InnoTLT

Innovative Tailored Laminated Timber - InnoTLT - is a research project within the Bioeconomy in the North program. The aim is to develop the key solid wood product CLT and create innovative solutions to make wooden structures competitive in the future.

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Innovation

InnoTLT has embarked on a journey to revolutionize the timber industry, passionately driving the development of cross-laminated timber (CLT) towards a breakthrough invention - Tailored Laminated Timber (TLT). Our project is based on a passionate commitment to harnessing innovation, ensuring the safety and delivering optimal technical performance of products, while promoting a robust circular economy.

Collaboration partners

The Department of Structural Mechanics at Lund University has extensive experience in studying the mechanical properties of various materials and components. The studies include properties of wood, paper, fiber and composite materials, as well as properties of adhesive joints and wood-based construction elements (glulam, cross-laminated timber).

KIT in wood construction and building structures focuses on promoting sustainable construction methods, improving building technologies and materials, and developing structural engineering solutions. They also work with digitalization, building regulations and interdisciplinary research to create safer and more efficient buildings.

Work packages

The aim is to develop innovative concepts for solid wood panels, i.e. Tailored Laminated Timber (TLT) panels. The main goal is to achieve better structural performance in terms of increased stiffness and load-bearing capacity.

TLT wall elements will be developed, analyzed and tested in WP2.

This work package deals with the innovative development of TLT panels to be used as flooring.

Tailor-made connection solutions must be developed for TLT elements that can be adapted to the different properties of the TLT elements.

Overview

Team

The team members come from Lund University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Omtre. The members work within structural mechanics, research and innovation, circular economy, architecture and design. This creates a diverse research group with complementary skills and viewpoints.

The core group has regular meetings and we also invite industry-leading companies to workshops.

Funding

InnoTLT is funded by the Research Council of Norway, Vinnova (Sweden) and Projektträger Jülich (Germany). The main objective of this call is to support excellent research and innovation through transnational collaboration leading to new products, technologies and strategies that contribute to the achievement of zero emission targets using wood-based biomass resources in the Northern Hemisphere. InnoTLT aims to innovate in engineered wood products in support of a circular bioeconomy.

Contact persons

For more information, contact Kristine Nore and Francisco Tienda.

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