Solid Wood Processing
 Ensis aims to maximise the value of the products obtained from harvested trees. The team's collaborative research and development focuses on optimising recovery of targeted products from the initial sawing and drying strategies to achieve high quality and value.
Ensis expertise spans wood anatomy and identification, wood quality assessment, resource characteristics, sawmill equipment and layout, sawing patterns, drying processes, and kiln design and operation. Between them, the members of the team have the knowledge and experience needed to cover all research and development stages - from identifying processing problems to maintaining technical support after these have been remedied.
Key Applications
- Developing efficient drying schedules and kiln control based on timber response
- Assessing the sawn wood quality potential of current forest and plantation resources
- Developing non-destructive techniques for assessing wood quality
- Evaluating the potential of different species for value added products
- Developing non-destructive evaluation techniques to reduce resource variation in sawmills
- Identifying wood characteristics for end user requirements
- Developing tools to improve operator decision making
- Identifying wood characteristics to enable identification of closely related species
For further information please contact:
Ensis
Private Bag 10, Clayton South
VIC 3169
Ph: +61 3 9545 2150
Fax: +61 3 9545 2133
For written information see:
 Wood Processing brochure: ensis-WoodProcessing&Products.pdf [404 KB]
Wood Drying Group (English): Ensis-WPPNawshadEnglish.pdf [196 KB]
Wood Drying Group (Chinese): Ensis-WPPNawshadChinese.pdf [388 KB]
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