Birch
bark product obtained after a layering process comprising the steps: (a) providing a birch
cane bark, preferably as flat-pressed birch
cane bark; b) optional pre-sorting and / or pre-formatting of said birch bark; c) brushing off the predominantly white side of the birch bark; d) formatting the birch bark obtained after step c) to a uniform width and / or length, preferably in the range of 30 to 70 cm, more preferably in the range of 40 to 60 cm width, even more preferably to a width of 50 cm, in order to obtain one or more bark panels; e) optionally sorting the bark panels after step d) to obtain a randomised or a specifically selected slice pattern according to bark quality, bark thickness, colour and / or pattern; f) aligning and
cutting the bark panels according to step d) or e) to obtain uniform
layers of bark panels, preferably with a length of 140 to 160 cm and a width of 40 to 60 cm, more preferably with a length of 150 cm and a width of 50 cm; g)
coating each layer of bark board according to step f) with an
epoxy resin, preferably an
epoxy resin with an open time of about 1 to 3 hours, preferably about 2 hours, preferably such a one-sided
coating of each layer of bark board according to step f); h) followed by curing the bark panels according to step g) so that the
Shore hardness of the
epoxy resin is approximately equal to the
Shore hardness of the bark panels, preferably both
Shore hardnesses are in the range of 55 to 65 A, more preferably about 60 A, even more preferably 60 A; i) transferring the coated bark panels after steps g) and h) into a device for gluing and pressing layer by layer, preferably about 10 to 15
layers per gluing and pressing step, and wherein the device comprises a wood-based material board, preferably comprising a knot-free
solid wood or a medium-density
fiberboard (MDF); j) followed by pressing the bark panel
layers according to step i) with a pressing pressure in the range of 270 to 290 bar, preferably 275 to 285 bar, more preferably about 280 bar, even more preferably 280 bar, calculated on an area of 150 cm length and 50 cm width; k) curing the pressed bark panels after step j) for at least 18 hours, preferably at least 24 hours, more preferably at least 48 hours, followed by opening the bonding and pressing device for a further build-up of layers of the pressed bark panels; I) Repeating steps a) to k) until a minimum number of 100 glued and pressed bark panels is obtained, preferably at least 120 glued and pressed bark panels, more preferably at least 140 glued and pressed bark panels, in order to obtain a bark block.