wood production Articles
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EGGER Wood Products, Austria
Low-Pressure Boiler Water Treatment Founded in 1962 in a very pictoresque part of Austria, Egger Group is a leading manufacturer and supplier of wood-based panels for furniture and construction industries. The company uses polyamines water treatment for treating the low pressure boilers water steam cycle. 2 t/h boilers 10 bar 210°C ...
By Fineamin SA
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Saudi Arabia Furniture Production Destined for Phenomenal Growth
According to our new research report “Saudi Arabia Furniture Market Analysis”, Saudi Arabia represents one of the fastest growing and highly untapped furniture markets in the MENA region. The industry showed remarkable resilience during post recessionary tough scenario and recorded positive year-on-year growth in 2009. Government support and strategic tie-ups with foreign furniture ...
By RNCOS
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Wood Products MDF Direct Drying and Power - Kastamonu Entegre - Case Study
OWNER Kastamonu Entegre LOCATION Turkey PRODUCT Taurus 70 (7.5 MWE) and Taurus 60 (5.5 MWE) Gas Turbines CUSTOMER VALUE Sustainability The Kastamonu Entegre Gebze plant, part of the Kastamonu Group - one of the first wood panel producers - implemented a state-of-the-art energy management systems for its MDF lines. Kastamonu Entegre uses one Taurus™ 60 gas turbine on each of its two MDF ...
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Greenhouse Gas Dynamics of an Increased Use of Wood in Buildings in Switzerland
Abstract Long-living wood products contribute to the mitigation of climate change in many ways. They act as a carbon pool during their service life, as they withdraw CO2 from its natural cycle. After their service life, they can stitute for fossil fuels if they are incinerated in adequate furnaces. Furthermore, wood products can stitute for more energy-intense products made of ‘conventional’ ...
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An exploratory study of eco-oriented consumer segments at a retail store
This paper reports on a segmentation study of eco-oriented customers of wood products. Convenience samples of customers at IKEA retail stores in England and Norway were surveyed on purchase behaviour and their weighing of product attributes. The interviews took part beside an existing IKEA dining table of pine, and they were also presented a designed prototype eco-label that should give a ...
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Gloss Meter
Gloss meter can test material with gloss, and universally apply to paint, ink, stoving varnish, coating, wood products; marble, granite, vitrified polished tile, pottery brick and porcelain; plastic, paper; hardware industries, etc. for gloss measurement and gloss data transmission.Shenzhen xinzhibang Inst. & Eqpt. Co., Ltd. is set up in 2011. We are a professional manufacturer, specialize in ...
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Ignition of New Zealand Wood Products in the LIFT, RIFT and ISO 5657 Apparatus using the ASTM E 1321-97 Protocol
The results from ignition tests conducted using the Lateral Ignition and Flame spread Test (LIFT) apparatus, Reduced scale Ignition and Flame spread Test (RIFT) apparatus, and ISO 5657 ignitability apparatus from nine different types of New Zealand wood-based products are used to obtain the critical ignition heat flux and thermal inertia using the procedure specified in ASTM E 1321-97a. It is ...
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Controlling Stack Emissions in the Wood Products Industry & Wood Fired Boilers
Electrostatic precipitation has been a reliable technology since the early 1900's. Originally developed to abate serious smoke nuisances, the manufacturers of zinc, copper, and lead quickly found electric gas cleaning a cost efficient way to recover valuable product carried out of the stacks from furnace operations. Today electrostatic precipitators are found mainly on large power plants, cement ...
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Curbing Emissions From The Manufacture Of Wood Products
Untitled Document Many types of industrial facilities must control airborne emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and other hazardous air pollutants (HAPs), to meet site-specific regulatory thresholds. For instance, makers of manufactured wood products such as oriented stand board, particleboard, medium-density fiberboard, high-density ...
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Stone wool production - Case Study
THE CLIENT The Client is a multinational manufacturer of mineral wood products, a world leader in industrial stone wool solutions, building insulation, acoustic ceilings, and engineered fibres. The Polish plant has 3 production lines with similar wastewater ...
