The shaping-lathe headrig-- key to utilization of hardwoods growing on southern pine sites

Abstract

For every cubic foot of pine on southern pine sites, there is about 0.8 cubic foot of hardwood. The shaping-lathe headrig, now in the final stages of commercialization, is a key to utilizing these small mixed hardwoods for pallets and industrial lumber. Lathe residues in the form of flakes can be the raw material for a new major industry manufacturing exterior structural flakeboard competitive in price andfunction with sheathing grades of plywood. Other likely uses for lathe residues include manufacture of pulp, medium-density particleboard, and molded composites of foamed resin and match-size wood particles.

Citation

Koch, P. 1974. The shaping-lathe headrig-- key to utilization of hardwoods growing on southern pine sites. Journal of Forestry 72(10):631-636