Wood-Based Materials

Abstract

The article contains sections titled: 1 Introduction 2 Laminate Bonding 2.1 Laminated Structural Timber (Glulam) 2.1.1 Development 2.1.2 Construction and Production 2.1.2.1 Raw Materials 2.1.2.2 Adhesives 2.1.2.3 Production 2.1.3 Properties 2.1.4 Standards and Testing 2.1.5 Uses 2.2 Veneer and Plywood 2.2.1 Development 2.2.2 Production of Plywood Elements 2.2.3 Principal Types of Plywood 2.2.4 Adhesives and Additives 2.2.5 Production of Veneer Plywood 2.2.6 Properties 2.2.7 Testing and Standards 2.2.8 Uses 3 Engineered Wood Products 3.1 Development 3.2 Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL) 3.3 Parallel Strand Lumber (PSL) 3.4 Laminated Strand Lumber (LSL) 3.5 Oriented Strand Lumber (OSL) 3.6 Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) 3.7 Properties 3.8 Standards and Testing 3.9 Uses 4 Wood-Based Panels 4.1 Particleboard 4.1.1 Development 4.1.2 Types of Particleboard 4.1.3 Raw Materials 4.1.4 Adhesives and Additives 4.1.5 Production 4.1.1.1 Manufacture of Particles 4.1.1.2 Particle Drying 4.1.1.3 Screening and Sifting 4.1.1.4 Adhesive Application 4.1.1.5 Mat Forming 4.1.1.6 Press Process 4.1.1.7 Finishing 4.1.6 Properties 4.1.7 Standards and Testing 4.1.8 Uses 4.2 Oriented Strand Board (OSB) 4.2.1 Development 4.2.2 Raw Materials 4.2.3 Adhesives and Additives 4.2.4 Production 4.2.5 Properties 4.2.6 Standards and Testing 4.2.7 Uses 4.3 Fiberboard 4.3.1 Development 4.3.2 Types of Fiberboards 4.3.3 Raw Materials 4.3.4 Binders and Additives 4.3.5 Production Processes 4.3.6 Properties 4.3.7 Standards and Testing 4.3.8 Uses 5 Wood-Based Materials with Mineral Binders 5.1 Development 5.2 Cement-Bonded Boards 5.3 Gypsum-Bonded Boards 6 Wood–Polymer Composites (WPC) and Natural Fiber Composites (NFC) 6.1 Definition and Composition 6.2 Applications and Processing 6.3 Raw Materials 6.4 Properties 6.5 Standards and Testing 6.6 Uses 7 Coating with Sheets, Short-Cycle Films, and Decorative Laminates 7.1 General Chemistry of the Coating Materials 7.2 Coating with Foils 7.3 Decorative Films (Short-Cycle Films) 7.4 Decorative Laminates 7.5 Edge Coatings 7.6 Properties 7.7 Standards and Testing 7.8 Uses 8 Environmental Aspects 8.1 Emissions during Production of Wood-Based Materials 8.1.1 Wood Dust 8.1.2 Formation of Secondary Compounds during Drying and Production 8.1.3 Emission of Adhesives during Production 8.2 Emissions from Wood-based Materials in the Indoor Environment 8.2.1 Wood and Indoor Climate 8.2.2 Regulations and Guidelines for Indoor Air Quality 8.2.3 Very Volatile and Volatile Organic Compounds (VVOC and VOC) 8.2.4 Formaldehyde 8.2.5 Health Assessment of Emissions from Wood Products 9 Recycling of Wood-Based Materials 10 Economic Aspects