Technology Roadmap: Lumber and Value-Added Wood Products

• Acknowledgements
• Foreword
• Executive Summary
• 1.0 Introduction and Overview
• 2.0 The Lumber Industry in Perspective
  • 2.1 Lumber
  • 2.2 Value-Added Wood Products
• 3.0 Industry Vision and Driving Forces
• 4.0 Softwood Lumber Manufacturing — Existing and Future Technology
  • 4.1 Raw Material
  • 4.2 Log-Yard Management
  • 4.3 Log Protection
  • 4.4 Bucking at the Mill
  • 4.5 Debarking
  • 4.6 Scanning and Positioning Systems
  • 4.7 Log Sorting
  • 4.8 Primary Breakdown
  • 4.9 Secondary Breakdown
  • 4.10 Alternative Breakdown Concepts
  • 4.11 Filing Rooms
  • 4.12 Sorting of Green Lumber
  • 4.13 Protection of Green Lumber
  • 4.14 Drying
    • 4.14.1 Piling and Handling
    • 4.14.2 Drying Equipment
    • 4.14.3 Dry Moisture Content Monitoring and Quality Control
  • 4.15 Planing
  • 4.16 Grading and Trimming
  • 4.17 Shipping and Lumber Protection
  • 4.18 Overall Quality and Process Control
  • 4.19 Chipping
  • 4.20 By-Product Utilisation
  • 4.21 Environmental Issues
  • Conclusions for the Softwood Lumber Industry
• 5.0 Hardwood Manufacturing Sector — Existing and Future Technoogy
  • 5.1 Raw Material
  • 5.2 Log Bucking, Grading and Allocation
  • 5.3 Log Yard Management
  • 5.4 Debarking
  • 5.5 Primary Breakdown
  • 5.6 Secondary Breakdown of High-Value Lumber
  • 5.7 Lumber Sorting and Grading
  • 5.8 Drying
    • 5.8.1 Piling, Handling and Air Drying
    • 5.8.2 Drying Equipment and Control
    • 5.8.3 Discoloration Due to Drying
  • 5.9 By-Product Utilisation
  • 5.10 Environmental Issues
  • Conclusions for the Hardwood Lumber Industry
• 6.0 Softwood and Hardwood Value-Added Products
• 7.0 Engineered Wood Products — Existing and Future Technology
  • 7.1 Introduction and Overview
  • 7.2 Industry Vision and Driving Forces
  • 7.3 Major Engineered Wood Products
    • 7.3.1 Machine Stress-rated Lumber
    • 7.3.2 Finger-jointed Lumber
    • 7.3.3 Glued-laminated Timber (Glulam)
    • 7.3.4 Wood I-joists
    • 7.3.5 Metal-plate Connected Roof Trusses
    • 7.3.6 Parallel-chord Trusses
    • 7.3.7 Other Engineered Wood Products
  • 7.4 Manufacturing Operations Common to Most Engineered Wood Products
    • 7.4.1 Wood Resource — Preliminary Sorting
    • 7.4.2 Drying
    • 7.4.3 Wood Grading and Preparation
    • 7.4.4 Handling Systems
    • 7.4.5 Gluing and Adhesives
    • 7.4.6 Quality and Process Control
    • 7.4.7 Product Acceptance and Market Access
    • 7.4.8 Design
  • Conclusions for Engineered Wood Products
• 8.0 Appearance Products — Existing and Future Technology
  • 8.1 Introduction and Overview
  • 8.2 Driving Forces
  • 8.3 Manufacturing Operations Common to Most Appearance Products
    • 8.3.1 Raw Material Selection and Preparation
    • 8.3.2 Drying
    • 8.3.3 Rough Planing
    • 8.3.4 Scanning for Grading and Defecting Optimisation
    • 8.3.5 Cut-off Sawing
    • 8.3.6 Rip-sawing
    • 8.3.7 Finger-jointing
    • 8.3.8 Edge- and Face-gluing
    • 8.3.9 Moulding
    • 8.3.10 Double-end Tenoning
    • 8.3.11 Shaping
    • 8.3.12 Routing and CNC Machining Centres
    • 8.3.13 Boring
    • 8.3.14 Turning
    • 8.3.15 Surface Densification and Heat Treatment
    • 8.3.16 Sanding
    • 8.3.17 Repairs
    • 8.3.18 Interior Finishing
    • 8.3.19 Exterior Finishing
    • 8.3.20 Handling
    • 8.3.21 Quality and Process Control
  • Conclusions for Appearance Wood Products
• 9.0 Preservative-Treated Wood Products — Existing and Future Technology
  • 9.1 Introduction and Overview
  • 9.2 Driving Forces
  • 9.3 Treatability Enhancement Technology
  • 9.4 Preservative Technology
  • 9.5 Fire Retardant Technology
  • 9.6 Treatment Process Technology
  • 9.7 Pollution Abatement Technology
  • Conclusions for Treated Wood Products
• 10.0 Breaktrough Technologies
• 11.0 Recommendations and Action Plan
  • 11.1 Strategic Planning
  • 11.2 Network
  • 11.3 Market Access
  • 11.4 Design for Value Enhancement
  • 11.5 Education and Training
• In Conclusion