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PB 1650 Understanding Log Scales and Log Rules
PB 1650. Understanding Log Scales and Log Rules 1. Understanding Log Scales and Log Rules Brian Bond, Former Assistant Professor, Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries Introduction ensure the quality of logs entering the mill yard, to A necessary step in determining the value assist in inventory and quality control, and to allow of timber at the mill is establishing the estimated tracking of mill efficiency. volume by standard scaling practices. Examples of scaling practices include measuring the weight of Methods of log scaling pulpwood to estimate the volume and measuring There are several common methods for the dimensions of hardwood sawlogs, along with estimating the volume of wood available in a log. applying a log rule to determine how much lumber These include board-foot scaling, cubic volume can be sawn from the log. This publication describes scaling, weight scaling and electronic scanning.
The benefits of weight scaling are that it re-duces scaling costs, requires less handling of logs, Understanding ... The main drawback of this method is the expense of the equipment required. Electronic volume scanners are used extensively in large Southern pine sawmills and are
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