Development And Properties Of Laminated Hybrid Biocomposites Of Bamboo And Palm Veneer For Furniture Components
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Date
2017-08
Authors
Surip, Siti Suhaily
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
Nowadays, the development of manufacturing bamboo has gained the world's
attention on the strength of the mechanical properties compared to those of wood so it
is now known as "organic steel." The main purpose of this study is to develop a
sustainable composite fabrication of veneer strips of bamboo and oil palm trunk
(OPT), which have high potential as an alternative material, can be commercialised
for future use in the furniture manufacturing industry. In this study, three types of
bamboo Species such as Dendrocalamus asper, Gigantochloa levis and Bambusa
vulgaris var.striata have been hybrid with OPT veneer with urea formaldehyde resin
to form a hybrid composite. Each hybrid composite structure is made in two different
forms, namely parallel and perpendicular with the thickness of 14 mm each and
conducted tests to determine the level of physical and mechanical strength. Next, do a
comparative analysis of mechanical tests that are appropriate to the level of furniture
products such as flexural strength, tensile, shear, compression, production of screws,
and hardness. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) was used to study the
morphology of the particles in hybrid composites. Mechanical properties such as
flexural, tensile, shear and weathering test of Dendrocalamus asper are arranged in
parallel indicate optimum strength. Gigantochloa levis only show the optimum level
of hardness and strength screws on the composition of production and compression
perpendicular to the parallel arrangement compared Bambusa vulgaris shows
optimum strength only on internal bonds arranged in parallel. Therefore,
Dendrocalamus asper was developed in the fabrication of hybrid composites to
produce a chair with regard to the natural characteristics of bamboo and it could be
considered as a strategic element in the design that cannot be obtained on normal
wood. Connection techniques of joinery to create Sato table multi-purpose design are
an example of new possibilities for using bamboo in mass production. Therefore, in
this study, Dendrocalamus asper species that hybrid with OPT veneer on the type of
parallel structure has demonstrated its suitability for making furniture component.
Tests on Sato table was conducted by Fitec (Furniture Industry Technology Centre) in
accordance with the international standards to identify levels of strength, stability and
security. The results of these tests confirm that the table Sato successfully passed all
the tests properly.
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Development of manufacturing bamboo , in the furniture manufacturing industry