Reynolds Okai

Planing and Turning Characteristics of Gmelina arborea Grown in Two Ecological Zones in Ghana

Stephen Jobson Mitchual, Maxidite Minkah, Francis Wilson Owusu, Reynolds Okai

International audience

Ghana (code pays fourni par la source)

Effects of Grain Angle on Reproducibility and Accurate Measurement of Moisture Content of Wood Samples Using a Pin-Style Moisture Meter

Reynolds Okai

Dynamics of Lumber Production from Buttressed-Stumps of Logging Residues Using a Fuel Powered Horizontal Mobile Bandsaw Machine

Reynolds Okai, Esi Ametoxe Banful, Stephen Jobson Mitchual

Logging residue can be defined as any form of wood, which under the highest stage of technological development could be used in manufacturing but is left in the forest during logging.Lumber production from logging residues of a previous logging activity by a …

Ghana (code pays fourni par la source)

Characterization of physical and mechanical properties of branch, stem and root wood of Iroko and Emire tropical trees

Martin Amoah, J. Appiah-Yeboahand, Reynolds Okai

This study investigated the physical and mechanical properties of branch, stem and root wood of iroko (Milicia excelsa) and emire (Terminalia ivorensis). The basic density, MOE and MOR were determined in accordance with BS 373:1957. Fifty samples from the wood types of …

Skill Development and Training On the Use of Logging Residues and Discarded Oil Palm Trunk as Raw Material for the Downstream Wood Processing Sector

Reynolds Okai

In Ghana, majority of the rural folk depend on chain sawing activities for livelihood. Chain sawing is, however, characterized by degradation of the forest and therefore the government has put a ban on the production of lumber through chain sawing. This action …

Influence of vibration coupling between bandsaw frame and feed-carriage system on sawdust spillage and surface quality of workpiece during sawing

Reynolds Okai

Ghana (code pays fourni par la source)

Optimizing Lumber Production through Improved Accuracy of Side Clearance of Bandsaw Teeth and Quality Control Measures

SJ Mitchual, Reynolds Okai, K Frimpong-Mensah

As log costs increases as a result of increasing demand for wood products with a corresponding poor management of forest resource it has become more critical to obtain the maximum yield of useful product from each tree in order to sustain the …

Ghana (code pays fourni par la source)

Analysis of sawn lumber production from logging residues of branchwood of Aningeria robusta and Terminalia ivorensis

Reynolds Okai, Okyere Emmanuel Boateng

Ghana (code pays fourni par la source)

Development of a new technology for bandsawing using a tip-inserted saw. Part I. Consideration of cutting tool hardness, tool wear, and accuracy of kerf width

Chiaki Tanaka, Tadashi Ohtani, Reynolds Okai, Chuanshuang Hu et autres

Saw teeth of high wear resistance and high sawing accuracy are being sought by the wood industry with the objective of increasing productivity and product yield. A new technique for bandsawing using a tip-inserted saw was developed to meet these objectives. The …

Influence of mechanical properties and mineral salts in wood species on tool wear of high-speed steels and stellite-tipped tools – Consideration of tool wear of the newly developed tip-inserted band saw

Reynolds Okai, Chiaki Tanaka, Yoshihiro Iwasaki

Ghana, pk, jp (code pays fourni par la source)

Optimisation techniques for minimising saw teeth deflection and lumber thickness variation

Reynolds Okai, Stephen Jobson Mitchual, Kwasi Frimpong-Mensah

Ghana (code pays fourni par la source)

Application of a novel technique for band sawing using a tip-inserted saw regarding surface profiles

Reynolds Okai, Chiaki Tanaka, T. Ohtani, Y. Iwasaki

Ghana, pk, jp (code pays fourni par la source)