Glossary – Definitions
Mechanical woodworking - Processing operations without cutting tool

Bending

The technique of irreversibly bending a straight part using a combination of temperature, humidity and mechanical stress.

Stamping

Technique of creating a relief on a piece of wood by localized hot compression (imitation of sculpture).

Cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin; cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin

Main components of wood (up to 97% of anhydrous mass).

Laser; laser

Acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Technique generating coherent optical radiation with very high fluence (energy density).

Jet d'eau à haute pression; high pressure water jet

Technique of emitting a coherent jet of water from a pump through a nozzle. This jet...