Timber Production and Research

<BODY INFO_W3C="http://visualvision.com/w3c-validation.htm" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#FF0000" BGCOLOR="#F0F0F0"> <BASE TARGET="_top"> <DIV class=s0> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:14pt;'><I>Timber Production and Research </I></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:14pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'>Research </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='list-style-type:disc;text-indent: -10mm;margin-left: 13mm;'> <LI><FONT style='color:#535353;'>Project development </FONT></LI></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='list-style-type:disc;text-indent: -10mm;margin-left: 13mm;'> <LI><FONT style='color:#535353;'>Data analysis </FONT></LI></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='list-style-type:disc;text-indent: -10mm;margin-left: 13mm;'> <LI><FONT style='color:#535353;'>Reports </FONT></LI></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='list-style-type:disc;text-indent: -10mm;margin-left: 13mm;'> <LI><FONT style='color:#535353;'>Presentations </FONT></LI></DIV> <DIV class=s0> <FONT style='color:#535353;font-size:12pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0> <FONT style='color:#535353;font-size:12pt;'></FONT><FONT style='color:#535353;'><I>Previous experience </I></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0> <FONT style='color:#535353;font-size:12pt;'></FONT><FONT style='color:#535353;'>TimberED Services has been involved in the coordination of research and development projects for Australian timber producers aimed at improving production technologies, process control, grading and quality control methods. </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0> <FONT style='color:#535353;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0> <FONT style='color:#535353;'>The company has also provided data analysis services to a number of national projects on testing of timber products, which included the development of an analysis strategy for thousands of test specimens. The company was also involved in communicating the results of the analysis to enable the information derived from the project to be effectively used by the Australian timber industry. Some examples include: </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='text-indent: -10mm;'> <LI><FONT style='color:#535353;'>A project aimed at identifying low-strength pieces of timber during production sampled timber from major mills across the country to establish methods for removing ‘rogue’ pieces from the production line. </FONT></LI></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='text-indent: -10mm;'> <LI><FONT style='color:#535353;'>A project to identify appropriate poles for horticultural use involved the testing of a number of species and pole preparation techniques for pine poles.  </FONT></LI></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='text-indent: -10mm;'> <LI><FONT style='color:#535353;'>TimberED Services was involved in a joint research project that checked </FONT><FONT style='color:#535353;'><I>k</I></FONT><FONT style='color:#535353;'><SUB>9</SUB> for bending and compression members. The strength-sharing factor, </FONT><FONT style='color:#535353;'><I>k</I></FONT><FONT style='color:#535353;'><SUB>9</SUB>, enables designers to increase the strength of timber where there are pieces used in parallel. As a result of this work, the </FONT><FONT style='color:#535353;'><I>k</I></FONT><FONT style='color:#535353;'><SUB>9</SUB> factor was withdrawn from use with compression members, and values for bending members were confirmed. </FONT></LI></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='text-indent: -10mm;'> <LI><FONT style='color:#535353;'>TimberED Services has also collaborated in a number of national research projects on timber grading methodologies. Roles in these projects have ranged from steering committee participation, to performing data analysis and preparation of technology transfer.  </FONT></LI></DIV>