The fully fashioned master’s thesis within the frame of the master’s study at the Fakulty of mechanical engineering deals with subject woodworking tools. There are characteristics of wood and tool materials used for woodworking. There is an emphasis on milling cutter in each case of construction of selected woodworking tools. Whereas there is concrete proposal of milling cutter used for production of half round profile – half round concave cutter – at the end of the thesis.

Актуальность и выбор темы магистерской диссертации обусловлена экономическим кризисом в стране, ростом темпа инфляции, а также задачами, поставленными руководством, направленными на сохранение стабильного дохода бизнеса с положительным приростом. Основными ориентирами к исполнению согласно обозначенной цели являются: увеличение объемов продаж; наращивание темпов роста объемов производства. Целью исследования является разработка стратегии развития предприятия лесной отрасли в современных условиях. / The relevance and choice of the topic of the master's thesis is due to the economic crisis in the country, the growth of inflation, as well as the tasks set by the management aimed at maintaining a stable business income with a positive increase. The main guidelines for execution according to the designated goal are: increase in sales; increasing the rate of growth of production volumes. The aim of the study is to develop a strategy for the development of a forestry enterprise in modern Russian conditions.

The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that more than 2.3 million workers die yearly from work related accidents and diseases and this is probably an underestimation. Estimates indicate that occupational accidents are a serious problem in the world. The aim of this study is to investigate the nature and magnitude of health and safety challenges affecting workers in small-scale and informal woodworking enterprises and to develop guidelines for improvement. As a quantitative research, the exploratory-descriptive and contextual designs were used to conduct this research. Snowball sampling was used to collect data from all the 223 workers working in 88 small-scale and informal wood processing industries in Tiko, Mutengene, Buea, Ekona, and Muyuka areas from July 4th to 30th, 2016, using a structured interview and an inspection checklist. Data entry and cleaning was done using excel and exported to Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 20.0 for analyses. The findings revealed that a majority of the woodworkers were males, young and inexperienced, mainly trained through apprenticeship and worked for long hours. There was generally lack of knowledge and poor practices of occupational health and safety among respondents. The findings also showed a very high self-reported injury rate of 86.1% among woodworkers within the past 12 months which was significantly associated (P<0.05) with woodworkers’ age and practice of OHS. Major occupational injuries reported by the respondents include cut, sprain, backache, chronic joint, fracture of the upper and lower limbs and burns. The major sources of injuries included carelessness, insufficient use of PPE and fatigue caused by overworking. Further findings showed that most study sites did not comply with the Cameroon OHS Order No. 039/MTPS/IMT of 26 August 1984 as over half of the study’s workshops had narrow walkways with obstacle and were situated in dilapidated structures. Most workers were exposed to high vibration and noise, excessive heat and cold, hazardous chemicals and ergonomic hazards. The study thus recommends that effective measures be put in place to curb work-related injury rate by enhancing health and safety promotion programmes with emphasis on pre-employment OHS training for newly recruited workers, respect the 8 hours per day allocated for work, provide workers with suitable PPE, as well as other accompanying supplies such as appropriate fire extinguishers and first aids. / Health Studies / D. Litt. et Phil. (Health Studies)

Le Gabon, depuis 2010, a interdit l'exportation des grumes. À travers cette décision, les autorités prônent la valorisation du bois sur le territoire national avant son exportation. Ceci à poser la problématique des disponibilités de la main-d'œuvre formé dans les institutions de formation pour transformer ce bois sur le plan local. Les structures existent en nombre suffisant pour la deuxième transformation où les entreprises sont plus artisanales qu’industrielles et le nombre d’entreprises dans la fabrication industrielle est inexistant. Cela ouvre un grand champ pour questionner les possibilités d’adéquation : des formations, de l’efficacité de leur action de formation ou de l’engagement des acteurs(élèves, enseignants, formateurs en entreprises…) engagés dans ces formations. De fait nous sommes allées questionner les élèves pour identifier les réalités de satisfaction, d’apprentissage et d'adaptation afin de cerner les éléments qui leur permettent de se construire une identité professionnelle utile à leur adaptation à leur profession pour une meilleure adéquation. Les résultats de ce travail permettront d’avoir un regard critique sur les réelles attentes des jeunes qui s’orientent vers l’enseignement technique et la formation professionnelle au Gabon. Pour l’administration et l’industrie du bois, ce regard doit encourager des analyses concrètes sur les besoins en terme de réforme pour l’industrie et la formation afin d’identifier les facteurs d'efficacité à prendre en compte pour l'évaluation, l’optimisation des formations et des facteurs d'adaptation de la main-d’œuvre destinée au travail dans ce secteur actuellement. / Gabon, since 2010, has banned the export of logs. Through this decision, the government encourages the processing of wood in the country before it is exported. This to raise the issue of availability of trained manpower in training institutions to transform the wood locally. Structures exist in sufficient numbers for the second transformation where companies are more artisanal than industrial and the number of companies in the industrial manufacturing is non-existent. This opens a large field of possibilities to question the adequacy: training, the effectiveness of their training action or commitment of the actors (students, teachers, trainers companies) engaged in such training. In fact we went to ask the students to identify the realities of satisfaction, learning and adaptation in order to identify the elements that allow them to build useful professional identity in their adaptation to their profession for a better fit. The results of this thesis will take a critical look at the real expectations of young people are moving towards technical education and vocational training at Gabon. For the administration and the wood industry, this look must encourage practical analysis of the needs in term of reform for the industry and training to identify efficiency factors to be taken into account for the evaluation optimization training and adaptation of the workforce for work in this sector currently factors.

