Lumber drying is an attractive valued-added business with plenty of opportunities for well run, small- and medium-sized drying operations. The most important issue is the cost of drying we dry lumber ...

TWO leaflets have recently been issued by the Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun, India, on the subject of timber seasoning kilns by M. A. Rehman, Utilization Branch (For. Res. Inst. Public. Vasant ...

Near Lockhart, Texas, where the San Marcos River winds through pecan orchards and native woodlands, Swift River Pecans is ...

Oftentimes, hardwood lumber drying begins with exposure to an uncontrolled outside environment in a process called air drying. At times, loss of quality in this process can be in excess of 10 percent.

BRATTLEBORO -- The process of turning a red oak into a cabinet, flooring or a piece of furniture, can be long, arduous, daunting and costly. In the next month, Cersosimo Lumber Co. Vice President and ...

The lack of timber drying facilities was seen as a constraint to developing the local forestry sector Businesses are being urged to consider developing a new timber drying facility in the Scottish ...

PESHAWAR: Pakistan Forest Institute (PFI) has prepared a state-of-the-art cost and time efficient solar kiln (SK) which will help promote country’s furniture industry. The experimental facility is ...

THE natural seasoning of timber by allowing it to remain stacked or otherwise for a varying period of time was well understood in Great Britain, and seasoned timber, especially for the better class of ...

AN INNOVATIVE project to turn poor quality timber into high value material is to create 20 jobs and could add millions of pounds to the value of Welsh forests. AN INNOVATIVE project to turn poor ...