Oil palm trunk particles for particleboard manufacture
2010
Jamaludin K. | Zalifah M. | Nurrohana A. | Shaikh Abdul Karim Y. | Ahmad Fauzi O.
Currently, Malaysia has a total of 4.25 million hectares of area under oil palm. Besides palm oil, the industry generates massive quantities of oil palm trunks (OPT) estimated to be about 21.63 million cubic meters annually. If this massive amount of raw material can be utilized as raw material for particleboard manufacture, it could contribute to the Malaysian economy. Oil palm trunk obtained from MPOB, Bangi was flaked using a disc flaker into long strands. It was then reduced further into smaller particle size by passing through a dust extractor. The particles were then airdried for a week followed by screening and oven drying to a final moisture content of less than 5%. The oil palm trunk particles were then used in the manufacture of particleboard using phenol formaldehyde as binder. Increasing the resin content, increased the strength properties and improved the dimensional stability of theparticleboard. Larger particle size used did not affect the mechanical properties of the boards, however, the dimensional stability of the board was improved. Therefore, the oil palm trunk particles can be used as a raw material in the manufacture ofparticleboard.
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