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Plywood - No. MDP-07-028
Investigating the technical feasibility of manufacturing specialty plywood products such as high-end concrete forms from MPB veneer through pilot plant tests for higher value recovery. The MPB veneer will be benchmarked against other common softwood species for gluebond performance, stiffness, strength and dimensional stability.
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Engineered Wood - No. MDP-07-020C
Continued assessment of the potential to use old grey-stage MPB fibre in the manufacture of wood/cement and wood/plastic composite building materials. A pilot study of a vacuum bagging system to compress/concentrate the shredded fibre to reduce transportation costs will be undertaken to test the concept and assess the feasibility.
[Results Summary 480KB | Full Report 8,405KB] |
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Engineered Wood - No. MDP-07-020B
Continued development of MPB thick strand based wood composites. It will examine the fundamental properties of adhesive to wood fibre interaction, model the influence of pressing on the gas permeability properties of a mat and test the creep and load duration response of thick MPB based composites.
[Results Summary 647KB | Full Report 833KB] |
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Engineered Wood - No. MDP-07-020A
Continued assessment of the strength and bonding properties of MPB thick glue-laminated panels and to assess their potential use in structural systems. A detailed study will be conducted to assess the availability of suitable material for the manufacture of the thick laminated panels, and the cost and production capacity of existing sawmills to produce the candidate laminating stock.
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Lumber - No. MDP-07-019
Assessing the susceptibility of painted blue-stained and unstained MPB sapwood and heartwood lumber that has been exposed to weathering conditions outdoors to colonization by surface mold fungi. An assessment of the performance of opaque paint films on MPB affected lumber at various stages of the blue-staining process will also be completed.
[Results Summary 640KB | Full Report 136KB] |
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Lumber - No. MDP-07-014
Assessing the technical and economic feasibility of using hot-oil treated MPB sapwood lumber for residential and commercial building siding. The assessment and testing will focus on weathering, decay, termite resistance and combining the hot-oil and fire retardant process to improve fire resistance. The results will determine if a full scale commercial trial should be conducted in the future.
[Results Summary 529KB | Full Report 1,068KB] |
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Bio-products - No. MDP-07-013
Assessing the feasibility of using MPB killed fibre as a source for ethanol production. The project will include a literature review of the dead wood technical properties and strategies to minimize their impacts. It will also include a detailed feedstock evaluation of the grey dead stage MPB fibre and lab scale trials for ethanol production along with an economic assessment of the commercial viability of ethanol production from this fibre source.k
[Results Summary 606KB | Full Report 481KB] |
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Engineered Wood – No. MPB2006 – 02
Investigate and develop pressure-treating technology with borates for use with MPB attacked fibre - Forintek
[Results Summary 179K | Full Report 598KB] |
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Engineered Wood - No. MPB2006 - 07
Investigate the use of MPB attacked wood fibre for use in wood-cement and wood-plastic composite products – UBC Department of Wood Science
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Engineered Wood - No. MPB2006 - 13
Investigate the production of laminated decking and flooring products using MPB attacked fibre – UBC Department of Wood Science and Canfor
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Engineered Wood - No. MPB2006 - 06
Development and investigation of thick laminated wood plate products using MPB attacked fibre – UBC Department of Wood Science
[Results Summary 172K | Full Report 1 472KB | Full Report 2 343KB] |
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Engineered Wood - No. MPB2006 - 05
Development and investigation of thick strand products from MPB attacked fibre for use in construction projects – UBC Department of Wood Science
[Results Summary 164K | Full Report 468KB] |
