Climate changes can be observed every day and they encourage legislators or executing entities to change the manner of managing post-production wood wastes (Bojar and Miedziński 2018). So far, wood processing factories have used by-products (obtained during the manipulation of the raw material) to convert it into the heat energy, mainly as fuel for dryers (Guzenda and Świgoń 1997). Sawmills processing round, raw material for general-purpose wood products show an average efficiency of the main material at 50 – 60% (Wieruszewski 2019), i.e. over the 1/3 of the raw material is considered as a waste. In other branches of the woodworking industry this material can find more economically justified application than using it just as a fuel. Thus, the aim of the research was to investigate the size of wood particles obtained during wood processing and the possibilities of using particles characterized by different sizes in particle board manufacturing process.
Keywords: wood particles, particle board manufacturing, mechanical properties
Authors
Radosław Mirski
Adrian Trociński
University of Life Science, Poznań, Poland
Jakub Kawalerczyk
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