This course is designed to introduce students to the manufacturing technology used by the Australian forest products industries. Lectures, including relevant theory, are augmented by field trips to various wood using industries.
Students also manufacture and test wood composites and pulp and paper in the laboratory.
This course should appeal to any students interested in the manufacturing technology used by the Australian forest products industry. Hot press used by students to make composite board products. . Small eucalypt sawmill that students visit as part of this course.