Users of WoodLaajuus (10 cr)

Objectives

The student:
-knows the most important industrial wood conversion processes and their main and side products
-knows the most essential physical properties of wood, which affect its use as raw material
-knows the suitability of timber assortments for different conversion processes, the degrees of efficiency and the requirements of final products on wood raw material
-understands how the criteria affect the measures and qualitative criteria of timber assortments and is able to take these into consideration in bucking the timber
-knows the most important methods of measuring timber an is able to measure timber at road side stock
-is able to search professional information from various sources and can compile a short professional report.

Content

The most important industrial wood conversion processes (wood product industries, chemical forest industry, wood energy) and their products. The suitability of Finnish timber in diffefrent industrial processes. Wood physics (moisture content, thermal value, elasticity). The quality requirements of different processes.. The measure and quality criteria of timber. Bucking and assorting wood. Mesaurements used in the industry. Searching information. Report writing.

Further information

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