Processing
The Processing category covers research projects such as hardwood and softwood sawmilling and processing; increasing the performance and yield of solid wood, engineered wood and pulp and paper products; and maximising product yields and values from current resources.
Topics covered include improved efficiency of the use of wood resources through improved methods of timber drying, grading and enhancing timber properties such as durability.
A key goal is to create greater value in wood products by developing knowledge and technology to improve existing production and utilisation processes, which leads to maximising value recovery.
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The durability of isocyanate-based adhesives under service in Australian conditions. The results from a 3 year exposure study and accelerated testing regime (Literature Review)
This project focused on the performance of isocyanate-based adhesives (IBAs) used to bond Australian wood species in Australian conditions. IBAs are an alternative to phenolic-based adhesives ... Read More -
Impact of sapwood and the properties and market utilisation of plantation and young hardwoods: Executive Summary and Literature Review (PART A)
The hardwood processing industry in Australia can no longer rely on milling native forest logs and must increasingly look to plantation timbers. For this transition to be successful, more need... Read More -
Review of, and recommendations for, research into preventing or ameliorating drying related internal and surface checking in commercially important hardwood species in south-eastern Australia
Checking—small surface cracks in timber—and cell collapse have long been recognised as problems in Australian native hardwoods. What causes them, how can they be prevented and how big a cost a... Read More -
Characterisation of wood properties and transverse anatomy for vacuum drying modelling of commercially important Australian hardwood species (Dennis Cullity Fellowship)
The objective for this fellowship was, through exposure to overseas skills and processes, to gain a better understanding of the wood properties that explain the drying behaviour of the main co... Read More -
MOE and MOR assessment technologies for improving graded recovery of exotic pines in Australia
Exotic softwoods, such as radiata and Caribbean pine, are an important source of structural timber, but the variable properties of wood from these fast grown trees means that mills must sort t... Read More -
Concept proof: New generation, hi-performance wood products coated or encapsulated in zero-waste powder coating
Over the past 10 years the market for wood products such as doors and windows has dropped from 50% of total to around 25% due to perceived maintenance costs and insufficient durability. T... Read More -
A review of the potential impact of VOC emissions on the future market share for engineered wood products
Australia’s engineered wood products industry stands to reap rewards from taking a pro-active approach to the likely future regulation of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions, say the aut... Read More -
Standing tree measurement of acoustic velocity as a predictor of kraft pulp yield in E. nitens across 2 sites
This report was designed to validate or discard the use of standing tree and/or log acoustics as a tool for predicting Kraft pulp yield (KPY). As a result Acoustic velocity in both standing a... Read More -
Review of fertilizer use in Australian forestry
This report reviews the history and current state of knowledge of fertiliser use in softwood and hardwood plantations in Australia, surveys current fertiliser use and strategies and compares t... Read More -
Characterisation of plywood properties manufactured from plantation grown eucalypts
The key objective of this project was to determine the suitability of selected plantation eucalypts for the production of plywood. The quantity and quality of manufactured veneer and ply... Read More
