Abstract
Powder adhesives and bicomponent fibres are widely used for composite manufacturing; mainly, they are used for glueing fibres during non-woven production. However, in the woodworking industry, they are rarely used. This study aims to investigate the possibility of powder adhesive and bicomponent fibres utilisation for gluing wood. For this purpose, epoxy-polyester powder adhesive and polyester (PES) bicomponent fibres were selected, and one-component moisture-curing polyurethane adhesive was used as a reference. The selected wood species were spruce, beech, oak and wenge. The differences between powder adhesive- and bicomponent fibre-glued wood joints were observed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDX). Mechanical properties of glued wood joints were characterised by tensile shear strength and modelled using finite element modelling (FEM). The adhesives were further characterised using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The wood joints produced by all combinations of selected wood species and adhesives were comprehensively characterised. The highest values of tensile shear strength were reached by powder epoxy-polyester adhesive (14.85 MPa), whereas joints bonded by bicomponent fibres (5.19 MPa) reached lower values than reference samples.
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