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Study on the Producing Technology of the Original Structure Bamboo Composite Board Wooden Table
Chuan He#, Jiyuan Wang
School of Materials Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 10083, China Email: hechuan1112@foxmail.com

Abstract
The test is based on the production of the original bamboo structure composite board. Through design of wooden tables structure and in accordance with the principle of original bamboo structure composite board production, product the original bamboo structure composite board wooden table with the excellent original bamboo structure. Explore the production process of the original bamboo structural composite board wooden tables. Measure the physical and mechanical properties of the wooden table. Provide a theoretical basis for the application of the original bamboo structure composite board in the production of wooden tables. Keywords: Bamboo; Wooden Table; Composite Board

1. MATERIAL AND METHOD

Material. Pinewood, medium density fiberboard impregnated paper, polyethylene of vinyl acetate Equipment. Chopper, hand saw, planer, sliding table saws, pressing machine, roller brush, steel tape measure, calipers, feeler gauge, steel ruler, electronic scales, sandpaper, gas nail gun, the flatness of the detector. Method. Production process of the original bamboo structure composite board wooden tables: raw material drying (natural drying) bamboo segment processing assembly sizing (polyethylene of vinyl acetate) pressure (cold press) cutting edge table parts preparation structure design table assembly wooden table.

2. Process
Bamboo grading. Refer to Bambusa rigida and the original structure bamboo composite boards physical and mechanical performance. So choose a diameter of 30mm-40mm bamboo as the raw materials. And cut bamboo into segments which size is 300mm, 400mm, 500mm, 600mm, and 700mm. Drying. Place the bamboo under the open air to dry naturally. Natural drying needs a small investment that is an energy-saving method of drying. In the area of Beijing, its about two months the bamboo can be dried to equilibrium moisture content. Preparation of table parts. Wooden frame (520 30 26 2,1000 30 26 2)(mm), under wooden stretchers (500 50 20 2,960 50 20 2)(mm) and table legs (720 50 40 4)(mm) select pinewood. The cladding material (1000 580 32 2) (mm)and upper wooden stretchers (620 100 15 2,1000 100 15 2) (mm)select medium density fiberboard. Bamboo segment Preparation. Process the dried bamboo segments with chopper two. Split symmetry plane should to select bamboo segment through two vertical planes of the face the chopping. The complete symmetry plane Chopping planer bamboo paragraph one plane of symmetry as the reference plane, another plane of symmetry with the sliding table saw thickset processing. The assemble patterns and sizing. Firstly put one medium density fiberboard in the horizontal plane. According to curvature and length of each bamboo segments, arrange the wooden frame and bamboo segments seasonally in
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another plane, which can minimize the gaps between each rows of the bamboo segments. After the arrangement, put the glued bamboo segments on the fiberboard in the horizontal plane in order. When all the segments are put on the fiberboard, then glue another fiberboard and put the fiberboard on the top of the bamboo segments. The assemble patterns is shown in figure 1.

FIG. 1 ASSEMBLE PATTERNS

Cold pressing and trimming. According to the hot-pressing process of original structure bamboo composite board, the cold pressing pressure, time and temperature is 20 t, 12h, and 25 C separately. Cutting edges with sliding table saw after the cold pressing. The finished product is shown in Figure 2. Structural design. According to international standards GB/T 3326-1997 and reference to industry standard QB/T 2384-2010, design the original bamboo structure composite board wooden tables. Since the hollow structure of the original bamboo structural composite board, make the surrounded wooden frame of the composite board connect with fiberboard stretchers, fiberboard stretchers connect with the pinewood table legs. Based on the consideration of the overall stability of wooden tables, add pinewood stretchers around the leg of the table. Overall structural design, assembly and finished product are shown in Figure 3, 4, separately.

FIG.2 ORIGINAL BAMBOO STRUCTURE COMPOSITE BOARD

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FIG.3 STUCTURE AND ASSEMBLY OF THE ORIGINAL BAMBOO STRUCTRAL COMPOSITE BOARD WOODEN TABLE

FIG.4 THE ORIGINAL BAMBOO STRUCTRAL COMPOSITE BOARD WOODEN TABLE

Physical and mechanical properties testing. Reference to international standards GB/T 10357.7-1995, GB/T 33241995 and GB/T 10357.1-89, tests the physical and mechanical performance of the wooden table. Measurement items include: vertical and horizontal load stability, warp age, flatness, and adjacent side verticality foot to stability, the main dimensions, wood moisture content, vertical static load test, desktop sustained static load test, and table legs fall trial.

