JP2023078469A - fiber board - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a method for producing a board (fiber board) that is hardly decayed even if the board is made from oil palm as a starting material.SOLUTION: A fiber board 10 of the invention is manufactured by preparing veneer 1C cut from oil palm material 1A so that vascular bundles 12 are oriented along the surface and the back surface, and scraping parenchyma cells 13 filled in a gap between vascular bundles 12, 12 from the veneer 1C so that a through-hole 15 is formed by the gap between the vascular bundles 12 in a thickness direction T of the veneer 1C while maintaining the board state of the veneer 1C.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

The present invention relates to a fiber board and a method for manufacturing the same.

Conventionally, palm oil has been widely used as a vegetable edible oil, and is collected from the pulp of flower clusters of oil palms (oil palms). Since the amount of palm oil that can be extracted from one oil palm decreases after about 20 years have passed since planting, oil palms whose extraction amount has decreased are felled. The harvested oil palm stem contains parenchyma cells, which contain more starch and sugar than other plants. Therefore, if the trunks of the cut oil palms are left as they are, they are likely to rot and to be damaged by insects, so the trunks of the oil palms are sometimes incinerated.

In view of these points, techniques for utilizing the felled oil palms are being studied. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a step of forming a laminate by laminating plate-shaped oil palm materials, and pressing the laminate from a direction perpendicular to the laminate surface while heating the laminate at a predetermined temperature. A technique for joining oil palm materials is disclosed.

International Publication No. 2017/010005

According to the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, since the oil palm material is heat-treated in the production process, the starch and sugar contained in the parenchyma cells can be transformed into non-perishable components. However, if this heat treatment is insufficient, the parenchyma cells may remain inside the oil palm material while containing starch and sugar. As a result, due to the remaining parenchyma cells, the oil palm material It is assumed that a certain board will rot.

The present invention has been made in view of such points, and the object thereof is to provide a board (fiber board) that is difficult to rot and easy to manage even if it is a board made from oil palm as a starting material. It is to provide a manufacturing method thereof.

In view of the above problems, the inventor conducted extensive studies and found that the veneer cut out from the oil palm material is composed of vascular bundles and parenchyma cells filled between the vascular bundles. It is possible to easily scrape out from the veneer and remove it from the veneer while maintaining the shape of the veneer (state of the board).

The present invention is based on such new findings by the inventors, and the fiber board according to the present invention is a veneer cut out from oil palm material so that the vascular bundles are oriented along the front and back surfaces. and between the single plate and the vascular bundle so that a through hole is formed by the gap between the vascular bundles in the thickness direction of the single plate while maintaining the board state of the single plate. and scraping out the packed parenchyma.

According to the present invention, in the scraping step, the parenchyma cells that are the cause of rotting of the board are removed from the veneer by scraping out the parenchyma cells filled between the vascular bundles from the veneer, thereby reducing the weight of the board. Corruption can be curbed.

In particular, in the present invention, in this scraping step, the portions where the parenchyma existed become gaps between the vascular bundles, and these gaps form through-holes in the thickness direction of the veneer (fiber board). This through-hole acts as a ventilation hole for ventilating the inside of the fiber board. Therefore, even if a few parenchyma cells remain inside the fiber board, the air permeability in the board is improved and the remaining parenchyma cells can be easily dried, thereby suppressing the decay of the board. can be done. Furthermore, with the improvement of air permeability, it is possible to suppress excessive moisture retention in the board, suppress the dimensional change of the board caused by moisture, and ensure the dimensional stability of the fiber board. . As a result, the fiber board can be easily stored and used as a material for secondary processing.

In this way, since the fiber board is manufactured from the oil palm material that has been judged to have low utility value and has been discarded, the disposal of the oil palm material can be suppressed and the CO ₂ generated at the time of disposal can be reduced. can be done.

Here, as long as the parenchyma cells can be scraped out, the parenchyma cells may be scraped out along the direction intersecting the direction in which the vascular bundles are oriented, and the scraping method is not particularly limited. However, as a more preferable aspect, in the scraping step, the parenchyma cells are scraped out along the direction in which the vascular bundles are oriented.

