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Chapter 28 



I RECEIVING a storage] 



MERCHANDISING 



CHIPPING 

 (BARKY CHIPS) 



debarking] 



I BLOCK HEATING I 



ROUND-UP a PEELING 



CORE 

 PROCESSING 



^ 



^ VENEER processing] 



CLEAN 

 CHIPS 



PALLET CANTS 

 3-7/8" X 3-7/8" 



LAMINATING AND 



ASSEMBLY 



OF 



I-BEAMS 



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Figure 28-25. — (Top) Flow chart for facility to convert small-diameter hardwoods into 

 laminated structural I-beams, pulp chips, pallet cants, and fuel. (Bottom) Photograph 

 of a nominal 2- by 10-inch joist composed of short, butt-jointed hickory veneer (Vs- 

 inch) in flanges and Vs-inch mixed hardwood flakeboard in web. (Drawing and photo 

 from Woodson 1981.) 



