Densification of wood veneers by compression combined with heat and steam

European Journal of Wood and Wood Products

Volumn 70, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 155-163

  Fang, Chang Hua ^a   Mariotti, Nicolas ^a   Cloutier, Alain ^a   Koubaa, Ahmed ^b   Blanchet, Pierre ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^c FPINNOVATIONS   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRINELL HARDNESS; COMPRESSION SET; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYBRID POPLAR; HYBRID POPLAR CLONES; HYDRAULIC PRESSURE; LOW TEMPERATURES; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; STEAM PRESSURES; WOOD VENEER;

DENSIFICATION; DRIERS (MATERIALS); MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RECOVERY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

VENEERS;

DENSIFICATION; DRIERS; RECOVERY; ROUGHNESS; SURFACES; TENSILE STRENGTH; VENEERS; WOOD;

EID: 84859011149     PISSN: 00183768     EISSN: 1436736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00107-011-0524-4     Document Type: Article

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