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Accelerated fixing of chromate-containing wood preservative salts

US4716054A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 12, 1986
Grant dateDec 29, 1987
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Expiry dateMar 12, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB27K5/04
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Accelerated fixing of chromate-containing wood preservative salts, in which freshly impregnated timbers are subjected to fixing with superheated steam, is carried out by a process wherein the freshly impregnated timbers are subjected beforehand to a heat treatment in which both the wood surface and the internal walls of the heating chamber are heated to 60.degree.-100.degree. C., preferably 80.degree.-95.degree. C., and the timbers are then treated with superheated steam in a conventional manner.

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