Rahim Kazemi; Farshid Faraji; Hedayatollah Aminian; Vahid Vaziri
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In this research, the effect of adding waste tire particles on physical and mechanical properties of oriented strand boards (OSB) produced from poplar wood strands was investigated. Constant factors of this research are: Poplar wood strands (Populus deltoides), phenol formaldehyde resin ...
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In this research, the effect of adding waste tire particles on physical and mechanical properties of oriented strand boards (OSB) produced from poplar wood strands was investigated. Constant factors of this research are: Poplar wood strands (Populus deltoides), phenol formaldehyde resin (8 percent for the strands and 10 percent for waste tire on dry weight basis), three layer OSB (25 percent on either top and bottom layers and 50 percent core layer), boards with a thickness of 16 mm, dimensions of 40×40 cm with a nominal density of 0.75 g/cm3.Variable factors are: mixing ratio of waste tire particles to poplar strands at the four levels of 0:100, 5:95, 10:90, 15:85 and particle size of waste tire in three different sizes of 8, 18 and 45 mesh. The physical and mechanical properties of the boards were measured as defined in relevant European standards test methods EN 300. The results showed that changes in the amount and size of waste tire particles have a significant effect on the physical and mechanical properties of OSB panels. Increasing the ratio of waste tire particles decreased the mechanical properties and inversely improved the thickness swelling of the panels. The minimum value of mechanical strength was observed in panels made of 15% waste tire particles and 45 mesh particles. In general, OSB containing waste tire particles can meet the requirements of the EN 300 standard.
Composite wood products
Abbas Tamjidi; Mohamad Mehdi Faezipour; Habibollah Khademi Eslam; Ghanbar Ebrahimi; Kazem DoosthoseinI
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DOR:98.1000/1735-0913.1398.34.140.66.1.9.1586 In this study, the possibility of three-layered oriented strand board production from hornbeam (Carpinus betulus L.) wood was evaluated. Two levels of press time (6 and 8 minutes) and three levels of press temperature (180˚C, 200˚C and 220˚C) were applied ...
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DOR:98.1000/1735-0913.1398.34.140.66.1.9.1586 In this study, the possibility of three-layered oriented strand board production from hornbeam (Carpinus betulus L.) wood was evaluated. Two levels of press time (6 and 8 minutes) and three levels of press temperature (180˚C, 200˚C and 220˚C) were applied and 12 mm thick laboratory boards were made from hornbeam wood. The strands on the surface layers were aligned in the long direction of the board and the middle layer strands are cross aligned to the surface layers. In all treatments, board targeted density of 0/7 g/cm3 and mat moisture content of 7% and phenol-formaldehyde resin (PF) content of 7% based on the oven dry weight of the strands were kept constant. The mechanical and physical properties of the boards were measured as defined in relevant European standards test methods EN 300. The internal bound (IB) and thickness swelling (TS24) of boards were significantly improved as the press time increased from 6 to 8 minutes. The modulus of rupture (MOR) and internal bound (IB) and thickness swelling (TS24) were significantly improved as the press temperature increased from 180˚C to 220˚C. Overall results showed that the highest MOR and IB and the lowest TS24 were achieved at 8 minutes press time and 220˚C press temperature and all boards made from this mentioned conditions exceed the EN 300 standards for MOR, MOE, IB and TS24.
