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This study focused on the impact of the wood sawing pattern on 50 mm thick beech timber, followed by cross-cutting on the 3 m long, 50 × 50 mm beech blanks. The study analyzed two methods of cutting patterns of beech blanks (parallel to the surface of the timber and parallel to the grain fiber of the timber) regarding yield values and the size of longitudinal warping after air-drying. The yield values were higher (from 65.14 to 72.70 %) when producing long beech blanks using the method of sawing parallel to the timber’s axis (B) compared to parallel to the edge of the blank (from 60.38 to 68.40 %). Results showed that a crucial factor for choosing the cutting method (A or B) is the taper of the logs. For blanks with a taper ≥ 1.3 cm.m-1, it is more advantageous in terms of longitudinal warping and yield to use the method of sawing parallel to the timber's axis.

This study focused on the impact of the wood sawing pattern on 50 mm thick beech timber, followed by cross-cutting on the 3 m long, 50 x 50 mm beech blanks. The study analyzed two methods of cutting patterns of beech blanks (parallel to the surface of the timber and parallel to the grain fiber of the timber) regarding yield values and the size of longitudinal warping after air-drying. The yield values were higher (from 65.14 to 72.70 %) when producing long beech blanks using the method of sawing parallel to the timber's axis (B) compared to parallel to the edge of the blank (from 60.38 to 68.40 %). Results showed that a crucial factor for choosing the cutting method (A or B) is the taper of the logs. For blanks with a taper ≥ 1.3 cm.m-1, it is more advantageous in terms of longitudinal warping and yield to use the method of sawing parallel to the timber's axis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The analysis of the impact of proposed external conditions for hot air drying of steamed beech wood (Fagus sylvatica L.) blanks from the initial moisture content of w1 - 50 % to final moisture content w2 = 10 % on the maintaining the colour of wood obtained in the process of steaming at the following modes: mode I (tI = 95 ± 2.5 °C), mode II (tII = 115 ± 2.5 °C), mode III (tIII = 135 ± 2.5 °C) is presented in the paper. The drying process is divided into two parts. Evaporation of free water from wet wood at drying medium temperatures ts = 35 ÷ 40 °C and relative humidity f = 70 - 60 %, when there are no chemical changes in the lignin-saccharide complex of beech wood manifested by the decomposition of chromophore structures and the formation of new functional groups manifested by a change in the colour of the wood. Evaporation of bound water from beech wood below the hygroscopicity limit is performed at the temperatures ts = 70 ÷ 80 °C. The colour coordinates in the colour space CIE L*a*b* of beech wood steamed by mode I after drying are: L* = 69.6 ± 1.7; a* = 11.3 ± 0.9; b* = 19.6 ± 1.2, steamed by mode II are: L* = 64.6 ± 1.6; a* = 13.0 ± 0.7; b* = 22.7 ± 1.0 and steamed mode III are: L* = 54.5 ± 1.5; a* = 13.4 ± 1.1; b* = 25.3 ± 1.3. Differences in the colour of dried steamed beech wood according to the proposed drying mode and dried in an air-conditioned space is in the range of values ΔE* = 1.3 - 1.8. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]