ABSTRACT
In this work, flakeboards made of flakes of pine wood (Pinus elliottii Engelm) with dimensions of 110, 75 and 40 mm long, 0,5 and 1,0 mm thick and 20 mm wide were manufactured. The particles were manually and randomly oriented into 50 x 50 cm mattress and pressed at 1800C for 10 minutes to a board thickness of 9,5 mm and density of 0,7 g/cm3. The adhesive used was 8% tannin-formaldehyde. The boards were tested in static bending, internal bond (IB), screw withdrawal, hardness, water absorption and thickness swelling. All tests were performed according to ASTM D1037 (1995). The bending properties (MOR and MOE) increased with increasing flake length and decreased with increasing flake thickness. Thickness swelling and screw withdrawal increased with flake thickness.
Key words:
flakeboard; tannin-formaldehyde; particle geometry