1091 results about "Wood fibre" patented technology

Advanced structural components comprising a foamed thermoplastic that can be used in virtually any application where wooden components have a use. Such structural components can comprise sized lumber, shaped trim, posts, beams or shaped structural members. An advanced profile composite structural component comprising an exterior capping layer with an interior comprising a foamed thermoplastic can be used in the assembly of fenestration units adapted to residential and commercial structures. Preferably the profile structural component can be used in a window or door assembly. The profile member is adapted for ease of construction of the fenestration units, can be easily installed in a rough opening to framing members, and can be trimmed and adjusted on site. The profile is structurally strong, thermally stable, shrink resistant and will accept and retain the insertion of fasteners such as staples, nails and screws permanently with substantial retention and little or no damage to the units. The profile structural components possess strength that permits the manufacture of a structurally sound fenestration unit from two or more foamed profile members or other conventional members.

Building panels with a thin and embossed surface layer and a sub layer between a surface layer and a core.

A wooden flooring strip having a wooden flooring strip, comprising a top surface and a base surface opposed to the top surface, the top surface and the base surface defining between them a predetermined thickness wood flooring material. The predetermined thickness wood flooring material includes a top surface zone adjacent the top surface and a base surface zone adjacent the base surface. The base surface zone has longitudinally-extending wood fibers which have been broken to an extent sufficient to relieve tension on the base surface and thereby increase the flexibility of the flooring strip for more closely adhering to a sub-floor. The top surface zone has longitudinally-extending wood fibers which have been broken to an extent sufficient to relieve tension on the top surface of the flooring strip and to equalize tension on the wood fibers adjacent both the top surface and base surface of the flooring strip.

A method for producing a wood-fiber board, which has a pattern on the top, in that glued wood fibers are scattered at least one layer to form a fiber cake, and the fiber cake is subsequently compressed under pressure and temperature to form a board of the desired thickness, is characterized in that the pattern is applied to the fiber cake before compression. An installation for producing a wood-fiber board with a scattering device, by means of which a fiber cake comprising at least one layer of wood fibers glued with resin is scattered, and a conveyor device, which conveys the fiber cake in a process direction to a pressing device in which the fiber cake is pressed to form a board of the desired thickness, is characterized in that a printing device is arranged above the conveyor device between the scattering device and the pressing device.

A wood fibre based panel with surfaces layer with lower parts which has less binders than the upper parts. Also, a method of manufacturing a building panel having a structured surface with a design that has colour variation in register with the structure obtained by a varying pressure distribution applied on the surface.

The invention provides a low density paperboard material for use in producing an insulated container, and is especially well-suited for making cups. The paperboard material comprises a paperboard web including wood fibers and expanded microspheres, and has a relatively low density ranging from about 6 to about 10 lb/3MSF/mil, a relatively high caliper ranging from about 24 to about 35 mil, and an internal bond strength of at least about 80×10⁻³ ft-lb_f preferably at least 100×10⁻³ ft-lb_f. For applications such as cups the material is also coated on one or both sides with a barrier coating, preferably low density polyethylene, to limit liquid penetration into the web. The low density paperboard material of the invention is convertible for manufacture of containers, particularly cups, and the surface of the low density board may have a Sheffield smoothness of 300 SU or greater.

The wood fiberboard of the present invention comprises wood fibers which have been subjected to an acetylation treatment and wood fibers which have not been subjected to an acetylation treatment bonded together by a binder resin, wherein the content of the wood fibers which have been subjected to an acetylation treatment is 35 to 90% by weight of the total amount of wood fibers which have been treated to an acetylation treatment and wood fibers which have not been subjected to an acetylation treatment.

The invention relates to a composition comprising a polymer and wood fiber composite that can be used in the form of a linear extrudate or thermoplastic pellet to manufacture structural members. The polymer and wood fiber composite structural members can be manufactured in an extrusion process or an injection molding process. The linear extrudate or pellet can have a cross-section of any arbitrary shape, or can be a regular geometric. The pellet can have a cross-section shape having a volume of at least about 12 mm3. Preferably the pellet is a right cylindrical pellet having a minimum radius of about 1.5 mm and a minimum length of 1 mm weighing at least 14 mg. The invention also relates to an environmentally sensitive recycle of waste streams. The polymer and wood fiber composite contains an intentional recycle of a waste stream comprising polymer flakes or particles or wood fiber. The waste stream can comprise, in addition to polymer such as polyvinyl chloride or wood fiber, adhesive, paint, preservative, or other chemical stream common in the wood-window or door manufacturing process, or mixtures thereof. The initial mixing step before extrusion of the composite material insures substantial mixing and melt contact between molten polymer and wood fiber. The extruded pellet comprises a consistent proportion of polymer, wood fiber and water. During the extrusion, water is removed intentionally to dry the material to a maximum water content of less than about 10 wt-% based on the pellet weight. To make a structural unit, the pellet is introduced into an extruder or injection molding apparatus wherein, under conditions of temperature and pressure, the composite pellet material is shaped into a useful cross-section. Alternatively, the extruded thermoplastic mass, in the form of an elongated linear extrudate without a pelletizing step, can be immediately directed after formation into an extruder or injection molding apparatus.

A process for producing a thermoformable fibre-plastics composite product comprising lignolcellulosic or natural fibres, particularly but not exclusively useful as an intermediate product in subsequent manufacture, comprises conveying the fibres in a dry or wet air stream and applying to the fibres a thermoplastic binding agent, and forming the fibres into a solid or semi-solid product such as a panel, which is thermoformable. In at least a preferred embodiment the process may be carried out in known plant for manufacture of medium density fibre board.

