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THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO AN ARTIFICIAL LUMBER (140) IN A FORM OF PARALLEL STRAND LUMBER DERIVED FROM OIL PALM VENEERS (110). THE ARTIFICIAL LUMBER (140) IS PRODUCED BY PEELING OF OIL PALM TRUNKS (100) TO PRODUCE VENEERS (110), DRYING OF THE VENEERS (110), CLIPPING OF THE DRIED VENEERS (110) INTO STRANDS (120), APPLYING ADHESIVE TO THE STRANDS (120) WHICH ARE FURTHER ALIGNED IN PARALLEL FASHION AND STACKED AT RANDOM LENGTH INSIDE A MOUL D, COMPRESSING THE ADHERED STRANDS (120), AND CURING THE ADHERED STRANDS (120) FORM A LUMBER (140). THE DESIRED FINAL SHAPE AND SIZE OF THE LUMBER (140) IS ACHIEVED BY TRIMMING AND SANDING.
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