Accelerating oak air drying by presurfacing

W. T. Simpson; R. C. Baltes

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Accelerating oak air drying by presurfacing

Informally Refereed

Authors:

W. T. Simpson, R. C. Baltes

Year:

1972

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Forest Products Laboratory

Source:

(Research note FPL ; 0223):12 p.

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Abstract

A comparison was made between the air-drying rates of rough and presurfaced northern red oak and white oak. In both species, the presurfaced material was about 1/8 inch thinner than the rough material and dried faster than the rough material. The reduction in drying time depends on the method of analyzing the drying curves, but is slightly less than 10 percent.

Keywords

Dryin, Lumbe, Drying time, Surfacing, Accelerated kiln schedules, Northern red oak, White oak

Citation

Simpson, W. T.; Baltes, R. C. 1972. Accelerating oak air drying by presurfacing. (Research note FPL ; 0223):12 p.