The aim of a project at the Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development is to develop a process to combine shaping and fixation of veneer by a wood modification procedure. The forming process occurs near-net-shape, i. e. there are no fundamental following process steps necessary concerning the forming. This procedure occurs by a combined process, where the process steps plasticization, shaping and fixation of the shape occurs in one operation, e. g. in a heating press.
Technische Universität Dresden
Institut für Holz- und Papiertechnik
Institut für Holz- und Pflanzenchemie
Scion, Rotorua, New Zealand

This project is financially supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG, PF 686/4-1).
A Short Term Scientific Mission - STSM at Scion, Rotorua, New Zealand was financially supported by COST Action FP0802 Experimental and Computational Micro-Characterisation Techniques in Wood Mechanics.
COST STSM Reference Number: COST-STSM-FP0802-7691
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Pfriem (alexander.pfriem(at)hnee.de)
Dipl.-Forstw. Nadine Herold (nadine.herold(at)hnee.de)
Pfriem, A.; Buchelt, B.; Dietrich, T.: Furfuryl alcohol impregnation for improved plasticization and fixation during the densification of wood. COST Action FP0904 Workshop “Current and Future Trends of Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Modification of Wood Opportunities for new markets? Nancy, France, 26.-28.03.2012
Zauer, M.; Pfriem, A.; Wagenführ, A.: Alteration of the pore structure and the capillarity of wood due to thermal modification. COST Action FP0904 Workshop “Current and Future Trends of Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Modification of Wood Opportunities for new markets? Nancy, France, 26.-28.03.2012
Pfriem, A., Dietrich, T., Buchelt, B.: Furfuryl alcohol impregnation for improved plasticization and fixation during the densification of wood. Holzforschung, 66 (2012) 2, 215-218, DOI:10.1515/HF.2011.134
Pfriem, A.: Alteration of Water Absorption Coefficient of Spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) due to Thermal Modification. DRVNA INDUSTRIJA 62 (2011) 4, 311-313, DOI:10.5552/drind.2011.1109
Pfriem, A.: Simultaneous shaping and fixation of veneer by specific material modification. COST Early Stage Researchers Forum, Warschau, Polen, 26.09.2011, Link to presentation
Herold, N.; Peters, J.; Zauer, M.; Fischer, S.; Pfriem, A.: Improving of the mechanical properties of thermally modified wood by a prior chemical treatment. COST Action FP0904 Workshop “Hierarchical structure and mechanical characterization of wood” Helsinki, Finnland, 24.-26.08.2011, Link to presentation
Herold, N.; Pfriem, A.: Simultaneous shaping and fixation of veneer by specific material modification. COST Action FP0904 Workshop “Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Wood Behaviour and Processing” Biel, Schweiz, 16.-18.02.2011, S. 153-154
Pfriem, A.; Buchelt, B.; Dietrich, T.; Zauer, M.: Revaluation of European hardwood species by a combined modification, compressing and shaping processes. 5th European Conference on Wood Modification, Riga, Lettland, 20.-21.09.2010