密度及热压工艺对竹篾层积材性能的影响

为解决冷压工艺生产周期长和能量消耗大的问题,采用梯度降压的热压法制备竹篾层积材,并分析工艺参数对其性能的影响.结果表明:热压温度对板材的弹性模量、静曲强度、吸水厚度膨胀率和水平剪切强度影响显著;热压时间和密度对板材的吸水厚度膨胀率影响较大.在密度1.0 g/cm3、热压时间1.5 min/mm、温度145～155℃的条件下,板材性能达到LY/T 1072-2002《竹篾层积材》和GB/T 20241-2006《单板层积材》的要求.     

杨木基非对称结构胶合板制备及性能分析

对杨木单板层积材与木材层积塑料复合制造非对称结构胶合板的制备工艺进行探索,为客车车厢底板用非对称结构胶合板的制备提供技术参数.采用了热压和冷压两种工艺进行复合,并测定其抗弯性能、尺寸稳定性和吸水率等物理力学性能.结果表明,热压组复合板材的力学性能及尺寸稳定性表现均优于冷压组.     

意杨木材层积塑料制造工艺研究

用低分子量酚醛树脂胶对意杨旋切单板进行浸渍处理,采用单因素试验法,探讨了热压压力对产品性能的影响,分析各压力水平下板材的密度、含水率、顺/横纹抗弯弹性模量、冲击韧性等物理力学性能,得出符合要求的热压工艺参数。结果表明:在热压单位压力3.5 MPa,热压温度150℃,热压时间5 min/mm条件下,板材的力学性能和尺寸稳定性能最佳。     

热压工艺对密实型杉木单板层积材力学性能的影响

以自制低分子量酚醛树脂为胶黏剂,采用热压工艺对杉木单板进行密实化试验,研究干燥温度、压缩率、热压温度和热压时间对密实型杉木单板层积材力学性能的影响.结果表明:压缩率对层积材力学性能影响最大,其次是干燥温度、热压温度和热压时间;随着压缩率和热压温度的提高,板材的MOE、MOR都有不同程度的提高;随着干燥温度的提升和热压时间的延长,板材的MOE、MOR都呈先增大后减小的趋势;综合考虑,确定密实型杉木单板层积材的最佳热压工艺为:干燥温度60℃、压缩率35％、热压温度145℃、热压时间1.0 min/mm,在此热压工艺条件下制得的板材,其MOE和MOR分别达到了GB/T 20241-2006《单板层积材》120E级和180E优级.     

麦秸/木材三层结构无机刨花板的制备工艺

以麦秸、木材碎料和无机胶黏剂制备麦秸/木材三层结构刨花板。研究麦秸与木材配比、板材密度、热压时间和温度对板材性能的影响。结果表明:随麦秸配比增加,板材抗弯性能降低,内结合强度增大,吸水厚度膨胀率(TS)减小;随密度增加和热压时间延长,板材力学性能增大,TS降低;随热压温度升高,板材力学性能先增大后减小,TS呈相反趋势。优化制板工艺为:碎料配比5:5,密度1.2g/cm~3,热压时间30min,温度100℃。     

基于毛竹材的竹重组材关键技术研究

以毛竹为实验材料,研究了竹重组材在生产过程中冷压工艺和热压工艺的关键技术参数对竹重组材性能的影响。结果表明:1)采用冷压工艺时,用胶量对产品的胶合强度和膨胀率影响明显,用胶量为10%时生产的竹重组材具有较好胶合强度和吸水膨胀性能;竹束含水率为12%时其产品力学强度最好;竹重组材的密度越高,其各项性能指标就越好;加热温度为135℃时,产品的各项性能最佳;加热时间选择15 h较为合适。2)采用热压工艺时,较优热压工艺条件为单位压力2.0 MPa、热压温度145℃、热压时间1.7 min/mm;此工艺流程大大提高了生产效率,降低了生产能耗。     