According to this aspect, the vascular bundle derived from the oil palm material has a twisted or bent nonlinear portion, and when the parenchyma cells are scraped out along the direction in which the vascular bundle is oriented (orientation direction), Parenchyma cells between straight portions of the vascular bundle along the direction of orientation are likely to be scraped out. As a result, it is possible to obtain a fiber board having a structure in which the vascular bundles are connected to each other at the bent non-linear portions of the vascular bundles. Such a fiber board hardly expands and contracts in the orientation direction of the vascular bundles, but elastically expands and contracts in the direction perpendicular to the orientation direction, increasing flexibility. In particular, the entanglement of the vascular bundles is a natural entanglement according to the growth of the vascular bundles during the growth stage of the oil palm. Loads exceeding this can cause the fiberboard to split along the direction of orientation.

Here, in the scraping step, the parenchyma cells may be scraped out in a wet environment while applying a liquid such as water, or after the veneer is immersed in the liquid, as long as the parenchyma cells can be scraped out from the veneer. For example, the environment for scraping is not particularly limited. However, as a more preferable aspect, in the scraping step, the parenchyma cells are scraped out in a dry environment.

According to this aspect, by scraping out the parenchyma cells in a dry environment, the scraped parenchyma cells become powdery, which makes it easy to collect the parenchyma cells. In addition, adhesion of the parenchyma to scraping devices and fiberboards can be suppressed. In particular, when the prepared veneer is dried, such an effect can be further expected.

A laminated board may be produced by laminating the fiber boards produced in this way. In this method for producing a laminated board, the fiber boards are preferably laminated such that the vascular bundles of adjacent fiber boards are oriented in different directions.

According to this aspect, in the manufactured laminated board, the vascular bundles of adjacent fiber boards are oriented in different directions, so that the strength of the laminated board in the direction intersecting the orientation direction of the vascular bundles can be increased.

Here, the fiber board manufactured by the manufacturing method described above or the laminated board manufactured by the manufacturing method described above may be impregnated with another material to manufacture a composite board. In a more preferred embodiment, the fiber board manufactured by the above-described manufacturing method or the laminated board manufactured by the above-described manufacturing method is impregnated with a resin material, and then the resin material is cured to manufacture a composite board. do. Since the composite board manufactured by this manufacturing method is a resin board fiber-reinforced with vascular bundles, it is possible to reduce the weight and improve the strength of the board.

When the resin material to be impregnated is a thermosetting resin, the fiber board or laminated board is impregnated with the uncured thermosetting resin, and then cured by heating to form a composite board. may Alternatively, a fiber board or laminated board may be impregnated with an uncured thermosetting resin while being hot-pressed, and then cured to form a composite board. On the other hand, when the resin material to be impregnated is a thermoplastic resin, the thermoplastic resin is softened by heating and impregnated into the fiber board or laminated board, and then cooled to harden to form a composite board. It can be molded.

In another preferred embodiment, the fiber board manufactured by the above-described manufacturing method or the laminated board manufactured by the above-described manufacturing method is impregnated with a slurry containing inorganic material powder, and then the slurry is cured. , may produce a composite board. The composite board manufactured by this manufacturing method has vascular bundles oriented inside the composite board. Therefore, even if an impact load is applied to the composite board and a crack or the like occurs, the composite board can be prevented from breaking due to the vascular bundle.

Also disclosed herein is a fiberboard invention. The fiber board according to the present invention is a fiber board in which vascular bundles of oil palm material are oriented in one direction, and through holes are formed in the thickness direction of the fiber board by the gaps between the vascular bundles. characterized by

According to the present invention, the through-holes formed in the thickness direction of the fiber board act as ventilation holes for ventilating the inside of the fiber board. For this reason, even if a small amount of parenchyma cells remain inside the fiber board, it can be easily dried, which not only suppresses rotting of the board but also prevents dimensional changes caused by moisture. can be suppressed, and the dimensional stability of the fiber board can be ensured. As a result, the fiber board can be easily stored and used as a material for secondary processing. Furthermore, the fiber board according to the present invention has higher flexibility than the oil palm material in the direction orthogonal to the direction in which the vascular bundles are oriented.

In this way, since it is a fiber board that uses the vascular bundles contained in oil palm materials that have been judged to have low utility value and have been discarded, the disposal of oil palm materials can be reduced and generated at the time of disposal. _CO2 can be reduced.

Here, in a state in which the vascular bundles are arranged so as to form a through-hole, the straight portions of the vascular bundles may be connected to each other with an adhesive or the like, but more preferably, the vascular bundles are twisted. Alternatively, it has a bent non-linear portion, and the vascular bundles are connected at the non-linear portion.

