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Welcome to the Centre for Advanced Wood Processing
The Centre for Advanced Wood Processing is Canada's national centre of excellence for education and research related to wood products processing and advanced wood products manufacturing. CAWP offers a wide range of training courses, continuing education programs, and industry services, conducts applied research, and assists industry to employ students to work on special projects by coordinating a cooperative education program.
This site contains information on all of CAWP's programs, as well as news items, articles, publications and resources useful to wood products manufacturers. Please check back often as content is updated frequently. Please see also the "About Us" and "Frequently Asked Questions" pages of this site.
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Announcements
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| Wood Building Tour to Germany - Thursday, October 29, 2009
CAWP is organising a short tour of technical facilities related to timber construction and energy-efficient housing in southern Germany, culminating in attendance of the International Wood Construction Conference in Garmisch Partenkirschen, Europe’s largest wood building event. The tour will be of interest to architects, designers, engineers, researchers and industry professionals working in the wood building/wood construction fields. Numbers are limited – if interested please contact cawp@cawp.ubc.ca . Click to view itinerary. read more ...
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| Dates announced for 2010 Management Training courses - Friday, October 16, 2009Course dates have now been set for the WMC Management Training Program for the first half of 2010 - for details click here
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| WPP students on technical tour to Italy - Wednesday, July 15, 2009Four lucky students in the UBC's B.SC. Wood Products Processing program and one professor recently returned from an all-expenses-paid one-week tour of Italian manufacturing facilities, courtesy of ACIMALL, the Italian Machinery Manufacturers' Association. The five spent July 6th to 12th in Milan, where they visited leading machinery manufacturers as well as several furniture and wood products makers, with a particular focus on advanced CNC technologies. ACIMALL ran a competition among the senior WPP students this spring to select the winning students. CAWP greatly appreciates the efforts and generosity of ACIMALL and the Italian Trade Commission in organising and hosting the trip.
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| UBC students create 3D "LearnCNC" tool - Thursday, June 18, 2009A student team based at CAWP and led by a student from UBC's B.Sc. Wood Products Processing program has created a software application that allows users to learn about CNC machining technology within a virtual 3D environment. The project was carried out with the financial support of BCcampus, a collaborative online learning initiative established to promote online and open learning in BC. The application is available as a free download from http://learncnc.org/
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Digital Design & Fabrication for Wood Products & Structures
On November 27th CAWP and BC Wood Specialties Group will host a half-day seminar for architects and designers to provide practical information on CAD/CAM software and computer-numerical control (CNC) fabrication machinery. These digital technologies are opening up a world of new design possibilities, and offer the potential to design and fabricate structural and aesthetic wood components with ever-improving precision and speed. However, to fully exploit such advantages the various design and fabrication steps must be planned as a holistic process that maximises the efficient flow of digital information. Designers must also have a solid understanding of the capabilities of the fabrication equipment that will be used. This seminar will illustrate how the use of 3D CAD/CAM software and CNC machinery impacts the design and manufacturing process, and will include demonstrations of the most important capabilities of various software programs and CNC equipment. It will also discuss common issues and pitfalls that designers and manufacturers experience, and how these can be mitigated.
For more information contact us at cawp@cawp.ubc.ca or click here.
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Product Development Assistance Services for Manufacturers
CAWP helps wood products manufacturers of all types and sizes to develop new products. We have a large team of technical specialists and an advanced 10,000 square-foot manufacturing lab that features the latest technologies, including three and five-axis CNC routers, a CNC beam processor, and UV-curing flat line finishing equipment. Our team can help manufacturers identify market opportunities, brainstorm and refine design concepts, model new products using advanced computer-aided-design programs, create and test protoypes, track production costs and recommend manufacturing solutions. For more information contact us at cawp@cawp.ubc.ca or click here.
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Management Training Certificate Program to launch January 2010
CAWP has created a new online management training program for the Wood Manufacturing Council. The program consists of 8 web-based modules on: Quality Management & Control; Sales & Marketing; Business Finance & Investment Evaluation; Production Planning; Human Resources & Safety; New Product Development; Factory Layout & Equipment Justification; and Supply Chain Management. Each affordable course module can be taken on a part-time basis over six weeks, and has been designed specifically for the wood products industry. The training courses make extensive use of case studies and industry examples. Participants can take modules one by one at their own pace - for more details view the Management Program web pages, contact cawp@cawp.ubc.ca or download the PDF.
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Certificate Program in Industrial Wood Finishing
The UBC Certificate in Industrial Wood Finishing is a part-time industry training program that takes place every year from January to April. The program consists of 100 hours of online learning from January to March followed by a 6-day practical session in Vancouver in late April. It is one of the most comprehensive courses on wood finishing currently available, and covers wood properties, sanding, coating types and application methods, guns and compressor systems, automated finishing, environmental compliance, safety, and quality testing. Previous participants have come from a variety of backgrounds including spray finishers, line supervisors, production managers, owners of small shops, coatings lab technicians, equipment sales reps, and manufacturing engineers. They have enrolled from across Canada, the United States, and overseas.
Click for more information
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UBC Certificate in Kiln Drying
CAWP offers a 150-hour modular course in kiln drying that currently represents the most comprehensive training program on the subject available anywhere in the world. Offered annually since 1998, the certificate course is relevant to both sawmills and value-added enterprises. Full course descriptions, are available at Continuing Education section.
To reserve your place contact us at cawp@cawp.ubc.ca
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