RIP-X: Decision software to compare crosscut-first and rip-first rough mill systems

Wood Science and Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 367-381

  Harding, O V ^a   Steele, P H ^b  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

^b Mississippi Forest Prod Laboratory   (United States)

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EID: 0002889380     PISSN: 00437719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002260050043     Document Type: Article

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