{"title":"Wood dowel welding without a pilot hole– an investigation into joining low-density plywood","authors":"Kevin Vitzthum, Florian Feist, Thomas Krenke","doi":"10.1007/s00107-025-02241-z","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The possibility of welding wood dowels into low-density plywood substrates without a pilot hole was investigated. Sharpened beech wood dowels with a diameter of 10 mm were inserted into plywood plates made from poplar and paulownia wood at a rotational rate of 1500 rpm with a manually operated drill press. This process resulted in welded joints of considerable strength. When poplar was used, withdrawal strengths as high as those of adhesive bonds were achieved.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":550,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Wood and Wood Products","volume":"83 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"European Journal of Wood and Wood Products","FirstCategoryId":"88","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00107-025-02241-z","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"FORESTRY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The possibility of welding wood dowels into low-density plywood substrates without a pilot hole was investigated. Sharpened beech wood dowels with a diameter of 10 mm were inserted into plywood plates made from poplar and paulownia wood at a rotational rate of 1500 rpm with a manually operated drill press. This process resulted in welded joints of considerable strength. When poplar was used, withdrawal strengths as high as those of adhesive bonds were achieved.
期刊介绍:
European Journal of Wood and Wood Products reports on original research and new developments in the field of wood and wood products and their biological, chemical, physical as well as mechanical and technological properties, processes and uses. Subjects range from roundwood to wood based products, composite materials and structural applications, with related jointing techniques. Moreover, it deals with wood as a chemical raw material, source of energy as well as with inter-disciplinary aspects of environmental assessment and international markets.
European Journal of Wood and Wood Products aims at promoting international scientific communication and transfer of new technologies from research into practice.