NEWS RELEASE
Wood Products Extension
North Carolina State University
WHAT: Drying Hardwood Lumber Update – A One Day Workshop for Improving Lumber Quality
WHEN: September 22, 2010
WHERE: Wood Education & Resource Center, Princeton, West Virginia
In these challenging markets many lumber manufacturers and secondary wood producers are changing their species mix in order to remain cost effective. Many of these species are prone to stain and warp. Some such as oak are prone to checking. North Carolina State University’s Wood Products Extension in conjunction with the US Forest Service’s Wood Education & Resource Center will hold a one day workshop to update dry kiln operators so they can produce a higher quality product.
The one day workshop will be divided into two sessions. The morning session will focus on oak drying including problems such as drying green and partially pre-dried lumber as well as drying thicker stock. The afternoon session will emphasize drying white woods including avoiding stain, stacking procedures that produce flat lumber, low temperature drying schedules that produce quality results and equalizing and conditioning that produce lumber that is flat and stress free.
The workshop is sponsored by and will be taught at the Wood Education & Resource Center in Princeton, West Virginia on September 22, 2010. The course is co-sponsored by the Southeastern Dry Kiln Club.
For more information: Joe Denig, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 8003, Raleigh, NC 27695, telephone (919) 515-5582, Fax (919) 515-8739
Visit Wood Products Extension on the web at: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/nreos/wood/
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