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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"wood industry"”.
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Study of West Virginia wood industry roundwood consumption in 1999
Use of wood composite products has increased over the last decade in the market for construction material. Softwood species and soft hardwood species are the preferred forest resources for manufacturing these products. Reduction in available softwood forest resources from the Western states has …
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Application of quality control and other statistical methods to the precision wood industry
… in the predicted equilibrium moisture content of wood in the plant during manufacture. These relationships were presented as a basis for determining the months of the year during which it will be economically profitable to 3-ply chests of various sizes as a protective action against returned …
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Lean Management: Awareness, Implementation Status, and Need for Implementation Support in Virginia's Wood Industry
During the last decades, the U.S. wood products (NAICS 321) and furniture manufacturing (NAICS 337) industries have been greatly affected by economic cycles, rising production and transportation costs, changing buyer habits, and, arguably, most powerfully, increasing global competition. As a …
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Improving efficiency in logistics operations of the wood fiber supply chain
… regarding applications of Lean tools in the wood fiber supply chain. A Value Stream Map (VSM) tool that focused on identifying Lean waste in logistic operations was developed and applied to three case study firms: a paper mill, a sawmill, and a logger. Using the VSM tool an absence of …
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The impact of silvicultural strategies and climate change on carbon sequestration and other forest ecosystem functions
… change. Furthermore, the use of harvested wood can contribute to the reduction of atmospheric carbon through (i) carbon sequestration in wood products, (ii) the substitution of non-wood products with wood products, and (iii) through the use of wood as a biofuel to replace fossil fuels. …
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Nondestructive evaluation of wooden logs using ground penetrating radar
… related to productivity and yield of high value wood products, embedded metals can damage the saw blade and significantly increase the down time and maintenance costs of saw mills.;Nondestructive scanning of logs using techniques such as Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) prior to sawing can greatly …
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Development of a simulation model for drying deformation in radiata pine boards
… boards results in a great loss of revenue to the wood industry. A computer simulation model, which is capable of predicting the drying quality of radiata pine boards, was developed for pregrading and for setting of drying schedules in sawmills. Before drying, logs must be sawn into slabs. …
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Life in the woods : production and consumption of the urban forest
The use of wood is fraught with paradox. Wood as a building material is embraced for its naturalness, while the cutting of trees is indicted as a destruction of nature. Wood is lauded for its structural properties and visual appearance, but challenged for its lack of durability and dimensional …
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Assessment of the impacts of climate change, land cover transition, and internal climate variability on the hydrology of a forested watershed
… and consequently endanger the agriculture, wood industry and lives of indigenous residents of Batchawana.
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Polymers from the natural product betulin : a microstructural investigation
… carbon, etc.) have found various applications in industry, such as the use as sorbents, catalyst supports and membranes for separation processes. Recently, much attention has been focused on synthesizing porous polymer materials. A vast amount of tailor-made polymeric systems with tunable …
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Zusammenhang zwischen dem Gärungsverhalten und dem Stickstoffmetabolismus in der Hefe Pichia stipitis
… among yeast. Xylose can be obtained out if the wood composite hemicellulose, what makes wastes of paper and wood industry a possible source for bioethanol and biofuel. To pave the way to efficient biofuel production the physiological and genetically particularities of P. stipitis need to be …