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      Your Guide to Choosing the Best Moisture Meter for Your Hardwood Flooring Applications

      Your Guide to Choosing the Best Moisture Meter for Your Hardwood Flooring Applications

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      This third part of our series on the hardwood flooring industry highlights the benefits of choosing top moisture meter models. We will follow up on the previous article that presented readers with a clearer idea of how quality moisture mete...

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      Practical Uses For Moisture Meters For Quality Improvement in Wood Manufacturing RX # 7

      Practical Uses For Moisture Meters For Quality Improvement in Wood Manufacturing RX # 7

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      Rx #7: DIAGNOSING CUSTOMER ISSUES Every so often, but hopefully not too often, a customer has a complaint. Often, moisture content (MC) is t...
      Practical Uses For Moisture Meters For Quality Improvement in Wood Manufacturing RX # 6

      Practical Uses For Moisture Meters For Quality Improvement in Wood Manufacturing RX # 6

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      Rx #6: MOISTURE METER CHOICES There are two types of moisture meters used with lumber. One uses pins or needles that are inserted into the p...
      Practical Uses For Moisture Meters For Quality Improvement in Wood Manufacturing RX # 5

      Practical Uses For Moisture Meters For Quality Improvement in Wood Manufacturing RX # 5

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      Rx #5: MONITORING MC IN PRODUCTION There should be no doubt that the moisture content (MC) of the wood used in manufacturing of furniture, c...
      Practical Uses For Moisture Meters For Quality Improvement in Wood Manufacturing RX # 4

      Practical Uses For Moisture Meters For Quality Improvement in Wood Manufacturing RX # 4

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      Rx #4: SAMPLING INCOMING LUMBER Always check the MC of incoming lumber. It is critically important for a wood products manufacturing operati...
      Practical Uses For Moisture Meters For Quality Improvement in Wood Manufacturing RX # 3

      Practical Uses For Moisture Meters For Quality Improvement in Wood Manufacturing RX # 3

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      Rx #3: MEASURING MC WHEN UNLOADING A KILN Over the recent past decades, the processors and users of kiln dried (KD) lumber have become more ...
      Practical Uses For Moisture Meters For Quality Improvement in Wood Manufacturing RX # 2

      Practical Uses For Moisture Meters For Quality Improvement in Wood Manufacturing RX # 2

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      Rx #2: SELECTING KILN SAMPLES KILN DRYING BASICS For kiln drying all hardwood, and some softwood, the basic kiln operation process is
      Practical Uses for Moisture Meters for Quality Improvement in Wood Manufacturing

      Practical Uses for Moisture Meters for Quality Improvement in Wood Manufacturing

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      Rx #1: MOISTURE & WOOD INTERACTION WHY MC? Why do wood people worry so much about MC? In my 50 years in this wood manufacturing industry, I ...