Comparison between automatic and manual quality grading of sawn softwood

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 13-18

  Lycken, Anders ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; SAWMILLS;

AUTOMATIC SYSTEMS; GRADING STATIONS; NORDIC COUNTRIES;

SOFTWOODS;

AUTOMATION; MILLS; SOFTWOODS;

PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 33646718418     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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