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Development of an affordable heat treatment process for wood

acronym: TORCHWOOD
start: 2008-09-01
end: 2011-02-28
 
programme: FP7 - Euroopa Liidu 7. raamprogramm
sub-programme: SME - Väikese ja keskmise suurusega ettevõtetele suuantud teadustegevused (VKEd)
instrument: BSG-SME - Teadustöö VKE huvides
call identifier: FP7-SME-2007-1
project number: 222305
duration in months: 30
partner count: 11
 
abstract: Recent developments of large scale heat treatment processes that use a variety of indirect heat sources are now available, as are traditional preservation treatments which involve certain hazardous chemicals. While these technologies offer some attraction to large scale enterprises, the ability of SMEs to afford this technology makes them an impractical solution. Furthermore these new heat treatment methods affect the chemical and physical structure of the timber, making it more brittle and reducing its physical strength while chemical preservation means that timber can only be used in external applications. We propose the development of a cost effective 2 stage system, firstly, the heat treatment process which will preserve the timber will use a novel microwave based technology to directly heat the timber. Secondly the development of a natural oil formulation to be applied directly to the hot timber within the heating chamber which will restore the natural mechanical and physical properties and maximise the opportunities. The primary target market for the developed technology is the wood and timber market. We currently estimate the market size for our product in Europe to be in excess of €100m.
partner no and role partner name country contact person web page
1 coordinator TECSABOIS FR Jean Bapiste Saget
2 partner ROMILL SPOL SRO CZ Jan Caha http://www.romill.com
3 partner Surfachem Ltd UK Fakhara Jones http://www.surfacehem.com
4 partner J S COCK AS NO Ivar S. Cock http://www.jsc.no
5 partner Paide Masinatehas AS EE Juri Poldma http://www.pmt.ee
6 partner INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SOLUTIONS LIMITED UK Steven Mcdermott
7 partner JS TRADING APS DK Geert Olesen http://www.golesen.dk
8 partner GRUPO GARNICA PLYWOOD SL ES David Garcia Arregui http://www.garnicaplywood.com
9 partner THE UK HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTE UK Paul Tranter http://www.uk-heri.org.uk
10 partner ELKEDE TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN CENTRE SA EL Takis Bouras http://www.elkede.gr
11 partner CRITICAL PROCESSES LTD UK Harold Vandenburg http://www.CRITICALPROCESSES.COM