3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

Main dimensions. The length, width, height and diagonal of the wooden table was 1035mm, 618mm, 752mm, 1223mm, separately. Shown as table 2. Moisture content. Bamboo average moisture content was 12.2% and the average moisture content of the white pine was 9.2%. Shown as table 3. Flatness. The flatness was 0.05-0.15mm in the range of 0mm-150mm desktop, which was less than the requirements of the standard (0.20mm). Warping degree. Measured the overall flatness of the desktop with a feeler and the flatness was 0.6-1.2mm, which was less than the requirements of the standard (2mm). Shown as table 1. The adjacent side verticality. Measured two diagonal of the desktop and the difference was the adjacent sides vertical.
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Two diagonal sizes were respectively 1222.6mm and 1224.2mm and the difference of 1.6mm, which was less than the requirements of the standard. Shown as table 2.
TABLE 1 SHSPE AND POSITION TOLERANCES OF THE WOODEN TABLE
Item Warpage Flatness Adjacent sides verticality Foot to stationarity Allowed values 2.00 0.20 2.00 2.00 Measured values mm 1.20 0.15 1.60 0.80

TABLE 2 THE MAIN DIENSIONS OF THE WOODEN TABLE

Item Table length Table width Table height Table diagonal Spot 1 1035.4 619.2 751.6 1222.6 Spot 2 1035.0 618.5 751.4 1224.2 Spot 3 1034.7 618.0 752.0 1223.9 Spot 4 1035.8 619.4 751.9 1222.7 Averagemm 1035.2 618.8 751.7 1223.4

TABLE 3 WOOD MOISTURE CONTENT

Item Spot 1 Spot 2 Spot 3 Spot 4 Spot 5 Spot 6 Average Pine moisture content% 8.5 9.3 10.0 10.1 9.2 9.1 9.3 Bamboo moisture content% 13.2 12.6 11.2 13.6 13.0 11.1 12.4

TABLE 4 THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF THE WOODEN TABLE

Item Vertical load stability Vertical static load test Desktop continuous static load test Table leg drop test Values 500N 3.3mm 1.2mm 4.1mm Remark Load force when table legs off the ground Deflection value after loaded Deflection value before and after loaded Check table structure after the test

Foot ground stationarity. Measure the distance between table foot and the plane with a feeler. And the distance is 0.8mm. Shown as table 1. Vertical load stability. Put the table on a level surface. Apply a force of 600N vertically downward on the desktop away from the edge inward 50mm at the center of the most unstable table edge. Shown as table 4. Vertical static loading test. Apply a force of 800N on the desktop center vertically downward and applied 10 times repeatedly that maintains 10s each time. Measure the maximum deflection of the desktop at the end of the test. Deflection is 3.3mm. Shown as table 4. Desktop sustained static load test. Apply a force of 900N on the desktop seven days. Measure the deflection before loading and after loading 7 days. The deflection is 1.2mm and 4.1mm, separately. Shown as table 4. Table leg drop test. Raised any end of one table leg to a height of 200mm and made a free fall 10 times. Table leg drop test, desktop sustained static load test, vertical static load test and vertical load stability test, after the end of the test; check the overall structure of the table, according to the standard defects for assessment. The evaluation results were as follows: No parts broken or exclusions crack phenomenon; didnt have permanent loose solid parts; all components didnt
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appear seriously wear or deformation; no obvious loose hardware connector.

4. CONCLUSIONS
(1) Production process of the original bamboo structure composite board wooden tables: raw material drying (natural drying) bamboo segment processing assembly sizing (polyethylene of vinyl acetate) pressure (cold press) cutting edge table parts preparation structure design table assembly wooden table. (2) The size deviation of the original bamboo structure of wooden tables is small. The shape and position tolerances are in line with the standard requirements of the wooden table. The overall structural of wooden tables is stable and has good strength and affordability that can be used as a moderate load use.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The author would like to thank his teachers from and support of Beijing Forest University, School of Materials Science and Technology.

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AUTHORS
Chuan He, born in Beijing, China, 12th Nov, 1987. Studying in School of Materials Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, China, for master degree. The major field of research is wood processing equipment and the process automation. Jiyuan Wang, born in Beijing, China, 1th Mar, 1988. Studying in School of Materials Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, China, for master degree. The major field of research is furniture and interior decoration engineering.

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