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ECONOMICAL COMPARED TO BMB
FOR THICKNESS > 6mm
• WOOD SUBSTITUTION BY ABOUT
50%
• CHOICE OF HAVING SURFACE
WITH WOOD/BAMBOO MAT LOOK
• HIGHER STRENGTH THAN VENEER
PLYWOOD ALONE
Bamboo Mat -
Wood Veneer Composites
Availability of
industrial wood from natural forests have been on decline for many years
now, creating a raw material crisis for the wood based panel industry in
the country. The national forest policy 1988 lays emphasis on development
of wood substitute. Timber available from fast growing plantation species
generally have lower strength properties, dimensional stability and
service life.
IPIRTI, a premier
research institute of the MOEF, GOL, in the field of composites based on
wood and other lignocellulosic material have developed environmentally
sustainable technologies for making plywood like sheet materials from
Bamboo. Extensive research using Bamboo Mat in combination with plantation
wood for sheet material has resulted in development of Bamboo mat Veneer
composites. BMVC is a preferable panel material due to its superior
physical mechanical properties compared to Bamboo Mat Board (BMB) and
general purpose plywood and on par with structural plywood.
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