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A Comparison of Factors Affecting Power for Abrasive and Knife Planing of Hardwoods
Basswood, yellow-poplar, red oak, and hickory were abrasive and knife-planed at 8, 14, and 20 percent moisture content. The abrasive planer machine variables were grit size, depth of cut, and […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1974 |
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A Comparison of Hardboards Manufactured By Semidry-, Dry-, and Wet-Formed Processes
The semidry-formed process was investigated as a possible alternative to the wet- and dry-forming processes of manufacturing hardboards. The objective was to improve performance and/or reduce the amount of resin […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1986 |
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A log drying model and its application to the simulation of the impact of bark loss
A log drying model describing heat and mass transfer in logs during drying is presented. The model is based on the water potential concept. The moisture content-water potential relationship and […]
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Forest Products Journal | 2006 |
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A Method for Determining the Dry Weight of Pulpwood
The accuracy of the determination, of the dry weight of pulpwood when different measurement methods, are used, is considered. The solid volume method gives a coefficient of variation of 4 […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1970 |
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A Method of Charcoal Analysis
Because of the wide range of production methods for charcoal lumps and briquettes, the quality of the product is not always uniform and consistent with the established levels for general […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1961 |
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A New Approach to the Determination of Fiber Saturation Point from Mechanical Tests
Estimation of fiber saturation point by mechanical testing involves plotting modulus of rupture or modulus of elasticity values against moisture content. As moisture content increases from zero percent, the modulus […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1957 |
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A Non-Hygroscopic Fire Retardant Treatment for Wood
Treatment of wood with aqueous solutions of dicyandiamide and phosphoric acid (D:P) imparts a degree of fire retardance equal to that provided by the best of the current formulations. Unlike […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1961 |
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A Prediction Equation for Veneer Drying Schedules
A simple method of estimating veneer drying schedules from trial runs has been developed on the assumption that moisture content-drying time curves can be represented by a quadratic equation. Theoretical […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1958 |
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A Quantitative Evaluation of Second Order Drying Stresses
Second order drying stresses are stresses that arise from the unequal radial shrinkage potential of ray tissue and remaining tissues. Second order stresses already exist in the green wood in […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1961 |
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A Relationship Between Collapse and Extractives in Western Red Cedar
The collapse that occurred during kiln drying of 2-inch western redcedar (Thuja plicata Donn) boards was investigated in relation to the green moisture and extractive contents of the boards and […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1971 |
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A Review of Methods for Determining Moisture Content and Density of Wood By Nuclear Radiation Techniques
Moisture content and density are constantly changing parameters in wood and wood products. Because of their strong interaction, separate determination of these parameters has been a problem for researchers. Various […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1965 |
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A Status Report . . . Nondestructive Testing in Wood
Nondestructive testing of wood has developed recently as a distinct area of study. In nondestructive testing, material is examined to assess its discontinuities and properties without impairment of the use […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1964 |
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A Study on the Electrical Conduction in Wood
The theory of electrolytic conduction in ionic crystals has been applied to wood. It explains successfully the mechanism of electrical conduction. It has been found that the number of charge […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1965 |
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A Technique for Simulating Lumber Drying Using Small Clear Specimens
Researchers studying the effects of chemical treatments or environmental influences on wood often prefer to use small clear specimens rather than full-size ones. This substitution does not work well when […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1985 |
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A technique to electrically measure the moisture content of wood above fiber saturation
A technique was developed, using a standard electrical resistance moisture meter (RDX-1, Delmhorst Instrument Co.), permanently installed pins (Lignomat USA Ltd.), and an initial moisture content (MC) determined by weighing, […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1994 |
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Accelerated Aging of Adhesives in Plywood-Type Joints
This research was undertaken to determine if accelerated aging might provide a means of predicting long-term durability of adhesive-bonded plywood joints. The degrading influences of moisture, temperature, and cyclic swelling […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1965 |
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Accelerated Drying of Lodgepole Pine and Western Larch Poles
This paper reports a study designed to evaluate the performance of a pole-dryer developed by the J. Neils Lumber Co. and to obtain information on: 1) the effect of high- […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1963 |
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Accelerated Methods of Drying Thick-Sliced and Thin-Sawed Loblolly Pine
This paper covers a study of the effectiveness of various methods to accelerate the drying of sawed and sliced loblolly pine of 3/16-, 3/8-, and 9/16-inch thicknesses. Drying rates, shrinkage […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1968 |
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Accuracy of Electrical Moisture Meter Reading on Jack Pine Posts
Transverse moisture content average and distribution in air-seasoned jack pine fence posts was estimated by a resistance type moisture meter used with a special electrode. Results were compared with average […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1955 |
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Accuracy of Thermistor Method for Measuring Wood Temperature
Moisture-meter readings are affected not only by the moisture content (MC) of wood but also by its species and temperature. In checking the final MC of lumber after kiln-drying, it […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1976 |
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Adhesive and Adhesion Problems in Particle Board Production
The controlling factors in cementing wood particles together are essentially the same as those in the gluing of woods. Next to the mechanical preparation of wood chips the spreading of […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1958 |
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Adhesives for Dissimilar Materials
This is a discussion of points to be considered when using adhesives to bond dissimilar materials. There is no separate and distinct class of adhesives used solely for this purpose. […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1959 |
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Air Drying 4/4 Red Oak in Southern Wisconsin
Oak flooring stock, like many other hardwood products, is commonly air seasoned to remove most of the moisture before it is kiln-dried to final moisture content. Experiments were made on […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1959 |
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Air Seasoning of California Redwood
Seventy percent of the redwood that is kiln-dried is sinker stock with moisture content in excess of 150 percent. Kiln-drying redwood results in some degrade which increases with increasing initial […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1953 |
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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 |