Since such a fiber board has a structure in which the vascular bundles are connected to each other at the twisted or bent non-linear portion of the vascular bundles, it is easy to elastically expand and contract in the direction orthogonal to the direction in which the vascular bundles are oriented. . On the other hand, the fiber board hardly expands and contracts in the direction in which the vascular bundles are oriented.

Furthermore, as a preferred embodiment, the fiber board is elastically stretchable in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the vascular bundles are oriented. In particular, it is more preferable that the fiber board has an elastic elongation rate in the range of 3% to 7% per unit length in the direction perpendicular to the direction in which the vascular bundles are oriented.

Such a fiber board is elastically stretchable in a direction orthogonal to the direction in which the vascular bundles are oriented, but hardly stretches in the direction in which the vascular bundles are oriented. As a result, when an impact or the like acts on the fiber board in the tensile direction perpendicular to the direction in which the vascular bundle is oriented, the impact can be buffered. The elastic elongation rate changes depending on the cutting position of the veneer with respect to the oil palm material, the rod of the oil palm material, and the like. Here, if the elongation percentage is less than 3%, sufficient expansion and contraction cannot be obtained, and it is difficult to obtain a fiber bundle with an elongation percentage exceeding 7%.

Here, when the above-described fiber boards are laminated to form a laminated board, it is preferable that the laminated boards have different directions in which the vascular bundles of adjacent fiber boards are oriented. According to this aspect, since the vascular bundles of the adjacent fiber boards are oriented in different directions, the strength of the laminated board in the direction intersecting the orientation direction of the vascular bundles can be increased.

Furthermore, when the fiber board or laminated board described above is used as a composite board containing other materials, it is preferable that a resin material is disposed in the gaps between the vascular bundles in the fiber board or laminated board. A resin material may be filled in the gap between the . Since this composite board is a resin board reinforced with vascular bundles, it is possible to reduce the weight and improve the strength of the board.

As another preferable aspect, in the fiber board or laminated board, it is preferable that an inorganic material is arranged in the gaps between the vascular bundles. Since this composite board is a board in which the vascular bundles are oriented inside the inorganic board, even if an impact load acts on the composite board and causes cracks, etc., the composite board is prevented from being broken by the vascular bundles. can be done.

The fiber board manufactured by the manufacturing method of the present invention and the fiber board of the present invention are resistant to decay and easy to manage even if the board is made from oil palm as a starting material.

It is a flow figure for explaining a manufacturing method of a textiles board concerning an embodiment of the present invention. (a) is a schematic diagram for explaining the cutting process shown in FIG. (b) is a schematic perspective view of a veneer cut out in a cutting step. 1. It is a schematic diagram for demonstrating the scraping-out process shown in FIG. (a) is a schematic perspective view of a veneer (fiber board) after a scraping process. The left figure of (b) is a schematic enlarged cross-sectional view of the veneer orthogonal to the orientation direction of the vascular bundle before the scraping process. The right figure of (b) is a schematic enlarged cross-sectional view of a veneer (fiber board) orthogonal to the orientation direction of the vascular bundle after the scraping process. (c) is a schematic plan view of a vascular bundle taken out from a veneer. FIG. 2 is a view showing the first embodiment of the processing steps shown in FIG. 1, and is a view for explaining a step of manufacturing a laminated board from a fiber board; FIG. (a) to (c) are diagrams showing a second embodiment of the processing steps shown in FIG. 1, and are diagrams for explaining the steps of manufacturing a composite board in which a resin material is arranged from a fiber board. (a) to (c) are views showing a third embodiment of the processing steps shown in FIG. 1, and are views for explaining steps of manufacturing a composite board in which an inorganic material is arranged from a fiber board. (a) is a plane photograph of the veneer before the scraping process. (b) is a plan photograph of the veneer (fiber board) after the scraping process. (a) to (c) are photographs of the veneer magnified 20 times, 50 times, and 100 times, each left figure is a microscope photograph of the veneer before the scraping process, and each right figure is It is a microphotograph of the veneer (fiber board) after the scraping process. (a) is a plan perspective view of the veneer before and after the scraping process. The right and left figures of (b) are side photographs of the veneer in which the flexibility of the veneer before the scraping process was confirmed. The right and left diagrams of (c) are side photographs of veneers (fiber boards) after the scraping process corresponding to the right and left diagrams of (b), in which flexibility was confirmed.

A method for manufacturing a fiber board 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention and a fiber board 10 manufactured by this manufacturing method will also be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 8. FIG. Further, a method of manufacturing a laminated board and a composite board using the fiber board 10, and a laminated board and composite material manufactured by this manufacturing method will also be described with reference to FIGS. 5A to 5C. In this specification, the fiber board 10 includes not only a plate-like fiber structure but also a sheet-like fiber structure (fiber sheet).

