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Showing 1 to 20 of 373 for “"Hardwood"”.
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Costing in the Australian hardwood logging industry
… the annual volume which can be logged in most hardwood operations in Australia is controlled within fairly restricted limits. Costs, on the other hand, are frequently not known in sufficient detail by logging contractors and there is often some doubt about the exact nature of some of the costs …
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Costing in the Australian hardwood logging industry
… the annual volume which can be logged in most hardwood operations in Australia is controlled within fairly restricted limits. Costs, on the other hand, are frequently not known in sufficient detail by logging contractors and there is often some doubt about the exact nature of some of the costs …
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Predicting Pallet Part Yields From Hardwood Cants
… to develop a procedure for accurately predicting hardwood pallet part yield as a function of raw material geometry and grade, processing equipment, and pallet part geometry, 2) to develop a model for accurately predicting raw material costs for hardwood pallet parts as a function of yield, 3) to …
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Interference interactions in experimental pine-hardwood stands
… often limits the productivity of pine and pine-hardwood forest stands in the southern United States. However, forest researchers have yet to fully quantify the effect of this interference on forest tree yield and there is an incomplete understanding of the biological mechanisms of interference. …
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Information Sharing in the Hardwood Supply Chain
The Hardwood Industry in United States has been challenged by low-cost competition from overseas. Although cost reduction strategies have had minimal success, the proximity of industry to the domestic market has large implications on a more customer-focused strategy. The problem arises that …
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The home center market for hardwood specialty products
Hardwood specialty buyers representing 1600 home centers and lumberyards including the Top 100 home centers according to 1985 sales were surveyed. The objectives of the survey were to characterize the home center market for hardwood specialty products and to obtain an idea of the future direction …
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Maximizing wildlife benefits through hardwood timber harvest scheduling
A computerized system for planning timber harvest to maximize habitat quality over time for a specified group of wildlife species was developed for upland oak forests of the Eastern United States. This system, called WILDWOOD for WILDiife/WOOD optimization system, is designed to run on a …
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Virgin hardwood forest soils of western North Carolina
… virgin soils and associated southern Appalachian hardwood vegetation were studied in western North Carolina. The study sites ranged in elevation from 720 to 1200 m on steep slopes. Overall these soils are quite deep and highly weathered due to high rainfall (>200 cm) and soluble feldspathic parent …
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Assessment of Cross Laminated Timber Markets for Hardwood Lumber
… this study was to assess the potential of using hardwood lumber in CLT manufacturing. The goal was achieved by addressing four specific objectives. The first objective was to collect CLT manufacturers' perspectives for using hardwood lumber in the current manufacturing setup. The second objective …
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Evaluation of Methods to Control Mold on Hardwood Pallets
… for the following mold mitigation strategies for hardwood pallets: air drying, forced air drying (fan shed), kiln drying to 25% moisture content and chemical treatment, and<br />2.����Develop and evaluate a procedure for preventing and controlling mold growth on heat treated hardwood …
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Hardwood whole tree chips: a fuel storage model analysis
A pile of mixed hardwood whole tree chips was monitored for one year to identify the effects outside storage would have on the fuel potential of the exposed pile. A 20 foot conical pile was built by gravity feed from an overhead conveyor. Moisture content, fiber loss, ash, specific gravity, higher …
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Herbicide Hardwood Crop Trees Release in Central West Virginia
Repeated partial cutting in the Appalachian hardwood region has often favored the development of tolerant species like American beech (Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.) and stands with a high proportion of cull trees. Crop tree release is a widely recommended practice to improve species composition and …
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Secondary reactions of tars from pyrolysis of sweet gum hardwood
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, 1987.
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Lamb performance, behavior, and body temperatures in hardwood silvopasture systems
Trees in silvopastures may provide forage-livestock systems with multiple goods and services, including shade, shelter, and browse. Reports of forage and animal productivity from these systems indicate that, in some cases, animal gains are similar or better despite lower forage yield. The …
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The Impact of Environmental Certification on U.S. Hardwood Flooring Manufacturers
A nation-wide survey of hardwood flooring manufacturers was conducted in the spring of 1998. The objectives of the study were to determine the differences in beliefs towards certification between certified and non-certified hardwood flooring manufacturers and to explore the decision to certify and …
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Demand, supply and price of hardwood lumber: an econometric study
Historically, the quantity of hardwood lumber supplied and demanded has fluctuated from year to year while the price of hardwood lumber has trended with the wholesale price index. During the 1970's, production and usage of hardwood lumber trended downward while price increased by over 100 percent. …
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Mechanical Properties of Hybrid Softwood and Hardwood Cross-Laminated Timbers
… have investigated the possibility of using hardwood species for CLT and have shown promising results. In parallel to this, the next version of PRG-320 is being revised to include hardwood species. The inclusion of hardwood species is an effort to increase the value of underutilized wood …
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