Steam or Heat Fixation of Compressed Wood

By M. Inoue, M. Norimoto, M. Tanahashi, R. Rowell. 2007

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Understanding decay resistance, dimensional stability and strength changes in heat-treated and acetylated wood (2009, background): “Inoue et al. (1993) heated wet wood to fix compression set in wood.”
Thermo-hydro and thermo-hydro-mechanical wood processing: An opportunity for future environmentally friendly wood products (2013, background): “The fixation of the compressive deformation of densified wood has been investigated using saturated steam (Tanahashi 1990, Inoue et al. 1993, Dwianto et al. 1997, Ito et al. 1998a,b, Navi et al. 2000, Navi and Heger 2005), by dry heating (Dwianto et al. 1997) and also under non-saturated conditions…”
Review of state of the art of dowel laminated timber members and densified wood materials as sustainable engineered wood products for construction and building applications (2020, unknown): “Inoue et al. (1993a) also highlighted that in order to reduce or eliminate the moisture-dependent swelling in compressed wood, steam post-treatment (under pressure) was more effective”
Thermal treatment of wood using vegetable oils: A review (2018, result): “Unfortunately, such improvement is usually accompanied by the decrement in mechanical strength as reported in several studies [3,17,18].”
Wood modification by heat treatment: a review. (2009, background): “Inoue et al. (1993) reported a decrease on MOR for Cryptomeria japonica of 80%, 45%, and 20% with treatments during 8 hours at 220ºC, 200ºC, and 180ºC, respectively.”