Experimental Investigation of Vertical Density Profile of Medium Density Fiberboard in Hot Press

Asfar Hameed Minhas; Naveed Ullah; Asim Ahmad Riaz; Muftooh Ur Rehman Siddiqi; Khamael M. Abualnaja; Khaled Althubeiti; Riaz Muhammad

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Experimental Investigation of Vertical Density Profile of Medium Density Fiberboard in Hot Press

Asfar Hameed Minhas, Naveed Ullah^*, Asim Ahmad Riaz^*, Muftooh Ur Rehman Siddiqi, Khamael M. Abualnaja, Khaled Althubeiti, Riaz Muhammad

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This research investigates the performance of medium density fiberboard (MDF) with respect to hot press parameters. The performance of the board, type of glue, and production efficiency determine the optimum temperature and pressure for hot pressing. The actual temperature of the hot press inside the MDF board determines the properties of the final product. Hence, the optimal hot press parameters for the desired product are experimentally obtained. Moreover, MDF is experimentally investigated in terms of its vertical density profile, bending, and internal bonding under the various input parameters of temperature, pressure, cycle time, and moisture content during the manufacturing process. The experimental study is carried out by varying the temperature, pressure, cycle time, and moisture content in the ranges of 200–220 °C, 145–155 bar, 260–275 s, and 8–10%, respectively. Consequently, the optimum input parameters of a hot-pressing temperature of 220 °C, pressure of 155 bar, cycle time of 256 s, and moisture content of 8% are identified for the required internal bonding (0.64 N/mm2), bending (32 N/mm2), and increase in both the core and peak density of the vertical density profile as per the ASTM standard.

Original language	English
Article number	10769
Journal	Applied Sciences
Volume	11
Issue number	22
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/app112210769
Publication status	Published - 15 Nov 2021

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Funding: The authors appreciated Taif University Researchers Supporting Project numberTURSP2020/267, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia.

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medium density fiberboard
bending
internal bonding
vertical density profile
hot-pressing temperature
pressure
moisture content
cycle time

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