Wood Machining Highlights, 1966 and 1967

This paper discusses significant wood machining research published in 1966 and 1967. A total of 330 titles were examined. Sawing research led in activity with 75 papers. Properties of the cutting edge and cutter received great attention, with 57 papers published. Chipping was dealt with in 56 papers. Nineteen papers were devoted to veneer cutting. Research on instrumentation was discussed in nine papers and six publications were about the problem of noise created by woodworking tools. Seven explored the history of wood machining. North American workers were active in studies of orthogonal and veneer cutting, and in research that led to the development of the chipping head-rig. Foreign laboratories studied sawing, machining with coated abrasives, chipping, properties of the cutting edge and cutter, and the machining of particleboard. The author points out that a successful method of separating bark from chips would permit the chipping of small-diameter tops and branchwood with bark in place. Also, while use of virtually all of the wood in the tree is technically almost within reach, bark is not nearly so well utilized. Thus, the invention of additional processes to convert bark into profitable products should be given high priority by researchers everywhere.

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