Composite wooden articles and a method of their manufacturing
AssigneePolymate, Ltd.
InventorsOleg Figovsky, Vladimir Teper
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing tiles from waste wood uses round crosscut wood slices, a binder, and a filler. The slices, all generally of a thickness, are placed on the flat bottom of a die within side walls. Adhesive is applied to the slices and the die is filled with a mixture of the binder and the filler. The die contents are hot pressed to achieve the required tile thickness. The tile is ejected from the die and then maintained at room temperature for not more than 72 hours. The face side of the tile is ground and the dimensions of the tile are brought within the required tolerances.
Claims11
A method of manufacturing a wooden ready tile from a wood off-cut component, a binder component and a filler component, the tile having a tile configuration, said method comprising the following steps:
- a) providing the wood off-cut component in the form of a plurality of crosscut slices, said slices being pre-cut from the wastes of wood processing industry, said slices having a substantially circular shape defined by a height h and by opposite first surfaces and parallel second surfaces,
- b) placing said slices within a die, said die including a flat bottom surrounded by side walls, a die configuration of the die mating the tile configuration of the ready tile, said slices being arranged on the bottom of the die so that said first surfaces face the flat bottom and define a face side of the ready tile and said opposite second surfaces protrude from the bottom,
- c) applying an adhesive to said slices,
- d) filling the die with a mixture of the binder component and the filler component,
- e) hot pressing the content of the die so as to achieve a required thickness H of the ready tile,
- f) ejecting the ready tile from the die,
- g) maintaining the ready tile at room temperature for not more than 72 hours, and
- h) grinding the face side of the ready tile and bringing overall dimensions thereof to required tolerances.
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