Wood testing methods Archives

18. March 2022

Wood inspection confirms suitability of wood as building material in avalanche protection

Student of the University of Applied Sciences Munich uses IML-RESI PowerDrill® with more than 450 measurements in his final thesis In the context of traffic safety, various wooden structures are used in…

25. March 2021

Tiny helping tools for timber pole and tree inspection: the new IML measuring gauge

IML (Instrumenta Mechanik Labor) has developed a measuring gauge with which you can measure four parameters at once.

19. February 2021

Restoration of the Vineum in Meersburg – How Holzbau Schmäh impresses with the IML PowerDrill®

20. July 2020

Feed force measurement – Simply know what nobody sees – Advantage through technology

High accuracy for hard wood and early wood decay The feed force is the force required by the drilling needle to penetrate the wood. Besides the drilling resistance it is the second…

21. May 2019

Engineering office Nieke about the IML PowerDrill® for the inspection of timber constructions and timber buildings

Since 2014 we have been using the IML-RESI PowerDrill® to measure drilling resistance in order to assess the condition and safety of wooden buildings and wooden constructions in houses. This enables us…

23. April 2019

Drilling resistance measuring device for the professional inspection of trees and wood

With a drilling resistance measuring device like the IML-RESI PowerDrill® the internal structure of trees and woods can be inspected in an uncomplicated and gentle way. Rotten spots as well as hollow spaces and other defects in the wood can be detected …

21. January 2017

Annual Ring Analysis

Identifying the growth characteristics of trees Annual Ring Analysis The growth behavior of trees provides important information about climatic circumstances and temporary or persistent changes of the environmental conditions. In order to…

21. January 2017

Bending and Compression Strength Measurement

Evaluating objectively the strength of wood Bending and compression strength measurement Just to make sure: With the Fractometer it is possible to determine the parameters of bending fracture strength and (depending…

21. January 2017

Sound Velocity Measurement

Modern technology, easy handling Sound Velocity Measurement The IML Micro Hammer measures the time it takes an impulse to travel through the tree. Due to the characteristic sound velocity of each tree…