Particleboard from coir pith

Abstract

This study aimed to find out the feasibility of coir pith as a raw material for particleboard production. Considering particle size, an attempt was taken to produce resin bonded coir pith particleboard and binder-less coir pith particleboard as well. The physical and mechanical properties of the board were examined. The particleboard made from medium size particle showed the best performance in aspect of properties. The particleboards made with 16% Melamine Urea Formaldehyde (MUF) had better product quality than binder-less coir pith board. The MOR, MOE, TS and IB were respectively 24.65, 2398, 22.55 and 1.52 N/mm2. Coir pith board may be a sustainable, cheap and durable building and packaging materials and timber substitute.Bangladesh J. Sci. Ind. Res. 51(3), 239-245, 2016

Adhesive application on particleboard from natural fibers: A review

“…Also, the effect of particle size was analyzed and showed particleboards made using the medium size particle also gave the best performance for both binderless and MUF bonded boards. This indicated that coconut pith can be used for making binderless and adhesive bonded particleboard 50,52 …”

“…From the results, it was deduced that citric acid influences the physical and mechanical properties of particleboards from corn stalks. 49 Ahmed et al 50 used coconut pith derived from coconut husk to produce particleboard. Coconut pith is a product of coconut husk, it consists of 70 wt% of the husk and the fiber takes up 30%.…”

“…This indicated that coconut pith can be used for making binderless and adhesive bonded particleboard. 50,52 Sweet sorghum bagasse (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) was combined with citric acid for the manufacturing of particleboard, the effects of pre-drying treatment, and the citric acid content on the physical properties of the boards produced was analyzed by Kusumah et al 34 Sorghum bagasse is a natural lignocellulosic raw material and the citric acid utilized is a natural adhesive resulting in a product with free formaldehyde percentage. Wet sorghum bagasse particle already sprayed with adhesives were then dried at 80 C for 12 hours to obtain a moisture content of about 3%-14%, this was known a pre-drying.…”

“…Ahmed et al 50 used coconut pith derived from coconut husk to produce particleboard. Coconut pith is a product of coconut husk, it consists of 70 wt% of the husk and the fiber takes up 30% 51 .…”

The potential of using forest waste as a raw material in particleboard manufacturing

“…In order to meet rapidly increasing production and consumption demands, the use of different raw materials is inevitable. For this purpose, many lignocellulosic raw materials have been used for the production of particleboard, including vine stems (Yeniocak et al 2014), kenaf stem (Juliana et al 2014), waste tea leaves (Batiancela et al 2014), cotton stalk (Nazerian et al 2016), flax chips (Sam-Brew and Smith 2017), corn stalk (Guler et al 2016), sunflower stalk (Klimek et al 2016), coir pith (Ahmed et al 2016), poppy husk (Küçüktüvek et al 2017), rice husk and bamboo stalk (De Melo et al 2015), tobacco stalk (Acda and Cabangon 2013), rape straw (Dziurka et al 2015), banana skins (Papadopoulos 2018), palm branches (Amirou et al 2013), and reed stems (Kord et al 2015).…”