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Chipboard is an engineered material made from recycled wood chips bound together with resins into panels at high temperatures and pressure.
Chipboard is an engineered material made from recycled wood chips bound together with resins into panels at high temperatures and pressure.
Properties:
Properties:
Chipboard is typically used in construction and furniture production. Density 650kg/m^3 650 kg per meter cubed.
High-density chipboard is rigid, durable, heavy, and even flame-retardant.
Normal and medium-density chipboard's are not water resistant.This causes the wood fibres to swell, and the board will appear bumpy and rough.
High density Chip board is water resistant.
Sturdy material
Holds up well under pressure.
Lower cost and availability
Easy tooling
Applications:
Applications:
Chipboard is regarded as a good substitute for wood and other materials as it is relatively cheap, comes in large and regular sheets. Cut chipboard with a circular saw. For straight cuts, it is easier to feed the sheet of chipboard through a table saw. For curves, use a router, jigsaw, or coping saw. Chipboard cannot be sanded to take on a particular shape, but a light pass with sandpaper will smooth out the surface so splinters don't scratch the bottom of the material you install over the Chipboard.
Sustainability:
Sustainability:
Particleboard has a low foot print it is made out of sawmill waste from the production of cut wood. It is however High energy manufacturing of the resins and the panels themselves require a lot of energy. Depending on where it is produced, it is around the same as MDF or plywood.
Chipboard damages quickly with moisture, and it is less resistant to weight and scratches. It is hard to reuse because it damages easily and it cannot be planed or cut without exposing the chips.
You cannot recycle chip board the only treatment possible for waste is incineration. Unless it is E0 or formaldehyde-free, particleboard off gasses hazardous emissions for the first 1-3 years after production
Material Handling:
Material Handling:
Wear a dust mask while sanding to avoid dust inhalation which can cause short and long term damage to the lungs.
Work in Dust from working with particleboard can be carcinogenic or create respiratory issues, because of the resins contained in the material. Work in a well ventilated area
Protective Equipment:
Protective Equipment:
Respirator
Dust mask
Tightly fitting googles
Gloves
Steel toe cap footwear for handling large sheets
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