Canada-Alberta Forest Resource Development Agreement

Tree improvement applied research and technology transfer

The Canada-Alberta Forest Resource Development Agreement tree improvement project was started in April 1986 for four years to expand and accelerate wo...

Value Added Opportunities for Alberta Lodgepole Pine Solid Wood Products

Description of opportunities for pine products that are in demand by the furniture industry and which are presently being supplied by imports from the...

Testing of Alberta Spruce and Pine Laminated Beams

Summary Report

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An Economic Analysis of Wood Supply from Private Land in Alberta

The availability of fibre from private land in Alberta has been largely ignored because of a surplus from public land. However, much of this surplus h...

Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification of the Forestry Portion of Southwestern Alberta

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Report on Cement Bonded Particleboard, Its Applications and a Preliminary Assessment of a Plant to be Located in Alberta

Study prompted by the availability of the Fulgurit plant, a West German cement bonded particleboard (CBPB) manufacturing facility. The engineering stu...

Machine Stress Rating Panel Products

The variability of stiffness and strength in visually graded structural wood panels, intended for use in construction, puts panels at a substantial di...

Management and Utilization of Northern Mixedwoods

Proceedings of a Symposium Held April 11-14, 1988, in Edmonton, Alberta

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Improving Fibre Utilization in the Aspen Structural Panelboard Industry

Examines the use of a Morbark Model 20 Chiparvestor mobile chipper as asystem for recovery and processing of residual forest biomass into a formsuitab...

Alberta Aspen Vs. Black Poplar Wood Quality Differences

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Technical Review on the State-of-the-art of Dimensional Stabilization of Wood Products Using Chemical Impregnation

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Dimensional Stabilization, State of the Art Review

FP 2.4.1

The dimensional stability of reconstituted wood products is an important consideration in the continued and widened acceptance of such structural pane...

WESTLAM

Glue Laminated Wooden Beams : Product Acceptance and Market Development

Westlam glue laminated wooden beams were introduced to Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories in 1987 with very encouraging results. Cana...

Application of Scanning and Imaging Techniques to Assess Decay and Wood Quality in Logs and Standing Trees

"Literature search focused on the current capabilities of microwaves, ultrasonics, x-ray and gamma ray computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance...

Pacific Rim Markets for Forest Products in the 1990s

Economic Assessment of Demand & Supply

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Preparation of Pulps from Sound Alberta Aspen and Balsam Poplar by Various Processes

Sound Alberta aspen and balsam poplar were subjected to a range of processes to produce bleached kraft, bleached alkaline sulphite/anthraquinone, high...

Oriented Strandboard (OSB) Optimization

FP 2.1.1

PANELMAX is a computer program model developed to assist industry in making informal management decisions on operating policies in the production of p...

Environmental Impacts of Vegetation Management by Mechanical and Chemical (hexazinone) Methods Including Residue Chemistry

Report of a study on the environmental impact of vegetation management methods in a mixedwood cutover carried out from 1985-90. Vegetation management ...

Ring Flaked Maxi-chips

The Manufacture, Testing and Evaluation of Composite Board Made from Alberta Woods

Evaluation of the use of spruce/pine from sawmill residuals and aspen and black poplar as round wood in the form of ring-cut maxi-chips to produce 3-l...

Review of Pulping and Papermaking Properties of Aspen

Available technical literature on the pulping and papermaking properties of aspen was critically reviewed and deficiencies were identified in the area...

Spruce Budworm in the Footner Lake Forest, 1987

A Status Report

A resurgence of spruce budworm activity in the Footner Lake Forest has raised concerns about the possible impact of this pest on white spruce stands i...

Study of Chemithermomechanical Pulp (CTMP) Production Potential for Alberta

The Province of Alberta identified several timber development areas that contain reserves of timber which could support a chemithermomechanical facili...

Directory of Primary Wood-using Industries in Alberta, 1986

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Preliminary Assessment of Impulse Radar to Detect Decay in Hardwood

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Comparison of Balsam and Aspen Poplar Trees in Alberta

Balsam poplars are the second most abundant trees in Alberta but they are not used in waferboard mills because they cause problems in the waferizing s...