Relationship between lumber yield and board marker accuracy in rip-first rough mills

Holz als Roh - und Werkstoff

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-48

  Buehlmann, Urs ^a   Thomas, R Edward ^b  

^a Enkeboll Designs   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; PAPER AND PULP MILLS;

LUMBER YIELD; ROUGH MILLS; WOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY;

LUMBER;

COSTS; LUMBER; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 33846884797     PISSN: 00183768     EISSN: 1436736X     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00107-006-0099-7     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Anderson RB, Thomas RE. Gatchell CJ, Bennett ND (1993) Computerized technique for recording board defect data. Research Paper NE-671 USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, Radnor, PA, p 17
2. Buehlmann U, Thomas RE (2002) Impact of human error on lumber yield in rough mills. Robot Cim-Int Manuf 18(2002):197-203
3. Huber HA, Ruddell S, McMillin CW (1990) Industry standards for recognition of marginal wood defects. For Prod J 40(3):30-34
4. Kline DE, Widoyoko A, Wiedenbeck JK, Araman PA (1998) Performance of color camera-based machine vision system in automated furniture rough mill systems. For Prod J 48(3):38-45.
5. Moody J, Gatchell CJ, Walker ES, Klinkhachorn P (1997) User's guide to UGRS: The ultimate grading and remanufacturing system (version 5.0). General Technical Report NE-254. USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, Radnor, PA, p 40
6. National Hardwood Lumber Association (1998) Rules for the measurement and inspection of hardwood and cypress lumber. National Hardwood Lumber Association, Memphis, TN
7. Thomas RE (1996) Prioritizing parts from cutting bills when gang-ripping first. For Prod J 46(10):61-66.
8. Thomas RE (1998) A guide for using ROMI-RIP 2.00, a Rough Mill RIPfirst simulator. General Technical Report NE-259. USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, Radnor, PA, p 64
9. Thomas RE, Buehlmann U (2002) Validation of the ROMI-RIP rough mill simulator. For Prod J 52(2):23-29
10. Thomas RE, Buehlmann U (2003) Performance review of the ROMI-RIP rough mill simulator. For Prod J 53(3): 80-85