A TOOL FOR EVALUATING THE QUALITY OF LAMINATED PARTICLEBOARD COUNTERTOP

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XIAOMEI LIU, Gorge Miller, Xiaodong(Alice) Wang, Hui Wan

ABSTRACT

To evaluate the quality of laminated particleboard, a typical type of laminate was used in laminating particleboard with operational parameters similar to industry operation. Pull-off tests using Elcometer 510 were conducted. In addition, panel vertical density profiles (VDP) and the pH of particleboard at different layers were tested. The results showed that the laminated panel bonded by polyvinyl acetate (PVA) glue had higher pull-off strength than that of the phenol formaldehyde (PF) glue within corresponding sanding thickness. Sanding off 0.0762 mm resulted in higher pull-off strength than sanding off 0.0254 mm. The laminates had the highest pull-off strength when the PB were sanded off 0.0762 mm and glued by PVA. This has provided a solution to improve lamination pull-of strength for industry.  The test results have also shown that the laminated panels produced in the manufactures have the potential to be improved. It also indicates that Elcometer 510 is a good tool to evaluate the particleboard lamination quality.

KEYWORDS

phenol formaldehyde resin; polyvinyl acetate glue;laminated particleboard; pull-off strength; Elcometer 510

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