Wood processing is an engineering discipline comprising the production of forest products, such as pulp and paper, construction materials, and tall oil. Paper engineering is a subfield of wood processing. The major wood product categories are: sawn timber, wood-based panels, wood chips, paper and paper products and miscellaneous. others include poles and railway sleepers.           ….  Read More

     Career Prospect and Opportunities in Technology   BST (BASIC TECHNOLOGY) CAREER PROSPECT AND OPPORTUNITIES IN TECHNOLOGY: -Definition of career, prospect, career prospect. – Related career opportunities.     A Career is an occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person’s life and with opportunities for progress. Whereas opportunities are time or set ….  Read More

  PROCESSING OF MATERIALS: – WOOD. – Concept of wood processing (growth, felling)     Wood, the principal strengthening and nutrient-conducting tissue of trees and other plants and one of the most abundant and versatile natural materials. Produced by many botanical species, including both gymnosperms and angiosperms, wood is available in various colours and grain patterns. It is strong in relation to ….  Read More

        Concept of Wood Processing: Growth and Felling.     Wood growth and structure Wood is a complex, natural product. Between different tree species, its density, stability, durability, strength, burning properties, electrical resistance, reaction during drying, impact resistance, bending properties, acoustic properties, pulping qualities, workability and appearance varies markedly. Hardwoods and softwoods ….  Read More

       Manufactured Boards   Manufactured Boards Manufactured boards are timber sheets which are produced by gluing wood layers or wood fibres together. Manufactured boards often made use of waste wood materials. Manufactured boards have been developed mainly for industrial production as they can be made in very large sheets of consistent quality. Boards ….  Read More

    JSS3 Basic Technology Continuous Assessment / Test   Time : 1hour: 30mins   1. Define the terms Wood seasoning Felling of trees   2. What are the four processes involved in wood processing? 3. What is wood conversion? 4. Identify the two methods of seasoning wood 5. State four reasons while wood seasoning ….  Read More

    JSS3 Basic Technology Examination. Answer all questions correctly in THE GREAT NAME Of THE GREAT YHWH YESHUA HAMASCHIAC.     What is wood processing? Define the term manufacturing board?  List three properties of manufacturing boards. Give visual pictures of the manufacturing boards below and state their uses:PlywoodHardboard and MDF         ….  Read More

  Mechanical Energy; Friction and it’s Effect   Mechanical energy, sum of the kinetic energy, or energy of motion, and the potential energy, or energy stored in a system by reason of the position of its parts. Mechanical energy is constant in a system that has only gravitational forces or in an otherwise idealized system—that is, one ….  Read More