1. Method for Manufacturing Fiber Board 10 In the method for manufacturing the fiber board 10 according to the present embodiment, the cutting step S1 to the scraping step S3 shown in FIG. 1 are performed.

1-1. About the Cutting Step S1 In the cutting step S1, as shown in FIG. 2(a), the oil palm is felled, and from the stem material (oil palm material) 1A from which the outer skin has been removed, a veneer 1B is obtained by peeling like a wig. break the ice. Specifically, while rotating the trunk material 1A of the oil palm, the cutting tool 60 of the rotary lace is brought into contact with the trunk material 1A in the circumferential direction. As a result, a continuous veneer 1B is cut out by peeling off the outer peripheral layer of the trunk material 1A. The cut single plate 1B is cut into single plates 1C of a desired size as shown in FIG. 2(b).

Since the veneer 1C thus obtained is lumbered along the tree trunk direction, the vascular bundles are oriented along the front and back surfaces of the veneer 1B. In particular, since the density of the vascular bundles differs from the outer peripheral side of the stem material 1A toward the core, the veneer 1C having a more uniform density of the vascular bundles can be obtained by cutting the veneer 1B by rotary lacing. can.

In this embodiment, the veneer is cut out by rotary lathe, but the veneer 1C may be cut out by a slicer, for example, and if the vascular bundles are oriented along the front and back sides of the veneer 1C, A method for cutting out the veneer 1C is not particularly limited.

Here, the thickness of the cut veneer 1C is preferably 3 to 5 mm, and more preferably 2 to 5 vascular bundles are present in the thickness direction of the veneer 1C. . As a result, substantially all parenchyma cells 13 can be scraped out from the veneer 1C while maintaining the board state of the veneer 1C in the scraping step S3, which will be described later, so that the through-holes 15 can be easily formed in the fiber board. .

1-2. About Drying Step S2 In the drying step S2, the veneer 1C is placed in a drying chamber and dried. Thereby, the moisture content of the single plate 1C can be lowered. Since the parenchyma cells constituting the veneer 1C contain more sugar and starch than other woods, the veneer 1C is stored for a long period of time without spoilage until the scraping step S3 described later is performed. be able to.

Furthermore, in order for the parenchyma cells to be powdered and removed from the veneer 1C in the later-described scraping step S3, the moisture content of the veneer 1C is kept within the range of 0% by mass to 15% by mass by the drying step S2. It is preferable to dry the veneer 1C so that it fits in the .

In this embodiment, the cutting step S1 and the drying step S2 are performed. may be prepared and the following scraping step S3 may be performed. Moreover, when the trunk material 1A is already dried, the drying step S2 may be omitted.

1-3. About scraping step S3 In the scraping step S3, the veneer 1C is kept in a board state, and the veneer 1C is removed so that the through holes 15 are formed by the gaps between the vascular bundles 13 in the thickness direction T of the veneer 1C. The parenchyma cells 13 filled between the vascular bundles 12 are scraped out (see FIGS. 3 and 4(b), right figures). In this embodiment, the brush rolls 61A, 61B and the single plate 1C are relatively moved while sandwiching the single plate 1C between a pair of brush rolls 61A, 61B in which metal wires are arranged radially in the circumferential direction.

As a result, the parenchyma cells 13 filled between the vascular bundles 12 from the veneer 1C can be easily scraped out from both the front and back sides of the veneer 1C with the wires of the brush rolls 61A and 61B. 3 and 4(a), the vascular bundles 12 appearing by scraping out the parenchyma cells 13 are shown as linear vascular bundles 12 for convenience of illustration, but the actual vascular bundles 12 will be described later. It has a shape as shown in FIG. 4(c).

Here, in the scraping step S3, the parenchyma cells 13 may be scraped out while applying a liquid such as water or under a wet environment after the veneer is immersed in the liquid. The scraping is performed in a dry environment. As a result, the scraped parenchyma cells 13 become powdery, so that the parenchyma cells 13 can be easily collected by, for example, a dust collector. Furthermore, it is possible to prevent the scraped out parenchyma cells 13 from adhering to the brush rolls 61A and 61B and the fiber board 10 . In particular, in the present embodiment, since the veneer 1C is dried in the drying step S2, such effects can be further expected.

