Affiliation:
1. Warsaw University of Life Science – SGGW, Institute of Wood Sciences and Furniture
2. Agricultural University of Tirana, Faculty of Forestry Sciences, Department of Wood Industry
Abstract
A new direction related to research in the wood industry may be thermal imaging together with computer vision techniques. In this work, an attempt was made to use these to record temperature phenomena during drilling in woodbased materials, using MDF as an example. For this purpose, a CNC station was created with a built-in high-resolution thermal imaging camera (260x200 px). Two drill bits were examined – sharp and dull. The temperatures generated by them during drilling were compared. It was shown that the phenomena which can be recorded during the drilling process can be associated with changes in the tool geometry, and therefore can be used for research related to heat during drilling. The presented results open many new and interesting directions in research in wood-based materials technology.