How The Wood Veneers Are Manufactured In The Manufacturing Plants?

Posted by JSO WOOD PRODUCTS on November 24th, 2020

Wood veneers are very commonly used for edge banding purposes. Most of the wooden furniture is being given the finished look with the wood veneer edge bands. They are just the perfect ones to go perfectly with the texture of the wood.

But have you ever wondered how the wood veneer is being manufactured?

Well, to be very simple it is a combination of technology and art which brought out such a beautiful piece for craftwork. There are different types of wood veneer available based on the types of wood available for making the veneer.

Veneers are nothing such wood sheets. They are very thin sheets which are joined with each other and made in band form. Even the veneers or sheets can be obtained from engineered woods to giving the exact texture like the engineered wood.

Step by step process of manufacturing the veneers

Now let’s explore the wonderful process of manufacturing the wood veneer. Though it involves a lot of steps, everything is done through machines hence does not take up a very long time.

• Log sourcing

Get the logs from a source that is reliable about the woods they are providing. The logs should be obtained from a quality and specific species of tree that normally have durability and strength. Sourcing of log is a very important step as the quality of premium walnut veneer sheets depends on this.

• Bark stripping

On arrival of the logs in the manufacturing plants, storage is done properly so that the logs can obtain the color and the texture. Also, prevent them from drying can lead to cracking. So be carefully store them.

After that, the barks are stripped off through the slicing and peeling process. This is a very popular process of getting the bark strips.

• Cutting of the logs

According to the length and the other dimensions requires, the logs are cut. This categorization is done based on the appearance of the logs and their growth and according to the sheets that are being obtained.

• Cooking

The strips from the logs are cooked in hot water. It is done for days to weeks depending on the species of the wood. After this, we will be going to the peeling stage.

• Slicing

This is the last step of the wood veneer manufacturing process.  The wood is sliced and peeled into thin layers. This is entirely done by equipment which can give you the desired result. You can get the final wood veneers according to the industry requirement. You can just get any design you want and also of any dimension too.

Wrapping Up

Thus, all the above process is all done by machineries. There are plants where the entire process is done accordingly. And in the end, we get the premium quality of the wood veneers. If you want to take and apply the high-grade veneers for edge banding, opt for a reputed company for the edge banding. That would ensure good quality of wood veneer.