Furthermore, if the parenchyma cells 13 can be scraped out from the veneer 1C, the rotating direction of the brush rolls 61A and 61B and the orientation direction D of the vascular bundles 12 of the veneer 1C may intersect. However, in this embodiment, as a preferred aspect, the rotation direction of the brush rolls 61A and 61B is made to coincide with the orientation direction D of the vascular bundles 12 of the veneer 1C. Thereby, the parenchyma cells 13 can be scraped out along the direction in which the vascular bundles 12 are oriented. The direction (orientation direction) D in which the vascular bundles 12 are oriented is the direction along the trunk of the trunk material 1A of the oil palm.

As shown in FIG. 4(c), the vascular bundle 12 derived from the oil palm, which is the trunk material 1A, has a straight straight portion 12a and a twisted or bent non-linear portion 12b. In this embodiment, since the parenchyma cells 13 are scraped out along the direction in which the vascular bundles 12 are oriented, the parenchyma cells 13 between the straight portions 12a, 12a of the vascular bundles 12 along the orientation direction D are easily scraped out. .

As a result, as will be described later, it is possible to obtain the fiber board 10 having a structure in which the vascular bundles 12, 12 are connected to each other at the bent non-linear portions 12b of the vascular bundles 12, 12. FIG. Such a fiber board 10 hardly expands and contracts in the orientation direction D of the vascular bundle 12, but elastically expands and contracts in the direction G orthogonal to the orientation direction D, increasing flexibility. In particular, the entanglement between the vascular bundles 12, 12 is a natural entanglement according to the growth of the vascular bundles 12, 12 during the growth stage of the oil palm. It has stable elastic deformation, and the fiber board 10 can be easily divided along the orientation direction D with a load exceeding this.

In this embodiment, the parenchyma cells 13 are scraped out from the veneer 1C by brushing with the brush rolls 61A and 61B. It may be removed from both sides of the veneer 1C or from each side.

Thus, in the scraping step S3, the obtained fiber board 10 is a fiber board 10 in which the vascular bundles 12 of the oil palm material are oriented in one direction (orientation direction D), as shown in FIG. be. As shown in the right diagram of FIG. 4(b), the fiber board 10 has a through hole 15 formed in the thickness direction T of the fiber board 10 by a gap between the vascular bundles 12, 12. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4(c), the vascular bundle 12 has a twisted or bent non-linear portion 12b, and the vascular bundles 12, 12 are connected at the non-linear portion 12b.

Furthermore, the fiber board 10 is elastically stretchable in a direction G perpendicular to the orientation direction D of the vascular bundle 12 . As is clear from experiments by the inventors described later, the fiber board 10 has an elastic elongation rate in the range of 3% to 7% per unit length in the direction G orthogonal to the orientation direction D of the vascular bundle 12. have

In this way, by scraping out the parenchyma cells 13 filled between the vascular bundles 12 from the veneer 1C, the parenchyma cells that cause the rotting of the board are removed from the veneer 1C, and the weight of the board is reduced. Corruption of the board 10 can be suppressed.

In particular, in the scraping step S3, the portion where the parenchyma cells 13 existed becomes a gap between the vascular bundles 12, 12, and this gap forms a through hole 15 in the thickness direction T of the fiber board 10. The through-holes 15 act as ventilation holes for ventilating the interior of the fiber board 10 . Therefore, even if a few parenchyma cells 13 remain inside the fiber board 10, the air permeability in the board is improved, and the remaining parenchyma cells can be easily dried, so that the board is prevented from decaying. can be suppressed. Furthermore, with the improvement of air permeability, it is possible to suppress excessive moisture retention in the board, suppress the dimensional change of the board caused by moisture, and ensure the dimensional stability of the fiber board 10. can. This makes it easy to store the fiber board 10 and to use it as a material for secondary processing.

The fiber board 10 has a structure in which the vascular bundles 12, 12 are connected to each other at the twisted or bent non-linear portion 12b of the vascular bundles 12, 12, so the fiber board 10 is elastic in the direction G orthogonal to the orientation direction of the vascular bundles 12. On the other hand, the fiber board 10 hardly stretches in the direction in which the vascular bundles 12 are oriented. As a result, when an impact or the like acts on the fiber board 10 in the tensile direction orthogonal to the direction in which the vascular bundle 12 is oriented, the impact can be buffered. Since the elastic elongation rate of the fiber board 10 is in the range of 3 to 7%, such effects can be exhibited more remarkably. If the elongation rate is less than 3%, sufficient expansion and contraction cannot be obtained, and it is considered difficult to obtain a fiber bundle having an elongation rate of more than 7%.

