3123: Wood Processing KL Diploma Syllabus for Wood & Paper 3rd Sem 2015 Revision SITTTR

Wood Processing detailed syllabus for Wood & Paper Technology (Wood & Paper) for 2015 revision curriculum has been taken from the SITTTRs official website and presented for the Wood & Paper students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.

For Wood & Paper Technology 3rd Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Wood & Paper 3rd Sem 2015 revision scheme. The detailed syllabus of wood processing is as follows.

Wood Processing

Course Outcomes:

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Specific Outcome

MODULE I

Understand The Role Of Forest, Importance Of Forestry And Utilisation Of Forest Products In Wood And Paper Industry
1. State the forest, forestry, forest products tree
2. Describe types of forest and their distribution in India – tropical wet ever green forest, semi ever green forest, moist deciduous forest dry deciduous forest, dry ever green forest
3. Explain the role of forest – protective role, productive role and bio – aesthetic role
4. State social forestry
5. Explain the forest operations
6. State the working plan
7. Describe the organization structure of forest management
8. Explain the silvicultural systems
9. Describe plantations ,reforestation
10. Describe the role of forest for wood industry and paper industry
Understand the Harvesting of Timber
1. State the term logging
2. List Logging methods
3. Give examples of Logging tools
4. Describe the logging practices in India
5. Explain logging waste

MODULE II

Understand the Felling and Transportation of Logs
1. State the term felling of Timber
2. Describe the principles of felling
3. Explain the methods of felling
4. Describe the method of storage of logs
5. Estimate of volume of log by Hoppus method
6. Compare on road and off road transportation
7. Describe the classification of trees
8. Distinguish between exogenous and endogenous trees
9. Illustrate the cross section of exogenous tree
10. State the characteristics and uses of teak, Rose wood, Aini,, Jack wood, Padauk, Mahagony, Laurel, Pali, Irul, white ceder, Eucalyptus, Pine, Chikkarassy
11. Describe the small logs
12. Explain identification of timbers by using dichotomous keys and perforated card key
Comprehend the Defects in Timber
1. Define defects in timber
2. Explain natural defects like knots, cross grain, splits, checks, rind galls, and draw figures
3. Explain reaction wood
4. Explain tension wood
5. Define figures in wood

MODULE III

Understand the Causes and Remedies of Attack by Biological Agencies
1. Understand the biological deterioration of wood
2. State the biological deterioration of wood
3. State the brown rot, white rot, soft rot, mould, sap stain
4. Describe the deterioration due to brown rot, white rot, soft rot
5. Explain the physiological requirements of wood rotting fungus wood inhibiting fungus
6. List wood boring insects – white ant, marine borers, power post beetles carpenter ants and their deteriorative action on wood
7. List the mechanical properties of wood.
Understand the Wood Preservation
1. State the need of wood preservation
2. List the objectives of wood preservation
3. List the requirements of a good preservative
4. Describe oil type organic solvent type water soluble type, leachable type fixed type fire retardant type anti stain type preservatives coal tar creosote pentachlorophenol, ASCU, C.C.A, C.C.B, Zinc Chloride, zinc meta arsenite, boric acid borax powder sodium penta chloro phenate
5. List the types of preservation methods
6. List non pressure process such as brushing spraying, dipping, steeping, Osmos, process hot and cold bath, diffusion process, boucherie and modified boucherie process
7. Describe the above methods
8. List the pressure processes – full cell process, Empty cell Process
9. Describe full cell process and Empty cell Process
10. State the need of quality control in wood preservation

MODULE IV

Understand the Seasoning of Wood
1. State seasoning of wood
2. List the advantages of seasoned wood
3. Define – fiber saturation point, equilibrium moisture content, free moisture and bound Moisture
4. Describe the classification of timber
5. Describe stacking methods with figure
6. Describe the seasoning methods
7. Describe the shed type I, II, and III
8. Describe natural seasoning, electrical seasoning, chemical seasoning, water seasoning, solar Seasoning
9. State the kiln seasoning and types of Kiln
10. Explain kiln Seasoning
11. Calculate the moisture content of wood by oven dry method Explain the defects -twist
12. Explain the defects -twist, spring, cup, bow, cross -shakes, honey combing surface checks, with figure.

MODULE- I

MODULE – II

Felling – principles of felling, rules of felling, methods of felling dry storage wet storage. Water storage calculation of log volume by Hoppus Method , Off- road and on -road transportation Classification of trees – exogenous and exogenous trees. Cross-section of exogenous tree, comparative study of hardwood and soft wood. Utilization of small log, important timbers – teak, Rose wood, Aini, Jack wood, Padauk, Mahagany, Pali, Laurel, Irul, White ceder, Eucalyptus, chikkarassy – characteristics and uses of these timbers. List the natural defects – state the causes and features of natural defects with figure -knots check, split, shakes, cross grain, discoloration, compression wood,, tension wood, pith pocket .identification of timber – dichotomous keys – perforated card key – key to important timbers and identification – identification, properties and description, character of economically important Indian timbers such as teak, rose wood, jack wood, aini, rubber wood, white pine, mango, pali, ebony, bamboo, reed, eucalyptus, mahogany, accasia, irul, champ, chikkrassey, poon, kunnivaka, ebony, casurina

MODULE – III

MODULE – IV

Seasonings of wood define seasoning of wood need of wood seasoning. Advantages of seasoned wood. Shrinkage and swelling of wood. Fiber saturation point. Equilibrium moisture content. Free moisture and bound moisture classification of timber with respect to seasoning purpose- refractory, non-refractory and moderately refractory timbers. End coating of logs against splitting. Timber yard – stacking method – need of timber stacking one and nine stacking method open crib and close crib fashion stacking of poles fence posts and logs Seasoning methods – natural and artificial- natural (Air) seasoning, water seasing, chemical seasoning, solar seasoning- electrical seasoning Kiln seasoning – advantageous and disadvantageous of Kiln seasoning. Types of kiln – Progressive and compartment type. Stacking methods in kiln . Kiln schedules, wet bulb and dry bulb. State the Need of vacuum drying – calculate moisture content by oven -dry method. List the Seasoning defects – draw the defects – twist, spring, cup, bow, cross shakes, honey combing, surface checks, splitting causes and remedies of the above defects

Reference Books:

For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Wood & Paper Technology, 2015 revision curriculum do visit Wood & Paper 3rd Sem subject syllabuses for 2015 revision.

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