Abstract

The plywood industries had been utilizing plantation timbers and other lesser known timbers for making plywood because of non-availability of conventional timbers. Melia dubia (malabar neem wood) has been identified as one of the fast growing species that would be suitable for plywood making and a study was carried out for determining its suitability for plywood manufacture. Investigations have shown that type-B surface veneers could be produced by peeling and the veneers could be dried without major degrades. Gluing and bonding properties have been studied and found that the panels made using urea formaldehyde and phenol formaldehyde adhesives meets the requirement of MR and BWR grade plywood as per relevant specification.

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