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Automation in Lumber Milling
Advantages of greater automation in lumber milling include: 1) Maximum utilization of manpower, 2) accuracy, 3) absence of fatigue or mental disturbance, 4) elimination of mistakes, and 5) safety. Because […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1957 |
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Automation in the Planing Mill
Automation means well developed and meticulously maintained processes, data, information, and standards that enable industry to forecast, measure, control, and predict the scope, direction, and pace of operations. The lumber […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1957 |
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Balsam Poplar as a Raw Material for Waferboard
Results showed that small diameter (5 in.) balsam poplar and aspen bolts both required approximately the same length of time to thaw, but for large diameter bolts (10 in.), a […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1985 |
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Bark-Chip Segregation: A Key to Whole-Tree Utilization
Harvest and transport of logging residue by conventional methods is impractical. Chipping in the forest and, processing of chipped material could be feasible if methods were available for removing bark […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1971 |
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Basic Aspects of Inclined or Oblique Wood Cutting
In cutting a moderately dense wood with rake angles and edge radii in the practical range, the cutting force decreases rapidly as the tangent of the inclination angle increases from […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1964 |
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Basis and Specifications for a Lumber Slicer
Based on the general work discussed in this report, the following range of specifications for a production thick slicer can be recommended: (1) pressure bar type: conventional, along or with […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1976 |
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Beams from Boltwood: A Feasibility Study
It is estimated that a plant can be built for $1,300,000 to manufacture laminated beams from 100-inch southern pine bolts plus pulp chips or flakes for flakeboard. On a two-shift […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1964 |
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Beyond Automation–The System Concept
A sawmill must be planned as a system, designed to produce a specific average daily output from a specific average daily input. It must use a minimum of manpower, have […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1962 |
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Borided tungsten carbide reduces tool wear during machining of MDF
High-temperature corrosion is a major tool wear factor when machining medium-density fiberboard (MDF). Standard C2 tungsten carbide (WC-6% Co) was borided to reduce tool wear by hardening the cobalt binder […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1987 |
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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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Boring Deep Holes in Southern Pine
When holes 10-1/2 inches deep and 1 inch in diameter were made with either a ship auger or a double-spur, double- twist machine bit, clogging occurred at a shallower depth […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1972 |
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Boring Furniture and Cabinet Work
Some bits are especially designed for smooth boring in furniture and cabinet work. These are extension-lip tools, which have outlining spurs that sever wood fibers well ahead of the extension-lip […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1959 |
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Boring Tests of Particle Board
The use of particleboards for many purposes depends in part upon machining properties. The quality of machined holes for dowel joints in particleboard can be affected by tool rpm and […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1957 |
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Can Lumber Compete?
Lumber prices advanced 218 percent from 1940 to 1950. All commodities increased only 109 percent in the same period. To maintain a competitive position, change must be made to improve […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1958 |
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Cemented Tungsten Carbides and Their Application to the Wood Working Field
Cemented tungsten carbides and their efficiency in wood working is described. Cemented tungsten carbide is a man-made metal, obtained by pressing and heating powdered metals in various combinations. In powder […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1958 |
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Chemical Attack as a Factor in the Wear of Woodworking Cutters
Studies have shown that an electro-potential affects the dulling rate of woodworking cutters. This implies that chemical reactions are important although most work has been based on mechanical factors. Acetic […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1964 |
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Chemical Factors in the Wear of Woodworking Cutters
Rapid blue-staining of a steel tool cutting radiate pine was revealed by interference microscopy to be associated with etching. A study was therefore made of the activity of some of […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1964 |
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Chemical Wear of Tungsten Carbide Cutting Tools By Western Redcedar
The mechanisms responsible for excessive dulling of carbide-tipped wood tools in cutting unseasoned western red cedar (Thuja plicata Donn) were studied using X-ray spectrometry and scanning electron microscopy. Experimental results […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1976 |
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Chipping Headrigs in Alaska
Recent figures from the Forest Service for the Tongass National Forest in Alaska indicate an allowable annual cut of 824 million feet. It is estimated that 375 million feet will […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1966 |
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Chips Produced with a Helical Cutter
From helical edge cutters two basic chip types were produced in combination with each other: one with a continuous shear failure similar to a planer shaving and the other a […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1971 |
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Circular Saw Stability–A Theoretical Approach
The tensioning of circular saws is done to improve their stability under operating conditions. The total potential energy of a saw blade is composed of four components 1) bending stiffness, […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1964 |
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Circular Saw Stiffness as a Measure of Tension
The tensioning of circular saw blades is the most common method of increasing their stability. Tensioning induces favorable residual stresses, which increase the saw stiffness in specific bending modes. It […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1977 |
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Circular Sawing Experiments on a Radial Arm Saw
The effect of net cutting power on such variables as wood species, feed rate, depth of cut, and cutting direction was measured for a combination-type sawblade. The 16-inch sawblade used […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1959 |
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Coated Abrasives–New Developments
Several outstanding developments in coated abrasives have resulted in producing a better technical tool for woodworking industry. The “openkote” method of manufacturing abrasive materials provides space between abrasive grains for […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1952 |