AUTHOR:
Ivan CISMARU, Maria CISMARU, Adiana FOTIN, Camelia BOIERIU

Shape and Size Processing. Tome IV - Processing Technologies for Components Made of Edge-Battened Panels (in Romanian language)

Editura Universitatii "Transilvania", Brasov, 2008
ISBN 978-973-635-936-1, 563 pg.

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According to the general objectives of the book, this fourth volume presents the classification and systematization of the furniture components made of edge-battened panels. Using as main classification criterion the processing technologies, eight major groups were defined, depending on the edge trajectory (linear and rectangular edges, polygonal trajectory, continuous curved trajectories, curved lines combined with broken lines), each of these groups having two variants of processing the edge: profiled or not profiled.
The technology is different for the groups of components presented above, both from the viewpoint of the machine assemblies and the devices used.
What remains for the user is to include his own products into the appropriate group and to benefit of the type of technology presented in the book.

Marina CIONCA

Parametric Modelling of Wooden Products with AutoCAD Mechanical Desktop. Laboratory Works. Vol. 3

Editura Universitatii "Transilvania", Brasov, 2007
ISBN CARTE: 973-635-538-1
ISBN VOLUM 3: 978-973-635-781-7, 160 pg.

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This third volume of the book completes the previous volumes with techniques regarding computer-aided design. The total of 14 practical applications present step by step generation methods of 3D parametric models of products and parts of furniture, doors, windows, spiral staircases, pneumatic transport equipment elements, and furniture fittings. Two of these applications focus on generating technical documentation using 3D models, and one deals with a finite element analysis.
The book has been designed not only for the students of the Faculty of Wood Industry, but also for specialists working in fields which involve computer-aided design activity.
e ancient origin of the utilization of sliced wooden branches for veneering furniture surfaces.

Camelia BOIERIU

Lignin-Cellulose Based Composite Panels. Composite Panels Made of Glued Hardwood Lamellas. Theoretical and Experimental Studies (in Romanian language)

PUBLISHED IN: Carl Hanser Verlag, Leipzig, 2006 ISBN-10: 3-446-40477-5; ISBN-13: 978-3-446-40477-9 204 pg.

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The present book addresses to the specialists in wood industry field and offers theoretical and experimental data on a new product, possible to be used in furniture industry and interior design: a lignin-cellulose based composite material, obtained by gluing small-sized lamellas of various hardwood species (beech and others), which confers a special appearance to the product, characterized by the variation of color, texture and shade.
The book presents five types of finger-jointed panels, manufactured according to the proposed concept. These are analyzed from the viewpoint of physical and mechanical properties, stability and rigidity, using both modern theoretical methods (FEM) and the results of original experimental tests. The reader is thus offered a database comprising the performances of this type of panels, to be compared with the performances of other similar products, used at present time.

Lidia GURAU

Quantitative Evaluation of the Sanding Quality in Furniture Manufacturing

Editura Universitatii "Transilvania", Brasov, 2007
ISBN: 978-973-598-126-6, 266 pg.

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This book offers for the first time in the field of woodworking a comprehensive guide concerning the wood surface metrology. It contains an in depth view over the topography of processed wood surfaces, information about how sanding interacts with wood and about how to reliably evaluate the influence of its variables upon the surface quality in furniture manufacturing. It also contains a complex review of the methods for measuring and evaluating the quality of sanded wood surfaces, while offering a set of recommendations that can be suitable for this heterogeneous material. It is addressed both to researchers and students regarded as future woodworking specialists.