{"id":11695,"date":"2017-12-04T10:20:38","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T15:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/fb\/?page_id=11695"},"modified":"2025-06-01T21:42:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T01:42:37","slug":"facilities-and-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/fb\/facilities-and-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Facilities and Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An Ecosystem Built for Solutions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department of Forest Biomaterials boasts a one-ton on-campus recycling facility and two major laboratory complexes that emulate state-of-the-art industry conditions in both the wood products and paper science sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biltmore Hall is our main building with nearly<strong> 83,000 square feet of teaching and extension space,<\/strong> including numerous laboratories devoted to wood, forest biomaterials, and paper science and engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Hodges Wood Products Laboratory<\/strong> is a 21,000-square-foot facility that contains a range of production woodworking equipment, testing machines and instrumentation for investigating the characterization, physical and mechanical properties of wood, forest biomaterials and energy products, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dry kilns<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CNC routers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Finishing room<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Four universal and several other testing machines<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conditioning chambers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Woodworking equipment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hot presses for making plywood, particleboard and&nbsp;fiberboard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Robertson Pulp and Paper Laboratory Complex<\/strong> includes research facilities and equipment, plus a new three-story lab addition. The Paper and Pulp Testing Laboratory is home to the fully-functioning, reduced-scale Baby Wolfpack <strong>pilot paper plant<\/strong>, and houses specialized paper testing, recycling and pulping facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our<strong> Forest Biomaterials and Bioenergy Laboratories<\/strong> accommodate a variety of research equipment, including an array of chemical analysis laboratories, <strong>two high-field NMRs<\/strong> and a multitude of surface characterization tools. The complex mirrors modern industry facilities and allows students and faculty to innovate and test new materials while gaining experience under actual industry conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-labeled-section wp-block-ncst-featured-content ncst-featured-content is-card-style layout-three-column\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__background\">\n    <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__container\">\n               <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__header\">\n                      <h2 class=\"ncst-labeled-section__heading\">technical services<\/h2>\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__content\">\n        \n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-featured-content\"><a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card wp-block-ncst-content-card with-image\"\n    href=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/fb\/facilities-and-services\/pulp-and-paper-technical-services\/\"\n  >\n  \n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-13228\"\n            alt=\"Paper Services\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/fb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/06\/FB-facility_0001_DSC_0209-copy.jpg\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; 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