Mechanical analysis of a wedge device in sawing technology

• Main Authors: Mohd Basri, Mohd Salahuddin, Mohd Nor, Mohd Zuhair, Shamsudin, Rosnah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2019
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/69705/1/17%20JST-S0513-2019.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/69705/; http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JST%20Vol.%2027%20(S1).%202019/17%20JST-S0513-2019.pdf

The oil palm trunk (OPT) currently represents a massive volume of agricultural waste with great potential to be rapidly developed in the wood composite industry. An improvement in sawing technology has potential to improve the yield of the commercially hard outer core of the OPT by about 27 % thus r...