In this way, since the fiber board is manufactured from the oil palm material that has been judged to have low utility value and has been discarded, the disposal of the oil palm material can be suppressed and the CO ₂ generated at the time of disposal can be reduced. can be done.

1-4. Regarding processing step S4 In processing step S4, laminated board 10A or composite boards 10B and 10C are manufactured using fiber board 10 obtained in scraping step S3.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5A, a laminated board 10A is manufactured by laminating the fiber boards 10 . In the method of manufacturing the laminated board 10A, the fiber boards 10 are laminated such that the vascular bundles 12 of adjacent fiber boards 10 are oriented in different directions (preferably orthogonally). Although two fiber boards 10 are laminated in this embodiment, three or more fiber boards may be laminated.

When laminating the fiber boards 10, an adhesive is applied to at least one surface of the fiber boards 10, 10, and the fiber boards 10, 10 are joined in a laminated state via the adhesive. At the time of joining, the fiber boards 10, 10 may be hot-pressed. Examples of adhesives include phenolic resin adhesives, melamine resin adhesives, urea resin adhesives, isocyanate resin adhesives, and the like.

At this time, when composite boards 10B and 10C, which will be described later, are further manufactured from the laminated board 10A, do not block the through holes 15 of each fiber board with an adhesive in manufacturing the laminated board 10A (that is, the laminated board The fiber boards 10, 10 may be laminated and joined so that the through holes 15 communicate with both surfaces of 10A. This makes it easier to impregnate the laminated board 10A with the impregnating resin 8A or slurry 8B containing inorganic particles, which will be described later.

In the laminated board 10A manufactured in this manner, the vascular bundles 12, 12 of the adjacent fiber boards 10, 10 are oriented in different directions. The intensity of 10A can be increased.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 5B, after the fiber board 10 obtained in the scraping step S3 is impregnated with the resin material 16, the resin material 16 may be cured to manufacture the composite board 10B. Specifically, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5B(a), the fiber board 10 and the impregnating resin 8A made of sheet or board-shaped thermoplastic resin are placed on the base 65A of the thermocompressor 65. are placed and pressed by a heated pressing member 65B. Thereby, the impregnating resin 8A is softened, and the inside of the fiber board 10 can be impregnated with the resin of the impregnating resin 8A. Thereafter, the resin material 16 with which the fiber board 10 is impregnated is allowed to cool or forcedly cooled to harden the resin material 16 .

As a result, as shown in FIG. 5B(b), in the fiber board 10, a composite board 10B in which the resin material 16 is arranged in the gaps between the vascular bundles 12, 12 can be obtained. Here, as shown in FIG. 5B(c), a composite board 10B in which the gaps between the vascular bundles (specifically, the through holes 15) are filled with the resin material 16 may be used. A gap or the like may be provided in the .

A thermosetting resin may be used for the impregnation resin 8A (resin material 16). In this case, the resin material 16 impregnated by the pressing member 65B may be heated and cured while impregnating the fiber board with the impregnating resin 8A made of an uncured thermosetting resin. Alternatively, a heater (not shown) may be provided on the base 65A, and the impregnated resin may be cured while being heated by the base 65A while being pressed by the pressing member 65B.

In the present embodiment, the fiber board 10 is impregnated with the resin material 16 to produce the composite board 10B, but the laminated board 10A shown in FIG. 5A is impregnated with the resin material 16 in the same manner to produce the composite board. You may As a method for impregnating the resin material 16, the resin material 16 may be impregnated by injecting it into a mold, or by applying a softened resin.

The material is not particularly limited as long as the resin material 16 can be impregnated into the fiber board 10 or the laminated board 10A. Examples of the above thermoplastic resin include polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, polystyrene, polyurethane, ABS resin, acrylic resin, and the like. As the thermosetting resin, phenol resin, epoxy resin, melamine resin, polyurethane resin, or the like can be used. A foaming agent may be added to these resins to foam the resin material 16 during heating.

