Propriétés des merrains affinés dans une solution d'enzymes naturels et destinés à la tonnellerie

Overview & Synopsis

Properties of shooks ageing by a treatment in a solution of natural enzymes. A speeding up of the ageing of shooks is possible by a treatment with a solution of natural enzymes. However its repercussion on physical, mechanical characteristics of wood and on its absorption potential of an hydro-alcoholic solution must be tested. Normalized samples have been extracted from 150 shooks selected on a ring width criteria from three cooperages located on different supplying area in France. The three factors cooperage, ring width class and treatment are used for statistical analysis. The cooperage factor, reflection of the supply area of each of them, affect the young modulus and the modulus of rupture in static bending but not the other characteristics. The improvement of the wood properties is closely linked to the ring width increase of the samples. The enzymatic treatment has no significant effect on physical and mechanical characteristics of oak wood, except on the hardness and, to a lesser extent, on the absorption potential. Considering the absence of negative effect on characteristics of shooks and the positive contribution of enzymatic treatment on their ageing, this treatment could bring a very interesting economical alternative permitting to avoid long lasting storage of the shooks before assembly.