New materials made from wood particles

TU Wien and HS Timber Group have entered into a research partnership with the aim of using wood particles to develop new sustainable materials that are also suitable for 3D printing. When tree trunks are processed in sawmills, around half of the material are by-products of the wood processing, among these chips and other small wood particles. Now, TU Wien and HS Timber Group, one of the leading wood-processing companies in Europe, are searching for high-quality applications for those by-products. The objective of the 'WoodComp3D' project is to develop a process for converting wood particles into a high-quality biocomposite material. This special wood-based material needs to have high stability and load-bearing capacity, so that it can also be used in the construction industry. It may also be suitable for producing tailormade objects in 3D printers. Dismantling and reassembling.