This book presents selected chapters from the 26th International Wood Machining Seminar (IWMS26), held April 1415, 2025, in Firenze, Italy. It reports on advances in wood machining, covering cutting force and power measurement and modeling, wood cutting mechanics, new tools and machines, sensors and quality, process optimization, health and environmental issues, and market trends. The chapters include both theoretical research and experimental studies, offering state-of-the-art insights for academics and professionals interested in the wood machining sector.

Provides both theoretical insights and practical solutions in wood machining Offers strategies to address Industry 4.0 challenges in wood machining processes Integrates properties of massive wood and engineered wood products into advanced machining approaches

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Calibration of a Bonded Particle Model for the Simulation of Chip Ejection from Wood Cutting Tools.- Impact of Sandpaper and Machining Settings on Triboelectric Charges in Wood Sanding.- Shear cutting in fiber direction of several wood species.- Chip formation research using high speed filming cutting force measurements and computed tomography scanning a first approach.- Friction forces between cutting edge flanks and machined wood due to the moisture content of Scots pine.- Cutting force predictions in orthogonal cutting by a foam model.- Critical Speed Design of Circular Saws.- Analysis of Tool Workpiece Interaction in Peripheral Planing of Douglas Fir Using Jointed Hydro Clamped Tools.- Thermally Modified Wood (TMW) with TermoVuoto method.- Cutting area observation coupled with dynami-cally compensated cutting forces in wood peeling.- Advanced Customization in Wood Panel Finishing: Continuous Flow CO Laser Integration in SCM DMC System Sanders.- Steam Softening for Solid Wood Bending, focussing on kiln dried lumber.- Efficient Timber Construction: Application of Cyber-Physical Systems for Batch Size One Manufacturing.- Autoencoder based Anomaly Detection in Wood Machining for Quality Control and Process Monitoring.- High volume semi automatized on-site production of sustainable refugee shelters.- HOW DIGITAL PRINTING TECHNOLOGY CAN OPTIMIZE THE WOOD-BASED ELEMENT FINISHING PROCESS.- Influence of pinewood moisture swelling and shrinkage on robotic montage susceptibility.- MODERN FEED SYSTEMS FOR OPTIMIZING CROSS-CUT SAWS.- Influence of pre-treatments on the machining processes of softwood and hardwood and evaluation of surface roughness.- Effect of Wood Surface Brushing on Delamination Resistance of Glue-Laminated Timber.- Driving Digital Servitization Forward.- Advances in robotic sanding of wooden parts.- Effect of wood properties on warp of lumber sawn from large-diameter sugi (Cryptomeria japonica) logs.- Systematic and comprehesive quality specification and verfication for furniture industry - DIN 919, DIN 68100, VDI 3414, VDI 3415.- Effect of sawing and drying processes on bow and crook of dimension lumber from large-diameter sugi (Cryptomeria japonica) logs.- Evaluation of the capability of poly-articulated robots for wood machining and identification of parameters correlated with surface quality in robotic wood machining.- Simulation of Internal Defect Detection in Logs Scanned with a Tilted X-ray Imager.- Optimization of knots assessment using laser scattering for predicting beech mechanical properties.- EDGE-o-SCOPE prototype system for real-time assessment of laminated particleboard edge quality.- Use of millimeter waves for non-destructive quality analysis during the production stages of fiber-based panels.- Assessing the Impact of Machining Processes on Industrial Wood Packaging: An LCA-Based Approach.- Influence of wood chips moisture content on the environmental impact of a biomass boiler of a sawmill drying plant in Veneto.- Wood-Based Materials for Machine Components like Enclosures.