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  • Three strategies for tree bucking at the harvest site: consequences for the sawmill

    Creator:
    Acker, Timothy A.
    Abstract:
    The timber shortage in the Pacific Northwest is forcing sawmill owners to improve the competitiveness of their harvesting and processing operations. A computer simulation and financial statement analysis were used to compare the processing efficiency and profitability of three bucking strategies: log cost minimization (traditional 40-foot preferred-length logs); hauling length...
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    scanner hardware and on-line process control computer, Thomlinson's system includes an off-line sawmill

  • The effect of edging red alder lumber on cut stock production

    Creator:
    Schott, Kermit A.
    Abstract:
    It has been observed that edging flitches into lumber unnecessarily reduces the yield of cut stock. This research investigated the yield of cut stock from unedged red alder (Alnus rubra) flitches, and compared it to yields attained from boards subjected to a variety of edging strategies: conventional, light-edging, actual, severe...
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This project represents the culmination of a year-long effort made by the computer-aided