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FOREST
 PRODUCTS
DIRECTORY


Department of Forest Products
University of Idaho
College of Natural Resources
PO Box 441132
Moscow, ID 83844-1132
Office Location: CNR Building Room 102
Tele: (208) 885-9663
Fax: (208) 885-6226
E-mail: forprod@uidaho.edu




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Equipment  

For a list of services performed in our lab, please click here.

Composite/Biomaterials Manufacturing and Processing
  • Leistriz ZSE 18 mm Twin-Screw Extruder
    • Sheet Forming Line
    • Die Face Pelletizing
    • Ribbon Die
    • Food Processing Capabilities
  • Yudak Y-310-C Vertical Injection Molder
  • Wabash MPI 50 Ton Genesis-18"x18"
  • 1’x1’ P.H.I. Bench Press
  • Carver Laboratory Press (6”x6”)
  • Dynisco Laboratory Mixing Molder
  • Wiley Mills (Models #1 and #4)
  • Ball Mills (4 and 0.5 Liter)
  • Hand Sheet Maker
  • Irvington-Moore Steam Dry Kiln
    • 800 bf Single Charge
    • Conventional/High Temperature (~240°F)
  • Electroheated Autoclave – Sterilizers Model M-138
  • Pressurized Wood Treatment Vessel
  • Complete Wood Working Workshop

Wood and Biomass Characterization

Chemical

  • FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared) – Thermo Nicolet Avatar 370 DTGS
  • HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatography)
    • Waters Dual ? Absorbance Detector
    • Waters Refractive Index Detector
  • GC/MS (Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry)
    • Thermo Finnigan Trace GC
    • Thermo Finnigan Polaris Q MS
    • Pyrolisis unit with MS
  • UV-VIS Spectrometers
    • Solution
    • Diffuse Reflection (Color)
  • FT Raman Spectrometer- Thermo Nicolet 960
  • Carbohydrate Analysis System



Rheological and Thermal

  • MFR - CEAST Modular Melt Flow (Model 7024.000)
  • Parallel Plate Rheology – Bohlin Instruments CVO100 rheometer system with an extended temperature cell
  • DSC (differential scanning calorimetry) - TA Q200
  • DMA (dynamic mechanical analysis) - TA Q800






Physical

  • Olympus BX51 Optical Microscope
    • Plus Microtomes
  • QMS Densitometer – Model QTRS-01X
    • Tree Ring Analyzer
    • Panel Product Analyzer

 


Mechanical

  • Instron 1137 -5500R
    • Tensile
    • Flexural
    • Compression
    • Blue Hill Software
  • Instron 1122 -5500R
    • Tensile
    • Flexural
    • Compression
    • Blue Hill Software
  • Environmental Chamber
  • Metriguard 340 E-Computer – Transverse vibration system capable of measuring Modulus of Elasticity nondestructively.
  • Director ST300 – Measures acoustic speed to determine standing tree quality and enable stumpage evaluation.
  • Director HM200 – Measures the acoustic speed in logs to assess wood stiffness and enhance product grade recoveries.

Other

  • Growth Cabinet – Biotronette Mark III
  • Wet Chemistry Lab
    • Balances
    • Ovens
    • Furnaces
    • Rotovaps
    • Vacuum Ovens
    • Soxholet Extractors
    • Freeze Drier
    • Autoclave/Sterilizer
    • Bomb Calorimeter
    • Ph Meter
    • Conductivity Meter

Software

  • SPSS
  • SAS
  • Design Expert

 

 

 
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