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MacMillan-Bloedel Parallam Wood Beam Factory Tour

Bob meets with Dave Parker to tour the MacMillan-Bloedel parallam engineered wood beam factory. Outside is a car and beam supported by cardboard boxes demonstrating the strength of parallam beams. David explains they use both good and waste Douglas Fir veneer to create their beams. The veneer pieces initially have a high moisture content, so they are first passed through a dryer that blows three hundred degree air on the sheets of veneer. After they are dry, they are put into a shredder, which cuts the veneer sheets into large strips. A gap in the conveyer belt allows the small strips to fall through. These scrap pieces of veneer are used to fuel the dryer. Next resin is applied to glue the strips together. A belt moves around and from side to side so the strips drop into a trough parallel and overlapping, key factors in the strength of a parallam beam. The trough is thirty inches deep and, after it is filled, it is compacted to a depth of eleven inches. Next, the beam is cured in a microwave to ensure a secure bond. It is passed through a cooling station and then a saw cuts it to the desired length. After cutting, the beam is inspected for imperfections, and once approved, is then wrapped and shipped.

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" So what do we got here it. We haven't durable what they've done all right we can not only utilize -- good -- did not give -- another positive. Here's what is considered ways we apologies to. Then because want it relentlessly. In the closet yeah so this is thin veneer travels around dodge the Douglas Hurd. That's right down with the ground."

" I didn't Oregon Washington and you're -- of that evidence board."

" That's right and it looks like it just got many -- we can go -- the moisture content time it's about 37%. On tile right now. So what's the first step of making it harder have a right over here -- right. How do you actually dry police take the wet and air. I would put that live in a basement game. -- Who had a fire going on here Nevada 130 degrees now looking behind -- pot is that Fahrenheit and about 340 degrees. -- does get all the moisture out of it down to about -- divorce -- and I just -- they're undoubtedly quietly says the larger context. I didn't feel wet remarkably the black and I can't put in the air active fire seconds. So what's the next step that's happened you're running. Render it. -- Just like. So why didn't. Let's correct. Here I think in the."

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" I don't know what's amazing is the scale of everything is so huge -- how big these -- they're loading deck they've been her forty B. Loss of zero we wrap them packaged and put them on the trucks or rail cars agony and any marketing and all over the country that's."

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