Floor board (1) comprising a wood fibre based core (6) such as HDF, a thin surface layer (5) such as wood veneer, and a sub layer (6a) between the surface layer (5) and the core (6). The sub layer (6a) comprises wood fibres (14) and an uncured binder (19) and is applied on the core (6) as a powder. The layers (5, 6a) are connected to the core (6) and embossed in register by heating and pressing, the uncured sub layer (6a) behaving similar to a paste or a liquid substance and creating a uniform counter pressure under the thin surface layer (5), thus providing an easier forming of deep and sharp embossing without damaging the surface layer (5).

Extruded synthetic wood structural material comprises at wood fiber, plastic, and a coloring agent. In its manufacture, finely divided wood fiber having an initial moisture content of 0.5% to 20%, and a coloring agent, are placed together and fed to a heated mixer. Water vapor is driven off. The plastic resin is added to the mixture, which is then forced through an extrusion die, cooled, and cut to length. The resulting extruded material is homogeneously colored, and has zero or very low water content. The extruded synthetic wood structural material comprises from 20% to 60% by weight of wood fiber content, from 20% to 60% by weight of plastic resin content, and from 0.5% to 5.0% by weight of coloring agent.

The invention relates to the field of environmental protection and discloses a soil conditioner, as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The soil conditioner comprises raw materials in parts by weight: 50 to 60 parts of wood fibers, 14 to 18 parts of biochar, 25 to 30 parts of humus, 3 to 6 parts of polysaccharide, 1 to 3 parts of seaweed essence, 0.001 to 0.005 part of Trichoderma and 0.001 to 0.005 part of nitrogen fixation bacteria. The invention also discloses a preparation method, the application and a using method of the soil conditioner, the soil conditioner has the advantages of improving soil physical and chemical properties and promoting the turf forming performance of plants, and the preparation and application methods are simple and convenient, so that the popularization and application are facilitated.

The invention belongs to the technical field of building materials, and particularly relates to an internal wall putty which comprises the following components in parts by weight: 150-300 parts of white cement, 500-900 parts of calcium carbonate powder, 10-50 parts of grey desert soil, 1-8 parts of cellulose ether, 7-30 parts of polymer latex powder, 1-10 parts of water repellent, 0.05-3 parts of starch ether and 0.5-7 parts of wood fiber. Compared with the prior art, the internal wall putty has the advantages that 107 glue water or 801 glue water is not used, thus formaldehyde is not contained, the environment is protected; and pregelatinized starch is not used, and the water repellent is added, thus the internal wall putty has the function of preventing water and moisture. In addition, with the white cement and the calcium carbonate powder as the strength basis and the grey desert soil as an auxiliary strength material, the strength of the internal wall putty is ensured; due to the synergistic effect of the cellulose ether and the starch ether, the water-retaining property and the application property of the internal wall putty are ensured; and because the polymer latex powder is added, the flexibility of the internal wall putty and the adhesion of the polymer latex powder and the wall are improved.

A method of manufacturing a building panel, including mixing wood fibre particles and a binder to form a first mix, applying the first mix, while the first mix is in powder form, on a core for forming a sub layer on the core, applying a surface layer on the sub layer, wherein the surface layer comprises a second mix of wood fibre particles and a binder, pressing the core, the surface layer, and the sub layer, under increased pressure and temperature, and forming them into a building panel. A building panel formed by the method.

The invention relates to the technical field of polymer processing, in particular to a wood plastic composite material and a preparation method thereof. The invention discloses the wood plastic composite material which is prepared from the following raw materials in weight percentage: 30 to 60 percent of wood fibre, 30 to 60 percent of waste plastics, 1 to 4 percent of stearic acid, 1 to 4 percent of industrial white oil, 1 to 3 percent of a coupling agent and 4 to 6 percent of a lubricant. The invention also discloses the method for preparing the wood plastic composite material and wood plastic products which are prepared from the wood plastic composite material. The wood plastic products produced by using the wood plastic composite material as a raw material are superior to similar products in the appearance quality and the physiochemical performance.

This invention provides a novel, rapid method and device for determining the relative phase retardation of a multi-layered specimen, which is related to the thicknesses of its layers and walls, and the orientations of its optical axes. An intact wood pulp fibre is a typical multi-layered birefringent specimen. This new method is based on the change of polarization of polarized light that passes through a specimen composed of birefringent layers with different optical axis orientations, such as directions of cellulosic microfibrils oriented differently in various layers of wood fibres. In particular, a novel solution is found to relate the emerging light intensity from an intact wood fibre to the incident light intensity, the wavelength of the light, and the relative phase retardations of various layers and orientations of their cellulosic microfibrils, such as fibril angle, in a circular polarized light system. This new method evaluates the transmitted light intensities of multiple predetermined wavelengths simultaneously to determine the optical and physical properties of a multi-layered specimen being measured. A device for determining the relative phase retardation (retardance) of fibre walls and the fibril angle of intact wood fibres in accordance with the presented invention comprises a light source with well defined multi-wavelengths, an achromatic circular polarized light system, appropriate imaging optics, a multi-channel camera such as a digital color camera that has two or more wavelength (color) detection channels, and an image processing and data analysis system. The measurements take advantage of the birefringence of cellulosic microfibrils, and thus require neither sample preparation nor high resolution optics. Specimen alignment is not required as specimens such as wood fibres are evaluated under circular polarized light. Compared with other methods, this invention is more rapid, accurate, and robust. This method can be automated, and implemented in a fibre flow-through system, thus allowing a rapid assessment of wood pulp fibre properties (on-line in real time).