Investigation on the Mechanical Characteristics of Sawdust and Chipwood Filled Epoxy

In furniture and paper industries, huge amount of wood flakes and wood flours in the form of chip wood and sawdust are always found as waste. This is known as nature fiber, a renewable source that available at low cost. This study is carried out on the three different size of fiber derived from the...

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Main Authors: A. P., Puvanasvaran, Sulaiman, Hisham, Sued, Kamil
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description In furniture and paper industries, huge amount of wood flakes and wood flours in the form of chip wood and sawdust are always found as waste. This is known as nature fiber, a renewable source that available at low cost. This study is carried out on the three different size of fiber derived from the chip wood (CW) and sawdust (SW). The particle sizes for CW are based on the grid-opening of sieve that is 150 meshes, 100 meshes and 50 meshes. While sawdust manually shaker are segregated using standard sieve with grid-opening size of 1.0 mm ,0.5 mm and 0.3 mm for small. The SW and CW fiber are blended together with Epoxy respectively using hand tools machine, which is then open molding is employed to form a fiber composite and specimen (fiber composite) accordance to the ASTM standards. It is found that the strength of tensile value for rough size particle of sawdust (SW) is higher than the chip wood (CW). This shows the producing a good quality of SW and CW fibre composite which maybe can use for home furniture utilities.
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spelling utem-42932021-12-31T15:28:11Z http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/4293/ Investigation on the Mechanical Characteristics of Sawdust and Chipwood Filled Epoxy A. P., Puvanasvaran Sulaiman, Hisham Sued, Kamil TS Manufactures TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery In furniture and paper industries, huge amount of wood flakes and wood flours in the form of chip wood and sawdust are always found as waste. This is known as nature fiber, a renewable source that available at low cost. This study is carried out on the three different size of fiber derived from the chip wood (CW) and sawdust (SW). The particle sizes for CW are based on the grid-opening of sieve that is 150 meshes, 100 meshes and 50 meshes. While sawdust manually shaker are segregated using standard sieve with grid-opening size of 1.0 mm ,0.5 mm and 0.3 mm for small. The SW and CW fiber are blended together with Epoxy respectively using hand tools machine, which is then open molding is employed to form a fiber composite and specimen (fiber composite) accordance to the ASTM standards. It is found that the strength of tensile value for rough size particle of sawdust (SW) is higher than the chip wood (CW). This shows the producing a good quality of SW and CW fibre composite which maybe can use for home furniture utilities. Penerbit Utem 2011 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/4293/1/img-618161901-0001.pdf A. P., Puvanasvaran and Sulaiman, Hisham and Sued, Kamil (2011) Investigation on the Mechanical Characteristics of Sawdust and Chipwood Filled Epoxy. Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology, 3 (1). pp. 71-78. ISSN 2180-1053
spellingShingle TS Manufactures
TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
A. P., Puvanasvaran
Sulaiman, Hisham
Sued, Kamil
Investigation on the Mechanical Characteristics of Sawdust and Chipwood Filled Epoxy
title Investigation on the Mechanical Characteristics of Sawdust and Chipwood Filled Epoxy
title_full Investigation on the Mechanical Characteristics of Sawdust and Chipwood Filled Epoxy
title_fullStr Investigation on the Mechanical Characteristics of Sawdust and Chipwood Filled Epoxy
title_full_unstemmed Investigation on the Mechanical Characteristics of Sawdust and Chipwood Filled Epoxy
title_short Investigation on the Mechanical Characteristics of Sawdust and Chipwood Filled Epoxy
title_sort investigation on the mechanical characteristics of sawdust and chipwood filled epoxy
topic TS Manufactures
TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
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