BIO-BASED BINDERS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING SAME

• Main Authors: Rosselli Del Turco, Jacopo, Venturini Del Greco, Giovanni, Van Veen, Arjen Harm
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 20.04.2023
• Subjects: ADHESIVE PROCESSES NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; ADHESIVES; CHEMISTRY; DYES; MANUFACTURE BY DRY PROCESSES OF ARTICLES, WITH OR WITHOUTORGANIC BINDING AGENTS, MADE FROM PARTICLES OR FIBRES CONSISTINGOF WOOD OR OTHER LIGNOCELLULOSIC OR LIKE ORGANIC MATERIAL; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL; NATURAL RESINS; NON-MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF ADHESIVE PROCESSES IN GENERAL; PAINTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; POLISHES; TRANSPORTING; USE OF MATERIALS AS ADHESIVES; WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL

The present invention concerns the field of binders suitable for wood panel manufacturing. In particular, the invention regards a composition of bio-binder comprising unrefined biological material and a reactive prepolymer. In a further aspect a method for producing bio-based binders is presented. In an even further aspect the present invention describes bio-based formaldehyde-free binders obtainable from the described methods and their uses. The invention further describes methods for gluing articles and products obtainable from the methods of the present invention.