COST action E53 - Public - Conference in Delft

----------------------------------

COST E53 Final Conference in Edinburgh

COST E53 Conference in Lisbon

SC Meeting in Paris

MC7 Meeting in Bled

MC6 Meeting in Delft

COST E53 WG Meetings in Bled

COST E53 Conference in Delft

Literature - Fundamentals of wood drying

MC5 Meeting in Oslo

COST E53 WG Meetings in Oslo

COST E53 Conference in Warsaw

MC4 Meeting in Warsaw

WG1 Meeting in Hamburg

WG2 Meeting (& Workshop) in Riga

WG3 Meeting in Hamburg

----------------------------------

Cost E53 > Activities > Conferences / WG Meetings > Conference in Delft

Conference in Delft

Topic: Conference COST Action E53 “End user’s needs for wood material and products” in Delft, The Netherlands
Location: Delft University of Technology, Delft
Date: 29^th – 30^th October 2008

For downloads:

Flyer

Accommodation and Transport Information

COST E53 Conference in Delft - All presentations (pdf, size: 12 MB)

For sale:

Hard copies full color print (€ 40,-): Please contact J.H.Meijer

For more information about Delft University of Technology please visit: www.timber.citg.tudelft.nl

Final Program

29^th October 2008

Time	Theme
08:00 – 09:00	Registration
09:00 – 09:15	Welcome/opening
	Prof.dr. Robert Kliger, Sweden; Chairperson of the COST Action E53
	Dr. Jan-Willem van de Kuilen, The Netherlands; Associate Professor for Timber Structure and Wood Technology, at Delft University of Technology

Morning Plenary Session

Chair: Dr. Jan-Willem van de Kuilen, The Netherlands

Time	Theme
09:15 – 09:45	Key position of timber manufacturer in the chain of end users’ quality needs.
09:15 – 09:45	Jouko Silen, Stora-Enso Timber, Finland
09:45 – 10:15	Key position of timber traders in the chain of end user’s quality needs.
09:45 – 10:15	Jan Nico Wilkens, PontMeyer NV, The Netherlands
10:15 – 10:45	Coffee break
10:45 – 11:15	Discoloration of wood in the living tree and during processing.
10:45 – 11:15	Dr. Gerald Koch, vTI, Germany
11:15 – 11:45	Visual strength grading supported by mechanical grading.
11:15 – 11:45	Dr. Matthias Frese, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
11:45 – 12:15	Application and quality requirements of (tropical-) hardwoods.
	Ad Wesselink, Wijma Kampen B.V., The Netherlands
	Ir. Geert Ravenshorst, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
12:15 – 13:50	Lunch

Afternoon 1st parallel session (Room F, Floor 1)

Quality aspects; Chair: Prof.dr. Robert Kliger/Sweden

Time	Theme
13:50 – 14:10	Significance of raw material quality for finger jointing of knot free boards.
	Eliasson,L./Sweden
14:10 – 14:30	Effect of rnanufacturing on the quality of rounded dovetail joints.
	Anastas,H., Tannert,T., Lam,F., Barrett, J.D. / Canada
14:30 – 14:50	New business models and marketing designs for the nordic sawmilling industry – hypotheses for marketing nordic wood products and a swot analysis.
	Wang,L., Kärnä,J., Juslin,H./Finland
14:50 – 15:10	The round wood amount, quality and prices in lithuanian state forests in 2002 – 2007.
	Aleinikovas,M./Lithuania
15:10 – 15:50	Coffee break

Application; Chair: Anders Nyrud/Norway

Time	Theme
15:50 – 16:10	Architects’ perceptions of structural timber in urban constructions
15:50 – 16:10	Bysheim,K., Nyrud,A.Q./Norway
16:10 – 16:30	Assessment of conformity to essential requirements for safety of products from woodworking industry in the Republic of Bulgaria.
16:10 – 16:30	Mihailova,J., Savov,V./ Bulgaria
16:30 – 16:50	Some specific Dutch wood end use problems and chances.
16:30 – 16:50	Klaassen,R.K.W.M./The Netherlands
16:50 – 17:00	Closing Session

Afternoon 2st parallel session (Room 2.62, Floor 2)

