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PROCEDE PRESSION VIDES REPETES [1 record]

Record 1 2002-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Treatment of Wood
DEF

A process of applying rapidly alternating pressure and vacuum ... originally designed to impregnate refractory timber; generally applied at moisture contents above fiber-saturation point ...

OBS

The alternating-pressure method, developed from this process in New Zealand, uses no vacuum, only alternations of high pressure with atmospheric pressure.

Key term(s)
  • oscillating-pressure method
  • oscillating pressure process
  • oscillating pressure method

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des bois
DEF

Procédé d'imprégnation mettant en jeu l'alternance rapide de la pression et du vide; initialement conçu pour imprégner des bois particulièrement réfractaires, le procédé est généralement appliqué à des bois dont l'humidité est supérieure au point de saturation des fibres.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la madera
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