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Azeotropic Drying of Hardwood Lumber
Lumber can be dried more rapidly by heating it in a liquid, because of the better heat conductivity of the liquid. This principle has been used as a preliminary step […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1962 |
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Azeotropic Drying of Hardwoods Under Vacuum
Samples of tulip poplar, sugar maple, red oak, white oak, and black walnut measuring 2 by 3 inches in cross section and 10 inches long were azeotropically dried at temperatures […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1970 |
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Azeotropic Drying of Yellow Birch and Hard Maple Lumber
Azeotropic drying of yellow birch and hard maple with trichloroethylene was conducted by spraying the solvent over the lumber and also by total submersion of the lumber in solvent. The […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1972 |
| Hardwood Symposium Proceedings | 1987 | |
| Hardwood Symposium Proceedings | 1983 | |
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Bacterial oak – research results and needs
Research findings on bacterial oak are reviewed. Research results indicate that bacterial oak is a form of wetwood in which associated bacteria cause damage and weakening of wood cell walls. […]
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Hardwood Symposium Proceedings | 1988 |
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Bacterial Oak: Drying Problems
Kiln-dried 4/4 northern red oak lumber was processed into mill work and yields were evaluated with respect to 1) normal and bacterially infected heartwood and 2) mild and accelerated kiln […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1983 |
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Bending Strength of Douglas-Fir Veneer
Four factors which might permanently affect the bending strength of Douglas-fir veneers were investigated. These were: a) Four drying temperatures from 225? to 450? F, b) four drying times in […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1959 |
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Bending strength of press-dried plantation loblolly pine
The bending strength and stiffness properties of plantation loblolly pine clear wood specimens press-dried at 350?F for 90 minutes were compared to those of specimens kiln-dried at 240?F for 18 […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1989 |
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Bibliography on Wood Drying–1954
This bibliography prepared by members of the FPRS Wood Drying Committee lists 108 publications dealing with wood seasoning processes and equipment published from July 1953 through December 1954.
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Forest Products Journal | 1956 |
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Boring 40-Foot Long Utility Poles for Conduit Passage
A machine was designed, constructed and tested which will bore 2-1/2 inch diameter holes lengthwise through 40 foot long wood poles at a rate of 12 feet per minute. A […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1972 |
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Cam-Operated Kiln Control System
The objectives of the study were to compare the accuracy of a temperature recorder-controller equipped with nitrogen gas-filled bulbs and pneumatic transmitters to a system having vapor-filled bulbs and to […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1967 |
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Can the Electrical Moisture Meter Be Used for Testing Lumber to Meet American Lumber Standards?
There is definitely a need for standardization of methods of sampling lumber and using moisture meters. A recent study of three shipments of partially air-dried lumber points up the difficulty […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1972 |
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Casehardening Stress Relief of Ponderosa Pine
Study was undertaken to determine efficient means of conditioning ponderosa pine to relieve casehardening stresses. Comparative tests revealed that conditioning time could be reduced from 24 hours to 4 hours […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1956 |
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Cause and Control of Brown Stain in Western Hemlock
Western hemlock wood from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, was studied to determine the cause of brown stain in material which is manufactured and shipped unseasoned. The stain appears in wood […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1962 |
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Cause of High Longitudinal Shrinkage in Wood
Samples were chosen randomly from breast height discs cut from two trees. The samples measured approximately 4 centimeters longitudinally, 1 centimeter tangentially, and 0.15 centimeter radially. Thirty specimens were cut […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1968 |
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Causes and Control of End Waviness During Drying of Veneer
End waviness is a common defect occurring during the drying of thin wood veneer sheets principally from hardwoods. This drying defect interferes with the application of a uniform glue spread […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1955 |
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Changes in Methods to Conserve Lumber
A study was made of the causes of seasoning defects in air seasoning lumber stacks of birch, oak, maple, and walnut for chair stock. The stacking method in use indicated […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1957 |
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Changes in the kiln-drying practices of the forest products industry in West Virginia: 1982 to 1992
Surveys of West Virginia’s wood products industry were conducted in 1983, 1986, and 1993 to gather information on kiln-drying facilities and activities within the state. Comparison of the results of […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1994 |
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Changes in Weight Loss and Dimensions of Wood Infected with Brown-Rot Fungi
This paper reports on the relation of abnormal shrinkage on drying of red oak heartwood and southern pine sapwood to loss in weight caused by infection by two brown-rot fungi. […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1970 |
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Characterization and treatment of condensates generated from softwoods that have been radio-frequency/vacuum kiln dried
Three softwoods (Douglas-fir, western hemlock, and western redcedar) were subjected to radio-frequency/vacuum (RFN) drying and the condensates were characterized. These condensates were acidic, acutely toxic to Daphnia magna and Photobacterium […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1996 |
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Checking of Planed and Rough Red Oak During Kiln Drying
Fifty-four 4/4 red oak boards, 8 feet in length were dried using an accelerated drying schedule. One surface on each board was planed to produce a smooth surface and the […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1964 |
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Chemical Brown Stain in Sugar Pine
The primary cause of brown stain in sugar pine is sugars and related substances contained in the sap. These sugars come to the surface during drying, evaporate, and result in […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1952 |
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Chemical Drying of Southern Pine Wood . . . a Review
Past and present practices of using chemicals in the seasoning of southern pine are reviewed, and several processes currently being employed on a commercial basis are described, giving specific data […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1969 |
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Chemical Seasoning of Lumber
This is a general article with no experimental research results. It describes the causes of checking in lumber and how chemical seasoning works. If a proper balance exists between the […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1956 |