Engineered Wood Products

Basics

• Any form of wood composite, which uses cellulose, or larger wood particles and an adhesive (along with other agents if desired) to make a new product
• Has consistent properties due to this (natural variation / "grain" is removed)
• Main (relevant) ones are:
  • Low-Density Fiberboard (also known as chipboard)
    • Oriented Strand Board (a similar concept using thinner shavings)
  • Medium-Density Fiberboard
  • High-Density Fiberboard
  • Masonite
• Also there are more paperlike materials that can technically be used as structual, or in Sandwich Panels
• Paperboard
  • Containerboard (specific type used for Corrugated Fiberboard )
• Main benefit is using paper recycling, wood chips, and other waste to make useful materials
• Need to look into using rayon as the fiber source (would allow for "upgrading" or chopped up lesser quality fibers, into long continous, high quality fibers)
• Also need to look into using biologically sourced Binding Agents (thinking lignin, that one bacterial adhesive from that water bacteria (a "superadhesive"), or something else from a bioreactor/digester)

Internal Links

• Engineered Bamboo Products
• Compressed Lignocellulose Panel - Patent
• Pulp Compression Molding
• Paper Recycling

External Links

• The Wikipedia Page on Engineered Wood Products