Natural fibre products
- Printing and writing papers
- Paperboards
- Tissue
- Nonwovens
- Speciality papers
- Production of paper and board
- Stock and water systems
- Web forming
- Wet pressing
- Drying of natural fibre products
- Surface sizing
- Pigment coating
- Finishing
- Converting of paper and board
- Papermaking chemistry
- Paper physics
- Printing
Drying of wood and timber Drying of wood, which is called also seasoning, aims to reduce the moisture content of wood before its use and later processing. Water content in a fresh, newly-felled tree is about 50 % (1 kg H20 vs 1 kg dry wood). Water in the living tree or in freshly sawn
Authors & references
Author:
Professor Jouni Paltakari, Aalto University
References:
- Walker, J.C.F., Butterfield, B.G., Langrish, T.A.G., Harris, J.M. and Uprichard, J.M. (1993). Primary Wood Processing. Chapman and Hall, London. 595p.
- Keey, R.B., Langrish, T.A.G. and Walker, J.C.F. (2000). Kiln-Drying of Lumber. Springer, Berlin. 326p.
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