960 |
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Status of Wood Seasoning, 1953-54
This review covers the following topics: air-drying, stain control during air-drying, end coatings, kiln-drying, package handling, training kiln technicians, dry kiln clubs, energy demands in kiln-drying, furnace-type dry kilns, part-time […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1955 |
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Steam Consumption in the Kiln Drying of Western Softwoods
Kiln-drying records for Douglas-fir and western hemlock were studied. For each pound of moisture evaporated, there was a steam loss of 1.57 pounds. Statistics of consumption by species and season […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1954 |
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Steam Recovery in a High-Temperature Lumber Dry Kiln By Steam-Jet Thermocompressor
Because drying can consume about 70 percent of the energy required for processing softwood lumber, we investigated the technical and economic feasibility of installing a steam-jet thermocompressor on a super-heated […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1982 |
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Steaming Northern Red Oak to Reduce Kiln-Drying Time
Northern red oak (Quercus rubra L.) lumber was presteamed at 185?F for 4 hours before kiln drying to decrease drying time. Part of the test material was steamed while green; […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1976 |
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Steaming of red oak prior to kiln-drying: effects on moisture movement
Red oak boards (Quercus spp.) were steamed prior to kiln-drying to determine the effect of steaming on initial moisture content (MC), moisture distribution, and drying rate. Four hours of steaming […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1989 |
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Steaming Under Restraint to Remove Warp in Dried Softwood Studs
Kiln-dried ponderosa pine and white fir studs previously rejected for excessive warp were conditioned to a moisture content of 18 percent. They were then clamped and held in a straightened […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1972 |
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Steel-Reinforced Wood Beam Design
A method for calculating the deflection, stresses and fastener loads in a steel-reinforced wood beam is explained. The deflection values so obtained for beams made from commercially S-DRY and S-GRN […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1975 |
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Sticker Stain and Board Color in One-Inch Red Alder Lumber
A dark stain develops at sticker crossings in air-drying Alnus rubra Bong. lumber during the summer months. Five charges of rough green lumber were used to determine the effect of […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1954 |
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Straight Studs from Southern Pine Veneer Cores and Cordwood
Seven alternate processes for converting southern pine veneer cores into 8-foot studs were studied for strength and elastic modulus in flatwise bending, edgewise bending, full-length compression, and full-length tension; regression […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1968 |
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Structural Lumber Grade and Yield Estimates for Yellow-Poplar Sawlogs
Yellow-poplar is an accepted species for structural light framing in the National Grading Rule as adopted by the Northern Hardwood and Pine Manufacturers Association (NHPMA). If utilization of yellow-poplar as […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1985 |
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Studies on Predrying and Polyethylene Glycol Treatment of Green Oak
This study sought to determine whether a more economical method of air-drying can be found. The purpose of this experiment included forced air-drying and was to determine if the air-drying […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1963 |
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Successful Kiln Drying of White Pine for Furniture Stock
The successful kiln-drying of white pine depends on an understanding of its characteristics and behavior while being subjected to varying conditions of humidity and temperature. Brown stain control starts when […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1969 |
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Surface Checking and Drying Behavior of Pinus Radiata Sapwood Boards Treated with CCA Preservative
Surface checking in 2-inch backsawn sapwood boards of Pinus radiata D. Don was analysed in relation to drying conditions (high temperature – 240?F dry bulb and l6?F wet bulb; low […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1973 |
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Surface checking in air-drying of boxed-heart softwood in Japan
In order to utilize air-drying effectively, the temperature and humidity levels at which surface checking in the early drying stages is still absent were examined. It was found that relative […]
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Forest Products Journal | 2005 |