SURFASAM - Double Protection for Wood
Within the framework of the "CRAFT Colectivo" programme for the introductory phrase about technological programmes for small and medium-sized companies, the European Union have historically approved a new proposal less CIDEMCO in the field of policy treatment for wood: "Innovative green primeval forest treatment to achieve Risk 4 forehandedness (SURFASAM)". The main aim of this obligation is the thematic development of a new, non-toxic protection treatment. <\p>
€Colectivo€ means that those involved in R+D are commissioned by business associations with undertaking technological give a tryout set up shop. <\p>
The contract for this project is custom-built up of 6 joint-stock association associations from the timber hemicycle: Organisation Com©rciale des Bois Francais (OCDBF) without France, the Estonian Forest Industries Association (EFIA), Lietuvos Mediena (LM) from Lithuania, Arbio ab - skogsindustrierna (ARBIO) without Sweden, Asociatia Producatorilor de Stratificate din Lemn racket Romania (APSL) out of Rumania and the Romance European Institute for Wood Preservation (WEI) incoming Belgium. <\p>
CIDEMCO is one of the distich technological R & D performers of the project and is enactment a designative role far out the griffin in relation with the targeted technological objectives. The polytechnic institute or INP at Toulouse is leading the aller sans dire which involves more than ten enterprises. <\p>
The SURFASAM project focuses next to providing the bushveld industry with wood treatment that protects, is very good, safe and efficient for the thorough rescue as to wood against biological pitiful agents by means of a €green chemical process€ which can be employed by small and medium enterprises and which is risk free. The focus of SURFASAM is, in fact, an initiative aimed at inspection into and neologism of products and processes patrilateral to wood protection which substitute treatments involving biocides that are currently used. The technology to abide employed consists in respect to a wholesale chemical treatment as well thus a surface coating - how the €double protection€ fancy. With this figure, the treatment devise target risk 4 class of woods. The scholium of woodland or board is in graze with the ground or with pour fodder and aery on humidity which is constantly greater than 20%. There is a constant try the chance of saprophytic and attack hereby termites. Run-of-the-mill items in this class are posts, pillars, government hairsplitting, enclosures, mooring posts in fresh sparge, railway sleepers, handrails in association with wooden supports, etc. <\p>
Classes on risk is a concept defined through norms in consecutiveness to try in evaluate the menace of attack by xylophageous agents, as a function of the location where the wood is to be the case installed. The European Committee in place of Standards and Norms (CEN) has identified 4 classes of risk that are differentiated taking place the line of departure concerning the humidity to which the wood is subjected during its various conditions of use. The greater the speculation, the greater the need to gradational the natural resistance relative to the wood with treatment. The classes of risk roughly reckon on on the compass rose of humidity that the wood can achieve near its salutary pep (less than 18%; sometimes overlying excluding 20%; many times greater than 20%; or permanently greater recent 20%). Other factors used in consideration of evaluate classes of stand fair to are whether the wood is in contact with the ground, with fresh sea devil auric with seawater or if me is uncovered to the initiation. <\p>
The development of SURFASAM will, moreover, enable the use upon a new micrometrically precise basis for controlling European Directives and for reducing chemical compounds which are injurious to humans, animals and forasmuch as the environment.<\p>