Since the composite board 10B thus obtained is a resin board reinforced with fibers by the vascular bundles 12, it is possible to reduce the weight and improve the strength of the board. In particular, if the through-holes 15 of the laminated fiber boards 10 and l0 communicate with each other and the communicating through-holes 15 are filled with the resin material 16, the fiber boards 10 and 10 are connected to each other through the resin material 16. Bonding strength can be increased.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 5C, after the fiber board 10 obtained in the scraping step S3 is impregnated with a slurry containing inorganic material powder, the slurry may be cured to produce a composite board 10C. Specifically, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5C(a), the fiber board 10 and the slurry 8B are placed on the lower mold 66A of the mold and pressed by the upper mold 66B of the mold 66. As shown in FIG. Thereby, the inside of the fiber board 10 can be impregnated with the slurry 8B. After that, the slurry 8B with which the fiber board 10 is impregnated is hardened by a hydration reaction or the like.

As a result, as shown in FIG. 5C(b), in the fiber board 10, a composite board 10C in which the inorganic material 17 is arranged in the gaps between the vascular bundles 12, 12 can be obtained. Here, as shown in FIG. 5C(c), a composite board 10C in which the gaps between the vascular bundles 12 (specifically, the through holes 15) are filled with an inorganic material may be used. A gap or the like may be provided in part.

When the inorganic material is gypsum, such a slurry 8B is, for example, a mixture of gypsum hemihydrate mainly composed of β-type gypsum hemihydrate (calcium sulfate hemihydrate, content of 90% or more). It is obtained by adding an appropriate amount (85% standard water mixture, optimal amount of water added to 100 parts by weight of gypsum is 85 parts by weight) and stirring the resulting suspension with a mixer. Then, the slurry 8B and the fiber board 10 are placed on the lower mold 66A and pressed by the upper mold 66B to impregnate the fiber board 10 with the slurry 8B. After that, the hemihydrate gypsum is hydrated by allowing it to stand still at room temperature, and after the hydration reaction is completed, the composite board 10C, which is a compact, is removed from the mold 66 and dried in a dryer at 40 to 50°C.

When the inorganic material 17 is cement, slurry 8B of cement such as Portland cement, blast furnace cement, silica cement, fly ash cement, etc. is prepared as the slurry 8B. Slurry 8B and fiber board 10 are placed on lower mold 66A and pressed by upper mold 66B in the same manner as described above, thereby impregnating fiber board 10 with slurry 8B. After that, the slurry 8B is hardened by a hydration reaction, and the composite board 10C, which is a compact, is removed from the mold 66 and dried.

The composite board 10C obtained in this manner is a board in which the vascular bundles are oriented inside the inorganic board. 12 can suppress breakage of the composite board 10C. If the through-holes 15 of the laminated fiber boards 10 and l0 communicate with each other and the inorganic material 17 is filled in the communicating through-holes 15, the bonding strength between the fiber boards 10 and 10 via the inorganic material 17 is increased. can increase

In the present embodiment, the composite board 10C is manufactured by impregnating the fiber board 10 with the inorganic material 17, but the laminated board 10A shown in FIG. 5A is impregnated with the slurry 8B in the same manner to manufacture the composite board. may

The inventor produced a fiber board according to the following procedure as an example of the present invention. First, as a veneer cut out from oil palm material, as shown in FIG. veneer was prepared. A plurality of stainless steel wires with a wire diameter of about 0.3 mm, a length of about 10 mm, and a wire interval of about 3 mm are erected on the surface at equal intervals using a metal brush, and the wires are pressed against the surface of the veneer. , Parenchyma cells were scraped from the veneer by reciprocating a metal brush along the orientation direction of the vascular bundles of the veneer. By performing this work on each side of the veneer, the fiber board shown in FIG. 6(b) was obtained. Even if the scraping process was performed, the vascular bundles were connected to each other at the non-linear portions of the vascular bundles, and the shape of the board could be maintained.

The veneer after the scraping process shown in the photographs of the trunk in FIGS. (Fiberboard) was confirmed to have gaps formed between vascular bundles due to the removal of parenchyma cells. It was also confirmed that through holes were formed in the veneer (fiber board) due to this gap. Furthermore, as is clear from the photograph on the right side of FIG. 7(c), it was found that the parenchyma cells were substantially removed from the single plate, and no damage was observed in the vascular bundles. Furthermore, it was found that the parenchyma cells of the palm veneer separated by the brushing treatment were dry powders with a uniform particle size of 100 µm or less and could be easily recovered.

Furthermore, the inventor conducted the following experiment. Specifically, as a veneer cut out from oil palm material, an air-dried veneer with a width (orientation direction of the vascular bundle) of 100 mm, a length (perpendicular to the orientation direction) of 300 mm, and a thickness of 5 mm was prepared (Fig. 8(a) above). A scraping step was performed in the same manner as described above (see the lower photograph of FIG. 8(a)).

