Lathe check interval and depth are critical parameters that significantly influence the mechanical performance of plywood (Rohumaa et al., 2013). Although recent methods have improved the measurement of lathe check …
Adhesives are essential for producing wooden boards from particles or veneer, necessitating large quantities of glue. Historically, plant and animal proteins were used in adhesives, but the advent of inexpensive …
Increasing environmental awareness and the carbon-storing capability of wood have amplified its relevance as a building material. The demand for high-quality wood species necessitates exploring alternative, underutilized wood sources due …
Plywood manufacturing has so far mostly used phenol-formaldehyde (PF) and urea (UF) resins. Nowadays there is a big demand for environmental friendlier substances, because at this moment widely used resins …
Birch (Betula pendula) is a hardwood which has been used in plywood manufacturing for a long time. The quality of the plywood depends on veneer and plywood processing factors as …
Wood bonding with adhesives is a vast industry and business, and the market of wood adhesives was some 2 million tons in 2015 (Anon., 2015). The current main stream of …
The microstructure of birch (Betula pendula) false heartwood, FHW, was studied in comparison with clear birch samples using FTIR spectroscopy and SEM analysis with the aim of determining whether this …
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of thermal modification on birch veneer properties relevant in plywood manufacture. The wood material used in this study was a …
Plywood is valued for its uniform strength in all directions. This gives plywood an upper hand against solid wood in terms of cracking and warping. In Estonia, only birch is …
The growing demand for renewable raw materials, climate change and the sustainability of the circular economy force manufacturers to explore the use of new and underutilized wood species in wood …
As most plywood in Northern Europe is produced from either birch or different softwoods, or a combination of them, there is an interest to research other wood species for plywood …
Plywood is one of the most widely used wood-based product in the world and mainly produced from silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) tree. It is constructed by combining layers of …
X-ray tomography is a non-destructive 3d imaging technique that has many applications in wood science and industry. Tomography is used e.g., in log scanning, while microtomography is utilized in many …
In the manufacturing industries, it is a standard procedure to heat the logs to soften them before the peeling process, generally achieved by immersing the whole logs in a hot …
Colour is an important property of veneer in furniture industry. Often the furniture companies struggle with the problem that the colour of veneer from the same species ordered from different …
