RADIO FREQUENCY TREATMENT TO PHYTOSANITIZE WOOD PACKAGING MATERIALS USED IN INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING

摘要

A method for treating wood packaging materials using Radio Frequency heating includes the steps of heating wood packaging materials using RF heating and applying a pressure before the heating or incrementally applying a pressure during the heating until a temperature of the wood packaging materials reaches at least 60° C. and that temperature is maintained for at least 1 minute.