RESEARCHING ON TECHNOLOGY OF MANUFACTURING END GRAIN BOARD FROM TEAK WOOD FOR FURNITURE AND INTERIOR DECORATION

Abstract

End gain  boards have the wide surface of the board being the cross-section of the wood, the wide surface of the board being perpendicular to the longitudinal grain of the wood.  The current trend of interior decoration is to develop new wooden products with aesthetic beauty that show the natural origin of wood and are different from the traditional way of decorating and using wood and wooden materials. This article presents the results of research on technology for manufacturing end grain board used in furniture production, in which a technological process for creating end grain board from teak wood has been proposed. The quality of end grain board was determined by evaluating the physical and mechanical properties of materials. The results showed that density reached 0.696 g/cm³ while volumetric swelling gained 4.15%; the adhesive film shear strength is 7.91 Mpa; the rate of adhesive separation is 4.13%. The static bending strength was 12.7 MPa; followed by modulus of elasticity at 3,125.8 MPa. The stiffness of material was 7,716.7 N. The end grain board has a high aesthetics and is very suitable for furniture production and interior decoration.