Optimum Design of Substitute Lumbers Molded from Fiber Waste

Author

Kikuno, Wataru ; Kimura, Teruo ; Hatta, Seiji ; Kadokura, Kenzo

Author_Institution

Kyoto Inst. of Technol.

fYear

2005

Firstpage

312

Lastpage

313

Abstract

The effects of length and diameter of binder fiber on the binding condition and also the bending properties of molded substitute lumber were discussed in this paper to construct the optimum design of the material processing of the substitute lumber from the fiber wastes. The PP fiber was used as a binder material and the length and the diameter were varied in the experiments. The melting behavior of PP fiber was observed minutely during the compression molding process. As a result, it is concluded that the higher strength can be obtained for the case where the fiber wastes are coated by PP resin along the fiber axis

Keywords

bending strength; compression moulding; fibre reinforced plastics; fibres; polymers; recycling; waste; bending property; binder fiber; binder material; binding condition; compression molding process; material process; melting; optimum design; polypropylene fiber waste; recycling; substitute lumbers; Assembly; Compression molding; Materials processing; Materials testing; Mechanical factors; Optical fiber testing; Raw materials; Resins; Scanning electron microscopy; Waste materials; bending property; binder fiber; fiber waste; melting behavior; optimum design; substitute lumber;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 2005. Eco Design 2005. Fourth International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0081-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECODIM.2005.1619235

Filename

1619235