连续平压法生产低密度纤维板的工艺研究

在连续平压法生产线上进行制备低密度纤维板试验,分别探讨板材密度、二次加压区热压温度对板材主要力学性能的影响,并通过正交试验分析板材密度、二次加压区热压压力、施胶量、钢带运行速度4个因素对低密度纤维板主要性能的影响,结果表明:各因素对板的内结合强度与静曲强度影响大小顺序为:板材密度、二次加压区热压压力、施胶量、热压时间;其中,密度对板材性能的影响极显著。采用二次加压区热压压力0.4 MPa,施胶量16%,热压时间10.5 s·mm-1,二次加压区热压温度190℃的工艺组合采用连续平压法生产厚度18 mm的低密度纤维板,密度为563.56 kg·m-3、内结合强度为0.46 MPa、静曲强度为24.5 MPa、弹性模量为2356 MPa、吸水厚度膨胀率为10.8%,达到GB/T 11718—2009中干燥状态下使用的普通型中密度纤维板性能要求。     

杨木薄长刨花高密度板生产工艺的初步研究

研究热压温度、板材密度和施胶量3个生产工艺参数对薄长刨花板静曲强度、弹性模量、内结合强度及吸水厚度膨胀率的影响，得出最佳生产工艺条件。经过对实验数据进行分析，得出热压温度、板材密度和施胶量对刨花板各项物理力学性能均有一定的影响，其中板材密度和热压温度对板材各项物理力学性能影响最大。高密度刨花板最佳工艺条件为：热压温度155℃，板材密度0.88g／cm^3，施胶量12％     

热压工艺对竹重组板材性能的影响

探讨了以竹材为主要原料的竹重组板材热压工艺的优化,研究了热压工艺对竹重组板材力学性能的影响,讨论分析了热压压力、热压时间、热压温度对竹重组板材吸水厚度膨胀率、耐沸水性、静曲强度、弹性模量、耐磨性、耐化学腐蚀性、浸渍剥离率和甲醛释放量等性能的影响。通过正交试验,得出的优化热压工艺为:①热压压力2.0MPa、热压温度145℃、热压时间1.7min/mm,热压压力对竹重组板材耐酸性、静曲强度和弹性模量等影响显著,对耐沸水性、耐碱性、耐盐性、耐磨性和浸渍剥离率等影响不显著。②热压时间对竹重组板材静曲强度有显著影响,对其他试验指标影响不显著。③热压温度对竹重组板材各试验检测指标均有一定的影响,但不显著。     

热压工艺对竹材玻纤布复合生产集装箱底板力学性能的影响

探讨了偶联剂、热压工艺对竹材玻纤布复合生产集装箱底板材力学性能的影响,分析了偶联剂种类、用量,以及热压压力、热压时间、热压温度对竹材玻纤布复合生产的集装箱底板产品静曲强度、弹性模量、耐磨性、内胶合强度、浸渍剥离等性能的影响。通过正交试验,得出优化的热压工艺为：①偶联剂R1和R2均适合作玻纤布表面处理的偶联剂。②偶联剂需用酒精稀释,较佳的稀释配比为1：2或者1：3。③热压压力2.6 MPa、热压温度150℃、热压时间1.1 min/mm。④热压压力对竹材玻纤布复合集装箱底板产品物理力学性能指标的影响均不显著;热压温度对竹材玻纤布复合集装箱底板的纵向MOE和内结合强度影响显著,对竹材玻纤布复合集装箱底板的横向MOE影响较显著;热压时间对竹材玻纤布复合集装箱底板内结合强度影响较显著。     

Growth of Phlebiopsis gigantea in wood of seven conifer species

Heterobasidion parviporum and Heterobasidion annosum are widely distributed root‐rot fungi that infect conifers throughout Europe. Infection of conifer stumps by spores of these pathogens can be controlled by treating fresh stumps with a competing non‐pathogenic fungus, Phlebiopsis gigantea. In this study, growth of three Latvian strains of P. gigantea and the biological control agent ‘Rotstop’ strain was evaluated in stem pieces of Norway spruce, Scots pine, lodgepole pine, Douglas‐fir, Weymouth pine, Siberian larch and Sitka spruce. The growth rates of one H. parviporum and one H. annosum isolate were also measured in the same stem pieces. The growth rate of P. gigantea varied greatly in wood of different conifer species. It was higher in the three pine species, lower in Norway spruce and lowest in Sitka spruce and Siberian larch, and in Douglas‐fir, this fungus did not grow. The largest area of wood occupied by P. gigantea was in lodgepole pine. Growth of Latvian isolates of P. gigantea in the wood of Pinus and Picea species was comparable to that of the Rotstop isolate. Consequently, stump treatment with local P. gigantea isolates should be recommended. However, our results suggest that Douglas‐fir stump treatment against Heterobasidion by P. gigantea may be ineffective and other stump treatment methods should be considered.     

