The Wood Industry

The Wood Industry

The Wood Industry[39] refers to forestry and timber trade, and the production of primary and secondary products such as wood pulp or paper industry. Carbon is a renewable resource that can be found in all living material. With the energy from the sun, carbon dioxide is transformed to carbo-hidrates, which are the material for tree growth. Through this process the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is stored in carbon compounds in trees and forest land. Carbon dioxide is also stored in wood products from the forest, such as the house you live in or the book you read. When the product from the forest come to an end and are used as fuel or decomposed the carbon dioxide comes back to the atmosphere, but the same amount of carbon dioxide will be taken up by the growing trees. Since the beginning, civilization has stood on the firm foundation of wood. Rude stones, obelisks, skins, cave drawings, papyrus recorded the dawn of history. The Chinese invented paper 2060 years ago, an invention that only reached Europe in 1690. The making of paper needs huge plants. It requires thousands of skilled workers, the kind that builds permanent thriving communities. It needs the investments of tens of millions of dollars in buildings and machinery and technical equipment, and these must be sure on the source of raw material they can depend on. The proper use of forest areas has become the first concern of a great industry.

This gives landowners a regular cash flow on which they can depend for regular income, giving employment to tens of thousands of people providing revenue in wages, and taxes.   Wood is one of the most adaptable materials on Earth, and much more usable than we think. Heat, Shelter, Furniture and now Skyscrapers, have high demand for Wood, which is projected to increase over the NeXT half century. Wood has many uses, like solid wood products. Timber is a major industry worldwide, the main exporter countries being[40]: US, Canada, Brazil, Nigeria, Congo, Ethiopia, Russia, India, China and Indonesia. They create jobs in small cities and communities all over the country. Forest is harvested every day, but more forest must be of course created after harvesting. The forest resources have actually increased and will continue to do so in the coming years, being a renewal resource for coming generations. The Wood industry involves technology, design and growth opportunities. The latest technology is used to produce products such as Skateboards, Arcade Machines, Musical Instruments, Guitars, Pianos, anything you run into. Wood can be used for woodwork and floors, constructions and packing, glue lamp floors. Technological advance has is so that now harvesters, which are very advanced machine with computers and electronics, are used to optimize the

harvest. Trees are cut with the machinery to be dragged to the decking area, where they are de-limbed and sorted by product. The trees are then loaded to a truck, and hauled into the market. Simulators are used to evaluate different harvesting methods. X-Ray scanner can also be used to analyze the logs. The machines are tested by testing the product which they make, like studies for paper and moisture resistance. The user is the final judge, in a continuous improvement process. A climate responsive system sprinkling system to avoid fungi attack on the logs during the summer. The growth of trees takes time; it takes 15 to 20 years from the time the seed pushes through the ground until it is mature enough for harvesting. With Network production, the Wood Industry is on a direct path to the Industry 4.0. The machines are smart, and independently control production. Information flows are efficiently organized and motorized by a production control system. The central element is the Smart Work piece, which tells the machine how it has to process. Every work piece is individual, and is created as a digital component in a virtual world and all specifications and parameters.

That is where the work piece is given an identity and communicated by the system component by the barcode. The panels automatically fed in the production process. Humans monitor the seamless production process. Network production makes it possible to be efficient and tailored to the customer, in order to move away from mass production and towards customized products.