Mechanics of Wood Machining

Wood is one of the most precious material of the mankind and since ancient times wood materials have been widely used. Today we have modern woodworking machine and tools, however, the raw wood materials are continuously declining. Therefore we are forced to use this precious material more economically making wastes as low as possible.§This new textbook on the "Mechanics of Wood Machining" combines the quantitative, mathematical analysis of the mechanisms of wood processing with practical recommendations and solutions. Bringing together materials from many sources, the book contains new theoretical and experimental materials and offers a clear and systematic overview on the theory of wood cutting, thermal loading in wood cutting tools, dynamic behaviour of tool and work piece, optimum choice of operational parameters and energy consumption, the wear process of the tools and the general regularities of wood surface roughness. For quick estimation of different process parameters working diagrams are elaborated.§This book will be useful for scientists, graduate and postgraduate students and practising engineers for better understanding of physical phenomena associated with real woodworking processes.