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Wood Products Particle/OSB Direct Drying and Power - Swiss Krono Group - Case Study
OWNER Swiss Krono Group LOCATION Sully-sur-Loire, France PRODUCT One Taurus 70 (7.5 MWE) and Two Taurus 60 (5.5 MWe) Gas Turbines CUSTOMER VALUE Sustainability The Swiss Krono Group is one of the first European wood panel producers. The Sully-sur-Loire Swiss Krono plant implemented an innovative system utilizing one Taurus™ 70 and two Taurus 60 gas turbines from Solar Turbines. The gas ...
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Assessment of types and levels of naturally occurring contaminants in virgin wood sources
Untitled Document In support of legislation aimed at reducing the amount of material going into landfill, which includes waste generated by both industry and the general public, the government has invested time and money to encourage the reuse and/or recycling of secondary or waste products. Much of the investment made through the Wood programme of WRAP has been ...
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Online moisture measurement of wood shavings on a carriage - Case Study
Client: Manufacturer of wood pellets (Germany) Product: Wood shavings Material humidity: 7-14 % Installation location: Sensor is fastened to a carriage What measuring process was used previously: no measurement According to the client, the M-Sens-system offers the following advantages: Continuous humidity measurement Maintenance-free More cost-effective than optical measuring ...
By ENVEA
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Fulfilling the requirement of shredding multiple waste types: Mick George Ltd found a solution from TANA Shark - Case Study
Mick George Limited in the UK, spotted the need for a waste shredder that would be used on greenwaste, tree roots and stumps for composting and volume reduction for their waste facility at Rushton. "We also wanted the option of shredding tyres for drainage, waste for RDF, and wood products for Biomass", says Michael George, Operations Director. Impurities in waste wood, eg. metal bolts, nails or ...
By Tana Oy
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Mixture toxicity of wood preservative products in the fish embryo toxicity test
Wood preservative products are used globally to protect wood from fungal decay and insects. We investigated the aquatic toxicity of five commercial wood preservative products, the biocidal active substances and some formulation additives contained therein, as well as six generic binary mixtures of the active substances in the fish embryo toxicity test (FET). Median lethal concentrations (LC50) of ...
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Stora Enso - Case study
For a truly global forest products company like Stora Enso, sustainability management is an intergrated part of its business. Stora Enso has production mills in 22 countries, producing newsprint and book paper, magazine paper, fine paper, consumer board, industrial packaging and wood products. Its annual sales reached EUR 11,8 Billion in year 2007. The Group has some 36 000 employees in more than ...
By Tofuture Oy
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Wood waste product
A landfill needed a way to reduce their waste stream volume, increase the life of their landfill, and recover a recyclable, marketable product. Wood and yard waste material comprise up to 20% of their entire waste stream volume. Processing and recycling this material will extend the life of the landfill by 20 years. They chose WSM's Model 4864BH Horizontal Hogging System with a customized feed ...
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Dangers of Formaldehyde used as adhesive in manufacture of wood-based panel products.
Formaldehyde is a chemical widely used to manufacture building materials and various household products. Wood based panels can emit small amounts of formaldehyde to the air and each panel type has a product standard governing the testing and certification of that product for formaldehyde emissions. Anyone involved in the manufacture of these products could be exposed to formaldehyde in the ...
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Sustainable Procurement of Wood and Paper-based Products, an Introduction
Decisions regarding the purchase and use of wood and paper-based products can have far-reaching, long-term impacts for the forests where they are harvested, the communities supported by wood-using industries, and the places where those products are purchased and used. The information in this joint WRI/WBCSD publication is organized around ten key issues, posed as “essential questions” that ...
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Precautions for paint construction in winter
Winter decoration paint coating construction: the construction process1. Remove dust and dirt from wood products and lines (wood base).2. Finish the burrs, hatchbacks and other defects on the surface of the wood base, and polish them with sand leather to make the edges and corners neat.3. With oil putty (or transparent putty) for scraping, polishing, repair putty after polishing (with varnish ...
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