Wood machining with a focus on French research in the last 50 years

Abstract

Key message Wood machining is compulsory both for timber separation and the surfacing of wooden objects.The anisotropy, cellular nature and multi-scale level organisation of wood make its cutting complicated to study.During the last 50 years, most of the wood machining subjects were covered by French teams.Context Woodcutting is a very old technology but scientific research is scarce on the subject. In the last 50 years, much work on basic mechanisms as well as on industrial processes has been done in France.