As an evaluation method, the veneer before the scraping process (see FIG. 8(b)) and the veneer after the scraping process (see FIG. 8(c)) were lifted at the center in the length direction of the veneer. The bendability (flexibility) of was confirmed. As shown in FIGS. 8(b) and 8(c), the veneer (fiber board) after the scraping process has a smaller radius of curvature at the center than the veneer before the scraping process. 2 to 1/5 smaller. Therefore, it can be said that the flexibility is increased by performing the scraping process.

Furthermore, the inventor also conducted the following experiments. Specifically, as a veneer cut from oil palm material, a single sheet of width (orientation direction of the vascular bundle) 150 mm x length (perpendicular to the orientation direction) 150 mm x thickness 5 mm with an air dry density of 0.4 g / cm ³ Plates (4 plates No. 1 to No. 4) were prepared, and the scraping process was performed in the same manner as described above. A tensile load was applied to the veneer before and after the scraping process, with a distance between tensile test jigs of 50 mm and a tensile speed of 2 mm/min (in the direction orthogonal to the orientation direction). The elongation of the veneer at maximum stress was measured. The elongation rate is a value obtained by dividing the elongation (elongation from 50 mm) of the veneer under maximum stress by the length (50 mm) before elongation. The results are shown in Table 1 below.

As shown in Table 1, the fiber board can have an elastic elongation rate in the range of 3.6% to 6.2% per unit length in the direction orthogonal to the direction in which the vascular bundles are oriented. As can be seen, the elastic elongation of the obtained fiber board can be expected to be in the range of 3% to 7%.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various design modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention described in the scope of claims. It is possible to do
For example, the fiberboard obtained by performing the scraping step in the present embodiment may be heat-treated.

8B: slurry, 10: fiber board, 10A: laminated board, 10B, 10C: inorganic board, 12: vascular bundle, 13: parenchyma, 15: through-hole, 16: resin material, 17: inorganic material

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preparing a veneer cut from oil palm wood such that the vascular bundles are oriented along the front and back surfaces;
The parenchyma cells filled between the single plate and the vascular bundles are inserted so that through holes are formed by the gaps between the vascular bundles in the thickness direction of the single plate while maintaining the board state of the single plate. a scraping process;
A method for producing a fiber board, comprising: 2. The method for producing a fiber board according to claim 1, wherein in the step of scraping out, the parenchyma cells are scraped out along the direction in which the vascular bundles are oriented. 3. The method for producing a fiber board according to claim 1, wherein in the step of scraping out, the parenchyma cells are scraped out in a dry environment. A method for manufacturing a laminated board in which fiber boards manufactured by the manufacturing method according to any one of claims 1 to 3 are laminated,
1. A method for manufacturing a laminated board, characterized in that the fiber boards are laminated such that the vascular bundles of adjacent fiber boards are oriented in different directions. After impregnating the fiber board manufactured by the manufacturing method according to any one of claims 1 to 3 or the laminated board manufactured by the manufacturing method according to claim 4 with a resin material, the resin material is added. A method of manufacturing a composite board, characterized by curing. After impregnating the fiber board manufactured by the manufacturing method according to any one of claims 1 to 3 or the laminated board manufactured by the manufacturing method according to claim 4 with a slurry containing inorganic material powder A method of manufacturing a composite board, characterized in that the slurry is cured. A fiber board characterized by being a fiber board in which vascular bundles of an oil palm material are oriented in one direction, and through holes formed by gaps between the vascular bundles in the thickness direction of the fiber board. 8. The fiber board according to claim 7, wherein the vascular bundle has a twisted or bent non-linear portion, and the vascular bundles are connected to each other at the non-linear portion. 9. The fiber board according to claim 7, wherein the fiber board is elastically stretchable in a direction orthogonal to the direction in which the vascular bundles are oriented. The fiber according to claim 9, wherein the fiber board has an elastic elongation rate in the range of 3% to 7% per unit length in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the vascular bundles are oriented. board. A laminated board obtained by laminating the fiber board according to any one of claims 7 to 10,
A laminated board characterized in that the directions in which vascular bundles of adjacent fiber boards are oriented are different. The fiber board according to any one of claims 7 to 10, or the laminated board according to claim 11, wherein a resin material is arranged in the gaps between the vascular bundles. The fiber board according to any one of claims 7 to 10, or the laminated board according to claim 11, wherein an inorganic material is arranged in the gaps between the vascular bundles.

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