Technology for Delivering High Quality Graded Softwood Product – Practical Applications

Greg Duff - 2005

The grading process employed for the production of most of Australia’s structural pine products is based on mechanical stress grader designs that are at least 30 years old, and it demands visual grading to underpin grade decisions.

The production speeds, reliability and data handling capabilities of mechanical stress graders have of course progressed significantly over this time, but it is the author’s opinion that there are now alternative technologies that can deliver a more effective grading regime overall.

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