Person

Coleman, J. D.

Occupation: Forester

Summary

J. D. Coleman invented a process known as Scrimber in the 1970s. In it small logs, such as radiata pine thinnings, are crushed between rollers to form long inter-connected strands, dried and then reconstituted as long sections after addition of a binding resin and hot pressing.

Published resources

Resources

'Coleman, J. D.', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475649. Details

Resource Sections

Ward, C., 'John Coleman', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2011, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/Coleman-John. Details

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