Optimum target sizes for a sequential sawing process

H. Dean Claxton

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Optimum target sizes for a sequential sawing process

Informally Refereed

Authors:

H. Dean Claxton

Year:

1972

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

Res. Paper PSW-RP-87. Berkeley, CA: Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; 10 p

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Abstract

A method for solving a class of problems in random sequential processes is presented. Sawing cedar pencil blocks is used to illustrate the method. Equations are developed for the function representing loss from improper sizing of blocks. A weighted over-all distribution for sawing and drying operations is developed and graphed. Loss minimizing changes in the control variables of saw settings are calculated from the developed equations.

Keywords

sawing, operations research, sequential processes, saw setting, mathematical analysis, quality control

Citation

Claxton, H. Dean. 1972. Optimum target sizes for a sequential sawing process. Res. Paper PSW-RP-87. Berkeley, CA: Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; 10 p