- Wood-plastic composites: weathering quality issues:
recent research sheds light on the complex interactions between
ingredients in wood composites that affect weather-ability, color loss,
and resistance...
Exterior wood-fiber composites like decks and rails haven't lived up to some of the early claims of long, maintenance-free life. In fact, composite decks with high wood loadings can shrink, expand, stain, warp, split, and fade much like natural wood. They can also grow mold and sprout mushrooms, be eroded ......
- Coming events.
November 16-18: Structural Design with Wood, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. For information and registration, visit www.conted.vt.edu/sdww/. December 6-9: How to Dry Lumber for Quality and Profit, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. Contact Conference Coordinator, Oregon State University, College of Forestry, 202 Peavy Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-5707; 541-737-2329; outreach@for.orst.edu; www.cof.forest.edu. December ......
- Coming & events.
May 26-27: 6th Annual Wood Adhesion Shortcourse, Donaldson Brown Hotel and Conference Center, Blacksburg, VA. Sponsored by Virginia Tech's Wood-Based Composites Center and VT Continuing and Professional Education. Contact Linda Caudhill, Managing Director, Wood-Based Composites Center 540-231-7092; lcaudhill@vt.edu; or register online at www.conted.vt.edu/woodad. June 6-7: Plywood Manufacturing. Oregon State University, ......
- Northeast Section discussed opportunities in wood
thermoplastic composites.
Attendees of this year's Northeast Section Spring Conference and Annual Meeting were presented with 2 days of demonstrations and discussion surrounding the current technology of wood thermoplastic composites. Thursday afternoon, May 13, featured an extensive tour of the Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center (AEWC) on the campus of the University ......
- Wood Coatings Symposium to explore changing business
environment.
Coatings for wood and wood-based substrates will be the focus of an upcoming symposium sponsored by the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology (FSCT). Coating Wood and Wood Composites: The Changing Future will be held September 25-27, 2005 in Charlotte, NC. This ACSeries event has been endorsed by Master Painters ......
- FSCT issues Call for Papers for 'Designing for Durability'--2007 ACSeries on Coating Wood and Wood Composites.
FSCT has issued a Call for Papers for the "Coating Wood and Wood Composites: Designing for Durability" Conference. To be held on July 23-25, 2007, in Seattle, WA, this program is part of the FSCT's continuing Advancements in Coatings Series (ACSeries). Offering a unique three-track forum, "Designing for Durability" seeks ......
- Advanced engineered wood composites: innovative
technologies for Maine's forest products
industry.
Maine's forest resource and the industries that it supports have historically been the bedrock of the state's economy. Over 94 percent of Maine's 17 million acres are forested. Over 30,000 of the state's 1.2 million inhabitants are employed in the forest products industry, which contributes $2.2 billion annually to the ......