Selected properties of MDF and flakeboard overlaid with fiberglass mats

• Published in: Forest products journal Vol. 56; no. 11-12; pp. 142 - 146
• Main Author: Cai, Z
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Madison, WI Forest Products Society 01.11.2006
• Subjects: absorption; Applied sciences; Degradation and preservation; density; durability; Exact sciences and technology; face laminates; Feasibility studies; Fiberglass; flakeboards; Forest products industry; internal bond strength; laminated wood; Laminates; Manufacturing; mechanical properties; Mechanical woodworking and drying; medium density fiberboards; modulus of elasticity; modulus of rupture; physical properties; Polymer industry, paints, wood; Properties and testing; reinforced wood; reinforcement; Studies; Sustainable materials; swelling (materials); thickness swell; water; Wood; wood bonding; Wood composites; wood processing; Wood products; Wood. Paper. Non wovens; Softwood; Spermatophyta
• ISSN: 0015-7473; 2376-9637

Nonwoven fiberglass face laminates have long been applied to consolidated wood-based composites to improve their performance and serviceability. In this study, fiberglass mats with 50 percent resin binder were applied as face laminates to unconsolidated wood fiber or flake mats, then hot-pressed to make overlaid medium density fiberboard and flakeboard. Fiberglass reinforcement improved mechanical, surface quality, and water-resistance properties. Such improvement could make fiberglass reinforcement during composite processing very attractive for enhancing the properties and durability of mat-formed engineered wood composites. This approach also might contribute to the future development of exterior wood composite products.