Growth of Mixed Birch-Coniferous Stands in Relation to Pure Coniferous Stands at Similar Sites in South-eastern Norway

Mean age, mean and top heights and yield were studied in 20 mixed stands of birch ( Betula pubescens Ehrh. and B. pendula Roth) and Picea abies (L.) Karst. and nine mixed stands of birch and Pinus sylvestris L. in south-eastern Norway. Each mixed stand and the adjacent pure coniferous stand (control) were growing under the same site conditions and had not been commercially thinned. There were no significant differences in mean age at breast height or in top heights between birch and conifers in the mixed stands, while mean height was significantly higher for birch than for spruce. A growth index was calculated based on total volume and age at breast height. For the spruce sites the growth in young mixed stands (birch < 17 m) was superior to that of pure spruce, while the difference was insignificant in older stands. The growth index correlated positively with the ratio between generatively and vegetatively regenerated birch trees, and negatively with the age of the oldest species in the mixture and with site quality. For the pine sites there was no significant difference in the growth index between mixed birch-pine and pure pine stands. A mixture effect of birch on the volume yield of spruce or pine could not be demonstrated.     

Defoliation by the Needle-shortening Pine Gall Midge,Thecodiplosis brachyntera,on Pines in Central Sweden

An outbreak of the needle-shortening pine gall midge, Thecodiplosis brachyntera , occurred on Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris (L.) and lodgepole pine, P. contorta (Dougl.) in central Sweden during 1995-1998. The larval feeding of T. brachyntera kills current-year needles and heavy infestation causes severe defoliation. A pattern of fluctuating defoliation among years and sites was found on both pine species. Defoliation was evenly distributed in the crown of P. sylvestris during years of high as well as low infestation; apical whorls had as much defoliation as basal whorls. In P. contorta , however, there was a tendency for defoliation to be concentrated on branches in the most apical whorls. Growth ring increments on P. sylvestris with high levels of defoliation (71%) did not differ from trees with moderate levels (26%) of defoliation. Shoot lengths were significantly shorter, however, on heavily infested trees the year after defoliation.     

Boron in forest trees and forest ecosystems

This review critically examines the role of boron (B) in forests in view of recent findings on B nutrition and the continuing occurrence of B deficiency. Many perceptions about the role of B in plants and its uptake and mobility have been altered since the last review on B in forest trees in 1990. Now there is evidence for a fundamental role of B in the formation of the pectic structure in primary cell walls in plants, and further roles in membrane function are being explored. In plants, channel-mediated B uptake, active B uptake and B uptake by mycorrhizas have been shown, B transporters have been identified, and B retranslocation has been shown. We explore these findings and their consequences on forest trees and on ecosystems that they dominate. Particular emphasis is placed on B retranslocation and B in mycorrhizal symbiosis, given their importance in trees.     

Development of Pinus sylvestris Main Stems Following Three Different Precommercial Thinning Methods in a Mixed Stand

Reducing competition by point cleaning may be an attractive alternative to conventional precommercial thinning in forestry. In this study, survival and development of main stems of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) following point cleaning were examined in a mixed stand of mainly Scots pine and birch (Betula pendula Roth and Betula pubescens Ehrh.) in northern Sweden. Treatments studied were: no precommercial thinning, conventional precommercial thinning, point cleaning of all secondary stems, and point cleaning of only the secondary stems that were higher than the main stem, within a radius of 0.8 m from the main stem, respectively. A randomised complete block design with three replicates was used. Measurements taken 13 growing seasons after these treatments showed that conventional precommercial thinning was the best treatment for retaining Scots pines as main stems. However, conventional precommercial thinning resulted in the poorest timber quality of the remaining Scots pines in terms of stem taper, thickest branch diameter and relative live crown height. In conclusion, point cleaning has to be followed by a complementary cleaning operation if the objective is to retain Scots pines as main stems in such mixed stands.     

