Basics of Forest Bio-Product Engineering (3 cr)

Objectives (course unit)

The target of the course is to give the basic knowledge of forest bio-products, different raw materials used in paper industry, classification of paper and board grades and their end uses. The student knows the global production and consumption of paper and board today and in the future. The student knows the global forest resources, how the forests are managed and common wood procurement practices.

Content (course unit)

Fiber raw materials and pulping (chemical pulp, mechanical pulp and recycled pulp), other raw materials for paper making, printing and writing papers, packaging material, grafical paperboards, special papers and paperboards. Unit processes in paper and board making. The global trends in production and consumption of paper and board today and in the future. Global forest resources, forestry principles and wood procurement.

Exam schedules

No exam

Evaluation methods and criteria

Merja Hanhimäki
Excersise: Fores Based Industry in specific country/region. Preparing for the task of each contact lesson.
Arto Nikkilä
Learning Diary and activeness in contact lessons in classroom and laboratory.

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

Merja Hanhimäki
Lesson and couching
Arto Nikkilä
Contact lessons and laboratory tasks

Learning materials

In Tabula

Student workload

Arto Nikkilä
Contact lessons and laboratory task 11.9.-02.10.2014 (4x3h)
Merja Hanhimäki
Contact lessons 5 x 3 hours, from 17th of November untill 19th of December

Content scheduling

Arto Nikkilä
Week 37 (11.09)
Introduction: presentation, target of course, week program
Pulp and paper production (general information)
…in the paper laboratory
Week 38 ( 18 .09.)
Raw materials:
Hard wood and soft wood pulps
BCTMP-pulps
DIP- and OCC-pulps
Fillers, binders and other chemicals
Week 39 (25.09.)
Paper and paper board grades/ Paper making process
Week 40 (02.10.)
Paper making/ Demonstration in the paper laboratory
Merja Hanhimäki
Traditional wood based chemical industry: pulp, paper and paper board
Tradiotional wood based mechanical industry: sawn wood, plywood, other wood based panels
Packaking Industry
New wood based products
Prsentations of the excersises

Completion alternatives

No

Practical training and working life cooperation

No

International connections

International student group
International companies

Further information

There are three professors involved in this course: Arto Nikkilä (September-Ocotber), Ari Vanamo (October-November), Merja Hanhimäki (November-December).
Each professor will give his/her excersise to students which will be evaluated.
Student must participate minimum 80 % of the contact lessons.

Assessment criteria - fail (0) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Student has not participated the contact lessons, minimum 80 %
Student has not returnded the excersises of the course