Methods for enhancing hardness and dimensional stability of a wood element and wood product having enhanced hardness

The present disclosure includes methods for enhancing hardness and dimensional stability of a wood element. In one embodiment, the method includes placing the wood element in a compression assembly set to a compression temperature between about 365° F. and about 410° F., heating and compressing the...

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Hauptverfasser:	PARK DAVID W, WILDERMAN RONALD C
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL TREATMENT OF CORK, CANE, REED, STRAW ORSIMILAR MATERIALS MANUFACTURE OF SPECIFIC WOODEN ARTICLES NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL PERFORMING OPERATIONS PROCESSES, APPARATUS OR SELECTION OF SUBSTANCES FORIMPREGNATING, STAINING, DYEING, BLEACHING OF WOOD OR SIMILARMATERIALS, OR TREATING OF WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIALS WITHPERMEANT LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR TRANSPORTING WORKING OF WOOD NOT PROVIDED FOR IN SUBCLASSES B27B - B27L WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL
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Zusammenfassung:	The present disclosure includes methods for enhancing hardness and dimensional stability of a wood element. In one embodiment, the method includes placing the wood element in a compression assembly set to a compression temperature between about 365° F. and about 410° F., heating and compressing the wood element without exceeding the species' threshold pressure value to produce a compressed wood product, heating the compressed wood product to a post-compression temperature between about 275° F. and about 350° F., and holding the compressed wood product at the post-compression temperature for about 30 to about 48 hours. The disclosure also includes a wood product having enhanced hardness.