QUALITY
PARTICLEBOARD AND MDF FROM AGRICULTURAL WASTE FIBERS
Farmers around the world are often faced with a yearly challenge - to remove excess crop residues from their fields, without creating ecological problems or unnecessary expense.
The
removal of straw by field burning, for example, has become a questionable
practice in many areas. It is often detrimental to the soil, hazardous to the
environment, and can cause health and traffic problems.
Typically, crop residues like wheat and barley straw, rice straw and husks, and sugar cane bagasse have little or no value. Daproma can help turn this waste fiber into a viable source of raw material for quality industrial particleboard and MDF.
With a Daproma-engineered plant, annual plant wastes can be converted into exceptional panels for furniture and cabinets. And because the cost of agricultural residue is well below the comparable cost of wood fiber, particleboard and MDF from farm residues can be price-competitive with traditional panels.
In
today's forest, harvest volumes are being dramatically reduced and less timber
is available from public lands. But in farming operations, residual fibers are
annually renewed, often in sustainable volumes to supply composite panel
production. Particleboard and MDF made from these fibers have been shown to
substantially exceed European and US standards for high-quality industrial applications - and
because no formaldehyde is used, the panels are non-toxic and water-resistant.
Daproma can engineer and erect a particleboard or MDF factory, which is based on local crop residues. This not only reduces the growing worldwide pressure on the timber industry, but can also address rural environmental concerns. As well, a panelboard plant located in a rural agricultural area can create new fiber markets, new jobs, and can return revenue and benefits directly to farmers.
The Key to Environmental Quality
