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1997 Hardwood Research Award Winner: "Automatic Color Sorting of Hardwood Edge-Glued Panel Parts"

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Abstract

The National Hardwood Lumber Association's 1997 Hardwood Research Award was presented to D. Earl Kline, Richard Conners, Qiang Lu and Philip Araman at the 25th Annual Hardwood Symposium for developing an automatic system for color sorting hardwood edge-glued panel parts. The researchers comprise a team from Virginia Tech University and the USDA Forest Service in Blacksburg, VA. their work was selected as the research which had the most significant implications for the hardwood industry.

Citation

Kline, D. Earl; Conners, Richard; Lu, Qiang; Araman, Philip A. 1997. 1997 Hardwood Research Award Winner: "Automatic Color Sorting of Hardwood Edge-Glued Panel Parts". Hardwood Research Bulletin. 484: 1, 3-4.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/11