Lumber, its manufacture and distribution . an exhaust system, to the fuel house either of theplaning mill or of the sawmill, or both, or to some other point where theymay be burned or the shavings baled for commercial uses. 258 THE RE-MANUFACTURE OF LUMBER The weight of material in the form of shavings removed in surfacinglumber varies from 700 to 1400 pounds per thousand board feet, andin a planing mill which re-manufactures 100,000 board feet daily thetotal amount of refuse of this character alone which must be handledvaries from 70,000 to 140,000 pounds or from 35 to 70 tons The edg
Lumber, its manufacture and distribution . an exhaust system, to the fuel house either of theplaning mill or of the sawmill, or both, or to some other point where theymay be burned or the shavings baled for commercial uses. 258 THE RE-MANUFACTURE OF LUMBER The weight of material in the form of shavings removed in surfacinglumber varies from 700 to 1400 pounds per thousand board feet, andin a planing mill which re-manufactures 100,000 board feet daily thetotal amount of refuse of this character alone which must be handledvaries from 70,000 to 140,000 pounds or from 35 to 70 tons The edging strips, which comprise a relatively small amount ofmaterial, are either hogged for fuel and taken by the exhaust systemto the fuel house or hauled away on carts to some dumping ground andburned. Trimmings may be hogged for plant fuel, used in the manu-facture of shorts and box-shook stock, or sold as fuel. The Dust-collecting System.—The equipment used to handle theshavings and sawdust comprises a power-driven fan, Fig. 152, located.
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