Study Guide

Learning outcomes

The student is able to:
- describe the manufacturing processes of different board products
- knows the main end uses of each board type
- define the technical properties of different board types
- knows the further processing possibilities of different board types

Implementation and methods of teaching

Student will learn:
- wood-based panels globally
- Finnish plywood industry and its history
- Finnish LVL industry and its history
- the production processes of different wood-based panels (plywood, LVL, OSB, fibreboard, MDF)
- the applications of different wood-based panels
- the technical properties of different wood-based panels
- laboratory work 1: how to produce plywood
- laboratory work 2: how to produce particle board
- testing plywood and particle board according to standards
- possible company visit to plywood-, particle board or LVL mill

Learning material and recommended literature

- Wood-Based Panels Industry. Varis 2017.
- ePUB: Wood-Based Panels Industry
- lectures

Contents

• Raw material for the Wood-Based Panels Industry in Finland
• Plywood Industry
• LVL-Industry
• Particle board
• Other Wood-Based Panels (Fiberboards, OSB, PSL and LSL)
• Other issues in the wood-based panels industry

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Basic knowledge of wood technology and the forest industry is useful but not essential

Assessment criteria

All week tasks need to be completed and accepted
• All laboratory works need to be completed (reports and seminar presentation done)
• All exams need to be completed
• Each exam will be evaluated 0 – 100 %
• Course grade base is average of all six (6) exams [(E1+E2+E3+E4+E5+E6)/6]
• < 50 % = 0
• 50-59 % = 1
• 60-69 % = 2
• 70-79 % = 3
• 80-89 % = 4
• 90-100 % = 5
• Laboratory works (plywood and particleboard manufacturing)

Assessment scale

1-5