1. Properties of Oriented Strand Boards with External Layers made of Non-Strand Chips.
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Mirski, Radosław, Dziurka, Dorota, and Derkowski, Adam
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WOOD chips , *ORIENTED strand board , *PLANT mechanics , *WOOD chips industry , *FRACTIONS - Abstract
This study evaluated the possibility of producing oriented strand boards (OSB) from non-strand chips. Properties of the produced boards were compared with commercially available OSB/3. Research has shown that replacing the strand chips of external layers with smaller chips allowed for the manufacturing of OSB/3 using chips up to four times shorter than standard strand chips. Oriented strand board manufacturers should consider preparing a new standard and introducing the market to a new type of OSB with very good mechanical properties and made of selected strand chips comprising one of the fractions obtained during screening. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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