The Effect of Wood Alignment on Wood Grinding – Part 1: Properties of Pulp and Fines Revealed in the Grinding Mechanism

In industrial wood grinding, logs are pressed against a rotating stone, with the logs and fiber axis parallel to the axis of the stone. The objective of this study is to clarify how the wood alignment affects the process and pulp properties. In this research, wood blocks were fed into a laboratory g...

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Main Authors: Erkki Tapani Saharinen, Airi Särkilahti, Lauri Ilmari Salminen, Sabine Heinemann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: North Carolina State University 2016-03-01
Series:BioResources
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Online Access:http://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/view/BioRes_11_2_4201_Saharinen_Wood_Alignment_Wood_Grinding_Part_One