BMB Properties

Bamboo Mat Board

A REGISTERED PROJECT OF EXPO 2000 HANOVER, GERMANY June-October

Sri. Arun .K.Bansal, IFS,  - Director  IPIRTI, receiving the registration certificate from                   Sabine Mpacko, Project Manager, WorldEXPO-2000

• IN ALL 10 Species have been STUDIED
  D. strictus
  D. hamiltonii
  D. brandisii
  M. baccifera
  O. travencorica
  B. nutans
  B. bambose
  B. balcooa
  B. tulda

• SCHIZOSTACHYAM dullooa

• CRITICAL PARAMETER IS >> THICKNESS VARIATION of SLIVERS : OPTIMUM 0.6mm +/- 10%.
  HIGHER VARIATION RESULTS IN INCREASED RESIN REQUIREMENT

Preparation of mats

Mat Weaving :
Mats are woven from bamboo slivers.  The weaving is done manually, mostly by women in rural or tribal areas as part time vocation to supplement family income.  From split bamboo epidermal layer is removed and slivers of thickness ranging from 0.6mm to 1.0 mm are made and dried in air to moisture content of around 15%.  The dried slivers are manually woven into mats of different sizes and patterns. Herring bone weaving  pattern is most common throughout the world. 

Board Making :
Bamboo mats are dipped in modified phenol formaldehyde resin mixed with a preservative to increase  resistance to termite and decay.  Resin coated mats are dried to a moisture content of around 10% either in  drying chambers or industrial dryers.  Dried resin coated mats are assembled in 2, 3 or 5 plies and hot pressed to  produce bamboo mat boards of desired thickness.  For thickness greater than 6mm, bamboo mats are interleaved  with wood veneers to make bamboo mat veneer composites.

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