Thermo-hydro and thermo-hydro-mechanical wood processing: An opportunity for future environmentally friendly wood products

Wood Material Science and Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 64-88

  Sandberg, Dick ^a   Haller, Peer ^b   Navi, Parviz ^c  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c BERN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ageing; bending; densification; heat treatment; modification; value added; welding

Indexed keywords

AGEING; BASIC CONCEPTS; CHEMICAL CHANGE; CURRENT STATUS; ECO-FRIENDLY; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; HEATED WOOD; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MECHANICAL FORCE; MODIFICATION; RESEARCH INSTITUTES; RESEARCH RESULTS; SCALING-UP; TRANSVERSE DIRECTIONS; UNSOLVED PROBLEMS; VALUE ADDED; WOOD PROCESSING; WOOD PROPERTIES; WOOD TRANSFORMATIONS; WOOD WELDING;

BENDING (FORMING); DENSIFICATION; HEAT TREATMENT; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INDUSTRY; WELDING;

WOOD;

AGING; BENDING; DENSIFICATION; HEAT TREATMENT; WELDING; WOOD;

EID: 84874483063     PISSN: 17480272     EISSN: 17480280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17480272.2012.751935     Document Type: Review

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