NY Steinway Ribs and MC

[Farrell]

> Temperature of the hot box is 42° C  and relative humidity of the air 
> inside
> 30 %

FWIW, a panel EMC under those conditions will be about 5.6% MC, not 8%.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
> I take the opportunity of this thread to do the comparison with the 
> default
> protocol at Ciresa in Italy.
> They insist that they can do anything on customer's specifications, but 
> this
> is what they do when the customer doesn't give any.
>
> The ribs are flat to begin with.
> The surface of the press on which the soundboard is put for ribs gluing 
> and
> crowning can be bended in variable modes, according to the soundboard
> dimensions and the desired target crowning.
> Panel moisture at gluing time is 8%
> Ribs moisture at gluing time 8 - 10 %
> Temperature of the hot box is 42° C  and relative humidity of the air 
> inside
> 30 %
>
SNIP
> Stéphane Collin