Specifications
Spruce log wood

Spruce log wod is long and short wood of the varietes spruce and fir. It is stripped, chipped and converted to pulp.

Specifications:

Quality

  1. Healthy, practically no red-striped wood (max 10% of delivery tolerated)
  2. Saw-cut at both ends
  3. Properly debranched (no branch stubs)
  4. Practically straight
  5. No forks
  6. Long logs: 2 - 6 meters
  7. Short logs: 1 meter (only in exceptional cases)
  8. Minimum diameter with bark 10 cm (max. 10 % of 8 cm and 9 cm collateral)
  9. Maximum diameter: 80 cm
  10. Free from metal and stone

TOLERANCE AND REJECTION LIMITS

For deviations from quality and dimension as defined by the Lenzing specifications for industrial coniferous wood wood the following regulations apply:

Red-striped wood

Tolerated up to 10%. Proportional deduction of EUR 15 per ton absolutely dry with bark for 10% and above.

Hard brown rot

No tolerance limit. Proportional deduction of EUR 15 per ton absolutely dry with bark. 80% and more, rejection of delivery.

Soft rot

Deduction as reject (ballast). 80% and more, rejection of delivery.

Deficient form

Forks, broken wood and branch stubs cause poor stripping, technical problems and loss. Tolerance limit 5%. 6% and above, deduction of EUR 15 per ton absolutely dry with bark.

Thinning material

Cannot be processed for technical reasons. Deduction as reject (ballast). 20% and more, rejection of delivery.

Non-specified wood

All varieties except spruce and fir. Any other varieties will be separated out and not paid for. 20% and more, rejection of delivery.

Manipulation logs

Logs exceeding a diameter of 80 cm require manipulation and splitting. Deduction of EUR 15 per ton absolutely dry with bark for sorting out and splitting.

This specification is based on

ÖST HHU, Holzübernahmerichtlinien des Kooperationsabkommen, FPP, February 1990 (Dok.Nr. FPHBA001), brochure "Industrieholz" by Koop. FPP, October 1998.