The Utilization of Rattan Slice Industrial Waste as Rattan Fiber Ropes and Its Application in Furniture Design

doi:10.7176/ads/98-03

Abstract

Rattan processing in the handicraft and furniture industry generates an abundant amount of residual production waste. One of the stages causing lots of waste is the splitting stage. For this reason, this study aims to expose a process of how the rattan waste from the splitting stage into rattan fiber ropes. The research was conducted using an applied research method, in which the rattan fiber ropes are applied into furniture products. The research was carried out through several stages including: preparing, soaking, washing, pressing, drying, twisting and testing the ropes on some application in furniture design.Soaking process is to make the rattan slices softer, before being pressed to break the bonds between the fibers to make them more flexible. Efforts to produce rattan fiber rope are carried out by twisting and intertwining. The product result, rattan fiber rope, is a semi-finished alternative material for the handicraft and furniture industry. The utilization of rattan fiber ropes is for environmentally friendly furniture designs, through the implementation of stacking system to overcome any hindrance including high transportation cost (fried ocean) for rattan industry players. Keywords: rattan, waste, design, furniture. DOI: 10.7176/ADS/98-03 Publication date: January 31 st 2022

Highlights

Rattan is the most important non-timber forest product commodity for industrial purposes
B) The rattan slices are soaked in water. c) Pressing to release the rattan fiber bonds to make it more flexible, and to squeeze out the water contained in the rattan slices. d) Drying. e) Twisting the rattan slices which is followed by intertwining process. f) Designing furniture to utilize rattan fiber rope. g) Prototype making
Utilization by optimizing rattan fiber for rope making, is still very minimal. This is because rattan as a non-timber forest product commodity is oriented towards rattan stems, rattan skin, and rattan core

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Rattan is the most important non-timber forest product commodity for industrial purposes. Splitting is one of the stages of the production process in the rattan industry which generates the most waste (Januminro, CFM, n.d.) This process is to produce semi-finished materials in the form of rattan skin split, rattan split and rattan core (fitrit). Sumber Rejeki, Sukoharjo, Central Java Indonesia, a company that processes rattan raw materials into semi-finished materials such as: rattan split and rattan cores, each day produces 100-150 kg of rattan slice waste. This abundant amount of waste, needs some efficiency efforts in its management or utilization, for instance, by using them as rattan fiber ropes

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