Improvement of composite wood properties made from wood waste chips

Producing composite wood such as particleboard is a great way to recycle wood waste produced from the industrial activities. Particleboard is widely used due to its low cost and controllable specification. Therefore, improving the properties of the particleboard is an important tas...

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Main Author: Wong,, Yiik Ching.
Format: Final Year Project Report
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS 2009
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spelling my.unimas.ir.65302024-03-07T08:24:09Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/6530/ Improvement of composite wood properties made from wood waste chips Wong,, Yiik Ching. TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Producing composite wood such as particleboard is a great way to recycle wood waste produced from the industrial activities. Particleboard is widely used due to its low cost and controllable specification. Therefore, improving the properties of the particleboard is an important task in order to extend the potential of particleboard for greater performance and more diversity of applications. The aim of this study is t o improve the mechanical and physical properties of particleboard by using surface coating. The surface coatings chosen for the project are polyurethane wood varnish, gloss paint, lacquer paint, and wood veneer. Surface coatings were used on the particlebo ard to achieve improvements on modulus of elasticity, modulus of rupture, moisture absorption and thickness swelling. Test results obtained were analyzed to determine the effectiveness of each surface coating to improve the particleboards. Result obtained from the tests showed that wood veneer could effectively improve the mechanical properties of the particleboard while polyurethane wood varnish was excellent in enhancing the physical properties of particleboard. Nevertheless, each surface coating has diff erent characteristics and properties which can improve the particleboard in its unique way. The data on the improvements achieved by each surface coating could become useful reference for manufacturers and users to select suitable coatings for particleboar ds with specific application. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS 2009 Final Year Project Report NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/6530/4/Yiik%20Ching%28fulltext%29.pdf Wong,, Yiik Ching. (2009) Improvement of composite wood properties made from wood waste chips. [Final Year Project Report] (Unpublished)
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topic TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
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TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Wong,, Yiik Ching.
Improvement of composite wood properties made from wood waste chips
description Producing composite wood such as particleboard is a great way to recycle wood waste produced from the industrial activities. Particleboard is widely used due to its low cost and controllable specification. Therefore, improving the properties of the particleboard is an important task in order to extend the potential of particleboard for greater performance and more diversity of applications. The aim of this study is t o improve the mechanical and physical properties of particleboard by using surface coating. The surface coatings chosen for the project are polyurethane wood varnish, gloss paint, lacquer paint, and wood veneer. Surface coatings were used on the particlebo ard to achieve improvements on modulus of elasticity, modulus of rupture, moisture absorption and thickness swelling. Test results obtained were analyzed to determine the effectiveness of each surface coating to improve the particleboards. Result obtained from the tests showed that wood veneer could effectively improve the mechanical properties of the particleboard while polyurethane wood varnish was excellent in enhancing the physical properties of particleboard. Nevertheless, each surface coating has diff erent characteristics and properties which can improve the particleboard in its unique way. The data on the improvements achieved by each surface coating could become useful reference for manufacturers and users to select suitable coatings for particleboar ds with specific application.
format Final Year Project Report
author Wong,, Yiik Ching.
author_facet Wong,, Yiik Ching.
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title Improvement of composite wood properties made from wood waste chips
title_short Improvement of composite wood properties made from wood waste chips
title_full Improvement of composite wood properties made from wood waste chips
title_fullStr Improvement of composite wood properties made from wood waste chips
title_full_unstemmed Improvement of composite wood properties made from wood waste chips
title_sort improvement of composite wood properties made from wood waste chips
publisher Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS
publishDate 2009
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/6530/4/Yiik%20Ching%28fulltext%29.pdf
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