Forest Products from Latin America. Annotated Bibliography of ...

Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad Austral de
Chile.
SARH (Secretaria de Agricultura Y Recursos
Hidraulicos). 1982. The wood panel industry in Mex-
ico (La industria de los tableros de madera en Mexico).
Mexico, D.F., Mexico: SARH. 99 p.
Schmidt-Hellerau, C. 1977. The suitability of some
Latin American timbers for exterior quality particleboard
(Die Eignung einiger lateinamerikanischer Holzer zur Her-
stellung von Aussenspanplatten). Holz- Zentralblatt.
103(71/72):1076-1077.
Describes laboratory tests of 13 hardwoods and 1 softwood
(Pinus caribaea) from Costa Rica and Nicaragua, with den-
sities ranging from 300 to 760 kg/m 3 and pH values from
3.8 to 8.9, to make particleboard glued with Kauramin
542 powder (a modified melamine urea resin). Properties
of boards are given. The best strength properties were
obtained with cedro maria (Cedrela sp.) and P. caribaea.
Five other species, cativo (Brosimum), jobo (Calophyllum
sp.) manga larga (Vochysia sp.) palo de agua (Anacardium
sp.) and zapote mico (Carapa sp.) had good strength
and dimensional stability. Virola spp. from the uplands
were acceptable, but not material of swamp origin. Two
others were marginally approved and the remainder were
not considered suitable for exterior use.
Soto-U., G. 1975. Some basic aspects of the particleboard
industry. Charlas y Conferencias. 3:21-32.
Describes important characteristics of the particleboard
industry, with a general discussion of the process of manu-
facture and the relation to raw material, wood, and other
materials. Specifics of the Chilean industry are given in an
appendix.
Valdes-S., H. 1983. Industries derived from wood (Indus-
trias derivadas de la madera). Proceedings: Primer Con-
greso Nacional de Industrias derivadas de la madera; 1983;
Medellin, Colombia: 101-112.
Vidaurre-E., S. 1988. Characterization and needs of the
Chilean wood panel industry (Caracterizacion y necesidades
de la industria Chilena de paneles de madera). Ciencia e
Investigacion Forestal. 3:90-102.
Describes the current wood-based panel industry, their lo-
cation and installed capacity, as well as the installed capac-
ity by company. The raw material and processing require-
ments for the full variety of wood-based panel products
are discussed with comments on changes needed to meet
internal and export demands. Suggestions are given for
improving the industry.
Vidal, R.; Diaz-Vaz, J.E.; Poblete, H. 1981. Prop-
erties of Pinus radiata D. Don particleboards preserved
against termites (Propiedades de tableros de particulas de
Pinus radiata D.Don preservados contra termitos). Bosque.
4(1):49-54.
Vilela, E.; Pasquier, B.du. 1968. Determination of the
coefficient of suitablilty in a collection of woods for their
possible use in the manufacture of wood-wood/cement
slabs. Revista Forestal Venezolana. 11(16):75-84.
Twenty-seven species were tested for suitability in
wood/cement panels. The tabulated results show that
Couratari pulchra was the highest ranking species.
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Vital, B.R.; Lehmann, W.F; Boon, R.S. 1974.
How species and board densities affect properties of ex-
otic hardwood particleboards. Forest Products Journal.
24( 12) 137-45.
Hardwood species Paulownia tomentosa, Virola spp., Ter-
minalia superba, and Pericopis elata were used to make
three-layer particleboards with one species and in com-
binations of equal parts of two, three, and four species.
Mechanical properties of these boards were determined by
static bending and IB tests.
Youngs, R.L.; Laundrie, J.F. 1979. Reconstituted prod-
ucts: A use for mixed tropical hardwoods. Journal of
Forestry. 77(3):178-179, 198.
Research was conducted of the manufacture of reconsti-
tuted products from mixed tropical hardwoods, including
kraft pulps, newsprint, papers, tissue, toweling, hardboards,
particleboards, linerboard, and corrugating medium. Suit-
able products were produced showing the potential for use
of mixed species.