Abstract
Particle boards are widely used as furniture materials in the world. The particle boards on the market have a disadvantage that is when this materials contact with water, the mechanical properties decrease significantly. Material engineering is carried out by changing the particle board composition and other factors. One of the factors that influence the quality of particle board is wood sawdust mesh. Filler mesh combinations are carried out to obtain the best quality particle board. The result of experiment refers to SNI 03-2105-2006 for some mechanical properties, such as density, thickness swelling, hardness, bending strength, and impact toughness. The compositions of particle board in this research are 15% fibre of oil palm, 50% wood sawdust, 15% resin epoxy and 20% polyvinyl acetate (PVAc). Samples were carried out by cold press single punch method with pressure 30 bar. The result from this research known that the best mechanical properties of particle board on filler mesh combination M40-60-80, those are: density 0.95 g/cm3, thickness swelling 1.93%, hardness 29.30 N/mm2, bending strength 16.38 MPa, and impact toughness 3.38 kJ/m2. This value has exceeded the particle board on the market.
Highlights
Lebak and Pandeglang district is producer of palm oil in Banten, Indonesia
The combination of albizia chinensis wood sawdust mesh as filler will affect the mechanical properties of particle board
Filler used in this research is albizia chinensis wood sawdust
Summary
Lebak and Pandeglang district is producer of palm oil in Banten, Indonesia. These productions reach 25,249 tons. Various researches have been studied about potency of palm oil waste for particle board [1]–[3]. The effect of oil palm empty bunches fibre as particle board reinforcement has been studied. It is known that the 15% fibre volume fraction has the best mechanical properties as particle board [4]. The size of wood filler affects the quality of particle board. It is known that particle board with mesh 18 has better performance as stipulated in SNI 03-2105-2006 [6]. Fly ash with smaller particle size can improve its mechanical and electrical properties [7]. The combination of albizia chinensis wood sawdust mesh as filler will affect the mechanical properties of particle board. The characteristic of particle board with mesh combination will be discussed further in this paper
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