Patents Assigned to LOBLOLLY INDUSTRIES, LLC
  • Method for drying wood product and product obtained thereby
    Patent number: 8468715
    Abstract: A method for forming an engineered wood product from pulpwood, comprising providing a quantity of pulpwood; crushing and scrimming the pulpwood to form a mat; drying in a first drying step the mat in a first pass dryer; applying a resin to the mat; and, drying in a second drying step the mat in a second pass dryer. The drying process controls moisture content using the rate of change between the entering and exiting airflow temperature. The resulting product has a high modulus of elasticity and modulus of rupture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Loblolly Industries, LLC
    Inventors: William Anderson Thomas, Jr., Roy Daniel Seale, James Michael White, Bobby Lyn White, Adam Glen Barwick
  • METHOD FOR DRYING WOOD PRODUCT AND PRODUCT OBTAINED THEREBY
    Publication number: 20100092760
    Abstract: A method for forming an engineered wood product from pulpwood, comprising providing a quantity of pulpwood; crushing and scrimming the pulpwood to form a mat; drying in a first drying step the mat in a first pass dryer; applying a resin to the mat; and, drying in a second drying step the mat in a second pass dryer. The drying process controls moisture content using the rate of change between the entering and exiting airflow temperature. The resulting product has a high modulus of elasticity and modulus of rupture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: LOBLOLLY INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: William Anderson Thomas, JR., Roy Daniel Seale, James Michael White, Bobby Lyn White, Adam Glen Barwick