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A segmental analysis of current and future scanning and optimizing technology in the hardwood sawmill industry
A nationwide survey of advanced scanning and optimizing technology in the hardwood sawmill industry was conducted in the fall of 1999. Three specific hardwood sawmill technologies were examined that included […]
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Forest Products Journal | 2002 |
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A Short System for Pro-Rating Direct Labor Cost in Furniture Plant Rough Mills
Time studies of furniture plant rough-mill operations are difficult and time-consuming. This paper shows how cost ratios between different grades of lumber, and between cutting lengths, may be used to […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1956 |
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A Size-Engineered Running Skyline System: An Environmentally Sound Approach to Logging in Appalachian-Type Terrain
Skyline logging, now used in some mountainous areas of the West, also offers one means of limiting environmental impact when logging rough terrain of the central, eastern, and other regions […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1973 |
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A Spatial Regional Timber Supply Model for Industrial Expansion
A regional timber supply assessment model is described. Its major components are a geographical forest survey data base and. modules for growth projection, calculation of harvest-transport costs for potential producers, […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1984 |
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A survey of firms kiln-drying lumber in the United States: volume, species, kiln capacity, equipment, and procedures
Between June 1992 and May 1993, a survey was conducted of primary and secondary manufacturing firms that had a least one dry kiln and processed at least 2 million board […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1994 |
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A Tree Grading and Valuation System for Yellow-Poplar
The tree-grading system reported here is one that is easily applied by timber appraisers. First, the grader measures the DBH and merchantable height of the tree. He then determines which […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1964 |
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Abnormal Wood in Yellow-Poplar, Liriodendron Tulipifera L.
This study presents data on the association of machining defects, density, shrinkage, and toughness with age and anatomical properties exemplified in gelatinous fibers, degrees of lignification, and varying volumes of […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1963 |
| Hardwood Symposium Proceedings | 1975 | |
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Accelerated statistical prediction of lumber grades and part yields
Assignment of lumber grades by lumber scanning followed by computer grading requires faster hardware and/or software. This study explored the potential for determining lumber grades by a linear discriminant analysis […]
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Forest Products Journal | 2005 |
| Hardwood Symposium Proceedings | 1992 | |
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Accommodation versus confrontation: Issues that hit home, challenges for the hardwood industry
Accommodation and confrontation are inevitable as issues are addressed by society. Along with public and private land managers, the hardwood industry will have to address many issues during the 1990’s, […]
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Hardwood Symposium Proceedings | 1991 |
| Hardwood Symposium Proceedings | 1979 | |
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Adhesion of phenol-formaldehyde resin to waterborne emulsion preservatives in aspen veneer
Four waterborne emulsion preservatives — chlorothalonil (CTN), copper naphthenate (CUN), copper octoate (CUO), and zinc naphthenate (ZNN) — and the waterborne salt preservative, ammoniacal copper arsenate (ACA), were tested for […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1990 |
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Adhesives in Glued-Laminated Timber Construction
Glued-laminated construction was used in Europe prior to World War I, but the first extensive development in the United States was in 1935 when glued-laminated arches were used in a […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1955 |
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Advances in herbicide use for hardwood applications
For years, hardwoods have been planted with little or no regard for competition control. Such activities have often resulted in excessive mortality of the planted seedlings and/or overall failure of […]
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Hardwood Symposium Proceedings | 2001 |
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Alaska birch crafts and gifts: Marketing practices and demographics
Craft and gift producers in Alaska who use birch as a primary species were surveyed via mail, telephone calls, and site visits. Forty-two usable mail surveys were obtained for a […]
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Forest Products Journal | 2004 |
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ALOG: A spreadsheet-based program for generating artificial logs
Log sawing simulation computer programs can be valuable tools for training sawyers as well as for testing different sawing patterns. Most available simulation programs rely on databases from which to […]
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Forest Products Journal | 2004 |
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ALPS – a new automated log and lumber processing system for hardwoods
During conventional production of solid wood furniture parts, logs are first sawed into lumber having defects randomly located throughout the board. The lumber is then remanufactured and the defects removed […]
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Hardwood Symposium Proceedings | 1984 |
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ALPS–A Potential New Automated Lumber Processing System
During conventional production of solid wood furniture parts logs are first sawed into lumber having defects randomly located throughout the board. The lumber is then remanufactured and the defects removed […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1984 |
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ALPS: yield optimization cutting program
This paper reports ongoing work on a series of computer programs developed to automate hardwood lumber processing in a furniture roughmill. The program computes the placement of cuttings on lumber, […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1989 |
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Alternate Roofing Materials: Grade, Yield, and Costs for Yellow-Poplar and Southern Pine Shingles
This study describes the production of 18-inch shingles from southern pine and yellow-poplar. The volume recovery for grade No. 2 or Better shingles was 56.2 percent and 53.9 percent for […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1984 |
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Alternatives to clearcutting in lowland hardwoods
Alternatives to clearcutting in lowland hardwoods are limited by the silvics of the species and site characteristics. variation among tree species in shade, competition, and waterlogging tolerance and sensitivity to […]
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Hardwood Symposium Proceedings | 1988 |
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America’s Demand for Wood–1929-1975
Objectives of this survey were 1) estimation of consumption of major timber products at 5 year intervals through 1975; 2) estimation of total amount of wood that will be required […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1954 |
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An acid-catalyzed phenolic adhesive for radiofrequency laminating of hardwood composite framing
An acid-catalyzed phenolic resin, which is used in the foundry industry to bond sand into shell moldings and cores for metal castings, developed strong and highly durable bonds between hardwood […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1988 |
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An Air-Drying Technique to Control Surface Checking in Refractory Hardwoods
A device termed a moisture pallet provides a technique for sandwiching oak lumber between sheets of l/4-inch Douglas-fir plywood to greatly reduce surface checking during forced air drying. When combined […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1985 |