In my diploma thesis I deal with the issue of the working environment in the woodworking industry and the diversity of the associated risks, such as noise, dust, vibrations, chemicals, physical load and working position. This issue is current due to the rise of custom joinery. Demand also rises for the quality hard wood and its products, so part of my work deals with this issue as well. I find problematic the variability of the work environment related to measurable environmental parameters. The theoretical part will be based on literature and legislation related to this issue. The areas related to wood-processing operations will be detailed. This issue is handled mainly in relation to the hygiene of work and occupational medicine. Therefore the legislation and terminology, on which the practical part is based, devote a considerable part of the theoretical part. Three companies operating in Southern Bohemia were deliberately selected for research. The practical part is based on the measurement protocols of the individual working environment factors. I obtained the results using secondary analysis of data from measurement protocols of individual factors, professional literature, decrees, government regulations and laws. Two objectives and three research questions have been set for research. Objective 1: The work will identify risk factors for the work of woodworkers. Objective 2: The work will evaluate proposals for employers' precautions to protect the health of workers in individual woodworking plants. V1: Are there significant differences in the occurrence of risk factors in woodworking with regard to the way wood and its products are processed? V2: Are there significant differences in the precautions for the health protection in wood production according to the way of processing of wood and its products? V3: How does hardwood dust affect woodworking technology and health protection precautions? The first objective was chosen for the factual description of the working environment of individual companies, as the individual operations differ significantly from the occurring risk factors and their risk. The second objective was chosen with regard to the importance of properly chosen health protection precautions. Failure to comply with the employer's obligations linked to the protection of workers' health may result in serious and permanent damage to health. The importance of appropriately chosen precautions results from the final part of my work.

The increasing impact of mass production and consumption behaviours have made sustainable product design an important issue in design literature in the last two decades. Studies in the early period focussed on research projects carried out in collaboration with multinational large-sized enterprises, owing to pressures from non-governmental organizations. However, recent studies about sustainable development have pointed out that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) rather than multinationals have a greater share of manufacturing and employment in both industrialized and industrializing countries. Unfortunately, in spite of the important role of SMEs, there is inadequate data and literature relating sustainable design practices to these firms. A lack of information and collaboration, caused partially by communication problems, has resulted in an absence of proper sustainable product design tools for these companies. Furniture enterprises in Ankara are the focus of this study because of the impact of product design in market possibilities and the spread of employment of product designers in the sector. Attitudes of staff and consultants of furniture SMEs regarding barriers and opportunities of sustainable product design are explored, and contrasted with overlapping points of existing product development methods and strategies in the literature. This work is intended to contribute to improved understanding and application of sustainable product design among furniture sector SMEs. To this end, interviews were conducted with 16 furniture manufacturing enterprises from the furniture industry, based in Ankara region and 5 freelance furniture designers cooperating with these enterprises. According to the results of the study, furniture sector SMEs are interested more in economic opportunities of sustainable product design rather than environmental and social aspects. Furthermore, a lack of information about environmental issues is observed in micro and small-sized enterprises / to overcome this situation, it is recommended that training sessions are organized to bring together researchers and practitioners.

This document is an examination of the millwork industry in the nineteenth century and its influence upon the residential built environment. This study explores influences and results in relation to the development of millwork in the United States. The first is the technological divergence that developed between the United States and Europe, as America introduced different technologies to exploit the vast amounts of timber accessible to the New World. The second development occurred as the New World slowly developed a taste for the type of elaborate millwork previously associated with wealthy patrons. Low cost of materials and new technologies made more complicated wood finishes available to those of modest means. The third situation reflects the struggle between an elite class of architects and pattern book designers, who advocated restraint in design, and carpenter-builders and their clients, who wanted to display their talent or status through the use of a high level of ornamental millwork. / Department of Architecture

This thesis deals primary with design of a woodworking machine focused on woodworking technology by cutting – rip saw. The introduction to the work is get to acquainted with the material to be processed – wood, and also the search of associated machines with the same technology of workpiece processing. Next part is focused on the safety of machining on woodworking machines and the individual safety features that the machines must contain are also analyzed. From this survey, a saw model with all the necessary features is created. The conclusion of the thesis is devoted to the risk analysis of the proposed machinery and their reduction.

My thesis is aimed at the application of wire electical discharge machining technology in the production of woodworking tools. All of this in the conditions of Vydona company. There is a theory of machining method plus a well-aranged division of cutter tools for wood in the introduction. The practical part describes in detail the procedur of cutting shaped plate out of tungsten carbide. As a result of the technical and at the same time the economic evaluation is an establishment of hourly rate for machine.

This thesis deals with designing woodworking piece of machinery for thicknessing technology, surfacing planer, cutting and mortising, which are combined by changeable adapters. Thesis cointains a survey of selected woodworking machinery and technologies. It also provides an overview of safety rules for manipulation with woodworking machines and also safety features the machinery must comprise. The technical evaluation is included.