Summary: Particle board is widely used in cabinet manufacture, but normally people are only concerned about its cost and do not pay value to its own characteristic. So Casa Custom provides this article to show how the particle board works in the cabinet like the living room furniture.
1. What is particle board:
Solid wood particle board is made of wood or wood poles, logs broke, the use of fine wood fibers on both sides, the middle sandwich long wood fibers, after the application of adhesives in the heat and pressure under the action of gluing synthetic panels, panel finishes are usually melamine finish, its cross-section presents a honeycomb plate.
Solid wood particle board as a new, high-grade environmentally friendly base material is widely used by modern living room furniture sets in Europe and the United States, the domestic high-grade panel furniture market has also begun to use this type of board on a large scale.
1. Particle board’s advantages.
Solid wood particleboard is a type of particleboard. Solid wood particle board is the use of wood scraps for the material, the board within the wood fiber particles is larger, and retains the nature of natural wood. It is a new, environmentally friendly base material. Because it is a wood splice, it has a flat and delicate surface, no knots, insect eyes, and other defects, and good stability and uniformity.
Most of the domestic board furniture industry choose solid wood particle board (a kind of particle board) or medium fiber board (a kind of density board), in some board home, some substrate use solid wood particle board, some substrate use density board, then the solid wood particle board amount of advantages in which?
2.1 Strong decorative properties:
The surface of the particle board is flat and delicate, with no knots, insect eyes, no warping, no cracking, high physical and mechanical strength, equal longitudinal and transverse strength, sound insulation, mold resistance, economy, heat preservation, and other advantages. More decorative than other woods.
2.2 Less warping and deformation:
Solid wood particle boards have low warpage, good dimensional stability, high strength, and good stiffness and are not easily bent when hung with heavy clothing in a custom wardrobe closet. In the European furniture market, the wood-based panels used are also mainly solid wood particle boards.
2.3 Stronger nail grip
Solid wood particle boards have a crossed and staggered grain structure inside. This makes it possible to nail round nails and screws. These machinability properties are significantly better than those of MDF, but there is a gap in comparison to solid wood furniture.
2.4 Good processing properties
The density of solid wood particle boards is as usual greater than solid wood, physical and mechanical properties are excellent, in a variety of man-made boards closest to natural wood and better than natural wood. So the machine processing performance is excellent, available for processing natural firewood processing configuration and the elements to give processing. Solid wood particle board internal for cross staggered layout of the granular, particles are arranged in a certain direction, its longitudinal bending strength is much greater than the horizontal this remarkable feature and can be sawing, sand, planing, drilling, nailing, filing, and other processing, is a good material for the furniture industry, especially for bedroom with walk-in closet.
1. Disadvantages.
Glue is used in the process and is slightly less environmentally friendly than solid wood; the surface is not smooth; the flatness of solid wood particle board is not as good as density board and it is more difficult to make curves and shapes.
Environmental performance
The wood particle board is made of wood scraps, this essence determines its environmental friendliness and avoids second-hand waste of materials. In foreign countries, 70% of their cabinet substrates are made of solid wood particle board. Every earthling should contribute to the sustainable development of the world. As a rule, solid wood particle boards of E1 environmental standard have a low formaldehyde content and their environmental performance meets national standards.
2. Value for money analysis
1、The source of raw materials for plywood and joinery veneer will become more and more difficult, and the wardrobe cost and price will increase. With the increasing scarcity of natural forest resources and large-diameter wood to reduce the situation, the raw materials of the man-made board will be mainly by processing residues to rely on artificial fast-growing forests and the use of small-diameter wood. The development of solid wood particle boards is in line with this direction.
2, solid wood particle board basically retains the natural characteristics of wood, and has good physical and mechanical properties, OSB’s main feature is the longitudinal flexural strength the transverse flexural strength is much higher, so suitable for structural materials, which is incomparable with MDF and ordinary particle board.
3, solid wood particle board and plywood similar to have good mechanical properties, suitable for decoration structure materials. From the processing performance, processing quality, service life, and economic efficiency, solid wood particle board in furniture making and interior decoration is the ideal material.
4, the price of solid wood particle boards will be more competitive. The future of solid wood particle board raw material costs will be further reduced, and the price of the product will also be reduced, which is a considerable advantage for other panels.
In conclusion, Casa Custom’s suggestion is for the customers to choose the particle board for the bedroom wardrobe or for the living room like TV cabinets. With its decorative function and natural characteristics, it will be a much better performance compared to the kitchen or bathroom.