The transverse compression of wood under non-destructive conditions (densification) leads to an improvement of the mechanical properties. In surface densification – as opposed to bulk densification – only a thin layer beneath the wood surface is compressed. The resulting high-density surface has similar mechanical properties to high-density hardwood species. This makes low-density wood species suitable for applications like flooring, which normally is not the case without densification. The objective of this study was to investigate the cupping behaviour of surface-densified wood with and without set-recovery-reducing treatments.
Keywords: Scots pine, moisture, mechanical properties, cupping
Authors
Alexander Scharf
Benedikt Neyses
Dick Sandberg
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