Advances in Technology and Solutions for Wood Processing

Dear Colleagues,

The development of more complex equipment and progressive technologies for the purpose of reducing energy and material requirements, increasing machine reliability and automating management has encouraged the exploration of the theoretical foundations of processes and the use of forest technology ever more widely and deeply. Wood is a natural resource that creates challenging conditions for processing machines. It is necessary to appropriately mechanize wood processing to produce a process sufficient to fast and high-quality operations associated with wood processing.

Since technology and technology are developing very quickly, it is necessary to pay closer attention to the issue of wood division, whether in the field of logging or further processing. Research and development are currently devoted to the improvement of existing methods of mechanical wood cutting and the development of new systems for further processing of wood.

Wood cutting is generally defined as a basic technological process in the production and processing of wood. It significantly affects the organization of production, efficiency, work safety, product quality and the amount of energy consumed. Understanding these factors and their mutual interactions will help researchers to fully understand the very principle of the woodworking process. Knowledge of this issue will help us to eliminate undesirable negative phenomena during wood processing and thus the loss of wood raw material, improving the quality of the entire process from various points of view.

Dr. Ján Kováč
Dr. Richard Kminiak
Prof. Dr. Paweł Tylek
Guest Editors

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