B27L REMOVING BARK OR VESTIGES OF BRANCHES; SPLITTING WOOD; MANUFACTURE OF VENEER, WOODEN STICKS, WOOD SHAVINGS, WOOD FIBRES OR WOOD POWDER
Introduced: September 1968
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL
- Subclass:
- REMOVING BARK OR VESTIGES OF BRANCHES; SPLITTING WOOD; MANUFACTURE OF VENEER, WOODEN STICKS, WOOD SHAVINGS, WOOD FIBRES OR WOOD POWDER
Description
B27L encompasses machinery and processes for primary wood preparation and conversion operations, including bark removal, debarking of branch remnants, wood splitting, and the manufacture of wood-derived products such as veneer sheets, wooden dowels or sticks, wood shavings, wood fibres, and wood powder. This classification covers debarking equipment, splitting mechanisms, and processing technologies that transform raw or partially processed wood into intermediate or finished materials for further manufacturing or end use. Applications range from sawmill preparation of logs to production of wood composites, engineered wood products, and cellulose-based materials.
Related Keywords
6 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B27L 1/00 Debarking or removing vestiges of branches from trees or logs; Machines therefor
- B27L 11/00 Manufacture of wood shavings, chips, powder, or the like; Tools therefor
- B27L 3/00 Debarking by chemical treatment
- B27L 5/00 Manufacture of veneer
- B27L 7/00 Arrangements for splitting wood
- B27L 9/00 Manufacture of wooden sticks, e.g. toothpicks