Abstract:
A process for the impregnation of workpieces of porous material and an apparatus to carry out the process are disclosed. The impregnation of workpieces is carried out in that, initially, all gas is withdrawn from the workpiece by evacuation, whereupon the workpiece is saturated with impregnating agent. Impregnation can be carried out in a very short period of time, if the workpieces are subjected to vibration during impregnation.
Abstract:
Described is a method of treating wood using compositions comprising an organic solution (non-aqueous solution) of one or more lanthanide derivatives. Also described is a composition comprising wood and lanthanides or lanthanide derivatives. In one embodiment, the treatment occurs under vacuum.
Abstract:
An attractive, decorative naturally-appearing stained color can be given to wooden members by contacting the wood with a basic aqueous medium at elevated temperatures.
Abstract:
A method for imparting flame resistance to exposed surfaces of wood by impregnating and reacting wood surfaces with dimethyl(oxiranylmethyl)phosphonate (DMOMP) is described. The resulting treated wood products are useful in applications where flame resistance is important.
Abstract:
A self-contained, portable wood treating apparatus and method for treating wood is disclosed. The wood treating apparatus includes a generally flat base in which a water tank is contained. A cylindrical pressure vessel is located above the base. A pair of elongate work tanks are located on respective sides of the pressure vessel between the pressure vessel and base. A reagent tank is also provided adjacent the base in which a concentrated treatment liquid is contained. A treatment system is provided for treating the wood located in the pressure vessel with a dilute treatment liquid contained in the work tanks. The treatment system includes a make up system for making up additional dilute treatment liquid by mixing water from the water tank and concentrated treatment liquid from the reagent tank. The improved method of operation includes the forming of dilute treatment liquid which is pumped into the pressure vessel to pressurize the pressure vessel and wood therein. This method also includes the steps of: pumping a diluent to the pressure vessel to pressurize the pressure vessel where the pumped flow rate of the diluent decreases as the pressure increases in the pressure vessel, measuring the flow rate of the pumped diluent, and adding concentrated reagent to the diluent being pumped in a varying proportional amount corresponding to the measured flow rate to form the proper concentration of dilute treating liquid in the pressure vessel.
Abstract:
According to the invention, a method of modifying wood comprises the steps of impregnating wood with a modifying system, d drying the impregnated wood in a hydrophobic heat transfer agent, and curing the impregnating system in the wood, the drying and curing processes being carried out in the same autoclave and with the same hydrophobic heat transfer agent, while raising the temperature of the heat transfer agent from 40.degree. to 140.degree. C.
Abstract:
In a semi-batch practice of the process, the logs are plasticized using hot, pressurized alkaline liquid in a closed chamber having a preceding charging chamber and a succeeding unloading chamber. The chambers are selectively flooded and emptied to facilitate operations. A ram is used at the charging end to advance the logs. Spacers are placed in opposed pairs between successive charges. The unloading trough is equipped with a sling to facilitate advancement of the conditioned logs to the lathe. Process may be program-controlled, with monitoring of processing temperature, pressure, time, pH, processing solution constituency, and heat input. Additional variables may be input to the automatic controller, such as species, ambient log temperature, length of time since log harvest, veneer end-product (e.g. thickness and whether decorative quality is needed), log weight and log diameter. The process may also be more simply conducted in batchwise fashion.
Abstract:
A body, or stack of bodies, made of timber or of other organic fluid-permeable material is impregnated with an impregnant by introducing the body or stack into a receptacle of fluid-impermeable material through an opening therein, the flexible receptacle being supported by and secured (e.g. by springs) to a substantially rigid structure in such a way that the receptacle is held open for the introduction through said opening of the body or stack. The opening in the receptacle is sealed to form a fluid-tight enclosure and air is evacuated from within the enclosure and from voids in the or each body housed therein to cause the flexible receptacle to collapse around the body or stack. Impregnant is allowed to enter the evacuated enclosure and to flow through and impregnate the or each body.
Abstract:
A process of impregnating one or more timber articles, such as timber doors, with a treatment agent in which the articles are placed in a treatment chamber which is then filled with the treatment agent. The treatment agent is then pressurized, preferably by pumping more treatment agent into the chamber, to force the treatment agent into the articles. This pressurizing step is performed quickly, for example, within between 5 and 25 seconds, and the articles are then removed from the chamber.
Abstract:
A method of increasing the strength of wood through impregnation thereof with a liquid containing a polymerizable monomer and/or oligomer and a setting agent, said agent being inactive at room temperature levels but activated when heated or exposed to radiation. The wood is impregnated with said liquid and thereafter heated in an oven or exposed to radiation in a radiation chamber.