SUGARCANE BAGASSE BOARD (TREATED FIBRES) FOR INTERIOR APPLICATION

Fecha de publicación: 09/09/2022
Fuente: WIPO "hemp"
Natural fibre composites are well suited as wood substitutes in the housing and construction sector. Reinforcement with natural fibre in composites has recently gained attention due to low cost, low density, acceptable specific properties, ease of separation, enhanced energy recovery, CO2 neutrality, biodegradability and recyclable nature. Thousands of tons of different crops are produced but most of their wastes do not have any useful utilization. Agricultural wastes include wheat husk, rice husk and their straw, hemp fibre and shells of various dry fruits. These agricultural wastes can be used to prepare fibre reinforced polymer composites for commercial use.In this work sugarcane bagasse board was manufactured by the compression moulding process. The reinforcement material is sugarcane bagasse, polypropylene is used as a matrix material and silane is used as a bonding agent between reinforcement and matrix. And this board may replace the plywood board which is currently used in a home interior application.