Survival and Growth of Picea abies Regeneration after Shelterwood Removal with Single- and Double-grip Harvester Systems

Three stands in Sweden were followed for 7 yrs to study the survival and growth of Norway spruce [Picea abies (L.) Karst.] regeneration after shelterwood removal with single- and double-grip harvester systems. The height of all seedlings within circular plots was recorded before and after final cutting. The tallest seedling and one randomly selected seedling on each circular plot were permanently marked and their annual height growth was measured each year during the period 1993-1999. No significant differences between single- and double-grip harvester systems were found with respect to their effects on regeneration density, survival or annual height growth. The annual height growth of the individual seedlings after shelterwood removal was significantly correlated with seedling height before shelterwood removal. Significant differences were found in annual height growth between seedlings with high and low vitality. Logging damage did not affect the annual height growth. Several practical conclusions were drawn. First, the choice of harvester system does not affect seedling height growth or survival after shelterwood removal. Secondly, the removal of a 200 m³ shelterwood with 200 stems ha^-1 does not seem to constitute a serious problem for seedling survival and growth. Finally, estimated vitality and seedling height both seem to be fairly good predictors of postrelease survival and growth.     

Tree planting for dryland salinity control in Australia

Dryland salinity is emerging as a major form of land and water degradation in southern Australia, particularly in Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria, and to a lesser extent in New South Wales, Tasmania and Queensland.Tree planting, in combination with other vegetation treatments, is regarded as a leading solution to dryland salinity. Research has now shown that planting trees can significantly lower groundwater tables, and thereby reverse the causal process of salinisation. Substantial progress has been made towards answering the basic questions of which species to grow, how to plant, where to plant, at what density and configuration to plant, and how much area to plant. The economic potential for commercial tree planting has given impetus to partial reforestation in higher rainfall (> 600 mm yr^–1) areas. Even so, serious constraints are apparent, relating primarily to cost, uncertainty and attitude. The future should bring increasing community input and control, technical refinement and gradual adoption, provided all aspects of the issue are well researched, relevant information is well communicated and programmes are well administered. Some specific requirements for future research are identified in this review.     

Effect of Cuttings on the Scenic Beauty of a Tree Stand

The opinions of 207 respondents on the visual effects of seven different cutting types were asked using a nine-point verbal scale ranging from ''worsens very much'' to ''improves very much''. Other estimates were obtained by letting the same respondents evaluate photographs of stands which had been treated with different cuttings. The direct questions gave results quite similar to the evaluations of photographs for all but young respondents, indicating that most respondents were able to imagine the effect of the treatment correctly. The results based on the evaluation of photographs indicated that the effect of regenerative cuttings is negative while the impact of thinnings is positive. After a few years of cutting the stand is already regarded as clearly more pleasant than immediately after the cutting. Natural regeneration with seed trees seems to be a way to avoid the very negative immediate impact of clear-felling, especially in the case of Scots pine. Women, young, urban people and those who do not own forest or have work related to forests tended to experience thinnings less positively and saw regenerative cuttings as more harmful than the other test groups did.     

Pinus contorta growth in northern Sweden as affected by soil scarification

The aim of this study was to quantify the effects of different soil scarification methods on tree growth. Soil scarification influenced stem volume and stem biomass yield of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl. var. latifolia Engelm.) in a 17-year-old field trial in boreal Sweden. Soil scarification (disc trenching, mounding and ploughing) resulted in an average stem volume yield of 3.1 and 34.2 m³ ha^–1 on the poor and intermediate sites, respectively, while corresponding values for no soil scarification were 0.9 and 16.7 m³ ha^–1. In comparison to no scarification, ploughing increased volume yields by 500% on the poor site and by 200% on the intermediate sites. The ranking according to stem volume yield was ploughing > disc trenching = mounding no soil scarification. Averaged over the two sites, the mean annual increment of stem biomass was 219% and 145% higher (in d.w., 0.26 kg and 0.34 kg per sample tree) after ploughing compared with no soil scarification, for the average and dominant sample trees, respectively. Although not significant, the increased growth rate after soil scarification decreased the average stem basic wood density of the sample trees with 1.6% and 5.3%, at the poor and intermediate sites, respectively. In conclusion, soil scarification significantly increased the 17-year stem volume yield compared with no scarification. The results also indicate that the difference in stem biomass yield between ploughing and the other methods, especially no soil scarification, will increase even more in the near future.