General remarks.- Theory of compaction of bulk materials.- The practice of pellet making.
About the Author: Etele Csanády, CSc, PhD

Etele Csanády was born on 18.06.1955. He studied diploma engineer of wood industry at the University of Forestry and Wood Sciences in Sopron from 1974 to 1979. He worked as logistic chef by the GySEV Railway from 1979 to 1983. He was researcher at the Department Wood Machining and Transportation (Faculties Wood Industry, University of Forestry and Wood Sciences) from 1983 to 1986. He worked as assistant professor from 1986 to 1994. He finished his doctoral studies at the University of West Hungary Sopron and got the doctor degree with the classification "summa cum laude" in 1990 (Topic of thesis: Thermal load of woodcutting tools). He gained the title of candidate in the field technical and technological sciences of metal industry in 1994 (Topic of thesis: Thermal load of woodcutting tools). Etele acquired the title Ph.D. of technical and technological sciences in 1995 (Topic of thesis: Thermal load of woodcutting tools). He is the head of CNC laboratory, wood cutting laboratory from 1996. He was associate professor at the Institute of Machinery, University of West Hungary Sopron from 1994 to 2010. He made his habilitation in 2007. He is professor at the University of West Hungary Sopron from 2010. His main publications:

- Csanády E., Magoss E. (2012) Mechanics of Wood Machining Berlin; Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 200 p. (ISBN 364-229954-7)

- Csanády.E., Magoss E., Tolvaj László., (2015) Quality of Machined Wood surfaces . Berlin; Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 236p. (ISBN 978-3-319-22418-3)

- Csanády E., Kovács Zs., Magoss E., Ratnasingam J., (2019) Optimum Design and Manufacture of Wood Products. Berlin, Heilderberg: Springer Verlag, 464p. (ISBN 978-3-030-16687-8)

Zoltán Kocsis, PhD

Zoltán Kocsis was born on 08.11.1981. He studied diploma engineer of wood industry at the University of Forestry and Wood Sciences in Sopron from 2000 to 2005. He studied logistics at the Széchenyi István University, Gábor Baross Institute of Building and Transport, Department of Logistics and Forwarding from 2006 to 2008. He worked as lecturer at the Institute of Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Wood Engineering, University of West Hungary) from 2008 to 2011. He worked as assistant professor at the University of West Hungary, Faculty of Simonyi Károly from 2011 to 2017. He finished his doctoral studies at the University of West Hungary Sopron and got the doctor degree with the classification "summa cum laude" in 2015 (Topic of thesis: The compression rheology and energetics of wood particle sets at pelleting range). He works as associate professor at the University of Sopron, Faculty of Simonyi Károly, Institute of Woodworking Machinery in Sopron from 2017. His main publications: