Plywood Manufacturing Activity
Instructions:
In order to complete this assignment, you need to watch and follow along with this video.
Answer each question with a complete sentence, highlight your answer in red. Use the example below:
Question: What trees are used in the video?
Answer: In the video, Douglas Fir trees are used by the plywood manufacturer.
In order to complete this assignment, you need to watch and follow along with this video.
Answer each question with a complete sentence, highlight your answer in red. Use the example below:
Question: What trees are used in the video?
Answer: In the video, Douglas Fir trees are used by the plywood manufacturer.
Video Link: https://youtu.be/eF5LVBW1vl8
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Questions:
First part of the video:
1) Why are logs dropped into the river outside of the sawmill?
2) What is floated to the factory?
3) What is removed to make a smooth surface for cutting?
4) What is removed as waste?
5) How is a single sheet of veneer made?
6) What does a guillotine operator do?
7) At 2.22 minutes of the video, what should the operator be wearing? (2 items)
8) How is excess moisture removed?
9) What do they do with holes in the wood or imperfections?
10) When veneer is glues how does the grain run?
11) What does the press apply to transform the veneer into Plywood?
12) Are the boards already standard sizes?
Second part of the video:
13) What wood is used and where is the factory located?
14) What patches up imperfections and holes in the wood?
15) What years were the 2 movies made in?
1) Why are logs dropped into the river outside of the sawmill?
2) What is floated to the factory?
3) What is removed to make a smooth surface for cutting?
4) What is removed as waste?
5) How is a single sheet of veneer made?
6) What does a guillotine operator do?
7) At 2.22 minutes of the video, what should the operator be wearing? (2 items)
8) How is excess moisture removed?
9) What do they do with holes in the wood or imperfections?
10) When veneer is glues how does the grain run?
11) What does the press apply to transform the veneer into Plywood?
12) Are the boards already standard sizes?
Second part of the video:
13) What wood is used and where is the factory located?
14) What patches up imperfections and holes in the wood?
15) What years were the 2 movies made in?