Industrial Sawing of Pinus sylvestris L.: Power Consumption

Sawing simulation of Pinus pinaster Ait

The paper deals with the sawing simulation of Maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) and is a report from a project aiming to increase the knowledge in how different raw material characteristics and sawing factors are affecting on the sawing yield of Maritime pine. The conversion was executed by an integrated optimising software system, WooDCIM® developed at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finlan...

Simulated and realised industrial yields in the sawing of maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.)

Acknowledgements: Financial support was given to the first author by a scholarship from Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (Portugal) and by a Marie Curie Research Training Grant within the EU 4th RTD Framework programme. Part of the work was carried out under the research programme PAMAF 8185, financed by INIA (Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária, Portugal). Thanks are due to the Port...

Power Consumption Characteristics of Industrial Air Compressors

Compressed air is typically one of the most expensive utilities in an industrial facility. As a result, potential savings opportunities are aggressively sought out and identified. Once identified, projected energy savings must be calculated in order to justify the cost of implementing the savings opportunity. It is important to calculate projected energy and cost savings as accurately as possib...

The effects of abiotic and biotic factors on somatic embryogenesis and seedlings of Pinus sylvestris (L.)

Peculiar traits of wood in a leaning stem of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.)

The paper analyses biometrical and anatomical traits of wood in a leaning stem of pine trees. For study purpose, five pine trees (Pinus sylvestris L.) with a visibly leaning stem were chosen. Wood samples were taken at three different stem heights, that is, below the stem curvature, at the curvature and above the curvature. Microscopic specimens were prepared and used for the following measurem...