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Manufacture of compressed wood fixed by phenolic resin impregnation through drilled holes

Journal of Wood Science volume 54, pages 100–106 (2008)Cite this article

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An aqueous solution of phenolic resin was impregnated through drilled holes in wood, and we manufactured compressed wood with the deformation fixed by the phenolic resin. The methods of impregnation used in this study were an in-liquid platen-pressing method and a vacuum treatment. The effect of the drilled holes on solution retention was examined. Moreover, the control of solution retention was examined under the application of compression drying. The impregnation of resin into the specimens without drilled holes was insufficient, and the deformation could not be fixed. On the other hand, sufficient impregnation was possible in the specimen with drilled holes, and the deformation fixation was observed. At the stage of compression when the solution was squeezed out of the specimen, the solution retention of each specimen was accurately controlled in the specimens with drilled holes. At the stage of compressive deformation and deformation fixation using a hot press, the specimens without drilled holes could not be processed normally because swelling occurred. However, swelling did not occur in the specimens with drilled holes.

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  1. Aichi Industrial Technology Institute, Nishishinwari, Hitotsugi-cho, Kariya, 448-0003, Japan

    Satoshi Fukuta & Fumihito Asada

  2. Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan

    Yasutoshi Sasaki

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Part of this report was presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of the Chubu Branch of the Japan Wood Research Society in Matsumoto, November 2006

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Fukuta, S., Asada, F. & Sasaki, Y. Manufacture of compressed wood fixed by phenolic resin impregnation through drilled holes. J Wood Sci 54, 100–106 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10086-007-0920-x

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