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Forest Industry (3 cr)

Code: BIM6042-3002

General information


Enrollment

01.08.2020 - 30.09.2020

Timing

12.10.2020 - 11.12.2020

Number of ECTS credits allocated

3 op

Virtual portion

1 op

RDI portion

1 op

Mode of delivery

67 % Contact teaching, 33 % Distance learning

Campus

Wärtsilä Campus Karjalankatu 3

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

0 - 60

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Forestry

Teachers

  • Ollipekka Hakonen
  • Esa Etelätalo

Teacher in charge

Esa Etelätalo

Groups

  • BIMNS20
    Forestry Engineer, Full-time Studies, Fall, 2020

Objective

Student
- understands the meaning of the Forest Industry to the national economy
- can explain the use of raw timber in the Forest Industry
- can explain the most important material flows in Use of Wood in Industry
- knows wood quality demands of Forest Industry
- knows the most important products of Forest Industry and their use
- knows the future views of Forest Industry
- knows the effects of the global Forest Industry to the Finnish Forest Industry

Content

Forest resourses and the use of wood in different fields of Forest Industry. Wood material flows. The most important products of mechanical Forest Industry. The most important processes of mechanical Forest Industry. The most important products of chemical Forest Industry. The most important processes of chemical Forest Industry. Visits in different Forest Industries. The new products of Finnish Forest Industry. Future of Finnish Forest Industry. Global Forest Industry.

Evaluation scale

H-5