Drying related; Chair: Dr. Johannes Welling/Germany

Time	Theme
13:50 – 14:10	Detection of wet-pockets in hemlock using, near infrared spectroscopy.
	Hart,F., Avramidis,St., Mansfield,S./Canada
14:10 – 14:30	Oscillation drying of beech timber – initial experiments.
	Milic,G., Kolin,B./Serbia
14:30 – 14:50	Thermal treatment in saturated vapour pressure for spruce.
	Allegretti,O., Cividini,R., Tessadri,B./Italy
14:50 – 15:10	Almost all wooden pieces have a damaged surface layer. Impact on some properties and quality.
	Salin,J-G./Finland
15:10 – 15:50	Coffee break

Quality assessment; Chair: Dr. Knut Magnar Sandland/Norway

Time	Theme
15:50 – 16:10	Quality assessment of standing trees using 3D laserscanning.
15:50 – 16:10	Van Goethem,G.R.M., Van de Kuilen,J.W.G., Gard,W.F., Ursem,B.W.N.J./ The Netherlands
16:10 – 16:30	Ring width detection for industrial purposes - use of CT and discrete scanning technology on fresh roundwood.
16:10 – 16:30	Brüchert,F., Baumgartner,R., Sauter,U.H./Germany
16:30 – 16:50	Colour modelling as a tool for wood grading.
16:30 – 16:50	Hrcka,R./Slovakia
16:50 – 17:00	Closing Session

Afternoon 3st parallel session (Room E, Floor 1)

Grading; Chair: Prof.dr. Charlotte Bengtsson/Sweden

Time	Theme
13:50 – 14:10	Non destructive evaluation of stiffness properties of cross-laminated solid wood panels.
	Steiger,R., Gulzow,A., Gsell,D./Switzerland
14:10 – 14:30	Comparison of different machine strength grading principles.
	Bacher,M./Italy
14:30 – 14:50	Allocation of thermally treated structural beech timber to the european strength- classes and relevant grading and quality control procedures.
	Widmann,R./Switzerland
14:50 – 15:10	Grading and testing of maritime pine and larch roundwood.
	Morgado,T.F.M., Rodrigues,J.N.A., Saporiti Machado,J., Dias,A.M.P.G./Portugal
15:10 – 15:50	Coffee break

Grading; Chair: Dr. Julia Denzler/Germany

Time	Theme
15:50 – 16:10	Adaptive adjustment of grading machine settings.
15:50 – 16:10	Sandomeer,M.K., Köhler,J., Faber,M.H./ Switzerland
16:10 – 16:30	Strength grading and the end user – Lessons from the SIRT project at Napier University.
16:10 – 16:30	Ridley-Ellis,D., Moore,J., Lyon,A./Great Britain
16:30 – 16:50	A low cost method for determination of wooden board distortion.
16:30 – 16:50	Lagana,R./Slovakia
16:50 – 17:00	Closing Session

Time	Theme
17:30 – 18:30	Task Group Meeting
17:30 – 18:30	Dinner in Delft

Posters all day displayed at ‘PSOR’ ground floor

	Digital technology utilization for objective specification of coloured space of wood chips for the purpose of delignification process managing.
	Mamonová,M., Geffert,A., Mamon,M./Slovakia
	Mechanical properties of Polish-grown Pinus silvestris L. structural sawn timber.
	Krzosek,S., Grzeskiewicz,M., Bacher,M./Poland
	Determination of characteristic strength values for Dutch larch round timber.
	De Vries,P.A., Gard,W.F./ The Netherlands
	Stiffness and strength of 45x95 mm beams glued from Norway spruce using 8 different structural models.
	Heikkilä,K., Heräjärvi,H./ Finland
	The method for quality control of strength grading machines using non-destructive measurements.
	Ravenshorst,G.J.P., Van de Kuilen,J.W.G./ The Netherlands
	Is the market of producers ready to deliver structural timber according to the European legislation?
	Buytendijk,E.A.M./The Netherlands

30^th October 2008

Time	Theme
08:00 – 09:00	MC Meeting
09:00 –	Excursion: All day Study Tour with presentations on site Wooden applications in residential area Drying operation for beech Watergate structures Shipyard ‘De Delft’ in Rotterdam
	Super heated steam drying in Dutch operations.Gard,W.F., Riepen, M., / The Netherlands
	The use of timber in hydraulic structures.Van de Kuilen,J.W.G. / The Netherlands
19:30	Dinner

Program, Exkursion, All presentations